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Rights group slams targeting journalists in Libya
Date: 2014-08-07 12:00:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:862833
TRIPOLI, Aug 7 (MENA) - The Arabic Network for Human Rights Information (ANHRI) has condemned targeting journalists by the rival parties in Libya. In a statement Thursday, the rights group said journalists are kidnapped and killed in Libya due to ....
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S. Korean builders evacuating workers from Libya
Date: 2014-08-07 11:52:55 GMT - south korea - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:862798
SEOUL, Aug 7 (MENA) - South Korean builders have started evacuating workers from violence-torn Libya several weeks after extensive fighting broke out in the oil-rich North African country, according to Yonhap News Agency. Builders such as Hyundai ....
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Arab League addresses Arab FMs on immediate Gaza aid
Date: 2014-08-07 11:50:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:862792
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi sent messages to Arab foreign ministers to reiterate the importance of sending immediate humanitarian assistance to the Palestinians in Gaza who have come under flagrant Israeli ....
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114 passengers arrive in Cairo, fleeing Libya
Date: 2014-08-07 10:39:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:862669
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) - A Libyan airplane landed Thursday at Cairo International Airport with 50 Egyptians, 60 Libyans, two Palestinians and a Canadian national on its board. The plane took off from the Libyan airport of Motaiqh. There has been ....
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Tunisia-Egypt air bridge still working to transport fleeing nationals
Date: 2014-08-07 10:30:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:862577
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) – Egyptian nationals in Libya continued for the eighth day returning home via an air bridge from Tunisia to Egypt. EgyptAir, the national flag carrier, operates seven direct flights daily from Tunisia's Qabis airport to Cairo, ....
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Kurdish forces facing Islamic State need help from the United States: paper
Date: 2014-08-07 10:19:07 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:862627
WASHINGTON, Aug 7 (MENA) - A new humanitarian and security crisis has erupted in northern Iraq, where the al-Qaeda-derived Islamic State borders territories controlled by Iraqi and Syrian Kurds. Since last weekend, tens of thousands of civilians ....
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Libya's neighbors panel convenes in Cairo
Date: 2014-08-07 10:16:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:862363
CAIRO, Aug 7 (MENA) – Libya's neighbors panel chaired by Egypt convened on Thursday at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry HQ. Representatives from Libya, Tunisia, Niger, Chad and Sudan, plus Egypt attended the meeting. Officials from the African ....
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Muslim Scholars delegation arrives in Arsal
Date: 2014-08-07 10:13:05 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:862626
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (MENA) – A delegation of the Association of Muslim Scholars arrived in the entrance of the Lebanese border town of Arsal, within the context of their attempt to drive militants to withdraw from the town and release the kidnapped army ....
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Iraqi army strike kills eight ISIL elements in Baquba
Date: 2014-08-07 09:44:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:862526
BAGHDAD, Aug 7 (MENA) – Eight elements of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) were killed Thursday after an Iraqi air raid, a local security source said. The source added that the Iraqi air force, in coordination with Iraqi Counter ....
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Cautious clam prevails around Arsal town
Date: 2014-08-07 08:29:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:862382
BEIRUT, Aug 7 (MENA) - A state of cautious calm prevails around the Lebanese northern town of Arsal after the army expelled the militants there to the mountainous areas on the Syrian-Lebanese borders. A 20-car convoy of the Lebanese Red Cross ....
