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UN chief credits Saudi Arabia for supporting UN aid effort in Iraq
Date: 2014-07-02 10:54:46 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:807832
CAIRO, July 2 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has thanked Saudi Arabia for donating USD 500 million to support the UN's humanitarian aid effort in Iraq. "The secretary-general expresses deep gratitude to the Government of the Kingdom of ....
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Jordan recruits 3,000 border guards in response to ISIL ‘emergency’
Date: 2014-07-02 10:49:24 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:807833
WASHINGTON, July 2 (MENA) – Jordan, threatened by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, plans to recruit thousands of officers to secure the borders with Iraq and Syria, the World Tribune reported. Officials said the government has decided to ....
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Haftar troops renew raids on Benghazi
Date: 2014-07-02 10:39:37 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:807838
TRIPOLI, July 2 (MENA) - Troops loyal to retired General Khalifa Haftar Wednesday renewed raids on different areas of Benghazi in the east of Libya. Sky News Arabia carried the news without giving further details. (MENA) MA/RE ....
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Egypt imported 40,000 head of cattle from North Darfur in 2013
Date: 2014-07-02 10:36:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:807768
KHARTOUM, July 2 (MENA) - Egypt imported some 40,000 head of cattle from North Darfur last year, said Minister of Agriculture and Livestock in the Sudanese state Adam Bushi Wednesday. This number is likely to double this year now that the western ....
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Iraq seeks pilots, maintenance crews for new Russian Su-25s
Date: 2014-07-02 10:01:03 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:807742
WASHINGTON, July 3 (MENA) - Iraq was expected to employ foreign pilots for its new fleet of Su-25 fighter-jets, World Tribune reported. The Royal United Services Institute asserted that the Iraq Air Force lacked the pilots and maintenance ....
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Egypt amb., Yemeni minister confer on scientific cooperation
Date: 2014-07-02 08:31:19 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:807613
SANAA, July 2 (MENA) - Egyptian Ambassador in Sanaa Ashraf Aql met Wednesday with Yemeni minister of Higher Education Hisham Sharaf to discuss an executive program for scientific and technical cooperation between the two Arab countries. Aql and ....
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Jordanian borders real red line to ISIL – magazine
Date: 2014-07-01 21:45:37 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:807362
WASHINGTON, July 1 (MENA) – The Foreign Policy Magazine said on Tuesday that the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) will be confronted by a real red line at the Jordanian borders. "There is a Sarajevo somewhere in Jordan. It lies well ....
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Sudan ruling party denies Mahdi's withdrawal from dialogue
Date: 2014-07-01 21:23:06 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:807355
KHARTOUM, July 1 (MENA) – Sudan's National Congress Party (NCP) denied on Tuesday the withdrawal of opposition leader Sadiq al-Mahdi from the national dialogue. "Mahdi did not inform us of his withdrawal from the dialogue," the party said. The ....
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Egypt embassy in Amman follows up Madaba incident updates
Date: 2014-07-01 21:17:13 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:127 - ID:807339
AMMAN, July 1 (MENA) - The Egyptian consulate in Amman is following up the developments of an accident that took place in a quarry in Madaba, 33 Km south of Amman on Tuesday. Counselor Sherif Mokhtar at the Egyptian Consulate told MENA that ....
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Sudan parliament speaker dismisses opposition leader from session
Date: 2014-07-01 21:12:31 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:807354
KHARTOUM, July 1 (MENA) – Sudanese parliament Speaker Al-Fateh Ezzedin dismissed on Tuesday head of the Popular Congress Party bloc Ismail Hussein, who is also the leader of the opposition bloc, from a session on the amendments of the election law ....
