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Kerry, Maliki discuss security developments in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-23 09:33:31 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:792986
BAGHDAD, June 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry and Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki held a meeting on Monday over security developments in Iraq, the official Iraqi TV channel said. Kerry arrived here earlier in the day for talks on ....
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Kerry arrives in Baghdad on lightning visit for talks on security situation
Date: 2014-06-23 08:04:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:792702
BAGHDAD, June 23 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Monday on a lightning visit to Iraq for talks with Iraqi leaders on the security situation and the needed US support to face the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and the ....
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One killed, 2 injured in fierce clashes in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-23 07:18:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:792613
TRIPOLI, June 23 (MENA) - One person was killed and two others were injured in fierce clashes in Benina in Benghazi between forces loyal to retired General Khalifa Haftar and Ansar al-Sharia militants, a security source said. Benina area is ....
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Corona death toll in Saudi Arabia hits 291
Date: 2014-06-22 21:57:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:792353
RIYADH, June 22 (MENA) – The number of Corona-virus deaths has hit 291 of 707 infected cases in Saudi Arabia, said the Saudi health ministry on Sunday. Two persons died and a new case were reported within the past 24 hours, said the ministry in a ....
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Intifada greatest phenomenon in history: Haniyeh
Date: 2014-06-22 21:55:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:792318
GAZA CITY, June 22 (MENA) - Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh hailed protests against Israel in the occupied West Bank. "The Palestinian Intifada (uprising) is the greatest phenomenon in the contemporary history," Haniyeh said in the Gaza Strip city of ....
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Mauritanian president Ould Abdel Aziz re-elected
Date: 2014-06-22 21:10:06 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:139 - ID:792339
NOUAKCHOTT, June 22 (MENA) – The Mauritanian electoral commission announced Sunday that President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz has been re-elected with nearly 82 percent of the votes. The turnout reached 56 percent in Saturday's election, said the ....
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7 persons killed, three injured in Khartoum blast
Date: 2014-06-22 21:05:47 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:792335
KHARTOUM, June 22 (MENA) – Seven people, including a foreigner, were killed and three others injured in an explosion that hit a liquid Oxygen factory in Khartoum. The blast claimed the life of the factory's director. The dead bodies were ....
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Araby meets Kerry; urges Israel to stop building settlements
Date: 2014-06-22 20:15:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:792217
CAIRO, June 22 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby said Sunday Israel must stop building new settlements on the occupied Palestinian territories. Al-Araby received US Secretary of State John Kerry in Cairo to discuss peace ....
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Iraqi FM meets with US top diplomats to discuss situation in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-22 19:51:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:792114
BAGHDAD, June 22 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari met Sunday with US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Iraq and Iran Brett Makourk and US Ambassador to Iraq Robert Stephen. The meeting tackled the political and security ....
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Militants capture Iraqi border crossing with Syria
Date: 2014-06-22 19:26:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:792215
BAGHDAD, June 22 (MENA) - Militants seized an Iraqi-Syrian border post in Iraq's western Anbar province on Sunday. The seizure came one day after Sunni militants fighting the Baghdad government grabbed another border crossing in the ....