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  • Libyan expats to vote in parlt polls Saturday

    Date: 2014-06-20 16:19:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:788822

    TRIPOLI, June 20 (MENA) – Libyan expatriates will start casting their ballots on Saturday in the country's parliamentary elections. Libyans in 13 Arab, African and European countries will cast their votes in the two-day polls. The vote will be ....

  • AL chief deplores Lebanon terrorist attack

    Date: 2014-06-20 16:18:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:788825

    CAIRO, June 20 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi condemned on Friday the terrorist attack that targeted a Lebanese army checkpoint in Dahr Baidar district in Lebanon. In a press release, he asserted AL support for the Lebanese ....

  • Saudi king leaves Casablanca for Cairo

    Date: 2014-06-20 15:42:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:788772

    RIYADH, June 20 (MENA) – Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud and his accompanying delegation left Casablanca Friday en route to Cairo. The delegation includes Foreign Minister Saud Al-Faisal, Prince Turki bin Abdullah, King Abdullah ....

  • Saudi king to visit Egypt Friday

    Date: 2014-06-20 13:09:41 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:788469

    JEDDAH, June 20 (MENA) – Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdel Aziz Al Saud will visit Egypt on Friday on his way back home from Morocco, the Saudi Royal Court said in a statement. (MENA) AB/MA ....

  • AL mission praises Mauritanian presidential elections

    Date: 2014-06-20 12:15:59 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:788328

    NOUAKCHOTT, June 20 (MENA) – The head of the Arab League's (AL) secretariat for election affairs praised Friday the presidential electoral process in Mauritania. Ambassador Alaa el-Zuhairi, also head of the secretariat's mission observing the ....

  • 34 Syrians killed, 50 injured in car bombing in Hama countryside

    Date: 2014-06-20 12:03:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:788330

    DAMASCUS, June 20 (MENA) - As many as 34 Syrians were killed and 50 others were injured as a car bomb exploded in al-Hurra village near Sahl al-Ghab in Hama countryside, the Syrian official news agency reported on Friday. Opposition activists ....

  • Libya PM meets US, UK envoys

    Date: 2014-06-20 10:01:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:787995

    TRIPOLI, June 20 (MENA) – Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thani met with the UK and US envoys to Libya. They discussed the latest developments in the north African nation and the Libyan government's efforts to achieve national ....

  • Libyan PM seeks Russian help in training police

    Date: 2014-06-20 09:34:56 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:788085

    TRIPOLI, June 20 (MENA) – Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al Thani discussed with Russian Ambassador to Libya Ivan Molotkov ways to boost bilateral ties and the latest developments in the north African nation. The website of the Libyan ....

  • Two killed in a suicide blast targeting Lebanese security checkpoint

    Date: 2014-06-20 09:28:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:788059

    BEIRUT, June 20 (MENA) - Initial reports said two people were killed as a suicide bomber blew himself up at a security checkpoint in Lebanon's Eastern Bekaa Valley on Friday. Several people were wounded in the blast. The checkpoint is situated ....

  • Suicide bomber attacks Lebanese security checkpoint

    Date: 2014-06-20 09:25:13 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:788058

    BEIRUT, June 20 (MENA) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a security checkpoint in Lebanon's Eastern Bekaa Valley on Friday. The checkpoint is situated on the main highway joining Lebanon and Syria's capital. (MENA) MS/AS ....

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