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Libyan authorities arrest 178 illegal immigrants

Date: 2014-06-04 16:47:57 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:761349

TRIPOLI, June 4 (MENA) – As many as 178 illegal immigrants were arrested Wednesday by patrols of Libyan Omar el-Mokhtar's Brigade while trying to infiltrate into Libya through crossing the borders with Egypt. The arrestees were Egyptians, ....

Russian delegation asserts Syrian presidential elections legitimate

Date: 2014-06-04 16:16:11 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:136 - ID:761352

MOSCOW, June 4 (MENA) - A Russia delegation following up the Syrian presidential election said it had no observations about the vote, reported RIA Novosti news agency. The mission asserted that the polls are legitimate. The results of the election ....

Libya's information minister resigns

Date: 2014-06-04 15:57:15 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:761287

TRIPOLI, June 4 (MENA) - Libyan Information Minister Khaled Othman tendered his resignation on Wednesday without spelling further details about the reasons. "I believed that I would assume my office to serve Libya; and for Libya I resigned from ....

5 terrorists killed in Baghdad

Date: 2014-06-04 15:52:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:125 - ID:761305

BAGHDAD, June 4 (MENA) - Five members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant were killed in Baghdad, said security authorities on Wednesday. Twelve explosive devices were defused during separate raids in the capital. Six policemen and ....

Bahraini king receives UK minister for the Middle East

Date: 2014-06-04 15:51:39 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:761263

MANAMA, June 4 (MENA) – Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa received Wednesday the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Minister of State for the Middle East and North Africa Hugh Robertson, currently on a visit to the Bahraini kingdom to take ....

WB pres. urges int'l community to support Syrian refugees in Jordan

Date: 2014-06-04 15:26:32 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:760915

AMMAN, June 4 (MENA) – World Bank (WB) President Jim Yong Kim urged the international community to shoulder its responsibilities and provide support to Jordan due to the pressure it is facing as a result of the crisis in Syria. The WB president ....

Palestine pres. urges for urgent steps to protect Aqsa Mosque

Date: 2014-06-04 15:25:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:761151

RAMALLAH, June 4 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on the Arab and Islamic countries to take immediate decisions and practical measures to protect and defend Al-Aqsa Mosque. Abbas condemned the Israeli extremists' assaults on ....

Egypt chosen to head next general assembly meeting of ACSAD

Date: 2014-06-04 15:21:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:117 - ID:761108

CAIRO, June 4 (MENA) – Arab agriculture minsters have chosen their counterpart Egyptian Agriculture Minister Ayman Farid Abu Hadid to head the next meeting of the general assembly of the Arab Center for the Studies of Arid Zones and Dry Lands ....

6 police, Sahwa elements killed, injured in southern Baghdad attack

Date: 2014-06-04 15:13:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:114 - ID:760960

BAGHDAD, June 4 (MENA) – An Iraqi policeman and an element of Sahwa forces were killed and four other Sahwa elements were injured in an armed attack in southern Baghdad on Wednesday. Unknown gunmen opened fire at a joint checkpoint of Iraqi ....

14 killed, wounded in two separate blasts in Iraq

Date: 2014-06-04 14:38:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:760967

BAGHDAD, June 4 (MENA) - Four Iraqis were killed and 10 others wounded in two separate blasts in Baghdad Wednesday. The source, who preferred to remain anonymous, said that a security force cordoned off the scene of the blast, while ambulances ....