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Arab information ministers wrap up 45th session
Date: 2014-05-15 15:57:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:723704
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The 45th session of the council of Arab information ministers wrapped up Thursday at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo. The meeting tackled a raft of issues, mainly ways of implementing the Arab League's recent ....
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AL chief urges Arab media to adopt "freeing Palestinian prisoners campaign"
Date: 2014-05-15 15:44:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:723457
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary-General Nabil Al-Arabi urged the Arab information ministers to adopt the international campaign launched by South Africa’s anti-apartheid activist Ahmed Kathrada in order to free the Palestinian ....
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AL celebrates Jordan's National Day
Date: 2014-05-15 15:36:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:723661
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) General Secretariat celebrated the National Day of Jordan with the participation of Arab information ministers and Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi. The ceremony began with inaugurating an exhibition of ....
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Information minister calls for updating media charter
Date: 2014-05-15 14:39:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:135 - ID:723421
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - Information Minister Dorreya Sharfiddin stressed on Thursday the necessity of updating the code of ethics of the Arab media in light of the new momentum and givings. "The approach of Arab media toward other countries is ....
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Tallawy: empowering women "national issue"
Date: 2014-05-15 13:44:25 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:723009
SHARJAH, May 15 (MENA) – Head of Egypt's National Council for Women (NCW) Mervat Tallawy said that the issue of empowering women in Arab societies is a national issue. She added that women are the driving force for any country's economic, ....
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11 Daash militants killed, arrested in Tikrit
Date: 2014-05-15 12:41:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:722966
BAGHDAD, May 15 (MENA) - An Iraqi security force killed six operatives of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group, known as Daash, and arrested five others during an operation in southern Tikrit, 170 north of Baghdad, on Thursday. Among ....
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Mahdi appears before prosecutors over RSF remarks
Date: 2014-05-15 12:35:11 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:723111
KHARTOUM, May 15 (MENA) - Leader of Sudan's opposition National Umma Party (NUP) Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi appeared on Thursday before the Sudanese State Security Prosecutor for questioning regarding the complaint filed by the National Intelligence and ....
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AL : Israel must allow vaccinations for children to enter into Gaza
Date: 2014-05-15 12:23:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:723105
CAIRO, May 15 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) called on the international community to intervene and force Israel to let in vaccinations for the children in the blockaded Gaza Strip. The AL in a statement today urged the Arab health ministers, the ....
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Libya's foreign reserves estimated at $ 113bln - official
Date: 2014-05-15 11:53:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:723051
TRIPOLI, May 15 (MENA) - Head of the Libyan Central Bank's markets department Musbah al-Akari said that Libya's foreign reserves at the Libyan Central Bank reached until now 113 billion dollars. In statements to MENA Thursday, Akari said that the ....
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Lebanon's Berri postpones residential election session till May 22
Date: 2014-05-15 11:42:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:723004
BEIRUT, May 15 (MENA) Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, Nabih Berri, adjourned the presidential election session till May 22 due to the lack of quorum. Lebanon's Official News Agency (NNA) reported that only 73 lawmakers out of 128 were present ....