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Lebanese trade unions strike for better salaries
Date: 2014-05-14 12:08:49 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:720778
BEIRUT, May 14 (MENA) - The Lebanese Trade Union Coordination Committee (UCC) and a number of trade unions started Wednesday a general strike to demand higher wages and full-time hiring. In the meantime, a parliament session kicked off to review ....
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6 Daash elements arrested for infiltration into Iraq
Date: 2014-05-14 11:55:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:720676
BAGHDAD, May 14 (MENA) – Six elements of the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daash) were arrested while trying to infiltrate from Syria into Iraq on Wednesday, a security source said. An Iraqi army force managed to arrest six ....
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Egypt takes part in 43rd session of AOAD Executive Council
Date: 2014-05-14 10:51:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:720680
CAIRO, May 14 (MENA) - Minister of Agriculture Ayman Farid Abu Hadid will take part in the 43rd session of he Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD) Executive Council, due to kick off on Thursday in Kuwait. The meeting will discuss ....
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8 police men killed, injured in Diyala
Date: 2014-05-14 10:46:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:720542
BAGHDAD, May 14 (MENA) – Four police men were killed and four others injured after unidentified people attacked a checkpoint in Diyala province on Wednesday. A police source, who declined to be identified, said that militants attacked a police ....
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Saudi CP opens 1st consultative meeting of GCC defense ministers
Date: 2014-05-14 10:34:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:720550
JEDDAH, May 14 (MENA) - Saudi Crown Prince, Deputy Premier and Defense Minister Prince Salman bin Abdel Aziz on Wednesday open the first consultative meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council Defense Ministers in the presence of US Secretary of ....
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Gaza Strip population reached approximately 1.87 mn
Date: 2014-05-14 10:32:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:720733
GAZA CITY, May 14 (MENA) - Palestinian Ministry of Interior and National Security said the population in the Gaza Strip has reached 1.87 million, recording a notable increase over the past year. A survey issued on Wednesday by the Palestinian ....
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Palestinian Minister underlines depth of Egyptian-Palestinian relations
Date: 2014-05-14 09:58:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:720691
RAMALLAH, May 14 (MENA) – Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Housing Maher Ghoneim on Wednesday underlined the depth of Egyptian-Palestinian relations. At a meeting with Egyptian Ambassador to the Palestinian Authority Wael Attiya, he added ....
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Barrel bombs kill 10 in Hama: activists
Date: 2014-05-14 09:37:43 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:720382
DAMASCUS, May 14 (MENA) – At least ten people were killed Wednesday after barrel bombs fell in the central Syrian city of Hama, activists said. Sky News TV quoted activists as saying that pro-Assad troops surrounded Kvrhod and Altrimssh ....
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Yemeni army discovers crypts used by Qaeda to hide abductees
Date: 2014-05-14 08:12:55 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:720392
RIYADH, May 14 (MENA) - The Yemeni army discovered a number of crypts used by Al-Qaeda group as prisons for their abductees, Okaz newspaper reported Wednesday. The crypts were uncovered during a combing operation of Abyan province, a main ....
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5 soldiers killed, injured in mosque blast in Babel
Date: 2014-05-14 08:11:28 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:720384
BAGHDAD, May 14 (MENA) – Three soldiers were killed and two others injured after an explosive device went off inside a mosque in Babel province, 100 km south of Baghdad. A security source said that an explosive device targeted soldiers who were ....
