Arab world
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Libya says keen on boosting ties with Jordan
Date: 2014-05-13 11:40:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:718452
TRIPOLI, May 13 (MENA) – Libya asserted it is keen on boosting ties with Jordan despite of the kidnap of the Jordanian ambassador in Tripoli, who was released on Tuesday. Ambassador Fawaz al-Itan was kidnapped last month by gunmen who demanded an ....
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Egyptian chosen as best researcher in IMF study on economic reform in Arab countries in transition
Date: 2014-05-13 10:15:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:718419
CAIRO, May 13 (MENA) - An Egyptian researcher along with three others from Jordan, Lebanon and Yemen were chosen by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as the best researchers who floated economic reform solutions for the Arab countries in ....
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Security measures target all incoming illegal workers -- Minister
Date: 2014-05-13 10:02:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:718646
AMMAN, May 13 (MENA) - Minister of Manpower and Tourism Nedal al-Qatamin on Tuesday said that security measures adopted by his ministry in cooperation with other border guards target all incoming workers to Jordan not only the Egyptians. In ....
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Katyusha rocket kills 9 in eastern Baghdad
Date: 2014-05-13 10:00:49 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:718507
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) – Two people were killed and seven others injured when a Katyusha rocket fall near a public market in northern Baghdad on Tuesday. A security source said that the rocket hit Sabaa Al Bour area, leaving nine people killed ....
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42 killed, injured in 8 blasts in Baghdad
Date: 2014-05-13 09:03:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:718391
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) – Five people were killed and 37 others injured in eight booby-trapped car blasts in different spots in Baghdad, Baghdad Operations Command said on Tuesday. Spokesman of the Command, Brigadier General Saad Maan said in a ....
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3 people killed, 10 wounded in car bombing blast in Baghdad
Date: 2014-05-13 09:02:09 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:718309
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) – At least three people were killed and 10 others wounded in a car bombing blast in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday. The blast was the sixth to hit Baghdad on Tuesday. A series of car bombs struck Shiite-majority ....
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11 people killed, injured in blast in eastern Baghdad
Date: 2014-05-13 07:49:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:718259
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) – Two people were killed and nine others were injured after a booby-trapped car went off in eastern Baghdad, a security source said. The source, who declined to be identified, added that the car went off in Aur ....
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3 blasts kill, injure people in Sadr city
Date: 2014-05-13 07:27:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:718222
BAGHDAD, May 13 (MENA) – Three booby-trapped cars went off Tuesday in Sadr city, east of Baghdad. A security source, who declined to be identified, said the blasts left many people killed and injured, but there are not yet reports on the number ....
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Egypt embassy in Lebanon suspends consular work over vote
Date: 2014-05-13 07:18:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:718201
BEIRUT, May 13 (MENA) – The Egyptian embassy in Beirut on Tuesday said it would suspend its consular work during the May 15-18 presidential vote in a bid to prevent overcrowding during the balloting process. Ambassador Ashraf Hamdi met with ....
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Abducted Jordanian diplomat released by his captors: Libyan official
Date: 2014-05-13 07:13:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:718205
TRIPOLI, May 13 (MENA) - Libyan government spokesman Ahmed Al-Amin on Tuesday told MENA that the Jordanian ambassador who was abducted last month in Libya has been released by his captors and on his way home. Ambassador Fawaz al-Etan was taken ....