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1 dies in Saudi heavy rains
Date: 2014-05-09 20:11:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:712528
MECCA, May 9 (MENA) - A person has died in Saudi Arabia due to heavy rains that rocked Mecca city on Friday, Saudi Civil Defense authorities said on Friday. The neighborhoods of Ommra, Shawqiya, Al Aziziya, Om Al Jowd as well as other areas were ....
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3 Iraqi policemen killed in blast east of Tikrit
Date: 2014-05-09 18:02:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:712415
BAGHDAD, May 9 (MENA) - Three Iraqi policemen were killed Friday when an explosive device targeted a police car in Tuz Khurmatu district, east of Tikrit, the center of Salahuddin province, 170 km north of Baghdad. The car was parking on a road ....
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UN concerned over jail sentence against Saudi blogger
Date: 2014-05-09 17:52:17 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:712428
NEW YORK, May 9 (MENA) - The United Nation expressed concern over sentencing a blogger to 10 years in prison in Saudi Arabia. In a press conference on Friday, UN deputy spokesman Farhan Haq said the UN is concerned over this ruling. He said ....
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Yemeni defense minister survives assassination attempt by al-Qaeda members
Date: 2014-05-09 17:23:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:712371
SANAA, May 9 (MENA) - Yemeni Defense Minister Mohammed Naser Ahmed escaped an assassination attempt unhurt Friday in an ambush erected by number of the terrorist al-Qaeda insurgents. The attack took place in the south of the country where the ....
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Gunmen attack checkpoint near Yemen presidential palace
Date: 2014-05-09 17:21:31 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:712396
SANAA, May 9 (MENA) - At least five Yemeni presidential guards were killed on Friday during a gunfight with militants who tried to storm the presidential palace in Sanaa, AlArabiya reported Friday. Heavy gunfire was heard in the area surrounding ....
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10 more Coronavirus cases confirmed in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-05-09 17:16:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:712370
RIYADH, May 9 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry announced on Friday ten more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) raising the number of infections to 473 since the first case was diagnosed in September 2102. The ....
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Lebanon's president meets UNIFIL chief
Date: 2014-05-09 14:16:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:712101
BEIRUT, May 9 (MENA) - Lebanon's President Michel Sleiman met Friday Head of Mission of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Major-General Paolo Serra. The meeting took on the conditions in southern Lebanon, Israeli border ....
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11 Yemeni soldiers wounded in roadside bomb
Date: 2014-05-09 11:18:36 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:711743
SANAA, May 9 (MENA) – Eleven Yemeni soldiers were injured on Friday in a roadside bomb targeting their vehicle in eastern Sanaa. Meantime, diplomatic missions in Sanaa have beefed up security measures around their premises after al-Qaeda ....
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Ambassador urges Egyptians in Saudi Arabia to partake in presidential vote
Date: 2014-05-09 11:17:14 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:711773
RIYADH, May 9 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador here Afifi Abdel-Wahab called on Egyptian nationals to participate actively in the upcoming presidential vote, which will start on Thursday for expatriates worldwide. Egypt is going through a very ....
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Increasing extremist groups to top agenda of OIC meeting in Jeddah
Date: 2014-05-09 10:29:28 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:711626
JEDDAH, May 9 (MENA) - The phenomenon of increasing extremist groups will top the agenda of the meeting of the foreign ministers of members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) due here next month. The OIC mobilized its administration ....
