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Four Libyan soldiers kidnapped in Benghazi

Date: 2014-05-04 11:35:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:701992

TRIPOLI, May 4 (MENA) - Unidentified gunmen abducted last night four Libyan soldiers, including two Special Forces personnel. Spokesman for the forces Miloud Al-Zowi told MENA on Sunday that he has lost contact with the four soldiers in the late ....

8 killed in violent acts in Baghdad

Date: 2014-05-04 10:59:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:702095

BAGHDAD, May 4 (MENA) – Eight people were killed on Sunday by unidentified persons in south Baghdad, a security source said. One person was shot dead in front of his house by unknown gunmen in Yousefiyah neighborhood, south of Baghdad, the ....

PM welcomes Arab ministers of youth and sports

Date: 2014-05-04 10:42:54 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:702162

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, May 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab welcomed Sunday Arab ministers of youth and sport who are hosted by the Egyptian ministry of youth and sports to hold their executive office meetings in the Red Sea resort ....

Musawi denies publications on secret visit of Iraqi PM to Iran

Date: 2014-05-04 10:15:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:702068

BAGHDAD, May 4 (MENA) - Ali Musawi, Media adviser to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki denied Sunday reports on a secret visit by Maliki to Iran, asserting that he did not leave Iraq. The news was published in the Saudi newspaper al-Hayat, Musawi ....

9 persons killed, injured in mortar shelling on Falloujah

Date: 2014-05-04 09:27:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:702015

BAGHDAD, May 4 (MENA) - At least nine persons were killed and injured in a mortar shelling on Falloujah city in Anbar governorate, situated some 110 kilometers west of Baghdad, according to a medical source. The source said Falloujah hospital ....

Youth minister receives invitation to visit Kuwait next month

Date: 2014-05-04 07:55:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:701852

SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt, May 4 (MENA) - Minister of Youth and Sports Khaled Abdel-Aziz received an official invitation to visit Kuwait next month to confer on means to boost youth cooperation between both states and to stand on the Kuwaiti expertise ....

Libyan army denies existence of "free Egyptian army"

Date: 2014-05-04 07:50:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:701851

TRIPOLI, May 4 (MENA) – Spokesperson for the Libyan Army's staff command Ali al-Sheikhi denied Sunday the existence of the so called "free Egyptian army" in Libya. Al-Sheikhi told MENA that reports of "the free Egyptian army" existence on ....

330 trucks allowed into Gaza via Karm Abu Salem crossing

Date: 2014-05-04 07:11:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:701799

GAZA CITY, May 4 (MENA) - Israeli forces re-opened Karm Abu Salem crossing Sunday after the weekend allowing 330 commodity trucks into Gaza. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, ....

Illegal Egyptian migrant killed in fire exchange

Date: 2014-05-04 07:05:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:701842

TRIPOLI, May 4 (MENA) - An illegal Egyptian migrant was killed in a shootout between armed human traffickers and a Libyan army patrol northeast Libya. Two of the patrolmen from the Omar Al-Mokhtar Battalion were injured, one seriously, in the ....

11 Syrian opposition fighters killed in clashes with army in Rif Dimashq

Date: 2014-05-04 06:36:43 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:701759

DAMASCUS, May 4 (MENA) - Eleven fighters of the Syrian opposition were killed during clashes with army forces in al-Maliha region in Rif Dimashq. Fighting started in Maliha 32 days ago, said Syrian opposition sources, adding that at least 48 ....