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Abu Marzouk, Abbas discuss implementing Palestinian reconciliation deal

Date: 2014-05-01 10:32:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:697743

GAZA CITY, May 1 (MENA) - Member of the political bureau of Hamas movement Moussa Abu Marzouk discussed with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas over the phone mechanisms of putting into effect the Palestinian reconciliation deal reached over the ....

Small Israeli force pushes into Lebanese lands

Date: 2014-05-01 09:39:51 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:697675

BEIRUT, May 1 (MENA) - A small Israeli force pushed into Lebanese territories at Kafr Kala area in southern the country on Thursday, an official Lebanese source said. The source told MENA that the two-man force made its way into the Lebanese ....

Humanitarian aid situation in Syria deteriorating, UN warns

Date: 2014-05-01 08:53:20 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:697618

NEW YORK, May 1 (MENA) - A UN Security Council resolution that passed with great fanfare nearly two months ago has done little to facilitate the shipment of humanitarian aid to a quarter of a million Syrians under siege in their country’s civil war, ....

3 killed, wounded in Iraq blast

Date: 2014-05-01 07:43:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:697523

BAGHDAD, May 1 (MENA) – A roadside bomb exploded early on Thursday in a village in northern Baquba, 55 km east of Baghdad, a security source said. The bombing left two civilians killed another person wounded. The security forces cordoned off the ....

Sudanese president returns home from Ethiopia

Date: 2014-04-30 22:33:20 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:147 - ID:697334

KHARTOUM, April 30 (MENA) - Sudan's President Omer Al-Bashir returned Wednesday from the Ethiopian Bahir Dar city after taking part in the Third Tana Forum on Security and Stability in Africa, the Sudan News Agency reported. He was received upon ....

Situation getting worse in Syria: UN humanitarian chief

Date: 2014-04-30 22:03:40 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:697258

NEW YORK, April 30 (MENA) - UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos warned Wednesday that the humanitarian situation get worse in Syria as the Security Council measure designed to provide aid to millions of desperate Syrians was not working, the UN ....

Hollande, Jumblatt discuss latest developments in Lebanon

Date: 2014-04-30 21:33:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:131 - ID:697255

BEIRUT, April 30 (MENA) - French President Francois Hollande made a phone call with Head of the National Struggle Front MP Walid Jumblatt on the latest developments in Lebanon. Hollands called for holding Lebanon's presidential elections on ....

Palestinian teenager injured by Israeli forces in Gaza Strip

Date: 2014-04-30 21:28:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:697199

CAIRO, April 30 (MENA) – A Palestinian teenager was injured Wednesday by Israeli forces gunfire in Beit Hanoun, north of the Gaza Strip. The injured, 18, was shot in his left leg near Beit Hanoun's crossing and moved to nearby hospital. ....

Jordan, US hold military talks

Date: 2014-04-30 19:28:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:697139

AMMAN, April 30 (MENA) - Jordan’s Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Lt. General Mishal Mohammed Zabin met in Amman with US Deputy Chief of Staff Major General Gary Cheek. They discussed aspects of cooperation and coordination between the ....

Sudanese-Libyan forces rescue 319 nationals stranded in desert

Date: 2014-04-30 19:23:23 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:697127

KHARTOUM, April 30 (MENA) – Joint Sudanese-Libyan forces have rescued 319 Sudanese nationals who were stranded in the desert at shared borders, the Sudan News Agency cited the spokesman of Sudan's army Col. Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad as saying. Saad ....