Arab world
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Half of Russians consider isolation from West hardly possible
Date: 2014-04-23 19:49:06 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:171 - ID:684651
MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - Every other Russian citizen believes that the country is unlikely to be isolated from the West, while 4% of the surveyed are sure that isolation will undoubtedly happen, ITAR-TASS cited a poll by the All-Russia Public ....
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Egypt hails Bahrain, Oman for creating multilateral commercial system
Date: 2014-04-23 19:22:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:167 - ID:684564
GENEVA, April 23 (MENA) - Egypt paid tribute to the support of Bahrain and Oman for establishing a multilateral commercial system, Egypt's Permanent Representative to the UN Walid Mahmoud Abdel-Nasser said. The United Nations Development ....
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53 people killed, wounded in Mosul
Date: 2014-04-23 18:19:22 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:159 - ID:684483
BAGHDAD, April 23 (MENA) - Eight people were killed and 45 others wounded on Wednesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in Nineveh province, 405 km north of Baghdad. The bombing occurred near a market in a village in eastern Mosul, a security ....
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Israeli ministers slam Fatah, Hamas reconciliation deal
Date: 2014-04-23 17:59:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:151 - ID:684393
GAZA CITY, April 23 (MENA) – A number of Israeli ministers slammed a historic deal reached between Hamas and Fatah groups to bring an end to intra-Palestinian rift. Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said the signing of a unity agreement ....
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Syrian gov't denies conducting chemical attacks
Date: 2014-04-23 17:55:11 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:684366
DAMASCUS, April 23 (MENA) – Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad dismissed Wednesday what he called as 'groundless allegations' the use of toxic gas against armed groups in Syria. According to the Syrian private news agency Champress, ....
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Egypt to join Jordan Industry Expo
Date: 2014-04-23 16:56:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:684284
AMMAN, April 23 (MENA) – Egypt will participate in the International Jordan Industry Expo, the Network for Jordanian Industrial Sustainability said in a statement on Wednesday. It said companies from Iraq, Lebanon and Jordan will participate in ....
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Moscow welcomes resumption of Palestinian reconciliation efforts
Date: 2014-04-23 16:48:23 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:684339
MOSCOW, April 23 (MENA) - Moscow welcomed Wednesday practical steps to reset the process of Palestinian reconciliation, ITAR-TASS reported. In a statement by the Russian Foreign Ministry, Moscow described the visit to Gaza by a Palestinian ....
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Burns travels to Libya for talks on its democratic transition
Date: 2014-04-23 15:20:36 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:684137
WASHINGTON, April 23 (MENA) - Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns headed for Tripoli, Libya, on Wednesday to meet with senior Libyan officials, including interim Prime Minister Thanaie and General National Congress First Deputy President ....
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Tony Blair: Bashar Assad as temporary leader in Syria is lesser of two evils
Date: 2014-04-23 15:17:17 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:684071
LONDON, April 23 (MENA) - Bashar Assad may have to stay temporarily as Syrian president despite the death toll in the country’s civil war heading higher than the number killed in Iraq, London Evening Standard quoted Tony Blair as saying on ....
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Workshop on women social, health rights begins at AL
Date: 2014-04-23 15:11:17 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:115 - ID:683678
CAIRO, April 23 (MENA) - A workshop on the social and health rights of Arab women opened on Wednesday at the Arab League headquarters. Organized by the Arab Parliament, the two-day event is attended by the parliament's chief, Ahmed al-Jarwan and ....