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Amnesty report lambasts Qatar's treatment of household help from abroad
Date: 2014-04-23 11:41:10 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:683343
LONDON, April 23 (MENA) - Amnesty International on Wednesday released a report saying Qatari authorities were failing to protect more than 80,000 foreign nationals, mostly women, performing domestic labor in the country. The human rights ....
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Jordanian FM arrives in Ramallah on official visit to PA
Date: 2014-04-23 11:29:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:683334
RAMALLAH/AMMAN April 23 (MENA) - Jordanian Foreign Minister Abdullah Ensour arrived here on Wednesday on an official visit to Ramallah for talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamadallah on joint cooperation ....
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Tunisian Ambassador to Libya did not receive abduction threat: source
Date: 2014-04-23 10:20:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:683254
TRIPOLI, April 23 (MENA) – A Libyan security source denied Wednesday media reports that Tunisian Ambassador in Tripoli Rida Bokadi was threatened of abduction. The source told MENA that these reports are completely false, calling on media and ....
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Lebanon parliament fails to elect new president
Date: 2014-04-23 10:12:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:683279
BEIRUT, April 23 (MENA) - Lebanon's Chamber of Deputies failed on Wednesday to elect a new president of the country in the first round of voting with none of the candidates receiving the two-thirds majority needed to win. Lebanese Forces leader ....
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Saudi Arabia reports 11 new coronavirus cases
Date: 2014-04-23 08:16:12 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:682965
RIYADH, April 23 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry announced on Wednesday that 11 people have contracted the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus, or MERS-CoV. The latest announcement brings to 272 the number of coronavirus infections in ....
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Three Katyusha rockets shelled at Kirkuk airport
Date: 2014-04-23 08:14:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:682866
BAGHDAD, April 23 (MENA) - Three rockets were fired at Kirkuk airport on Wednesday, while unknown gunmen kidnapped a civilian from southeast Kirkuk and led him to unknown location, a security source in Kirkuk said. The source made it clear that ....
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Syria raids border Lebanese town
Date: 2014-04-23 08:14:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:682908
BEIRUT, April 23 (MENA) - A Syrian warplanes fired three rockets at the border Lebanese town of Arsal, according to a statement by the Lebanese army command on Wednesday. The rocket attack against the Sunni town took place on Tuesday but no ....
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UK gov't to receive any reports from Jordanians on MB activities
Date: 2014-04-23 08:04:57 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:682849
AMMAN, April 23 (MENA) - British Ambassador here Peter Millett asserted that his government will accept any reports and information from Jordanians on the philosophy and activities of the Muslim Brotherhood group as part of the UK's recent decision ....
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S. Korean builders ink US$6 bln Iraq oil refinery contract
Date: 2014-04-23 07:33:14 GMT - south korea - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:682862
SEOUL, April 23 (MENA) - Four South Korean construction companies said Wednesday that they formally signed a US$6.04 billion contract to build a large-scale oil refinery in Iraq, Yonhap reported. The contract secured by a consortium of Hyundai ....
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Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza
Date: 2014-04-23 06:50:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:682744
GAZA CITY, April 23 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats on Wednesday opened machine gun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the western coasts of Gaza and Northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said the Israeli occupation gunboats showered the ....
