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  • ISIL's senior leader killed in Anbar blast - ministry

    Date: 2014-04-22 22:16:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:163 - ID:682624

    BAGHDAD, April 22 (MENA) – The Iraqi Defense Ministry said Tuesday that a senior leader of the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was killed when an explosive device went off in his house in Al Anbar, about 110 kilometers ....

  • Basher eligible for running for presidency- NCP

    Date: 2014-04-22 22:10:46 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:682623

    KHARTOUM, April 22 (MENA) – Sudan's President Omer Al-Basher is eligible for running for another term of presidency, the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has said. The NCP's regulations don't contradict with his running for another term in ....

  • Fatah official briefs Egypt amb. on Palestinian updates

    Date: 2014-04-22 21:40:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:160 - ID:682611

    RAMALLAH, April 22 (MENA) – Member of the Central Committee of Fatah movement Abbas Zaki briefed Egypt's ambassador to Palestine Wael Nasruddin Attia on the internal situation in Palestine. Zaki discussed with the Egyptian diplomat the policies ....

  • Security officials to inspect Arab, foreign consulates in Benghazi - official

    Date: 2014-04-22 21:34:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:159 - ID:682612

    TRIPOLI, April 22 (MENA) – A group of Libyan senior security officials will tour Wednesday a number of consulates in Benghazi to inspect safety and security of diplomatic missions. According to a spokesman for the Benghazi joint security forces, ....

  • Israel not about to enter Russia, Ukraine fray- Liberman

    Date: 2014-04-22 21:23:38 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:157 - ID:682585

    GAZA CITY, April 22 (MENA) – Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman made clear Tuesday that Israel intended to refrain from taking a firm position on the Ukrainian crisis, saying there was "no lack" of problems in the Middle East that Israel ....

  • Bouteflika thanks supporters

    Date: 2014-04-22 21:13:35 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:156 - ID:682593

    ALGIERS, April 22 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika expressed thanks Tuesday to hundreds of thousands of people who cast their votes in the election staged on April 17. Bouteflika made the remarks in a written letter issued after ....

  • CNUGP urges NCF to agree on representatives for dialogue

    Date: 2014-04-22 21:10:44 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:682579

    KHARTOUM, April 22 (MENA) - The Council of National Unity Government Parties (CNUGP) called on the National Consensus Forces (NCF) to agree on its representatives in the joint dialogue mechanism (7+7). The council is forming a committee to ....

  • Iraq official: al-Maliki polls win 'risky'

    Date: 2014-04-22 19:55:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:139 - ID:682433

    BAGHDAD, April 22 (MENA) – Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister for Services Affairs Saleh al-Mutlaq said Tuesday the idea of a third term for Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki represented a risk to Iraq. "If the Iraqi people couldn't make the change they would ....

  • Tunisia rejects talks with embassay staffer abductors

    Date: 2014-04-22 19:37:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:682437

    TRIPOLI, April 22 (MENA) - Tunisian Foreign Minister Monji Hamdi voiced Tuesday his country's rejection of negotiation with the abductors of a Tunisian embassy staffer in Libya. The abductors released a video tape calling on the Tunisian ....

  • U.S. to launch military op. against kidnappers of diplomats in Libya

    Date: 2014-04-22 18:11:15 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:681739

    LONDON/TRIPOLI, April 22 (MENA) – Some western and Arab states concerned with the security situation in Libya will launch a military operation against the kidnappers of diplomats in Libya, a foreign diplomat has told Al-Arab Newspaper in ....

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