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Iraq receives 3rd Boeing 737 to join its air fleet
Date: 2014-04-20 08:25:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:677790
BAGHDAD, April 20 (MENA) - Iraqi Transport Ministry announced on Sunday it has received the third Boeing 737 plane as part of a contract signed with the US Boeing Company in 2008. In press statements on Sunday, The Iraqi Airlines Company Chief ....
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Lebanese president refuses to extend his term in office
Date: 2014-04-20 08:22:14 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:677776
BEIRUT, April 20 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman refused to extend his term in office that will end on May 24. "When my term ends, I will leave for my home at once," the prsident said in statements after meeting with Maronite ....
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Libyan foreign, interior ministries deny release of abducted Jordanian diplomat
Date: 2014-04-20 07:49:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:677710
TRIPOLI, April 20 (MENA) - Sources at the Libyan Foreign and Interior ministries have denied reports on the release of Jordanian Ambassador to Libya Fawaz al-Etan who was abducted by militants at gunpoint last week, Sky News TV reported. The ....
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IFC to open regional offie in Jordan
Date: 2014-04-20 07:22:16 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:677726
AMMAN, April 20 (MENA) - The World Bank plans to open a regional office of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Jordan, said the country's planning and international cooperation minister. Ibrahim Sief told Al-Ghad newspaper out Sunday ....
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Israeli forces storm Aqsa mosque, allow 28 Jewish extremists
Date: 2014-04-20 06:49:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:677660
RAMALLAH, April 20 (MENA) - Israeli forces broke into Al-Aqsa Mosque yards on Sunday, allowing 28 Jewish hardliners to step into the compound at the pretext of marking their Jewish holidays. Jews are marking Passover, a seven-day holiday which in ....
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AL chief congratulates Bouteflika on his election win
Date: 2014-04-20 00:18:04 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:677546
ALGIERS, April 19 (MENA) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika received congratulations from Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby on his re-election for a fourth term. In his congratulatory cable, Araby sent Bouteflika his best ....
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Libya denies Canada embassy closure
Date: 2014-04-19 19:40:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:677349
TRIPOLI, April 19 (MENA) – Libya's foreign ministry denied that the Canadian embassy has been closed. The minister's spokesman told MENA all reports about Canada's embassy are unfounded. The spokesman urged media outlets to be more accurate ....
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Israeli soldiers targeted Lebanese farmers -- army
Date: 2014-04-19 19:02:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:677285
BEIRUT, April 19 (MENA) – The Lebanese army said on Saturday that Israeli soldiers targeted a number of Lebanese farmers near the border. The soldiers fired over the farmers' heads in an attempt to force them away from the area where they were ....
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8 killed, injured in suicide blast in Iraq
Date: 2014-04-19 18:39:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:677283
BAGHDAD, April 19 (MENA) – Three soldiers were killed and five others were injured when a suicide bomber targeted an army post in an area north of Baghdad. The blast occurred in Moshahda, a security source said. Security forces cordoned off ....
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Italy's envoy denies leaving Libya
Date: 2014-04-19 18:14:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:677266
TRIPOLI, April 19 (MENA) – Italian Ambassador to Libya Giuseppe Grimaldi denied reports that he left the country amid a series of attacks on diplomatic missions. Grimaldi said in statements Saturday that he and the diplomatic mission do not face ....
