Arab world
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35 fishermen arrive in Suez after release from Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-04-12 08:04:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:663300
SUEZ, Egypt, April 12 (MENA) - Thirty-five fishermen have arrived here Saturday after their deportation from Saudi Arabia. The fishermen were detained by Saudi authorities over illegal fishing in territorial waters in the Red Sea, said head of ....
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Arabs seek UNSC permanent membership
Date: 2014-04-12 08:02:35 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:663301
KUWAIT CITY, April 12 (MENA) - The Arab Group at the United Nations is seeking Security Council's permanent membership due to the large number of issues on its agenda, affirmed Kuwait's UN delegate. The UN Security Council examines a large number ....
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France probes reported sale of surveillance devices to Syrian regime
Date: 2014-04-11 21:42:59 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:663075
PARIS, April 11 (MENA) - French judges have been assigned to open a judicial investigation targeting the french company of Qosmos for complicity of selling surveillance devices to the Syrian regime. In a statement, two French rights groups said ....
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Maritime task force says Syria chemical arms removal is back on track
Date: 2014-04-11 20:31:14 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:120 - ID:663016
DAMASCUS, April 11 (MENA) - The transfer of Syria's chemical weapons out of the country is back on schedule, a maritime task force in charge of the operation said Friday. Public affairs officer Simen Rudi said that after a period without loading ....
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Iraqi coalition deplores attempt to kill deputy PM
Date: 2014-04-11 19:08:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:662870
BAGHDAD, April 11 (MENA) – The Iraqiya political coalition has condemned an attempt to assassinate Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq and lawmaker Talal al-Zobaie of the coalition. The assassination scheme was a merely meant to draw ....
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Spain FM arrives in Algeria
Date: 2014-04-11 17:45:19 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:662885
ALGERIS, April 11 (MENA) - Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo arrived on Friday in Algiers on a two-day visit. His Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra welcomed him upon arrival. The visit comes is meant to promote ties and ....
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7 people suffer suffocation in Israeli tear gas attack in northern Gaza Strip
Date: 2014-04-11 17:26:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:93 - ID:662865
GAZA CITY, April 7 (MENA) - Seven Palestinians, including five paramedics suffered suffocation on Friday when Israeli troops used tear gas to disperse a youth demonstration. The rally was being in east of Jabalya in northern Gaza Strip to protest ....
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Palestinian young man injured in Gaza by Israeli forces
Date: 2014-04-11 17:05:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:662837
GAZA CITY, April 11, (MENA) - A Palestinian young man was injured Friday by Israeli forces who opened fire at him in southern Gaza Strip, said local officials. The young man, 17, was shot in his leg in Farrahin neighborhood, east of Khan ....
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11 militants killed in Iraq's Anbar
Date: 2014-04-11 15:36:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:662729
BAGHDA, April 11 (MENA) – Eleven members of the militant Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as Daash, were killed in a security operation in Anbar province, 110 kilometers west of the capital, said a statement by the Iraqi army. Four cars ....
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EU envoy leaves Cairo for Tunis
Date: 2014-04-11 13:55:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:662553
CAIRO, April 11 (MENA) - EU Special Representative for the Southern Mediterranean Bernardino Leon left Cairo for Tunisia on Friday wrapping up a several-day visit to Egypt. He held meetings with a number of officials to discuss the latest ....