Arab world

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  • Lebanese army officer, soldier killed by militants

    Date: 2014-04-08 21:52:25 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:171 - ID:657424

    BEIRUT, April 8 (MENA) – A Lebanese army officer and a soldier were killed Tuesday in Akkar district, northern Lebanon by militants. An army vehicle was caught in an ambush set up by some gunmen, who opened fire against it, killing the officer ....

  • Political, financial support needed from Arab FMs to Palestinian—AL chief

    Date: 2014-04-08 21:41:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:170 - ID:657404

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) – Full political and financial support is needed from Arab Foreign Ministers to the Palestinian leadership during their extraordinary meeting on Wednesday to discuss latest developments in Palestine, Arab League (AL) chief ....

  • Hamas: we won't be availed

    Date: 2014-04-08 21:17:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:165 - ID:657362

    RAMALLAH, April 8 (MENA) – Senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Zahar said Tuesday that the movement rejected what he considered "the use of the national reconciliation by the Fatah movement as leverage on the Israelis to improve the negotiation ....

  • Egypt's consul discusses coop. with police chief in Khartoum

    Date: 2014-04-08 21:00:35 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:163 - ID:657360

    KHARTOUM, April 8 (MENA) – Egyptian consul in Khartoum Wiam Abdullah Sweilem held a meeting Tuesday with security chief in the Sudan General Hisham Othman al-Hussain. The meeting took up boosting cooperation between the two Arab countries at ....

  • Int'l conf. on drugs forgery slated for Nov. in Cairo

    Date: 2014-04-08 19:50:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:157 - ID:657038

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - An international conference on combating forgery of pharmaceuticals is scheduled to be held on November 26-27, 2014 in Egypt, the Health Ministry has announced. This came during a meeting held Tuesday between Health ....

  • Azhar Imam: Libyan people should unite

    Date: 2014-04-08 19:41:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:657276

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) – Grand Imam of al-Azhar Ahmad el-Tayyeb said on Tuesday that the Libyan people should unite during this critical stage. He also expressed al-Azhar's readiness to spread the moderate teachings of Islam in Tripoli. ....

  • GNC asks Thinni to form gov't within week

    Date: 2014-04-08 19:12:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:657039

    TRIPOLI, April 8 (MENA) - Libya's General National Congress (GNC) has asked prime minister-designate Abdullah al-Thinni to form the new cabinet in a week's time. Meantime, the interim government has denied media reports that it offered its ....

  • Kerry places blame on Israel for crisis in peace talks

    Date: 2014-04-08 19:08:04 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:151 - ID:657277

    WASHINGTON, April 8 (MENA) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that the United States intends on continuing its efforts to promote a peace process between Israel and the Palestinians, Haaretz Newspaper reported. During a Senate Foreign ....

  • Abbas, Egypt's FM discuss developments in Palestinian territories

    Date: 2014-04-08 18:42:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:657228

    CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting Tuesday with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy. The meeting took up recent developments in the Palestinian territories after the halt of peace talks with ....

  • Algeria election monitoring committee asserts neutrality, denies discord among members

    Date: 2014-04-08 18:37:42 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:657113

    ALGIERS, April 8 (MENA) - The National Election Monitoring Committee (CNISEL) of Algeria reaffirmed on Tuesday neutrality of its mission to watch the electoral process, dismissing reports claiming disputes among the committee's members. In an ....

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