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Sudan to partake in African regional meeting on Crime Prevention
Date: 2014-04-08 11:53:56 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:656233
KHARTOUM, April 8 (MENA) – Sudan will partake in African regional preparatory meetings for the 13th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, held in Addis Ababa on April 9-11. Sudan's Attorney General Omar Ahmed Mohamed will lead ....
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12 killed, injured in car blast in Tikrit
Date: 2014-04-08 11:52:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:656304
BAGHDAD, April 8 (MENA) - One Iraqi policeman was killed and 11 others were injured in an armed attack in eastern Tikirt, Salahuddin Province, some 170 km north of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said on Tuesday. A booby-trapped car targeted a ....
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Iraqi Foreign Ministry undersecretary arrives in Cairo
Date: 2014-04-08 11:43:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:656310
CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - Iraqi Foreign Ministry Undersecretary Nezar Eissa Abdel Hadi arrived here on Tuesday to take part in the Arab Foreign Ministers Emergency Meeting, due to convene here at the Arab League premises. The meeting comes upon a ....
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Algerian FM to participate in AL meeting
Date: 2014-04-08 11:16:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:655969
ALGIERS, April 8, (MENA) – Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra is scheduled to participate in the extraordinary meeting for the Arab League's foreign ministers on Wednesday at the headquarters of the General Secretariat of the Arab League in ....
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Yemeni official survives assassination bid
Date: 2014-04-08 11:03:24 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:656129
SANAA, April 8 (MENA) – Head of Yemen's constitution-drafting committee has survived an assassination attempt in the capital Sanaa on Tuesday. Gunmen opened fire at the convoy of Ismail al-Wazir in central Sanaa on Tuesday, killing three people ....
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Qaeda leading element killed in Derna
Date: 2014-04-08 09:47:13 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:655848
TRIPOLI, April 8 (MENA) – Ali Abdallah bin Taher, a leading element of Al-Qaeda in Libya was killed and his body was found in Karsa, near the city of Derna. Taher, popularly known as "Al-Far", was heading the 26-armed vehicle military convoy ....
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46 "Daash" elements killed, injured in Anbar
Date: 2014-04-08 09:33:04 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:655772
BAGHDAD, April 8 (MENA) – Nineteen elements belonging to the “Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant” organization (Daash) were killed and 27 injured on Tuesday after the Iraqi army targeted their headquarters in Fallujah, some 110 km west of ....
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13 women unions, 6 NGOs respond to calls for holding women conf. in Cairo
Date: 2014-04-08 09:15:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:655722
CAIRO, April 8 (MENA) - Thirteen Arab women unions have agreed on participation in a conference of the Arab Women's Union in Cairo to discuss women conditions and the achievements made as part of the UN Millennium Development Goals and in view of ....
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John Kerry, U.S. military clash on approach to Syria's rebels
Date: 2014-04-08 08:49:17 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:655723
NEW YORK, April 8 (MENA) - Frustrated by the stalemate in Syria, Secretary of State John Kerry has been pushing for the U.S. military to be more aggressive in supporting the country's rebel forces. Opposition has come from the institution that would ....
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Arab FMs emergency meeting approves continuation of peace talks - source
Date: 2014-04-08 08:19:49 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:655668
RIYADH, April 8 (MENA) - The Arab Foreign Ministers emergency meeting, to be held on Wednesday, will not close the door to negotiations over the peace process, said a reliable source at the Arab League. In statements to the Saudi "Okaz" newspaper, ....