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  • Palestinian leadership to demand membership of more world bodies -- Fatah member

    Date: 2014-04-07 08:07:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:653600

    RAMALLAH, April 7 (MENA) - The Palestinian Authority will seek membership of 63 more international organizations and conventions, said Nabil Shaas, the member of the Fatah movement central committee said on Monday. Earlier this month, the ....

  • 2 killed, wounded in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-04-07 08:03:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:653641

    BAGHDAD, April7 (MENA) - One civilian was killed and another wounded in different parts of the Iraqi capital on Monday, security sources said. Unidentified gunmen opened fire at a civilian in southern Baghdad, killing him at once, the source ....

  • Hezbollah claims responsibility for Israeli patrol attack

    Date: 2014-04-07 07:04:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:653489

    BEIRUT, April 7 (MENA) - Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah claimed his party's responsibility responsibility for attacking an Israeli patrol at Shebaa Farms last month. Nasrallah, in an interview with Al-Safir newspaper out Monday, said the attack ....

  • Car on fire as bomb goes off in Manama

    Date: 2014-04-07 07:02:13 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:653541

    MANAMA, April 7 (MENA) - A car was set on fire after a locally-made explosive device went off in Adliya area in the Bahraini capital on Sunday, Manama police chief said. A probe was launched into the incident, he added. (MENA) SR/ ....

  • AL chief praises US efforts to reach peace deal

    Date: 2014-04-06 22:07:42 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:653328

    AMMAN, April 6 (MENA) – Arab League chief Nabil Arabi has praised efforts exerted by US Secretary of State John Kerry to achieve peace between the Palestinians and Israel. "The Arab states encourage the US to continue endeavors to achieve peace ....

  • Lebanon PM calls on Hezbollah to stop involvement in Syrian conflict

    Date: 2014-04-06 22:05:30 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:161 - ID:653334

    BEIRUT, April 6 (MENA) - Lebanese Prime Minister Tammam Salam called on Hezbollah to stop engaging in the ongoing civil war in neighboring Syria. In statements to Al-Arabiya TV channel Sunday, Salam said that his government's policy is based on ....

  • International flights resumed at Libya's Benina airport

    Date: 2014-04-06 21:02:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:157 - ID:653320

    TRIPOLI, April 6 (MENA) – International flights at Benina International Airport in Benghazi in Libya have been resumed after a one-day halt over protests. The protests were part of civil disobedience staged nationwide. An agreement was reached ....

  • Two dead from MERS coronavirus in Jeddah

    Date: 2014-04-06 20:25:46 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:653301

    RIYADH, April 6 (MENA) - Two persons have died in the Saudi Arabia city of Jeddah from the new SARS-like coronavirus, MERS-CoV, the Saudi Health Ministry said on Sunday. Saudi Arabia has been the country most affected by the respiratory-system ....

  • Tunisia says arrested terrorist cell

    Date: 2014-04-06 19:58:21 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:149 - ID:653188

    TUNIS, April 6 (MENA) - A cell affiliated to a banned group has been arrested over planning for a terrorist attack in Sfax in Tunisia, local media reported on Sunday. The cell comprised eight members who were arrested in a house in which they ....

  • Hamas calls on Arab League not to waste time on futile negotiations

    Date: 2014-04-06 19:51:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:653132

    GAZA, April 6 (MENA) - Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman for Hamas, called on Sunday on the Arab League not to waste more time on futile negotiations between the Palestinian Authority and Israel. In a letter directed to a meeting of Arab foreign ....

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