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Essebsi, Tunisian defense minister discuss developing military system, countering terrorism
Date: 2015-06-16 13:48:13 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:2809421
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi on Tuesday discussed with the country's Defense Minister Farhat Horchani the security situation and ways to develop the military system, especially with regard to countering terrorism. In statements, Horchani ....
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AL chief, Lebanon PM to confer on regional developments Wednesday
Date: 2015-06-16 12:05:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:2808417
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby will meet Lebanese Prime Minister Tamam Salam on Wednesday. Talks will take up the latest developments in the region, with focus on conditions of Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Araby and Salam ....
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UN chief describes human crisis in Yemen as "catastrophic"
Date: 2015-06-16 06:46:57 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2805741
UN chief Ban Ki-moon has called for an immediate humanitarian truce in Yemen as peace talks began in Geneva and a Saudi-led Arab coalition continued aerial bombardments of the ravaged country. Global powers are keen for a speedy resolution of the ....
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Bashir was keen to participate in AU Summit in South Africa --Sudan FM
Date: 2015-06-15 19:35:47 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:2804625
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ibrahim el Ghandour asserted on Monday that Sudanese President Omar el Bashir was keen to participate in the African Union Summit held in South Africa. This came in a press conference that was held at Khartoum ....
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BCC: Sudan leader Bashir flies out of South Africa
Date: 2015-06-15 16:02:34 GMT - South Africa - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2803345
Sudan's President Omar al Bashir has left South Africa, pre-empting a court ruling over an international warrant for his arrest, the BBC reported Monday. The Pretoria High Court was due to decide whether he should be handed over to the ....
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Sudanese president leaves Johannesburg
Date: 2015-06-15 15:05:51 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:2802813
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir left South Africa on Monday back home after taking part in the 25th African Union summit, Sudanese Information Minister Ahmed Belal Othman said. He told MENA that Bashir and his accompanying delegation ....
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Iraqi interior minister, WB representative confer on ways to secure reconstruction projects
Date: 2015-06-15 14:49:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:2802641
Iraqi Interior Minister Mohamed Salem al Ghaban met Monday with World Bank Special Representative for Iraq Robert Bou Jaoude. Talks took up means to provide security needed to implement reconstruction projects in areas liberated from Daesh ....
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Implementation mechanism for UNSC resolution needed before meeting Houthis in Geneva - Yemeni FM
Date: 2015-06-15 14:42:57 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:2802569
Yemen's Foreign Minister Riad Yassin on Monday said his country's official delegation would not meet with a Houthis delegation before an implementation mechanism for the Security Council Resolution 2216 is agreed through Special Envoy to Yemen ....
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Tunisian president, interior minister probe security conditions
Date: 2015-06-15 13:48:50 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:2802181
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi discussed with Interior Minister Mohamed Nagem the security conditions in the country as well as the developments of the latest terrorist attack that took place at dawn Monday in Sidi Bou Said. Earlier, number ....
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UN chief calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Yemen
Date: 2015-06-15 09:37:42 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:2799773
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon opened political talks on Yemen here on Monday by calling for a humanitarian ceasefire to mark the start of the holy month of Ramadan. He said that one of the parties, the Houthis, had not yet arrived ....