Arab world
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65 killed, injured in 2 bombings in Babel
Date: 2014-03-09 09:10:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:598458
Ten people were killed and 55 others injured in a suicide bombing using two booby-trapped vehicles, said a police source in Babel governorate Sunday. A security force sealed the area of the blast and the ambulances rushed to the scene to carry ....
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Hamas meddling in Egypt's affairs harmed Palestinian issue - Palestinian labor minister
Date: 2014-03-09 09:08:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:598448
Palestinian Labor minister, Ahmed Majdalani, said that a clear distinction must be made between Hamas as part of Muslim Brotherhood international organization and the national Palestinian movement or the Palestinian liberation organization. We ....
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Libyan officials urged to put their country's interest above any other consideration
Date: 2014-03-09 08:16:54 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:598323
Acting Oil Minister Omar Shakmak urged on Sunday all Libyan officials to place the country's higher interests above any other consideration. In an interview with MENA, he said he tried to convince the former oil minister not to tender his ....
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Libya besieges North Korean-flagged ship over illegal oil
Date: 2014-03-08 18:26:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:597807
Libya's Interim Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that the Libyan prosecutor general issued a decision to besiege and use force with a North Korean-flagged ship in a port east of Tripoli over loading oil illegally. "The prosecutor general has given ....
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Army leader killed, 4 guards injured in Baquba explosion
Date: 2014-03-08 13:32:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:596577
An Iraqi army commander was killed and four of his guards were injured in a bomb explosion that targeted his convoy in north Baquba, 55 km east to the Iraqi capital, on Saturday. An explosive charge planted on the side of the road went off as the ....
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AL chief, South Sudanese FM discuss boosting bilateral cooperation
Date: 2014-03-08 12:01:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:597054
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi held talks Saturday with South Sudan's Foreign Minister Barnaba Benjamin at the AL premises. During the meeting, the two sides discussed ways of boosting cooperation ties between the pan-Arab body and ....
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Egypt takes rapid steps toward establishing civil state - Lebanese FM
Date: 2014-03-08 11:45:12 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:597010
Egypt took rapid steps toward establishing a civil state, said Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil. Following his meeting with his Egyptian counterpart Nabil Fahmy on Saturday, Bassil said that he came to visit Egypt as the first Lebanese ....
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Saudi Arabia to host Asia media summit in May
Date: 2014-03-08 08:57:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:596542
Saudi Arabia will host the Asia Media Summit, which will be organized by the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) and hosted by the Ministry of Culture and Information and the General Commission for Audiovisual Media, in May. ....
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97 killed in Syria
Date: 2014-03-08 07:37:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:596396
Ninety-seven persons were killed across Syria on Friday, including 25 in Aleppo, Idlib and Daraa by regime shells. Clashes erupted between the Free Syrian Army and regime army in Homs, Sky News TV quoted sources in the opposition as saying. ....
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MB slams Saudi decision designating it as terrorist group
Date: 2014-03-08 07:25:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:596383
The Muslim Brotherhood has slammed a Saudi decision to designate it as a terrorist group. In a statement on Friday, the group said the decision hurts it. "This new stance of the Saudi Arabia is fully contradictory to the course of its ....