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AL not bias to any Algerian party - official
Date: 2017-05-04 08:24:11 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:6796109
ALGIERS, May 4 (MENA) - The Arab League is impartial vis-a-vis all parties vying in the Algerian parliamentary elections which kicked off earlier Thursday, the head of the AL mission monitoring the elections said. In statements to MENA on ....
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Algerian parliamentary elections kicks off
Date: 2017-05-04 07:59:35 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:6796088
ALGIERS, May 4 (MENA) - Algerians started on Thursday casting their ballots to elect a new parliament. Algerian lawmakers are elected by direct universal suffrage for a five-year term in the 462-seat lower house. Seats are allocated ....
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Eight civilians injured as two missiles hit Benghazi
Date: 2017-05-04 06:48:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:6796003
TRIPOLI, May 4 (MENA) - Eight civilians were injured late Wednesday when two missiles hit Shabna and al Sirti districts in Benghazi. A Jalaa Hospital official said that the eight checked into hospital and are being treated. (MENA) M N E/D A E ....
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UN envoy welcomes Sarraj-Haftar meeting in UAE
Date: 2017-05-04 06:41:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:6795985
TRIPOLI, May 4 (MENA) - UN Special Representative to Libya Martin Kobler has welcomed a meeting between Commander of the Libyan army Khalifa Haftar and Chairman of the Presidential Council of the Libyan Government of National Accord Fayez al Sarraj, ....
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Somali minister shot dead by auditor general's bodyguards
Date: 2017-05-03 19:10:00 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:6795783
MOGADISHU, May 3 (MENA) - Bodyguards for Somalia's auditor general shot dead a government minister near the presidential palace on Wednesday evening, ABC News cited police as saying. Capt. Mohamed Hussein said bodyguards escorting Nur Farah ....
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Egypt welcomes Seraj-Hafter meeting in UAE
Date: 2017-05-03 15:59:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:72 - ID:6795529
CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - Egypt welcomed on Wednesday a meeting between head of the Government of National Accord of Libya Fayez Seraj and commander of the Libyan army Khalifa Hafter in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed ....
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11 journalists killed in Iraq in past year: watchdog
Date: 2017-05-03 15:48:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:6795530
BAGHDAD, May 3 (MENA) - Eleven journalists died covering conflict or were assassinated in Iraq during the past year, a Baghdad-based watchdog said in a report released Wednesday to mark World Press Freedom Day. "From May 3, 2016 to May 3 (this ....
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AL council holds meeting Thursday on Palestinian prisoners at Israeli jails
Date: 2017-05-03 13:45:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:6795205
CAIRO, May 3 (MENA) - The Arab League (AL) Council will hold an extraordinary meeting Thursday at the level of permanent delegates in support of Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike at Israeli jails. The meeting, called for by Palestine and ....
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Seven die in Syria blast
Date: 2017-05-03 13:26:28 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:6795208
DAMASCUS, May 3 (MENA) - At least seven persons were killed and over 20 injured when a car bomb went off in the rebel-held city of Azaz in Syria. The booby-trapped car exploded near a mosque in the northern countryside of Aleppo province, the ....
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France welcomes Hafter-Seraj meeting in UAE
Date: 2017-05-03 13:13:45 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:6795041
PARIS, May 3 (MENA) - Spokesman for French Foreign Ministry Roman Nadal said on Wednesday that his country welcomes the meeting held in Abu Dhabi between Libyan army commander Khalifa Hafter and head of the Libyan presidential council Fayez El ....
