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Italy says it is difficult to say who kidnapped 4 Italians in Libya
Date: 2015-07-20 10:45:26 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:3011689
ROME/BRUSSELS, July 20 (MENA) - Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni said on Monday it is too difficult to pinpoint who exactly kidnapped four Italian citizens in Libya, especially as the Italian embassy in the restive country has been closed ....
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Libya mourns police official killed in Benghazi
Date: 2015-07-20 09:51:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:3011365
TRIPOLI, July 20 (MENA) - The Libyan Interior Ministry on Monday mourned the head of the Benghazi port who was killed in clashes in the second-largest city. "Colonel Abdullah Saaiti was killed in the line of duty," the ministry said in a ....
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UAE issues law against hate crimes, discrimination
Date: 2015-07-20 08:53:20 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:3011185
ABU DHABI, July 20 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has issued a new law against any form of discrimination on the basis of religion, caste, creed, doctrine, race, color or ethnic origin following a Decree by President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa ....
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Indian nurse wounded in shell attack in Benghazi
Date: 2015-07-20 08:51:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:3010973
TRIPOLI, July 20 (MENA) - An Indian nurse was wounded when a shell targeted Benghazi medical center late on Sunday, an official at the center said. The shell caused damage to the kidney section at the center, he added. This is not the first ....
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Libyan warplanes sink vessel near Benghazi
Date: 2015-07-20 08:45:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:3010993
TRIPOLI, July 20 (MENA) - Libyan warplanes attacked and sank a vessel carrying militants and weapons Sunday near the eastern city of Benghazi and targeted another carrying arms in the same area, said Spokesman for the Libyan Air Force Nasser al ....
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Arabi condemns terrorist attack in Ain Defla in Algeria
Date: 2015-07-20 08:39:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:3010945
CAIRO, July 20 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Arabi condemned the terrorist attack that targeted Algerian army soldiers in Ain Defla province. This came during a phone call between Arabi and Algerian Foreign Minister Ramadan ....
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Four Italians kidnapped in Libya
Date: 2015-07-20 08:28:24 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:3010697
ROME, July 20 (MENA) - Four Italian citizens have been kidnapped Libya, the Italian foreign ministry said on Monday. The four employees of construction company Bonatti were kidnapped near a compound owned by Italian oil and gas group Eni in the ....
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Arab alliance jets shell Houthis, Saleh sites in Sanaa
Date: 2015-07-20 06:21:12 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:3010213
SANAA, July 20 (MENA) - Arab alliance jets shelled sites of Houthis and forces loyal to former president Ali Abdullah Saleh in Sanaa. The jets targeted al Hafa camp and weapons warehouses in eastern Sanaa. The planes stopped targeting Sanaa ....
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Algerian army kills 16 Qaeda militants
Date: 2015-07-19 23:04:47 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:3009941
ALGIERS, July 19 (MENA) - Algerian media on Sunday reported that the army killed 16 Qaeda affiliated militants in a district where soldiers were killed on Friday night. The army proceeded to seal off the area and unleashed a vast operation to ....
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Suspects in Gaza blasts arrested
Date: 2015-07-19 23:00:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:74 - ID:3009897
GAZA CITY, July 19 (MENA) - Suspects of Sunday blasts in Gaza have been arrested, the Hamas-run interior ministry said. In a statement, spokesman of the ministry Iyad Al Bezm said security officials started an investigation into the blasts. The ....