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Explosives belts used in Jabal Mohsen attack - army
Date: 2015-01-11 10:06:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:1715645
BEIRUT, Jan 11 (MENA) - The Lebanese army said two suicide bombers wearing explosives belts were behind the attack on a cafe in Jebal Mohsen in northern Lebanon on Saturday. The belts included four kilograms of TNT, a statement by the army ....
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Sudan summons Libyan diplomat over banning nationals to enter country
Date: 2015-01-11 10:01:39 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1715649
KHARTOUM, Jan 11 (MENA) - The Sudanese Foreign Ministry recalled Libyan Charge d'Affaires Mohamed Soula to protest banning nationals from entering the unrest-hit North African country. Speaking to Al Mahgar el Siyasi newspaper, the diplomat ....
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Yemeni FM meets with US amb.
Date: 2015-01-11 09:49:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1715641
SANAA, Jan 11 (MENA) - Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdullah al-Saidi met Sunday with US Ambassador in Sanaa Matthew Tueller. The meeting took up means to boost bilateral ties in the different domains. On the other hand, Tueller affirmed his ....
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King Abdullah, his wife head for Paris
Date: 2015-01-11 08:57:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1715169
AMMAN, Jan 11 (MENA) - King Abdullah II and his wife Queen Rania left for Paris on Sunday to take part in a march called for by President Francois Hollande to condemn terrorism, a statement by the Royal Diwan said. The march aims at condemning ....
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Qaeda claims responsibility for attacks on army
Date: 2015-01-11 08:35:18 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1714805
SANAA, Jan 11 (MENA) - Al Qaeda-affiliated Ansar Al Sharia militant group claimed responsibility for the attacks that targeted the army in a number of Yemeni provinces. The attacks targeted army camps in Hadramaut province and other ....
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Body of Abu Anas Al Libi laid to rest in Tripoli
Date: 2015-01-11 07:27:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1714389
TRIPOLI, Jan 11 (MENA) - The body of Abu Anas Al Libi, an alleged al Qaeda operative whom U.S. blamed for attacking its embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and was captured in Libya in 2013, was laid to rest in Tripoli. The Libyan newspaper issued ....
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Libyan Red Crescent denies calling on citizens to return to Benghazi flashpoints
Date: 2015-01-11 06:19:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1714325
TRIPOLI, Jan 11 (MENA) - The Libyan Red Crescent Association denies media reports on calling on Libyan citizens to return to their Benghazi homes located in the areas of clashes. In a statement released on Sunday, the Libyan Red Crescent media ....
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Supreme Muslim Council deplores Tripoli's blasts
Date: 2015-01-10 22:34:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:1714009
BEIRUT, Jan 10 (MENA) – ِAlawite Supreme Muslim Council condemned on Saturday blasts that rocked Tripoli, calling on residents of Jabal Mohsen, Northern Lebanon to exercise self-restraint. In a press release, the council urged the Lebanese people ....
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Bitter cold kills 10 displaced Sudanese fleeing Darfur clashes
Date: 2015-01-10 22:22:22 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:1714013
KHARTOUM, Jan 10 (MENA) - The bitter cold wave that hit wide areas of Sudan killed ten displaced persons, mostly children, who were fleeing violent clashes in Darfur. A local humanitarian affairs official said 108 displaced families had arrived ....
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9 killed in 2 separate suicide attacks in Syria
Date: 2015-01-10 22:18:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:1714017
DAMASCUS, Jan 10 (MENA) – At least nine people were killed Saturday in two different blasts in the Syrian city of Aleppo. A booby-trapped car explosion, at a checkpoint in Aleppo's village of Muskan, claimed the life of five people. ....