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Tunisian should be proud of 'power transition': Marzouki
Date: 2014-12-26 18:49:00 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:1618997
TUNIS, Dec 26 (MENA) – Tunisia's outgoing President Moncef Marzouki on Friday said that Tunisians should be proud of the democratic era they live in. "It’s a milestone historic moment, when the power would be handed over in a democratic way for ....
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Qaeda claims killing 20 Houthis in Yemen
Date: 2014-12-26 17:49:15 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:91 - ID:1618881
SANAA, Dec 26 (MENA) - Ansar Al Sharia, the main arm of Al Qaeda in Yemen, claimed on Friday responsibility for killing 20 militants of Houthi group north of the capital Sanaa. The group said on Twitter that six of its members laid an ambush for a ....
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Essebsi to be sworn in on Wednesday
Date: 2014-12-26 17:42:22 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:1618809
TUNIS, Dec 26 (MENA) – Tunisian President-elect Beji Caid Essebsi will be sworn in as a new a president of Tunisia on Wednesday, according to the Tunisian parliament. Parliament speaker Mohamed al-Nasser said that Essebsi will take the oath in a ....
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2 Libyan troops killed in Benghazi clashes
Date: 2014-12-26 16:59:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:1618625
TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (MENA) - Two Libyan brothers, both of commandos, were killed during the ongoing clashes in the coastal city of Benghazi Friday. A soldier was also injured in the clashes with Shura Council of Benghazi Revolutionaries in al Laithi ....
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Iraqi parliament speaker phones regional counterparts
Date: 2014-12-26 16:55:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1618589
BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (MENA) - Iraq' s parliament speaker Salim al Jabouri telephoned on Friday his counterparts of Kuwait, Jordan, the UAE, Qatar and Turkey. The contacts took on ways to boost parliamentary cooperation and issues of mutual concern , ....
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Libya's Sidra oil reservoir catches fire due to clashes
Date: 2014-12-26 16:47:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:1618605
TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (MENA) – A third oil reservoir caught fire on Friday at the Libyan port of Sidra, spokesman for the oil facilities guards in the North African country Ali al-Hassi said. "The first and second reservoirs caught fire on Thursday due ....
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Libya's NCHR concerned over ongoing violent acts
Date: 2014-12-26 16:11:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:71 - ID:1618477
TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Libyan National Commission for Human Rights (NCHR) has voiced concern over the ongoing violent acts in the country. An NCHR statement Friday said such acts will lead to the spread of organized crimes. The ....
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Two appeals against initial results of presidential run-off overruled
Date: 2014-12-26 16:02:18 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:1618389
TUNIS, Dec 26 (MENA) – The Tunisian Administrative Court has overruled appeals filed by two citizens challenging the initial results of the second round of the presidential vote. A court secretary, Ahmed Swab said that the two rulings will be ....
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Jabouri meets McCain in Baghdad
Date: 2014-12-26 15:55:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:1618377
BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (MENA) - Iraqi Parliament Speaker Salim al Jabouri met on Friday with US Senator John McCain in Baghdad. The meeting was attended by a number of chieftains, whose tribes are in clashes with the terrorist Daesh group, Al Sumeria news ....
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Larijani arrives in Erbil
Date: 2014-12-26 15:54:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:1618373
ERBIL, IRAQ, Dec 26 (MENA) - Speaker of the Iranian Shura Council Ali Larijani on Friday arrived at Erbil International Airport. Larijani arrived in Iraq on Sunday. He is expected to meet with a number of public figures in Erbil, mainly ....
