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  • Bomb defused in Yemen's Ibb

    Date: 2014-12-26 14:51:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:1618049

    SANAA, Dec 26 (MENA) - Yemeni security forces have managed to defuse an explosive charge in Ibb, central Yemen. The bomb was found in a plastic bag and planted on the side of the road in Ibb city. The authorities concerned launched a probe ....

  • Violent acts kill 2, injure 6 in Iraq

    Date: 2014-12-26 14:38:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1617985

    BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (MENA) – Two Iraqis were killed and 6 others were wounded Friday in separate acts of violence and terrorist attacks. In Diyala province, a police officer was shot dead while two mortar shells claimed the life of a serviceman and ....

  • Saudi imam lauds Egypt, Qatar response to reconciliation

    Date: 2014-12-26 14:21:53 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:1617905

    MECCA, Dec 26 (MENA) - Sheikh Osama Khayyat, Imam of the Masjidil Haram in Mecca, Friday praised the immediate response of Egypt and Qatar to a Saudi-brokered reconciliation initiative. The immediate response of the two countries was out of ....

  • 7 injured in Libya's clashes

    Date: 2014-12-26 14:06:05 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1617897

    TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (MENA) - Seven persons were wounded during clashes around oil installations in Akahilh area near the Libyan town of Bin Jawad, said spokesman for Ibn Sinai Educational Hospital in Sirte Friday. The injured were provided with the ....

  • Troika countries call for resumption of peace talks in Sudan

    Date: 2014-12-26 13:50:02 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:1617589

    KHARTOUM, Dec 26 (MENA) - The Troika countries - Norway, the UK and US - called on the Sudanese warring parties to resume peace talks and urged the release of political detainees, Sudan Tribune reported, citing a statement on Friday. Troika ....

  • SNJT warns of new "suppression of freedoms" era

    Date: 2014-12-26 12:37:42 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:1617349

    TUNIS, Dec 26 (MENA) - The National Syndicate of Tunisian Journalists (SNJT) on Friday warned a return to the era of suppression of freedoms. A SNJT statement made the warning Friday in response to a verbal assault by the top leader of Nidaa ....

  • Three killed, 13 wounded in Baghdad blasts

    Date: 2014-12-26 09:36:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:1616369

    BAGHDAD, Dec 26 (MENA) - Three people were killed and 13 others were wounded in two separate attacks in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. One person was killed and six were wounded in a bomb blast southwest of Baghdad, a police source ....

  • FM to meet Syrian opposition figure Saturday

    Date: 2014-12-26 09:23:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1616245

    CAIRO, Dec 26 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will meet with President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Hadi al-Bahra on Saturday. They will discuss the latest developments in Syria as well as ....

  • Unidentified men blow perfume company up in Libya

    Date: 2014-12-26 09:10:03 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1616137

    TRIPOLI, Dec 26 (MENA) - Unidentified men threw a bomb at a perfume company in the Libyan city of Ajdabiya on Friday. The fire gutted the company due to the flammable materials found there. Firefighters are now trying to extinguish the ....

  • Tunisian MP gets threatening message for backing Essebsi

    Date: 2014-12-26 08:52:47 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1615989

    TUNIS, Dec 26 (MENA) – A Tunisian lawmaker said she received a threatening message due to her party's support of Beji Caid Essebsi, who won the presidential elections on Monday. "The message contains threats to my party and to other parties that ....

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