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Tunisia re-opens border crossings with Libya
Date: 2014-12-25 06:29:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1609173
TRIPOLI, Dec 25 (MENA) - Movement of passengers and commodities returned to normal after border crossings between Libya and Tunisia were re-opened on Thursday, a Libyan security source said. Tunisian authorities closed Ras Gdair and Dhiba ....
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UN mission slams killing of Egyptian doctor, his wife in Libya
Date: 2014-12-25 06:13:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1609029
TRIPOLI, Dec 25 (MENA) - A UN mission has strongly slammed the killing of an Egyptian christian doctor and his wife and the kidnapping of their 18-year-old daughter in the Libyan city of Sirt. In a statement, the United Nations Support Mission in ....
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Clashes erupt between Houthis, Qaeda in central Yemen
Date: 2014-12-25 06:08:27 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1609049
SANAA, Dec 25 (MENA) – Clashes erupted between Houthi tribesmen and al-Qaeda linked fighters in al-Bayda province of central Yemen, local sources said on Thursday. As many as five Houthis were killed and two others injured when Qaeda members ....
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Mauritanian journalist faces death penalty over criticizing Prophet Muhammad
Date: 2014-12-25 02:09:29 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1608857
NOUAKCHOTT, Dec 25 (MENA) - A Mauritanian journalist called Mohamed Cheikh Ould M'Kheitir was sentenced to death on Thursday after being convicted of apostasy for an article criticizing prophet Muhammad (PBUH). The journalist has the right to ....
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Policeman injured in Baghdad
Date: 2014-12-24 22:40:08 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:200 - ID:1608709
BAGHDAD, Dec 24 (MENA) – An Iraqi policeman was injured Wednesday when his car was targeted by a bomb in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. According to eyewitnesses, the policeman was severely injured. In the meantime, a well-placed official has ....
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Iraq to defeat Daesh soon, says PM al-Abadi
Date: 2014-12-24 21:55:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:195 - ID:1608633
BAGHDAD, Dec 24 (MENA) – Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on Wednesday said Daesh in Iraq will be wiped out very soon. During a meeting with Speaker of the Iranian parliament Ali Larijani, al-Abadi said that his country became more resolved to ....
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US concerned for Jordanian captured pilot
Date: 2014-12-24 21:13:20 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:191 - ID:1608561
WASHINGTON, Dec 24 (MENA) - The US is working closely with the government of Jordan concerning the Jordanian pilot captured today, said US State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki on Wednesday. In a statement published by the Department's ....
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Sudan's army to eliminate rebel groups: Bashir
Date: 2014-12-24 20:44:55 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:189 - ID:1608269
KHARTOUM, Dec 24 (MENA) – The Sudanese army will eliminate rebel groups in Southern Kordofan, Blue Nile and Darfur during the second phase of operations dubbed "Decisive Summer", which was launched a few days ago, said Sudan’s President Omar ....
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Iraq’s president congratulates Essebsi on Tunisia pres. election win
Date: 2014-12-24 20:42:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:187 - ID:1608473
BAGHDAD, Dec 24 (MENA) – Iraq’s President Fouad Massoum congratulates Tunisia’s president-elect Beji Caid Essebsi on winning the elections. In a phone call, Massoum wished more cooperation between the two brethren countries, to achieve stability ....
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Anba Isaac chairs Christmas Mass for Coptic Catholics in Egypt
Date: 2014-12-24 20:39:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:186 - ID:1608477
CAIRO, Dec 24 (MENA) - Anba Ibrahim Isaac, the current Coptic Catholic Patriarch, chaired Christmas Mass for the Coptic Catholics in Egypt. Following the Mass, Isaac delivered the Christmas sermon that touched upon the birth of Jesus Christ and ....
