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  • Egypt restoring pivotal regional, int'l role - Kuwait FM

    Date: 2014-12-16 20:55:19 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:1552749

    KUWAIT CITY, Dec 16 (MENA) - Egypt has restored its pivotal role at both regional and international levels, Kuwait's First Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah has said. Speaking at a ministerial ....

  • Sudan to counter swarms of locusts

    Date: 2014-12-16 20:25:51 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:159 - ID:1552665

    KHARTOUM, Dec 16 (MENA) – Sudanese government has taken measures to counter swarms of locusts that came into the country from the Red Sea State. Head of the general department for plant protection Khedr Jibril said the measures came amid the ....

  • Tunisia PM says no place for terrorists

    Date: 2014-12-16 19:35:08 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:1552485

    TUNIS, Dec 16 (MENA) - Tunisia's Prime Minister Mahdi Gomaa said Tuesday there was no place for terrorists in Tunisia "neither today nor tomorrow." Gomaa's remarks came during the inauguration of a security center for combating terror and ....

  • AL chief to meet Hammond, Kerry on Palestinian cause

    Date: 2014-12-16 18:13:21 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:1552277

    LONDON, Dec 16 (MENA) – Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Araby arrived in London on Tuesday to meet with UK Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond and US Secretary of State John Kerry. The meeting is to discuss issues related to pushing the ....

  • Iraqi army kills 15 terrorists in Naimiyeh, Tigris Arm

    Date: 2014-12-16 17:25:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:132 - ID:1552049

    BAGHDAD, Dec 16 (MENA) - Iraqi army killed 15 terrorists at least Tuesday in Naimiyeh and Tigris Arm road, accord to Iraqi Defense Ministry. The security forces totally controlled Baiji in northern Iraq. (MENA) MHK/MOH ....

  • AL observers in Tunisia Thursday for 2nd round of presidential polls

    Date: 2014-12-16 16:47:53 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:1551805

    TUNIS, Dec 16 (MENA) - A delegation of the Arab League is due in Tunisia Thursday to monitor the second round of the presidential election, slated for Sunday. The delegation includes 15 observers from seven Arab countries: Egypt, Algeria, Iraq, ....

  • AI urges Yemen to probe SM activist killing

    Date: 2014-12-16 16:43:16 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:122 - ID:1551677

    SANAA, Dec 16 (MENA) - Amnesty International is urging prompt investigation into the fatal shooting of Southern Movement's Khaled al-Junaidi in Aden, according to Fox News. Yemeni police have been accused of killing a prominent southern ....

  • 25 killed in Yemen terror attacks

    Date: 2014-12-16 16:12:18 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1551325

    SANAA, Dec 16 (MENA) - At least 25 people died when two car bombs exploded in Radaa city in Yemen's central province of al-Bayda, Business Insider reported on Tuesday. The first car bomb exploded near a checkpoint manned by Shi'ite Houthi rebels ....

  • 4 Daesh elements killed in shelling by Iraqi army in Tikrit

    Date: 2014-12-16 14:51:16 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:1550689

    BAGHDAD, Dec16 (MENA) - Four Daesh elements were killed on Tuesday in an air shelling by the Iraqi army in Tikrit. Also, four civilians were injured in a blast in Kirkuk when a bomb went off near a micro-bus stop. (MENA) MHK/AS ....

  • Policeman killed, 4 civilians injured in mortar shells attack on Iraq's Baquba

    Date: 2014-12-16 14:42:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:1549949

    BAGHDAD, Dec 16 (MENA) - An Iraqi policeman was killed and four civilians were injured on Tuesday when three mortar shells hit a residential neighborhood northeast of Baquba, a security source said. A civilian was seriously injured in the attack, ....

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