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Jordan king leaves for Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-12-14 18:03:46 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1536909
AMMAN, Dec 14 (MENA) -King Abdullah II of Jordan left for Saudi Arabia on Sunday. The monarch is scheduled to have talks with his Saudi counterpart King Abdullah binAbdelAziz on latest regional developments, said the Jordanian Royal ....
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Sudan FM meets EU official
Date: 2014-12-14 17:33:27 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:116 - ID:1536705
KHARTOUM, Dec 14 (MENA) - Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti met on Sunday with Head of the European Union (EU) Mission to Sudan Tomas Ulicny. They discussed a number of issues of common interest as well as ways of bolstering bilateral relations ....
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Iraqi army kills 21 terrorists, defuse 28 explosive bombs
Date: 2014-12-14 17:20:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:113 - ID:1536757
BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - The Iraqi army says troops have killed 21 terrorists and defused 28 explosive devices and destroyed two car bombs across the nation. The army said the terrorists were killed in different areas in Iraq. Iraqi government ....
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Libyan army announces control of Ras Ajdir crossing, Fajr Libya denies
Date: 2014-12-14 16:52:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:107 - ID:1536753
TRIPOLI, Dec 14 (MENA) - A well-placed Libyan military official has claimed that the Libyan Army controlled the Ras Ajdir border crossing with Tunisia after fighting with Fajr Libyan militants. The militia group, meanwhile, denied such news. ....
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President: Iraq wishes to boost relations with Russia
Date: 2014-12-14 16:33:23 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:103 - ID:1536141
BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) – Iraqi President Fuad Masum asserted on Sunday that Iraq is looking forward to further boost relations with Russia in different fields. Masum made these remarks during his meeting with Russian Ambassador to Iraq Ilya ....
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Daesh militants abduct 17 civilians in Kirkuk
Date: 2014-12-14 15:53:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:1536149
BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) – Daesh militants have kidnapped 17 civilians in a southern town in Kirkuk city and led them to an unknown destination, an Iraqi security source said. Daesh fighters, who control the northern Iraqi city since June, abducted ....
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Algeria's ambassadors to Belgium, Netherlands recalled for "consultations"
Date: 2014-12-14 14:17:16 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:1535285
ALGIERS, Dec 14 (MENA) - Algeria's ambassadors to Belgium and the Netherlands have been recalled for consultations, the Algerian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. The decision comes in response to the grounding of an Air Algerie plane in Brussels ....
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Libya national dialogue conf. this week: MP
Date: 2014-12-14 13:49:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1534797
TRIPOLI, Dec 14 (MENA) - Libya Member of House of Representatives Jalal al-Shoyhdi said Sunday the national dialogue sponsored by UN envoy Bernardino Leon would take place during the current week. He told MENA the dialogue would take place in ....
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7 Daesh militants killed in Iraq's Salahuddine province
Date: 2014-12-14 12:29:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:1534417
BAGHDAD, Dec 14 (MENA) - Seven militants of Daesh group were killed in clashes in Iraq's Salahuddine province, according to a security source. The source, who declined to be identified, told Al-Sumariya news that clashes took place in the ....
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FM to lead Egypt's delegation to Egyptian-Kuwaiti committee
Date: 2014-12-14 12:22:10 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:1534461
CAIRO, Dec 14 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry will lead Egypt's delegation to the tenth session of the Egyptian-Kuwaiti joint committee, due to kick off in Kuwait on Monday. The two-day event comes as part of the deeply-rooted and ....