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Ex-Lebanese minister trial postponed to June 15

Date: 2014-12-05 11:57:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1476317

BEIRUT, Dec 5 (MENA) - A Lebanese military court postponed on Friday the trial of a former Lebanese minister to June 15. Lebanon's former information minister Michel Samaha is accused of attempted murder of religious and political figures and ....

1 killed, 5 injured in air strikes near Ras Jedir crossing

Date: 2014-12-05 11:28:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:1475989

TRIPOLI, Dec 5 (MENA) - One person was killed and five others were injured after air strikes on a house inhabited by expatriates near Ras Jedir crossing between Libya and Tunisia. The injured were moved to hospital, said Anwar Abul Chaouachi, a ....

One person killed, others injured in raid on border crossing between Libya, Tunisia

Date: 2014-12-05 09:29:48 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1475341

TRIPOLI, Dec 5 (MENA) - A war jet launched a raid on Ras Ajdir border crossing security battalion between Libya and Tunisia leaving one person dead and others injured. The reports were carried by a local Libya TV channel without giving further ....

Zwara security spokesman denies holding Egyptian fishermen in Zwara port

Date: 2014-12-05 08:19:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1475033

TRIPOLI, Dec 5 (MENA) - Spokesman for security chamber in the Libyan city of Zwara, Hafez Moammar denied rumors on satellite channels and Facebook on holding more than 1,500 Egyptian fishermen at Zwara port. This news is totally void of truth, ....

Algerian energy min. leaves Cairo

Date: 2014-12-05 07:59:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1474925

CAIRO, Dec 5 (MENA) - Algerian Minister of Energy and Mines Youcef Yousfi left here early in the morning Friday after a two-day visit to Egypt. During the visit, Yousfi conferred with Egyptian Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail on means of ....

Car bomb attacks kill 37 people in Iraq, officials say

Date: 2014-12-04 21:16:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:138 - ID:1473885

BAGHDAD, Dec 4 (MENA) - A string of car bomb attacks across Iraq killed at least 37 people on Thursday, Iraqi officials said. Three of the attacks targeted Shiite districts in the capital, Baghdad, while the fourth targeted a Kurdish neighborhood ....

Shoukri leaves Khartoum for Cairo

Date: 2014-12-04 19:32:19 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:1473537

KHARTOUM, Dec 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukri left here on Thursday for homeland wrapping up a two-day visit to Sudan. During his visit, Shoukri took part in the second Arab-Russian Cooperation Forum which started Wednesday in ....

AL-Ahram Fair for Real Estate opens in Kuwait

Date: 2014-12-04 18:39:04 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:119 - ID:1473061

KUWAIT CITY, Dec 4 (MENA) - Egypt's Ambassador to Kuwait Abdel-Karim Suleiman on Wednesday opened AL-Ahram Fair for Real Estate held in the Kuwaiti capital from 4 to 7 December. On the sidelines of the inauguration ceremony, Suleiman asserted ....

Greek President to visit Algeria on Saturday

Date: 2014-12-04 18:02:12 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:110 - ID:1472761

ALGIERS, Dec 4 (MENA) - Greek President Karolos Papoulias will pay a visit Saturday to Algeria to discuss increasing the trade volume between the two countries. Papoulias would be accompanied by a business delegation grouping representatives of ....

Saad al-Hariri arrives in Aswan

Date: 2014-12-04 17:14:30 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:101 - ID:1472669

ASWAN, UPPER EGYPT, Dec 4 (MENA) - Former Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri on Thursday arrived in here to attend the wadding party of one of his relatives. Amid tight security measures, Hariri arrived at Aswan airport on board of a private ....