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WHO inspects Khartoum airport to check on measures against Ebola

Date: 2014-11-21 13:51:06 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:1380057

KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (MENA) – A delegation of the World Health Organization (WHO) inspected Friday Khartoum airport to get firsthand information about measures taken to prevent Ebola from entering Sudan. The delegation visited the quarantine ....

Sudan's parliament slams calls for autonomy in S. Kordofan, Blue Nile

Date: 2014-11-21 12:47:11 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:1379581

KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (MENA) – The Sudanese Parliament on Friday strongly slammed calls for autonomous rule in South Kordofan and the Blue Nile states. The parliament considered such calls by the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM-N) a threat ....

UNHCR launches new airlift to provide displaced Iraqis with aid in winter

Date: 2014-11-21 11:13:48 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:1378817

GENEVA, Nov 21 (MENA) - The first flight in a new UNHCR airlift aimed at providing winter aid to Iraqis displaced by conflict this year has landed in northern Iraq's Kurdistan region, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on its website Friday. The ....

Jordan King meets Emperor of Japan

Date: 2014-11-21 10:58:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:1378805

AMMAN/TOKYO, Nov 21 (MENA) – Jordanian King Abdullah II met on Friday with Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko of Japan. During the meeting, which was held over a luncheon in honor of King Abdullah, the King and Emperor stressed the depth of ties ....

Security source: Ten people kiddnaped by Daesh militia in Anbar

Date: 2014-11-21 10:33:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:1377913

BAGHDAD, Nov 21 (MENA) – A group of Daesh militants kidnapped ten people who are close relative of Iraqi lawmaker Ahmed Alsalmani, an Iraqi security source with Anbar province said on Friday. In statements, the source said that the Daesh militants ....

Opposition fighters attack Syrian army in Quneitra Governorate

Date: 2014-11-21 08:01:19 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1377357

DAMASCUS, Nov 21 (MENA) – Syrian opposition fighters attacked on Friday the last stronghold of the Syrian army troops in Al-Baath town of Quneitra Governorate. Fierce clashes erupted between opposition fighters and Syrian army forces in ....

Abbas urges Mideast Quartet to intervene to halt Israeli assaults on Palestinians

Date: 2014-11-20 22:35:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:163 - ID:1376805

RAMALLAH, Nov 20 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday sent urgent letters to members of the Middle East Quartet – UN, US, Russia and EU - in which he called for immediate intervention to halt the Israeli assaults against ....

Brotherhood failed to rule Egypt: Bahraini politician

Date: 2014-11-20 18:54:22 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:1376085

MANAMA, Nov 20 (MENA) – The Muslim Brotherhood group failed to rule Egypt and was about to topple the leading Arab country, a Bahraini lawmaker said on Thursday. Salafi MP Khaled el Maloud made the remarks in an interview with Al Ghad Al Arabi News ....

15 Daesh militants killed in fierce clashes in Tikrit

Date: 2014-11-20 18:32:57 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:142 - ID:1375649

BAGHDAD, Nov 20 (MENA) – As many as 15 Daesh militants were killed Thursday in Tikrit, northwest of Baghdad, in fierce clashes with Iraqi security forces. Police clashed with Daesh fighters and killed them, security sources said. Meantime, ....

Jordan king meets Jordanian-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Committee

Date: 2014-11-20 18:28:57 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:1375653

AMMAN, TOKYO, Nov 20 (MENA) – Jordan's King Abdullah II on Thursday, continued his working visit to the Japanese capital Tokyo, by meeting chairman and members of the Jordanian-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Petra news agency reported. ....