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  • $5 million S. Korean grant to Tunisia to finance anti-corruption system

    Date: 2014-11-14 20:38:05 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:1334361

    TUNIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - Tunisia and South Korea on Friday signed a partnership agreement with the South Korean Agency for Technical Cooperation (KOICA) to fund and create a national portal to denounce corruption cases, Tunisian Secretary of State in ....

  • Car bomb kills 9 in northern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-11-14 20:22:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:1334237

    BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (MENA) – A car bomb killed nine people and injured 33 others in the Iraqi capital Baghdad on Friday, a police source said. The bombing took place in Gherai'at area, according to the source. Earlier in the day, a civilian was ....

  • UK welcomes Iraq-Kurdistan regional government budget deal

    Date: 2014-11-14 20:21:17 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:104 - ID:1334261

    LONDON, Nov 14 (MENA) - UK Foreign Office Minister for the Middle East Tobias Ellwood welcomed on Friday new budget deal between Baghdad and Kurdistan regional government as first step towards negotiating a solution to the issue of federal budget ....

  • France: Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika in hospital

    Date: 2014-11-14 19:14:36 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:99 - ID:1334073

    PARIS, Nov 14 (MENA) - French police say Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has been hospitalised in the Alpine city of Grenoble, Euronews reported on Friday. There were no details given about why he has been admitted to ....

  • Abbas fights to support Aqsa, achieve independence - Fatah

    Date: 2014-11-14 18:51:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:1333793

    RAMALLAH, Nov 14 (MENA) - Fatah Spokesman Ahmed Assaf said Friday Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas locked in a solid battle to protect Al Aqsa holy mosque from Judaization and Israeli control and attempts to achieve freedom and independence and ....

  • 49 explosive devices defused in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-11-14 18:00:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:92 - ID:1333801

    BAGHDAD, Nov 14 (MENA) - Baghdad Operations Command said Friday that 49 explosive devices have been defused, after they were planted in the vicinity of the capital, Baghdad. Iraqi armed forces have launched intensive military campaigns targeting ....

  • New corona case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-11-14 17:38:03 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:87 - ID:1333749

    RIYADH, Nov 14 (MENA) - The Saudi health ministry said Friday a new case of the corona virus was detected in Riyadh. According to the ministry statement, the number of infections rose to 805 people, including 342 deaths. The ministry said 447 ....

  • Lebanese returnees from Syria face dire living conditions - IOM

    Date: 2014-11-14 17:35:55 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:1333685

    GENEVA, Nov 14 (MENA) - The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said many Lebanese families returning home from Syria to flee the war are living in conditions at least as dire as those experienced by Syrian refugees. A new IOM report, ....

  • UN: Daesh denies food aid to hundreds of thousands

    Date: 2014-11-14 17:32:36 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:1333677

    GENEVA, Nov 14 (MENA) - Daesh militant group has denied food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of people and hidden its fighters among civilians since a US-led coalition began launching air strikes in Iraq and Syria, a UN panel investigating war ....

  • Sudanese army denies bombing refugee camps in S.Sudan

    Date: 2014-11-14 16:30:46 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1333429

    Khartoum, Nov 14 (MENA) – Sudan's army dismissed Friday claims about bombing refugee camps in South Sudan. "Such news is baseless," said spokesman for Sudan's army colonel Al-Sawarmi Khaled. Spokesman for South Sudan's army Phillip Aguer said ....

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