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  • Agriculture min. back from Kuwait after attending AFESD meetings

    Date: 2014-11-13 11:29:10 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:1325121

    KUWAIT CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) – Egypt's Agriculture Minister Adel el-Beltagy left here on Thursday en route to Cairo after participating in the two-day meetings of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD). The meeting focused on ....

  • Kidnapped Italian engineer in Libya released

    Date: 2014-11-13 10:55:56 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:1325105

    ROME, Nov 13 (MENA) - A kidnapped Italian engineer in Libya was released on Thursday. Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni expressed his happiness after hearing the news. The 55-year-old Italian citizen along with two others were kidnapped ....

  • Saudi deputy CP meets Libyan PM

    Date: 2014-11-13 10:10:51 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:1324629

    RIYADH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Deputy Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud met on Thursday with Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani. They tackled ways of bolstering bilateral relations in all fields. They also discussed the ....

  • Libyan warplanes raid Jihadist positions in Derna city

    Date: 2014-11-13 09:16:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:1323925

    TRIPOLI, Nov 13 (MENA) - Libyan warplanes launched on Thursday strikes on the positions of Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade in Derna city. In a brief statement, A leader of Abu Salim Martyrs Brigade Salem Derby said that the aerial bombardments in the ....

  • Sirte local council deplores abduction of local official

    Date: 2014-11-13 08:59:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1323529

    TRIPOLI, Nov 13 (MENA) – Sirte local council condemned on Thursday the abduction of a local official earlier Wednesday. A number of armed men have kidnapped the official who was on his way to his office. In a press release, the local council ....

  • Saudi papers tackle anti-terror efforts, situation in Yemen, Palestine

    Date: 2014-11-13 08:29:39 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1323541

    RIYADH, Nov 13 (MENA) - Saudi papers tackled on Thursday the anti-terror efforts as well as the latest developments in Yemen and the Palestinian territories. Al-Watan newspaper called upon Islamic preachers to spread the moderate teachings of ....

  • Iraqi official: Removal of military leaders serves army

    Date: 2014-11-13 07:50:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:1323301

    BAGHDAD, Nov 13 (MENA) - Iraqi prime minister's decision to remove a number of military leaders and send some others to retirement comes is an apparent effort to improve the army's performance, Spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister’s Office Rafid ....

  • Bomb blast near UAE embassy in Tripoli; no casualties

    Date: 2014-11-13 07:25:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1323385

    TRIPOLI, Nov 13 (MENA) – A car bomb exploded in the wee hours of Thursday morning near UAE Embassy in Tripoli, a security source said. No casualties were reported. The explosion has caused material damage to buildings and cars near the ....

  • Bomb blast near Egyptian embassy in Tripoli; no casualties

    Date: 2014-11-13 07:22:46 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1323393

    TRIPOLI, Nov 13 (MENA) – A car bomb exploded in the wee hours of Thursday morning near the fence of Egyptian Embassy in Tripoli. No casualties were reported. The explosion has caused material damage to buildings near the embassy. Fire trucks and ....

  • Saudi minister: It's all a 'misunderstanding,' no 'price war' talk

    Date: 2014-11-13 06:48:00 GMT - Mexico - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1323045

    MEXICO CITY, Nov 13 (MENA) - Saudi Arabia's oil minister publicly knocked talk of an OPEC "price war" but did little in the way of clarifying what the cartel will do about falling prices, CNBC‎ reported on Thursday. Ali al-Naimi, speaking in ....

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