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Mentally unstable man stabbed, shot 2 security guards outside Sudanese presidential palace -- army

Date: 2014-11-08 17:37:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:1292417

KHARTOUM, Nov 8 (MENA) - A Sudanese man stabbed and then shot two security guards Saturday outside the presidential palace in Khartoum, prompting a return of fire killed him, in an attack, Sudanese military spokesman Col. Sawarmi Khalid said. The ....

Hamas urges factional meeting to discuss Gaza situation

Date: 2014-11-08 17:21:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:1292433

GAZA CITY, Nov 8 (MENA) – The Islamist Hamas Movement said on Saturday that it has called for holding a meeting of the Palestinian factions in the Gaza Strip to discuss the latest developments in Palestine. "We demanded holding a meeting at the ....

8 killed, 20 wounded in Libya clashes

Date: 2014-11-08 16:51:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:1292013

TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (MENA) - An intense battle in Kikla town, 150 kilometers south-west of Tripoli, between the Libyan army and militants of the so-called Libya Dawn group left eight people killed and more than 20 others wounded, a security source ....

Communication network stops in Benghazi due to fierce clashes

Date: 2014-11-08 15:54:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1291869

TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (MENA) - The communications network in Benghazi completely came to a halt, according to the Libyan communication company of Almadar Aljadi. This cut is due to a damage in the main equipment by several bombs during the ongoing ....

Egypt renews support to state Libyan institutions

Date: 2014-11-08 15:19:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1291745

CAIRO, Nov 8 (MENA) - Egypt renewed its full support to Libya's state institutions, underlining its respect to the will of the Libyan people represented in the latest elections. Egypt underscored its backing of the Libyan cabinet in its efforts ....

Bashir was not in palace at time of accident - spokesman

Date: 2014-11-08 15:18:23 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:1291489

KHARTOUM, Nov 8 (MENA) - The monitoring cameras of the Sudanese presidential palace showed that the person, who attacked the gates of the palace and killed the soldiers tasked with guarding it, is mentally unstable, said Sudanese Presidential ....

Yemen defense min. dismisses news of refusing post

Date: 2014-11-08 14:53:22 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:1290585

SANAA, Nov 8 (MENA) – Yemen's Minister of Defense Mahmoud al-Subaihy dismissed Saturday news claiming that he had rejected the defense portfolio. Al-Subaihy reiterated his accepted the post to show his support to the country's President Mansour ....

Several Houthis killed, injured in car explosion in Yemen

Date: 2014-11-08 08:59:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1288289

SANAA, Nov 8 (MENA) - A suicide bomber from Yemen's Rada'a district blew up a car at the medical center in Bakifah, which is the premises of Ansar Allah, the military wing of the Shiite Houthis Movement. The explosion left dozens dead and injured. ....

Libyan army makes progress in Benghazi

Date: 2014-11-08 08:23:38 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1288265

TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (MENA) - The Libyan army is continuing to make gains in a number of areas in Benghazi. Armed civilians have fought alongside Haftar's forces in a new offensive to retake Benghazi, which fell into the hands of militias last July, ....

500 killed, wounded in Kakla clashes

Date: 2014-11-08 07:01:35 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1287921

TRIPOLI, Nov 8 (MENA) - A hundred people have so far been killed and more than 400 others injured in clashes that started two weeks ago between Libyan military troops and "Fajr Libya" militants in the city of Kakla, west of the capital ....