Arab world
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Palestinian boy in Gaza killed in Israeli projectile blast
Date: 2014-10-22 20:11:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:156 - ID:1180509
GAZA CITY, Oct 22 (MENA) – A Palestinian child was killed Wednesday in the northern Gaza Strip city of Beit Hanoun when a projectile left behind in Gaza Strip by the Israeli military during the offensive on the enclave. The nine-year old boy was ....
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40 killed, injured in two car bomb attacks in Iraq
Date: 2014-10-22 19:48:40 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:1180221
BAGHDAD, Oct 22 (MENA) – At least 40 people were killed and injured in two car bomb attacks in Karrada and Sadr City in Baghdad. Al-Arabiya satellite news channel carried the news without further details. (MENA) MAA/MS ....
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Military jet attacks airstrip in Libya's Zintan
Date: 2014-10-22 17:47:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:105 - ID:1179397
TRIPOLI, Oct 22 (MENA) – A military jet (L39) fired Tuesday two missiles which landed near the runway of Zintan Airport, Libyan military spokesman said. No casualties or damage were reported from the attack, colonel Ahmad Al-Mesmary said. Mesmary ....
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Libyan PM meets U.N special envoy to Libya in Malta
Date: 2014-10-22 16:54:50 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:1177121
TRIPOLI, Oct 22 (MENA) – Interim Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani held a meeting Wednesday with UN special envoy to Libya Bernadino Leon. The meeting was also attended by Malta's prime minister, Libya's deputy prime minister and a number ....
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UAE, Oman sign agreement on establishing wind farm in Dhofar
Date: 2014-10-22 15:41:04 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:81 - ID:1177573
MUSCAT, Oct 22 (MENA) - Masdar, Abu Dhabi’s renewable energy company, on Wednesday signed a joint development agreement with Oman's Rural Areas Electricity Company, RAECO, to build the first large-scale wind farm in the Gulf Cooperation Council ....
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Sudan FM: Egypt-Sudan ties to be developed soon at all levels
Date: 2014-10-22 15:38:13 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1177125
KHARTOUM, Oct 22 (MENA) – Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti asserted on Wednesday that the Egyptian-Sudanese relations would be developed at all levels during the coming period. The two parties agreed to form a ministerial committee for ....
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Saudi Arabia signs agreement on transport of goods by land among Arab states
Date: 2014-10-22 14:29:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:1178277
ALEXANDRIA, Oct 22 (MENA) – The 27th regular session of the Council of Arab Ministers of Transport, which started its work on Wednesday at the premises of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport in Alexandria, witnessed ....
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AL condemns Judaization project in E. Jerusalem
Date: 2014-10-22 13:51:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:1176489
CAIRO, Oct 22 (MENA) - The Arab League has once again condemned what it called the predominance of the Judaization project in East Jerusalem. The pan-Arab body, in a statement Wednesday, said it was particularly concerned with non-stop Israeli ....
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Oman elected chief of Arab human rights commission
Date: 2014-10-22 13:09:04 GMT - Sultanate of Oman - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:1177325
MUSCAT, Oct 22 (MENA) - Oman has been elected chairman of the Permanent Arab Commission for Human Rights by a majority of votes during a secret ballot by Arab League member states. Its tenure runs for two years. It will be represented at the ....
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27th session of Arab transport ministers kicks off
Date: 2014-10-22 09:11:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:1174889
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, Oct 22 (MENA) - Arab transport ministers convened their 27th session in Alexandria Wednesday. Qatar's Transport Minister Jassem bin Youssef al-Saliti took up presidency of the session from Palestinian Transport Minister Alaa ....