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  • Car bomb in Somalia's Mogadishu kills 11

    Date: 2014-10-12 20:36:12 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:168 - ID:1111409

    MOGADISHU, Oct 12 (MENA) - A car bomb exploded outside a popular cafe in Somalia's capital, killing 11 people and wounding eight others, ABC News quoted Senior police official Mohammed Hussein as saying on Sunday. The bomb was believed to have ....

  • Cairo conf. donors pledge $ 5.4 bn to Gaza Strip

    Date: 2014-10-12 20:35:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:167 - ID:1111085

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - The participants in a Cairo-hosted donor conference on the Gaza Strip have pledged $ 5.4 billion to the reconstruction of the enclave, Norwegian Foreign Minister Borge Brende said. Half of the amount will be "dedicated" to ....

  • EU backs Palestinians for building better future: diplomat

    Date: 2014-10-12 19:39:50 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:158 - ID:1110853

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Head of European Union Delegation to Egypt Ambassador James Moran has stressed that the EU supports the Palestinians with a purpose of building a better future. The support announced by EU foreign policy chief Catherine ....

  • New corona virus case reported in Saudi Arabia

    Date: 2014-10-12 19:06:13 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:1110565

    RIYADH, Oct 12 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry reported a new case of corona virus on Sunday. The number of cases infected with the virus hit 761, the ministry said in a statement. As many as 324 of those infected died since the emergence ....

  • Arab League committee convenes over common customs law

    Date: 2014-10-12 18:59:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:152 - ID:1110181

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - An Arab League (AL) committee convened on Sunday in Cairo to discuss the regulationsof a common customs law of the Arab states. The bill includes at least 180 articles regulating the legal affairs at the Arab customs union, ....

  • Gaza reconstruction conf. backs Egypt's initiative

    Date: 2014-10-12 18:12:36 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:146 - ID:1110245

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) – The participants of an Egypt-hosted Gaza reconstruction conference has voiced support for an initiative floated by Egypt to reach a ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. In a communique, the ....

  • Algeria pledges $25 million in aid to Gaza

    Date: 2014-10-12 17:51:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:1110241

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Algeria has promised an additional 25 million dollars of aid to the reconstruction of the Gaza Strip. This was announced by Algerian Foreign Minister Ramtane Lamamra, who is now participating in an Egypt-hosted Gaza ....

  • Saudi deputy FM: Sisi's speech at Gaza conf. backs Palestinian cause

    Date: 2014-10-12 15:48:29 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:109 - ID:1109017

    RIYADH, October 12 (MENA) - Saudi Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Prince Abdulaziz bin Abdullah bin Abdulaziz has stressed the importance of holding the International Conference for Reconstruction of the Gaza Strip in Cairo at this timing, ....

  • Arabi mourns death of Arab nationalist author Mounah al-Solh

    Date: 2014-10-12 15:00:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:1109177

    CAIRO, Oct 12 (MENA) - Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi mourned the death of Arab nationalist intellectual Mounah al-Solh, who passed away Saturday. In a statement Sunday, Arabi said that the late Lebanese thinker was a defender of ....

  • UN envoy urges Libyan factions to seize opportunity of dialogue to achieve peace

    Date: 2014-10-12 13:41:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:1108157

    TRIPOLI, Oct 12 (MENA) - UN envoy to Libya Bernardino León said on Sunday that Secretary General Ban Ki-moon had called on all Libyan factions to seize what he called the "historic opportunity" for dialogue with the aim of achieving peace in the ....

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