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Mauritanian FM leaves for Cairo
Date: 2014-10-10 17:35:36 GMT - Mauritania - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:1097873
NOUAKCHOTT, Oct 10 (MENA) - Mauritanian Foreign Minister Ahmed Ould Teguedi left here on Friday for Cairo, an official source said. Heading a high-profile delegation, the minister will take part in the Gaza reconstruction conference hosted by ....
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18 civilians killed in Syrian army airstrikes
Date: 2014-10-10 17:28:01 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1097805
DAMASCUS, Oct 10 (MENA) - At least 18 civilians, four of them children, were killed in Syrian army bombardment and airstrikes in the south of the country Friday, a monitoring group said. "The Hara area, which recently fell to rebel forces, was hit ....
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Nusra Front claims defection of Lebanese soldier
Date: 2014-10-10 16:28:34 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:1097617
BEIRUT, Oct 10 (MENA) - Al-Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front announced on Friday that a Lebanese soldier has defected and joined its ranks, Lebanese local newspapers reported The terrorist group made the announcement on twitter after it published the ....
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Tunisia's Ghannouchi: Ready for coalition with old regime parties
Date: 2014-10-10 16:18:42 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:1097605
TUNIS, Oct 10 (MENA) - Head of the Tunisian Islamist Ennahda party Rached Ghannouchi said Friday his party is ready to form a coalition government with secular rivals including former officials who worked with ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben ....
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1 killed, 2 injured in Benghazi car blast
Date: 2014-10-10 16:14:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:1097613
TRIPOLI, Oct 10 (MENA) - At least one person was killed and two others were injured in a car explosion in front of Tibesti Hotel in the Libyan city of Benghazi, a well-placed source said Friday. The injured were moved to Benghazi Medical Center ....
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Morocco exerts efforts to repatriate body of dead mountaineer: amb.
Date: 2014-10-10 15:57:28 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:55 - ID:1097473
MORROCO, Oct 10 (MENA) – Egypt’s Ambassador here Ahmed Ehab Gamal el-Din has praised Moroccan efforts to repatriate the body of an Egyptian mountaineer who was killed Wednesday in Rabat while climbing the 400-meter Mount Toubkal. After reaching ....
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UN chief arrives in Tunisia on official visit
Date: 2014-10-10 15:23:58 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1097433
TUNIS, Oct 10 (MENA) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived Friday morning in Tunisia on a two-day official visit to the Arab country at an invitation by President Moncef Marzouki. Upon arrival, Ban Ki-moon was received by Marzouki, Foreign ....
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AL chief welcomes Palestinian Cabinet meeting
Date: 2014-10-10 15:11:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:1097277
CAIRO, Oct 10 (MENA) – Arab League chief Nabil el-Araby has welcomed a meeting of the Palestinian national consensus government in the Gaza Strip under Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah. The meeting will have a positive impact on Arab and ....
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200 villages in Anbar under Daesh control for 5 days
Date: 2014-10-10 14:01:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:1096621
BAGHDAD, Oct 10 (MENA) - As many as 200 towns in the Iraqi province of Anbar have been besieged by the al-Qaeda splinter group of Daesh for five days now, said a well-placed official Friday. Daesh has imposed a genocidal blockade on 200 Euphrates ....
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3 prominent Daesh leaders killed in Iraq
Date: 2014-10-10 13:15:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:1096285
BAGHDAD, Oct 10 (MENA) – Three prominent leaders of Daesh group were killed in the city of Hillah, Babel province, in central Iraq, security sources said Friday. The three leaders have been identified as Moyassar Khalil al-Janabi, Ahmad Qandy ....