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Lebanese soldier killed, another injured in armed attack in north Lebanon
Date: 2014-10-09 06:44:39 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1087445
BEIRUT, Oct 9 (MENA) – A Lebanese soldier was killed while another was injured on the wee hours of Thursday in Rihaniyya town of Akkar district in the North Governorate, Lebanon. Unidentified armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire at the ....
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Explosion rocks Sanaa's Tahrir square
Date: 2014-10-09 06:42:02 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1087529
SANAA, Oct 9 (MENA) - An explosion took place outside a Yemeni bank at Tahrir square where supporters of Houthis are staging a sit-in till the formation of a new government, leaving casualties. It was not immediately clear whether the explosion ....
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Kuwait to immediately deport non-national lawbreakers
Date: 2014-10-09 06:31:48 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:1087501
KUWAIT CITY, Oct 9 (MENA) - Kuwait decided to immediately deport any non-national who disrupts the emirate's security or breaks the law, a police source said. Any non-national will be immediately deported if he/she was involved in any act that ....
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Heavy rains kill five in Yemen's Abyan
Date: 2014-10-09 06:21:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1087477
SANAA, Oct 9 (MENA) - Heavy rains killed five persons in the Yemeni province of Abyan, police sources said. Floods resulting from the rains destroyed wide swaths of cultivated lands in the province and also damaged power, water and communications ....
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Algeria's president makes brief TV appearance
Date: 2014-10-08 22:32:20 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:157 - ID:1087029
ALGIERS, Oct 8 (MENA) - Algeria's state telivision on Wednesdat broadcasted a footage showing a meeting held between President Abdel Aziz Bouteflika and veteran UN diplomat Lakhdar Brahimi. The meeting tackled a number of regional and ....
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No new corona virus cases reported in Saudi Arabia - Health Ministry
Date: 2014-10-08 21:55:31 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:150 - ID:1086913
RIYADH, Oct 8 (MENA) - The Saudi Health Ministry said no new cases of corona virus were detected on Wednesday. The ministry added that 428 cases were discharged from hospitals, while eight others continue to receive treatment. The number of ....
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British minister discusses with Abbas Gaza reconstruction efforts
Date: 2014-10-08 19:43:06 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:1086389
LONDON, Oct 8(MENA) - British Minister for Middle East Affairs Tobias Ellwood met on Wednesday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to discuss international efforts aiming at reconstructing the Gaza Strip and making a breakthrough in the Cairo ....
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Abbas, Erdogan discuss latest developments in Palestinian terrortires
Date: 2014-10-08 19:41:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:1086477
RAMALLAH, Oct 8 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday received a phone call from his Turkish Recep Tayyeb Erdogan to discuss the latest developments in the Palestinian lands. The call tackled Israeli violations in Al-Quds ....
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Kerry to attend Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo
Date: 2014-10-08 19:36:06 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:1086413
WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to attend the Gaza reconstruction conference in Cairo, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Wednesday. The European Union, the United Nations and the Arab League would ....
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Lebanese Army receives new US arms delivery
Date: 2014-10-08 17:56:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:1085977
BEIRUT, Oct 8 (MENA) - The United States delivered a new batch of aid to the Lebanese Army Wednesday as part of Washington’s efforts to bolster the military's capabilities to confront Syrian border violence, Daily Star reported. It was reported ....