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Tunisia asks AL to postpone economic summit
Date: 2014-10-01 13:27:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1050885
TUNIS, Oct 1 (MENA) – Tunisia has asked the Arab League to postpone an Arab economic summit that was supposed to be held in Tunis in January. In press statements, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry Spokesman, Mukhtar Shawashi, said that his country is ....
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Egypt will pay back Qatari deposit on time
Date: 2014-10-01 13:17:55 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:70 - ID:1050809
CAIRO, Oct 1 (MENA) – An official source with the Ministry of Finance said that Egypt will pay back the Qatari deposit, which the Doha government has placed with the Central Bank of Egypt, on time. In press statements, he did not however explain ....
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Saudi Arabia provides $ 1 million to High Commissioner for Refugees
Date: 2014-10-01 12:55:20 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:1049761
RIYADH, Oct 1 (MENA) - The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassador Faisal Trad announced the Kingdom's donation of one million dollars for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ....
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UN: at least 1,119 Iraqis killed in September
Date: 2014-10-01 12:52:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:1049769
BAGHDAD, Oct 1 (MENA) - The U.N. mission in Baghdad says at least 1,119 Iraqis died in violence in September but that the real figure was likely much higher since the organization's death toll does not include killings in areas controlled by the ....
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Double bomb attack kills 17, injures 56 in Syria's Homs
Date: 2014-10-01 12:16:59 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1050137
DAMASCUS, Oct 1 (MENA) – At least 17 people, including 10 children, were killed and 56 wounded in a double bomb attack in the central city of Homs, the BBC reported. The blasts took place as children left a school in the Akrama al-Jadida ....
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UAE orders $2.5 billion worth of armored vehicles from U.S.
Date: 2014-10-01 09:30:19 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1048549
WASHINGTON, Oct 1 (MENA) - The United Arab Emirates has requested a huge amount of advanced armored personnel carriers from the United States as security threats in the Gulf region intensify with the rise of the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant ....
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Former Libyan army soldier assassinated in Benghazi
Date: 2014-10-01 09:02:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1048225
TRIPOLI, Oct 1 (MENA) - Former Libyan army soldier was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Benghazi on Wednesday, a medical source. The source told MENA that the body of Fawzy el-Zallawi was riddled with bullets. More assassinations were ....
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4 killed, 20 wounded in two blasts in southern Baghdad
Date: 2014-10-01 08:42:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:1048053
BAGHDAD, Oct 1 (MENA) - Four people were killed and 20 others wounded in two explosions at Mahmoudia neighbourhood in southern Baghdad on Wednesday. No further details were available. A state of emergency has been declared in Iraq as of June ....
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Agreement signed between Tabu and Tuareg tribes to secure Libya's Obari
Date: 2014-10-01 07:50:42 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1047437
TRIPOLI, Oct 1 (MENA) - Security Director of Obari City Brigadier General Milad Baraka asserted that the city witnessed a relative calm after the clashes between the Tabu and Tuareg tribes. In statements on Wednesday, Baraka said a committee of ....
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KSA, Sudan discuss boosting ties
Date: 2014-09-30 22:33:24 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:130 - ID:1046693
JEDDAH, Sept 30 (MENA) – Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Deputy Premier and Minister of Defense, received Tuesday President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir of Sudan and the accompanying delegation for boosting bilateral ties, the ....
