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Saudi Grand Mufti: Every preacher should confront extremist thoughts
Date: 2014-09-18 08:30:19 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:962037
RIYADH, Sept 18 (MENA) - The Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia and President of Council of Senior Scholars and General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta, Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Al-Sheikh, stressed that every preacher is responsible for ....
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US House authorizes arming of Syrian rebels
Date: 2014-09-17 22:30:23 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:167 - ID:961121
WASHINGTON, Sept 17 (MENA) - A wary Congress voted Wednesday to authorize President Barack Obama's mission to arm and train Syrian rebel forces as part of the administration's effort to dismantle the threat posed by the so-called Islamic State ....
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80 Daesh elements killed, injured in two airstrikes
Date: 2014-09-17 21:42:47 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:160 - ID:960969
BAGHDAD, Sept 17 (MENA) – Fifty elements of Al Qaeda-splinter terrorist group of Daesh were killed Wednesday in airstrikes by the Iraqi Air Force, said security sources. As many as 30 other Daesh elements were injured, the sources added. The ....
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Palestinian Airlines appreciates Egypt's role in transporting pilgrims
Date: 2014-09-17 21:14:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:960845
RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Director General of the Palestinian Airlines Walid Tamim on Wednesday hailed efforts exerted by the Egyptian authorities to facilitate the entry procedures to the Egyptian territories of Palestinian pilgrims on their way ....
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Egypt elected regular member in ALO Board of Directors
Date: 2014-09-17 20:35:39 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:147 - ID:960725
CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) – Egypt was elected Wednesday as a regular member at the Board of Directors of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO) during the period from 2014 to 2016. The 41st session of the Arab Labor Conference under the auspices of ....
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Egypt, Palestine Awqaf ministers discuss promoting ties
Date: 2014-09-17 20:11:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:145 - ID:960665
CAIRO, Sept 17 (MENA) - Awqaf Minister Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa on Wednesday received his Palestinian counterpart Youssef Daees to discuss boosting ties. During the meeting, Daees warned of the Israeli attempts to Judaize al Quds as well as ....
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Hamas says indirect truce negotiations to be resumed before Sept 24
Date: 2014-09-17 20:07:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:144 - ID:960057
RAMALLAH, Sept 17 (MENA) - Hamas leader Mousa Abu Marzouk said indirect negotiations about the ceasefire with Israel will start in Cairo before September 24. He said the date for resuming the indirect talks has not been set yet, but it would most ....
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29 illegal Egyptian migrants deported from Libya
Date: 2014-09-17 20:04:57 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:960661
TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (MENA) - A Libyan security patrol stopped 29 illegal Egyptian migrants, who were hiding inside a truck traveling on Al Sawawa road in Sirte, according to a security source. They were deported to Egypt through the concerned ....
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Tunisia PM says he will not run for presidency
Date: 2014-09-17 19:56:22 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:140 - ID:960557
TUNIS, Sept 17 (MENA) - Tunisia's interim Prime Minister Mehdi Jomaa said Wednesday that he will not run for presidency in the country's October elections. In a press conference Wednesday, Jomaa said he would not run and would instead hold to ....
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Libya denies car explosion in Sirte
Date: 2014-09-17 19:05:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:133 - ID:960397
TRIPOLI, Sept 17 (MENA) – A Libyan security source denied Wednesday reports of a car explosion in front of a party-halls compound in the Libyan city of Sirte. It was a road accident that caused a car to be set ablaze, the source told the Libyan ....