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  • Bid to export rice to be held in Nov: official

    Date: 2013-11-01 18:29:11 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:84 - ID:366012

    CAIRO, Nov 1 (MENA) – A bid of exporting rice will be held in November to export 100,000 tons, the trade and industry minister's adviser el-Sayyed Abul Komssan said on Friday. There is a surplus of 1 million tons in the local market which will ....

  • Four policemen killed in armed attack in Mosul

    Date: 2013-11-01 18:27:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:365980

    BAGHDAD, Nov 1 (MENA) – Four policemen were killed Friday in an armed attack that targeted a checkpoint in Iraq's northwest Nineveh province. According to a security source, the police checkpoint was targeted by gunmen in Mosul where police ....

  • UN chief says seeks to hold Geneva II Conference on Syrian in Nov.

    Date: 2013-11-01 18:25:10 GMT - United Nations - World - SN:82 - ID:365978

    NEW YORK, Nov 1 (MENA) – UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday that he is working on finding a political solution to the Syrian crisis and holding Geneva II Conference during November. During a joint press conference with World Bank ....

  • Passengers evacuated from terminal at Los Angeles International Airport after reports of gunshots

    Date: 2013-11-01 18:22:14 GMT - USA - World - SN:81 - ID:365977

    LOS ANGELES, Nov 1 (MENA) - Police have surrounded Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport Friday after an unknown incident prompted an evacuation of Terminal 3, Fox News reported. Details surrounding the incident were not immediately ....

  • Israeli troops fire tear gas at Palestinian rally

    Date: 2013-11-01 17:59:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:365954

    GAZA CITY, Nov 1 (MENA) - Scores of Palestinian youths suffered suffocation when Israeli occupation forces, situated at the borders with the Gaza Strip, fired tear gas at members of the Intifada Youth Coalition during demonstrations marking the ....

  • Protesting Bulgarians form human chain around parliament

    Date: 2013-11-01 17:55:23 GMT - Bulgaria - World - SN:79 - ID:365956

    SOFIA, Nov 1 (MENA) - Protesting Bulgarian students, teachers and citizens have formed a human chain around the building of the Parliament, Sofia News Agency reported. The protesters are determined to not let the lawmakers leave the Parliament, ....

  • Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud killed in US drone strike

    Date: 2013-11-01 17:54:23 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:78 - ID:365939

    ISLAMABAD, Nov 1 (MENA) - Pakistani Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in a US drone strike in North Waziristan Agency, the Islamabad based newspaper News International reported Friday. Tariq Mehsud a close aide of the Tehreek-e-Taliban ....

  • Algeria president absent at official celebrations on anniversary of liberation revolution

    Date: 2013-11-01 17:26:55 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:365932

    ALGEIRS, Nov 1 (MENA) - Algeria's president Abdel-aziz Bouteflika did not attend celebrations marking the 59th anniversary of the liberation revolution. It is the first time Bouteflika has failed to attend the celebrations since he came to office 15 ....

  • Algerian-Moroccan relations are sliding into chaos: Algerie Focus

    Date: 2013-11-01 17:18:39 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:76 - ID:365943

    ALGIRES, Nov 1 (MENA) – Algerian-Moroccan relations are engulfed into chaos, the Algerie Focus website said on Friday, after scores of Moroccan activists protested outside the Algerian consulate in Casablanca. The activists attacked the consulate ....

  • Ban urges Hamas, Israel to exercise restraint, abide by understanding on ceasefire

    Date: 2013-11-01 17:16:39 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:75 - ID:365940

    NEW YORK, Nov 1 (MENA) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon expressed his concern over escalating violent acts between the Hamas Movement and Israel. "Ban called on all to refrain from violence and exercise restraint," UN spokesman Martin Nesirky ....

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