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Iran, Kuwait ink six cooperation deals
Date: 2014-06-02 06:51:58 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:755910
Iran and Kuwait signed six agreement documents on Sunday, as part of efforts to expand bilateral ties between the two countries. The deals were signed by Iranian and Kuwaiti ministers and senior officials following a meeting between Iranian ....
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AL: Syria envoy not yet named
Date: 2014-06-01 12:28:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:754921
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi said on Sunday that a new envoy to Syria has not yet been named. "There are a lot of names including AL former chief Amr Moussa," he said, adding that it is more important now to settle on the nature ....
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3 civil servants killed, injured in gun attack in Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-01 07:44:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:754331
A civil servant of Education Ministry was killed while two others were injured when unidentified armed men have opened fire at a car in Qadaa al-Madaen district of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said on Sunday. Security forces cordoned off the ....
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Moussa says his succession to Brahimi not decided yet
Date: 2014-06-01 07:42:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:754327
Former Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa said he did not make up his mind on replacing UN/Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, who officially resigned. Moussa told Okaz newspaper out Sunday he is preoccupied with many things inside ....
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280 trucks enter Gaza Strip via Kerm Abu Salem
Date: 2014-06-01 07:31:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:754277
Israeli occupation decided on Sunday to let in 280 trucks to Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem trade crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, said in a press ....
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Sirte Airport ready to operate after two months suspension -- Airport director
Date: 2014-06-01 07:21:42 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:754275
Director of Sirte International Airport Ismail al-Zaidani said the airport is ready to operate seven internal flights weekly after two and half months suspension. In a press release on Sunday, Zaidani said the airport is currently being ....
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Pro-Hafter army shells Ansar al-Sharia gotbed in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-01 06:55:25 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:754211
Troops, affiliated to Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar, have launched a rocket attack on a hotbed of Ansar al-Sharia militant group in Benghazi city, Sky News Arabia reported on Sunday. Earlier, Haftar said he is aiming to eliminate ....
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Libya's interim PM reiterates commitment to top court rulings
Date: 2014-06-01 06:51:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:754206
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani reiterated commitment to the decisions of the Constitutional Court as regards challenges in the constitutionality of the parliament's election of Ahmed Maetig as the county's premier. Maetig won ....
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5 ISIL elements killed in Mosul clashes
Date: 2014-05-31 11:37:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:752985
Five elements of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been killed in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, a security official said Saturday. The five were killed in clashes with army troops near Hamam al-Alil area in ....
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Somali soldier killed in car blast
Date: 2014-05-31 08:48:00 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:752889
A Somali soldier was killed and several others were injured in a car bomb explosion close to a hotel and government security offices in the capital, Mogadishu. The blast, which comes amid a wave of attacks in the capital by Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab ....