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  • Jordan King: AP has key role to enhance Arab cooperation

    Jordan King: AP has key role to enhance Arab cooperation

    Date: 2014-04-29 15:37:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:694811

    Jordanian King Abdullah II on Tuesday emphasized the Arab Parliament's (AP) role in promoting cooperation and perpetuating communication and coordination among Arab parliaments, particularly in the area of legislation, Petra News Agency ....

  • AL receives 26.5 mln dollars from Algeria for Palestine

    AL receives 26.5 mln dollars from Algeria for Palestine

    Date: 2014-04-29 13:21:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:694432

    The Arab League announced Tuesday that it received a sum of 26.5 million dollars from the Republic of Algeria as a contribution to the Palestinian Authority's budget. Deputy Secretary General of the Arab League Ahmed Ben Helli said that such step ....

  • Mortar shells hit central Damascus, kill 14 and wounded 86

    Mortar shells hit central Damascus, kill 14 and wounded 86

    Date: 2014-04-29 13:02:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:694388

    A series of mortar shells slammed into central Damascus on Tuesday, killing 14 people and wounding scores, Fox News Network reported. The attacks in the Syrian capital came a day after President Bashar Assad announced his candidacy for the June 3 ....

  • Libya's 'Ansar Sharia' group rejects democracy

    Libya's 'Ansar Sharia' group rejects democracy

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:41:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:694333

    The extremist 'Ansar al-Sharia' in Libya has rejected democracy and all its mechanisms and tools. "Democracy is forbidden in Islam," the group said in a statement on Facebook. The group slammed the democracy for destroying the concept of Shura ....

  • Friends of Yemen conference held in London

    Friends of Yemen conference held in London

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:33:18 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:694313

    Friends of Yemen conference opened here under Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qirbi and Prince Turki Al-Kabeer, the Undersecretary of the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The meeting was chaired by UK Foreign Secretary William Hague. ....

  • Arab league chief meets South Sudan's parliamentary delegation

    Arab league chief meets South Sudan's parliamentary delegation

    Date: 2014-04-29 12:11:42 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:694251

    Arab League chief Nabil El-Arabi discussed with South Sudan's parliamentary delegation ways to boost bilateral cooperation. "We have good relations with the Arab League as we have ambassadors in Cairo and Juba," Jasmine Samuel, who leads the ....

  • Kuwait discusses importing water from Ethiopia

    Kuwait discusses importing water from Ethiopia

    Date: 2014-04-29 05:59:06 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:693376

    Ethiopian President Mulatu Teshome discussed Monday with Chairman of the Swiss international water resources company ways of exporting Nile water to Kuwait. The Ethiopian News Agency reported that the State of Kuwait is willing to import 66 ....

  • Lebanese army seize Syrian opposition military official

    Lebanese army seize Syrian opposition military official

    Date: 2014-04-28 20:23:21 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:693222

    The Lebanese army detained Mohamed Abdel Dayem, Syrian opposition military official in Kalamoon and Quseir areas, a Lebanese security source told MENA on Monday. Abdel Dayem was prevented among others from entering Lebanon. They were ....

  • Brahimi to brief UN Security Council on Syrian crisis

    Brahimi to brief UN Security Council on Syrian crisis

    Date: 2014-04-28 20:17:21 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:95 - ID:693209

    Joint UN–Arab League Special Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi will brief the UN Security Council in May on the latest developments of the Syrian crisis, said UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric. Brahimi will present his report in a closed session ....

  • AL meets on regional issues

    AL meets on regional issues

    Date: 2014-04-28 12:47:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:692316

    A meeting of the Arab League at the level of permanent delegates will discuss resolutions issued by the 2014 Kuwait-hosted Arab Summit, said the pan-Arab body's chief Nabil Arabi in a speech. There are topics that should be mulled by the Arab ....

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