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  • Saudi commitment to achieve Muslim solidarity unshakable, says king

    Saudi commitment to achieve Muslim solidarity unshakable, says king

    Date: 2014-03-03 07:31:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:586697

    Saudi King Abdullah asserted his country's keenness on achieving solidarity among all Muslims around the globe. "This commitment is unshakable," he said, addressing a meeting of top religious scholars and officials who met in Makkah on Sunday to ....

  • Sudan keen to be removed from countries that use child soldiers' list

    Sudan keen to be removed from countries that use child soldiers' list

    Date: 2014-03-03 07:17:29 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:586649

    Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rehim Hussein stressed that the government is taking all necessary measures to remove Sudan from the list of countries that recruit and use child soldiers in armed conflicts, said the spokesman of the Sudanese Armed ....

  • Jordan keen to forge closer ties with Morocco - Jordanian King

    Jordan keen to forge closer ties with Morocco - Jordanian King

    Date: 2014-03-02 16:44:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:586054

    Jordanian King Abdullah II said Sunday that Jordan was keen to forge closer ties with Morocco in various domains, Petra News Agency reported. Abdullah also noted the importance of activating the Higher Jordanian-Moroccan Joint Committee. The ....

  • Arabi: Arafat played

    Arabi: Arafat played "distinguished role"

    Date: 2014-03-02 15:38:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:585908

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil Arabi said Sunday that late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat played a distinguished role as a historical leader of the Palestinian people. Arabi was addressing the seventh meeting of Yasser Arafat ....

  • Gunfire by Israeli army crosses Lebanon border

    Gunfire by Israeli army crosses Lebanon border

    Date: 2014-03-02 13:35:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:585603

    Gunfire by Israeli army targeted the southern town of Ramia on Sunday, but no casualties were reported. The gunshots hit the vehicle of a Lebanese national. The Israeli troops were carrying out military drills inside the occupied Palestinian ....

  • Palestine to resort to international institutions if negotiations with Israel failed - Erekat

    Palestine to resort to international institutions if negotiations with Israel failed - Erekat

    Date: 2014-03-02 11:57:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:585361

    Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said the Palestinian side will resort to alternative scenarios if negotiations with Israel scheduled to end on April 29 failed. Addressing the 7th meeting of the Board of Trustees of Yasser Arafat ....

  • National Movement Party: Hamas tries to spark off crisis on borders with Egypt

    National Movement Party: Hamas tries to spark off crisis on borders with Egypt

    Date: 2014-03-02 11:13:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:585244

    Marwan Yunis, member of the higher committee of the National Movement Party, asserted that Hamas calls for gatherings and sit-in on borders with Rafah crossing have nothing to do with peaceful protesting and meant to spark off a crisis on the border ....

  • Bodies of 2 unidentified men found in Baghdad

    Bodies of 2 unidentified men found in Baghdad

    Date: 2014-03-02 08:39:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:584805

    Security forces found bodies of two unidentified men in two separate areas in the capital on Sunday, security sources said. The two bodies were showered with bullets, they added. Four bodies were found on Saturday in Baghdad with shots in the ....

  • Kuwaiti ambassador wounded in car accident on Amman/Zarqa road

    Kuwaiti ambassador wounded in car accident on Amman/Zarqa road

    Date: 2014-03-02 07:38:58 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:584701

    Kuwaiti Ambassador to Jordan Hamad Saleh al-Duail was slightly wounded in a collision on Amman-Zarqa road, according to a statement by the Jordanian Civil Defense Directorate on Sunday. A truck rammed into the ambassador's car on Saturday, ....

  • Algerian security forces disperse anti-Bouteflika protest

    Algerian security forces disperse anti-Bouteflika protest

    Date: 2014-03-01 12:52:29 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:583630

    Algerian security forces dispersed Saturday a small gathering of people in central Algiers, protesting at the candidacy of President of the Republic Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fourth term. The protesters chanted slogans demanding Bouteflika not ....

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