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  • Remains of WWII soldier found in Libya

    Remains of WWII soldier found in Libya

    Date: 2014-01-14 18:56:44 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:69 - ID:498849

    The remains of what seems to be a British soldier who died during the second World War were found near the eastern city of Tobruk by a Libyan family. The remains were found in Al-Ghaara area east of Tobruk city on Sunday. The family informed ....

  • White Nile state ready to receive 250,000 refugees from S. Sudan

    White Nile state ready to receive 250,000 refugees from S. Sudan

    Date: 2014-01-14 18:08:07 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:498723

    The White Nile State is ready to host 250,000 citizens of South Sudan who fled the fighting back home. A committee has been formed to offer the refugees all the help they need, said a government official in the state Tuesday. The refugees will ....

  • Roman Catholic Patriarch calls for prayers for success of Egypt's constitution

    Roman Catholic Patriarch calls for prayers for success of Egypt's constitution

    Date: 2014-01-14 17:27:35 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:498608

    Roman Catholic Patriarch Gregarious III Laham on Tuesday called for prayers for the success of Egypt's new constitution, which is put for referendum. Egyptians' consensus over the constitution is a historic event and will have its effect on the ....

  • Son of Libya's defense minister released

    Son of Libya's defense minister released

    Date: 2014-01-14 06:30:28 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:496586

    Son of Libya's defense minister, Mohamed Abdullah Al-Theni, has been released after kidnappers held him for nearly four months, said spokesman for defense minister Abdel Razek al-Shehabi. "He is in good condition," he said, without spelling ....

  • Saudi cabinet condemns Israel’s new settlement expansion plan

    Saudi cabinet condemns Israel’s new settlement expansion plan

    Date: 2014-01-13 18:34:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:496262

    The Saudi Cabinet condemned the Israeli new plans to construct more illegal settlement units in the West Bank and Al-Quds (the occupied East Jerusalem). Israel has announced plans to build 1,400 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank ....

  • Russia urges Syrian opposition coalition to ensure participation in Geneva 2

    Russia urges Syrian opposition coalition to ensure participation in Geneva 2

    Date: 2014-01-13 09:29:50 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:495053

    Russian Foreign Ministry urged Monday the leader of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces (SNC) Ahmad al-Jarba to ensure the coalition’s participation in the Geneva 2 international conference on Syria. In a ....

  • Juba asks Khartoum for equipment to re-operate Bentiu oil fields

    Juba asks Khartoum for equipment to re-operate Bentiu oil fields

    Date: 2014-01-13 09:21:05 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:495027

    Juba has asked Khartoum to supply it with equipment to help re-operate the Bentiu oil fields. The Bentiu oil fields have recently stopped operating in the wake of battles between government troops and forces loyal to sacked vice president Riek ....

  • Lavrov, Fabius to discuss preps for Geneva-2 and bilateral relations

    Lavrov, Fabius to discuss preps for Geneva-2 and bilateral relations

    Date: 2014-01-13 09:17:05 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:495007

    Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who is currently in Paris for the preparation of an international conference on Syria, is to hold a separate meeting with his French counterpart Laurent Fabius on Monday, Itar Tass reported. The two ....

  • Palestinian-Israeli negotiations may take some time: FM tells MENA

    Palestinian-Israeli negotiations may take some time: FM tells MENA

    Date: 2014-01-13 08:09:24 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:494847

    Egypt’s Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy said on Sunday that negotiations between the Palestinians and Israeli have not led yet to a specific formula of a full-fledged peace deal. "Negotiations may take some time," Fahmy told MENA on Sunday in Paris ....

  • Arab Parliament takes part in following up referendum

    Arab Parliament takes part in following up referendum

    Date: 2014-01-12 16:57:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:494281

    Deputy Foreign Minister Ambassador Hamdy Sanad Loza on Sunday received Arab Parliament chairman Ahmed al-Jarwan who is visiting Cairo leading a delegation to participate in following up the referendum on the rewritten Egyptian constitution. The ....

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