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Security Council urges South Sudan President to release detained political leaders
Date: 2014-01-11 08:08:38 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:491324
Members of the UN Security Council confirmed Friday their strong support for the mediation efforts led by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, "IGAD" and welcomed the appointment of a mediation team headed by Ethiopian Seyoum Mesfin to ....
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South Sudan troops 'recapture key oil city of Bentiu'
Date: 2014-01-10 14:46:29 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:490652
South Sudanese government forces have recaptured the oil hub of Bentiu from rebels, an army spokesman told the BBC Friday. Col Philip Aguer said the final resistance - a tank protecting a bridge to the city - had been overcome at 14:30 local time ....
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ICRC president in Damascus to press for greater humanitarian access
Date: 2014-01-10 11:53:00 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:490135
President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Peter Maurer has begun a visit to Syria to assess the humanitarian situation and negotiate greater field access for the ICRC in the country. "Over the next three days, the ICRC ....
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Bashir: No negotiations with armed groups over power, wealth
Date: 2014-01-10 10:03:50 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:489912
Sudanese President Omar Bashir said he closed the negotiation door with armed movements on power or wealth and if any to take place will be over a “pardon”. According to Sudanese “Al-Taghyeer” newspaper out Friday, Bashir said rebels must put ....
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Fahmi, Arab league chief heads for Paris for Kerry meeting
Date: 2014-01-10 09:58:18 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:489906
Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi and Arab League Secretary-General Nabil El-Arabi left here on Friday, heading for Paris to take part in an Arab ministerial meeting with US Secretary of State John Kerry on peace talks between the Palestinians and ....
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Saudis to receive body of Saudi terror suspect Al-Majed: Envoy
Date: 2014-01-10 09:56:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:489904
The Saudi Ambassador to Lebanon said the Saudi embassy in Beirut is expected to receive the body of Majed Al-Majed, a Saudi national who led an al Qaeda-affiliated jihadist group, Friday. "Lebanese prosecutors notified the embassy that an autopsy ....
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Iranian FM to visit Lebanon next week
Date: 2014-01-09 15:17:53 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:488924
Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour said that his Iranian counterpart Mohamad Javad Zarif will visit Lebanon on Monday to discuss bilateral relations and implementing protocols and agreements signed between the two countries. There are 28 ....
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Germany will destroy Syria's chemical weapons on its soil
Date: 2014-01-09 15:16:03 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:488920
Germany is joining international efforts to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons, the foreign and defense ministries have announced. Waste from the destroyed weapons would be burned at a government facility in the town of Muenster, they ....
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Egypt supports efforts exerted by Lebanon to form balanced government - ambassador
Date: 2014-01-09 13:29:37 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:488653
Egypt supports efforts exerted by Lebanese President Michel Sleiman to form a government grouping all Lebanese factions. The remark was made by Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdi during his meeting here Thursday with Lebanese Prime ....
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Arab League chief heads for Paris over Palestinian-Israeli peace talks
Date: 2014-01-09 13:12:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:488606
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi will head for Paris on Friday to take part in an Arab ministerial meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations. The meeting, to take place on Sunday, comes under the sponsorship of US ....
