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  • Algerian FM says issue detainees in Iraq to be settled soon

    Algerian FM says issue detainees in Iraq to be settled soon

    Date: 2013-11-11 09:03:26 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:380546

    Algerian Minister of Foreign Affairs Ramtane Lamamra asserted on Sunday that the issue of Algerians who are detained in Iraq is due to be settled. In a press conference, he pointed out that Iraqi authorities are working on ending the crisis, ....

  • Syrian regime used incendiary weapons -- HRW

    Syrian regime used incendiary weapons -- HRW

    Date: 2013-11-11 08:47:37 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:380520

    Syria's air force has used incendiary weapons in dozens of attacks over the last year - including a half-ton bomb which killed 37 people at a school - Human Rights Watch has claimed, Sky News reported on Sunday. A British emergency doctor, who ....

  • Abbas urges Arabi to activate international committee to follow up Arafat poisoning file

    Abbas urges Arabi to activate international committee to follow up Arafat poisoning file

    Date: 2013-11-11 07:36:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:380366

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas urged Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi to activate an AL resolution to form an international investigation committee to prosecute into the death of former Palestinian president Yasser Arafat, ....

  • Interim President meets Water Resources Minister

    Interim President meets Water Resources Minister

    Date: 2013-11-10 17:22:23 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:379894

    Interim President Adly Mansour held a meeting Sunday with Water Resources Minister Mohamed Abdel-Motaleb in the presidential palace in Heliopolis. Abdel-Motaleb submitted a report to the president on the outcome of his participation in the ....

  • Food poisoning cases in Sharqiya rises to 82

    Food poisoning cases in Sharqiya rises to 82

    Date: 2013-11-10 16:34:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:379832

    The number of people infected with food poisoning in the Zahra village in Sharqiya governorate has raised to 82 after four more cases were received by the Zagazig Fever Hospital. Sixty-four of the cases have recovered but 18 remain in hospital ....

  • President Mansour discusses with Abbas latest Palestinian developments

    President Mansour discusses with Abbas latest Palestinian developments

    Date: 2013-11-10 16:05:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:379787

    Interim President Adly Mansour had talks on Sunday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on the latest Palestinian developments. At the beginning of the talks, held at Heliopolis presidential palace, Abbas expressed the Palestinian Authority's ....

  • Sudanese Trade Minister: Opening crossing points with South Sudan will help in fighting smuggling

    Sudanese Trade Minister: Opening crossing points with South Sudan will help in fighting smuggling

    Date: 2013-11-10 13:16:51 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:379445

    Sudanese Trade Minister Osman Omar al-Sharif said the opening of crossing points with South Sudan will effectively help in the fight against smuggling. Also it will activate cross-border trade between the two countries and thus help in reducing ....

  • Arab meeting on WMD-free ME

    Arab meeting on WMD-free ME

    Date: 2013-11-10 12:43:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:379377

    An extraordinary meeting of the permanent delegates of the Arab League Council kicked off here Sunday. The meeting was held upon Egypt’s request to tackle the issue of setting up a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction (WMD). ....

  • Bashir meets Turkish ambassdaor in Khartoum

    Bashir meets Turkish ambassdaor in Khartoum

    Date: 2013-11-10 12:41:53 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:379374

    Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir met Sunday with Turkish ambassador here Erdogan Kok on the occasion of ending his tenure in the country. During the meeting, Bashir expressed the Sudanese government's appreciation of the efforts made by the ....

  • Explosive charge explodes in lumbar yard in Abyan

    Explosive charge explodes in lumbar yard in Abyan

    Date: 2013-11-10 11:51:29 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:379261

    An explosive charge went off Sunday in a lumber yard owned by one of the members of the popular committees in Abyan governorate in southern Yemen. An unidentified person riding a bike placed the explosive device, a well-placed military source ....

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