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  • Lavrov warns Syrian opposition against hindering chemical weapons disposal

    Lavrov warns Syrian opposition against hindering chemical weapons disposal

    Date: 2013-10-11 09:32:59 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:333561

    Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Syria's opposition against hindering the disposal of chemical weapons in Syria to call in a foreign intervention in Syria. Speaking at the 8th East Asia Summit in Brunei, Lavrov called for not ....

  • AU relieved by release of Libyan PM

    AU relieved by release of Libyan PM

    Date: 2013-10-11 07:55:50 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:333379

    The Commission of the African Union (AU) expressed relief over the release of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who had been kidnapped in Tripoli. AU Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma strongly condemned the unacceptable kidnapping ....

  • New Morocco cabinet takes oath before King

    New Morocco cabinet takes oath before King

    Date: 2013-10-10 22:43:28 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:333020

    Morocco's new government took oath before King Mohamed VI, the state news agency said on Thursday. The new cabinet includes the leader of the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister, Salaheddine ....

  • Arab league slams kidnapping of Libyan PM

    Arab league slams kidnapping of Libyan PM

    Date: 2013-10-10 13:14:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:332075

    Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi slammed the kidnapping of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. In a statement, El-Arabia described the kidnapping as a criminal act that would tarnish the image of the Libyan people. It will also ....

  • Freed Libyan PM says he will not resign

    Freed Libyan PM says he will not resign

    Date: 2013-10-10 12:40:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:331982

    Freed Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Thursday that if his abduction was meant to force him to resign, he will not leave office. On Twitter, Zeidan said "we are taking slow strides but still on the right direction". Earlier in the ....

  • Libya's Revolutionary Chamber says PM was arrested by order of public prosecution

    Libya's Revolutionary Chamber says PM was arrested by order of public prosecution

    Date: 2013-10-10 12:35:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:331970

    The Operations Chamber of the Libyan Revolutionaries said it arrested, in cooperation with the Interior Ministry's anti-crime department, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan upon an order of the public prosecution over administrative and financial corruption ....

  • Libya's Interior Ministry says PM was arrested not kidnapped

    Libya's Interior Ministry says PM was arrested not kidnapped

    Date: 2013-10-10 09:21:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:331542

    The Libyan Interior Ministry's Anti-Crime Department said Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was arrested at his Tripoli hotel at dawn of Thursday and not kidnapped as reported before. A source at the department said members of the unit arrested Zeidan ....

  • Libyan cabinet calls for snap session over PM abduction

    Libyan cabinet calls for snap session over PM abduction

    Date: 2013-10-10 09:16:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:331534

    The Libyan cabinet called for an emergency meeting under the deputy premier over the abduction of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan early Thursday by gunmen. The Libyan government media office said the armed men led the premier to an unknown ....

  • Libyan government denies kidnap of finance minister

    Libyan government denies kidnap of finance minister

    Date: 2013-10-10 09:01:55 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:331519

    The media office of the Libyan cabinet denied on Thursday reports that Finance Minister El-Kilani Abdel Kerim was kidnapped, saying the minister is currently visiting the United States. Some news outlets reported that Abdel Kerim was taking by ....

  • Libyan government confirms kidnap of PM

    Libyan government confirms kidnap of PM

    Date: 2013-10-10 08:56:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:331511

    The Libyan government confirmed the abduction of Prime Minister Ali Zaidan by unidentified gunmen from a hotel he was staying in the Libyan capital at dawn of Thursday. The media office of the cabinet told MENA that a group, believed to be the ....

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