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Italian negotiator to replace Blair as Middle East envoy
Date: 2015-03-17 07:29:36 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:2181137
European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini chose Fernando Gentilini, an Italian EU official who has worked for NATO in Afghanistan, for the special representative to the Middle East role, and she said her choice was supported by EU ....
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Official: 4 Filipino nurses kidnapped from Sirte, Libya
Date: 2015-03-17 07:25:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:2181125
Militants from the Daesh affiliate in Libya kidnapped four nurses from the Philippines in broad daylight from a hospital in the city of Sirte, while several others were evacuated on Monday, a militia official said. The official who belongs to the ....
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Yemen president receives ministers
Date: 2015-03-16 18:24:42 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:2179433
Yemeni President Abd Rabu Mansour Hadi met on Monday with ministers of the resigned government including the defense minister. He saluted the national role of the ministers at present and in the coming period. The ministers expressed ....
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Iraqi troops kill 81 Daesh terrorists
Date: 2015-03-16 18:22:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:2179413
Joint Iraqi troops killed 81 terrorists of Daesh during a military operation in Anbar province. The forces, backed by a Shiite militia, are seeking purge Al Karma where they killed 24 terrorists and destroyed a crossing. They defused bombs and ....
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Kuwaiti emir accepts electricity minister resignation
Date: 2015-03-16 17:59:31 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:2179209
Kuwaiti Emir Sabah al Ahmad al Jaber al Sabah accepted the resignation of Electricity and Water Minister Abdul Aziz al Ibrahim. In statements on Monday, Kuwaiti Minister of State for Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah al Mubarak al Sabah ....
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Saudi Crown Prince hails ties with China
Date: 2015-03-16 13:14:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:2176661
Saudi Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdel Aziz on Monday hailed ties with China in a meeting with a high-profile Chinese delegation. Prince Muqrin met at Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh Minister of Commerce of People's Republic of China and Chairman of the ....
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EU to consider sending troops to Libya
Date: 2015-03-16 13:13:12 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:2176233
EU will consider sending soldiers to Libya to back up a potential national unity government, but the plan has met with skepticism from EU governments worried about the risks. EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels Monday will discuss whether to ....
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Israel allows Gazan prisoners to receive family visits
Date: 2015-03-16 11:10:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:2175237
Israeli authorities on Monday allowed Gazans to visit relatives detained in Israel's Rimon Prison in southern Israel. "As many as 66 Gazans on Monday visited relatives in Rimon Prison through the Erez crossing between Gaza and Israel," ....
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Houthis lift house arrest on Yemeni premier, cabinet ministers
Date: 2015-03-16 11:03:38 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:2175153
Yemen's Houthi militia group on Monday released Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and all his cabinet ministers after nearly two months under house arrest, government spokesman Rajeh Badi said. In a statement on his Facebook page, Bahah - who resigned ....
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Kuwait Energy says investments in Egypt have no endpoint
Date: 2015-03-16 10:57:26 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:2175085
Kuwait Energy has said that its investments in Egypt have no endpoint. Developing the Egyptian economy is a national Arab project to which all friends of Egypt should contribute, said Mansour Abu Khamseen, board chairman of Kuwait Energy, in ....