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Bouteflika seeks re-election in wheelchair
Date: 2014-04-17 11:01:53 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:673211
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, running for re-election on Thursday, cast his vote from a wheelchair at a polling station in Algiers. Shown live on television, he was accompanied by his brothers Said Bouteflika. He did not give any ....
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Kerry to discuss Ukranian, Syrian crises in Geneva
Date: 2014-04-17 09:30:56 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:672951
US Secretary of State John Kerry left for Geneva for talks on the situation in Ukraine and the Syrian crisis. Kerry will meet with his Russian and Ukrainian counterparts, EU foreign and security affairs official Catherine Ashton and UN-Arab ....
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UN official says looting, corpses thrown in streets of S.Sudan's Bentiu
Date: 2014-04-17 07:57:22 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:672729
UN spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said Wednesday that the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) reported looting and corpses were thrown in streets of the city of Bentiu. In a press conference, Dujarric noted that the UNMISS workers ....
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Libyan gov. condemns Jordanian envoy abduction
Date: 2014-04-17 07:39:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:672700
The Libyan caretaker government condemned Wednesday the kidnap of Jordanian ambassador in Tripoli Fawaz Eitan. The government said all bodies concerned were doing their best for securing the release of the Jordanian envoy. The government ....
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Jordan FM, AL chief discuss ambassador kidnap in Tripoli
Date: 2014-04-17 07:34:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:672694
Jordan's Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs Nasser Judeh received a phone call from Arab League (AL) chief Nabil el-Arabi to discuss the incident of kidnapping Jordanian ambassador in Tripoli Fawaz Eitan. During the conversation, ....
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Berri sets presidential election session for Apr. 23
Date: 2014-04-16 13:03:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:671667
Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri called Wednesday for a parliamentary session to elect a new President on April 23. The session is set to take place at noon next Wednesday. Berri contacted Cardinal Beshara Rai, informed him of his ....
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Haniyeh thanks Egypt for facilitating entry of building materials into Gaza
Date: 2014-04-16 11:46:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:671426
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh thanked Egypt for facilitating the entry of building materials to carry out Qatari projects in the Gaza Strip. During a press conference in Khan Yunis in the southern Gaza Strip Wednesday after touring the ....
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3 Palestinians killed, 10 injured in mysterious explosion in Gaza
Date: 2014-04-16 11:37:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:671389
Three Palestinians were killed and ten others injured in an accidental explosion Wednesday in Khan Younis in southern the Gaza Strip, medics and security sources said. The explosion left three citizens killed, said Gaza health ministry spokesman ....
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AL condemns Jordanian ambassador abduction
Date: 2014-04-16 11:29:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:671369
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi condemned on Wednesday the abduction of Jordanian Ambassador in Tripoli Fawaz al-Itan on Tuesday. Arabi called Jordan's Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs Nasser Judeh and Libya's Foreign ....
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Top militant arrested in Kirkuk
Date: 2014-04-16 10:16:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:670984
Security forces arrested a top militant of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant group, known as Daash, the Degla Operations Command said on Wednesday. The terrorist is responsible for the bloody blasts that hit Kirkuk lately, Commander of the ....
