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Iraqi deputy PM, lawmaker survive assassination bid west of Baghdad

Date: 2014-04-11 19:50:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:663038

Iraqi deputy Prime Minister Saleh Al-Mutlaq and lawmaker Talal al-Zobaie of the Iraqiya coalition survived an assassination attempt in the Abu Ghraib area west of Baghdad on Friday, said a statement released by the PM's office. A number of ....

King, Iraqi foreign minister discuss ties

Date: 2014-04-10 19:08:00 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:661484

King Abdullah II met on Thursday with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari to discuss means to forge closer bilateral ties in various fields, Petra news agency reported. The King reiterated Jordan's continued support to the Iraqis in their ....

Ashton, Abbas discuss stumbling Palestinian-Israeli negotiations

Date: 2014-04-10 13:04:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:660684

EU foreign and security affairs official Catherine Ashton met on Thursday with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas for talks on the latest Palestinian developments in light of the stumbling peace negotiations with the Israelis. Abbas, currently ....

AL chief meets Ashton over Palestinian, Syrian issues

Date: 2014-04-10 12:13:44 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:660550

Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi met on Thursday with EU foreign and security affairs official Catherine Ashton for talks on the Palestinian and Syrian crises. Talks tackled efforts to resume stumbling peace negotiations between the ....

AL crisis management room to monitor presidential vote: AL official

Date: 2014-04-10 12:04:11 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:660521

Haifa Abu Ghazaleh, assistant secretary general of the Arab League for media and communication said the Arab League agreed with the Egyptian High Presidential Elections Commission (HPEC) to allow the AL's crisis management room to monitor the ....

Arab FMs hold Israel responsible for dangerous crisis in peace talks

Date: 2014-04-09 17:54:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:80 - ID:659334

The Arab Foreign Ministers Council on Wednesday held Israel responsible for the current dangerous crisis in the Middle East peace talks. The Arab ministers, at an extraordinary meeting here, urged expediting extending financial assistance to the ....

Moroccan FM blames Israel for blocking ME peace talks

Date: 2014-04-09 13:27:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:658703

Moroccan Foreign Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani has blamed Israel for not abiding by peace commitments and setting grueling conditions for resuming peace talks with the Palestinian side. Addressing the opening session of the Arab League ....

Jordanian king, Russian president discuss Mideast conditions

Date: 2014-04-09 13:05:19 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:658632

Jordanian King Abdullah II and Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed here Wednesday the latest developments in the Middle East, especially the Syrian crisis and its repercussions. The two sides also discussed ways of boosting cooperation ....

AL's extraordinary session kicks off

Date: 2014-04-09 11:49:24 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:658409

An extraordinary meeting of the Arab League at the Arab foreign ministers' level kicked off Wednesday under the chairmanship of Moroccan Foreign Minister Salaheddine Mezouar, whose country chairs the current session of the AL council. Palestinian ....

Bobby-trapped car blasts hit Baghdad, casualties

Date: 2014-04-09 11:46:29 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:658014

Baghdad witnessed on Wednesday a series of bobby-trapped cars bombings which left behind scores of casualties, a police source said. Ambulances carried the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the bodies were moved to the forensic ....