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  • Palestinian minister: Occupation damaged agriculture infrastructure

    Palestinian minister: Occupation damaged agriculture infrastructure

    Date: 2014-03-03 09:27:26 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:586965

    Palestinian Minister of Agriculture Waleed Assaf said the Israeli occupation has damaged the infrastructure of Palestinian agriculture, noting that one third of the Palestinian people are facing threats of food insecurity due to the oppressive ....

  • Juba hints at expelling UN mission in South Sudan

    Juba hints at expelling UN mission in South Sudan

    Date: 2014-03-03 09:19:18 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:586934

    Ateny Wek Ateny, the press secretary to South Sudan's president, Salva Kiir has hinted at expelling the UN mission in Juba due to its biased reports. In statements to Sudan's "Al-Taghyeer" newspaper, out Monday, Ateny rejected UN reports of ....

  • Sudanese official blames SPLM-North for stalemate

    Sudanese official blames SPLM-North for stalemate

    Date: 2014-03-03 08:36:00 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:586824

    The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North sector (SPLM-North) is to blame for the deadlock in negotiations with Khartoum to rescue those harmed in the Blue Nile and South Kordofan states, an assistant to the Sudanese president has ....

  • Saudi commitment to achieve Muslim solidarity unshakable, says king

    Saudi commitment to achieve Muslim solidarity unshakable, says king

    Date: 2014-03-03 07:31:27 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:586697

    Saudi King Abdullah asserted his country's keenness on achieving solidarity among all Muslims around the globe. "This commitment is unshakable," he said, addressing a meeting of top religious scholars and officials who met in Makkah on Sunday to ....

  • Sudan keen to be removed from countries that use child soldiers' list

    Sudan keen to be removed from countries that use child soldiers' list

    Date: 2014-03-03 07:17:29 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:586649

    Sudanese Defense Minister Abdel-Rehim Hussein stressed that the government is taking all necessary measures to remove Sudan from the list of countries that recruit and use child soldiers in armed conflicts, said the spokesman of the Sudanese Armed ....

  • Jordan keen to forge closer ties with Morocco - Jordanian King

    Jordan keen to forge closer ties with Morocco - Jordanian King

    Date: 2014-03-02 16:44:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:586054

    Jordanian King Abdullah II said Sunday that Jordan was keen to forge closer ties with Morocco in various domains, Petra News Agency reported. Abdullah also noted the importance of activating the Higher Jordanian-Moroccan Joint Committee. The ....

  • Arabi: Arafat played

    Arabi: Arafat played "distinguished role"

    Date: 2014-03-02 15:38:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:585908

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil Arabi said Sunday that late Palestinian President Yasser Arafat played a distinguished role as a historical leader of the Palestinian people. Arabi was addressing the seventh meeting of Yasser Arafat ....

  • Gunfire by Israeli army crosses Lebanon border

    Gunfire by Israeli army crosses Lebanon border

    Date: 2014-03-02 13:35:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:585603

    Gunfire by Israeli army targeted the southern town of Ramia on Sunday, but no casualties were reported. The gunshots hit the vehicle of a Lebanese national. The Israeli troops were carrying out military drills inside the occupied Palestinian ....

  • Palestine to resort to international institutions if negotiations with Israel failed - Erekat

    Palestine to resort to international institutions if negotiations with Israel failed - Erekat

    Date: 2014-03-02 11:57:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:585361

    Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erakat said the Palestinian side will resort to alternative scenarios if negotiations with Israel scheduled to end on April 29 failed. Addressing the 7th meeting of the Board of Trustees of Yasser Arafat ....

  • National Movement Party: Hamas tries to spark off crisis on borders with Egypt

    National Movement Party: Hamas tries to spark off crisis on borders with Egypt

    Date: 2014-03-02 11:13:13 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:585244

    Marwan Yunis, member of the higher committee of the National Movement Party, asserted that Hamas calls for gatherings and sit-in on borders with Rafah crossing have nothing to do with peaceful protesting and meant to spark off a crisis on the border ....

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