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  • EU hopes constitution meets all Libyans aspirations

    EU hopes constitution meets all Libyans aspirations

    Date: 2014-02-22 07:54:45 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:569335

    EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Friday welcomed the election of a constitutional assembly in Libya. She hailed the Libyan people's commitment to a new Libya based on respect for democratic principles and fundamental freedoms. Yet ....

  • South Sudan oil minister says all oil fields secure

    South Sudan oil minister says all oil fields secure

    Date: 2014-02-22 07:53:15 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:569333

    South Sudan's Oil Minister Stephen Dhieu Dau asserted Friday that the security is totally maintained in all oil fields in the newly established country. Speaking to Khartoum based Ashorooq TV, Dau said that the government controls all ....

  • Libya contacts Tunisia over medical plane crash

    Libya contacts Tunisia over medical plane crash

    Date: 2014-02-22 07:48:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:569327

    The Libyan government said that the transportation and civil aviation ministries are contacting Tunisian authorities over the crash of a Libyan army medical plane south of Tunis early on Friday. The Libyan spokesman Mongi el-Kadhi said that the ....

  • Constitional assembly election held in line with intern'l standards, says Arab League

    Constitional assembly election held in line with intern'l standards, says Arab League

    Date: 2014-02-22 07:47:07 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:569325

    An Arab League delegation who monitored the election of a constitutional assembly said Friday the voting process took place in accordance with international standards. The voting was transparent, said the team's head Alaa el-Zohairy who presented ....

  • Hezbollah rejects dropping resistance from Lebanon government statement

    Hezbollah rejects dropping resistance from Lebanon government statement

    Date: 2014-02-22 07:37:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:569303

    Hezbollah has reiterated rejection of ignoring the resistant movement in a ministerial statement of the Lebanese government. The resistance is a right which cannot be dropped in the ministerial statement, Minister of State for Parliamentary ....

  • Lebanon army says killed Syrian suspect

    Lebanon army says killed Syrian suspect

    Date: 2014-02-22 07:28:46 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:569282

    The Lebanese army said on Friday that a Syrian suspect who was wanted over attacking a military checkpoint was killed. According to a statement by the army command, the fugitive hurled a grenade at the troops when they managed to arrest him. He ....

  • 11 dead as Libya military plane crashes in Tunisia

    11 dead as Libya military plane crashes in Tunisia

    Date: 2014-02-21 14:07:36 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:568574

    A Libyan army medical plane crashed south of Tunis early on Friday, killing all 11 people on board, Tunisian emergency services said. "The plane crashed at 1:30 am (0030 GMT)... with 11 people on board -- three doctors, two patients and six crew ....

  • Kerry, Abbas meet again in Paris

    Kerry, Abbas meet again in Paris

    Date: 2014-02-20 19:59:14 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:567530

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet here again on Thursday for their second round of talks in less than 24 hours. Kerry has spent months trying to get the Israelis and the Palestinians to agree on a ....

  • UN spokesman : new aid package to Yarmouk camp

    UN spokesman : new aid package to Yarmouk camp

    Date: 2014-02-20 10:50:49 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:566384

    UN spokesman Martin Nesirky said that Palestinian refugees in Yarmouk camp had received humanitarian aid for the first time in two weeks. Russia Today channel quoted Nesirky as saying that the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine ....

  • Libya PM calls on Libyans to vote

    Libya PM calls on Libyans to vote

    Date: 2014-02-20 08:45:39 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:566021

    Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan called on Libyans to cast their ballots for electing a body that will be tasked with drafting a new constitution. "We held successful elections in 2013 for the General National Congress (GNC), so we hope this vote ....

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