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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....