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No breakthrough achieved in morning session of Geneva 2 conf. - Syrian opposition member
Date: 2014-01-29 12:53:52 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:527069
The morning session between the delegations of the Syrian government and the opposition under the mediation of Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-Arab League envoy, during the Geneva 2 Conference on the Syrian crisis, did not yield any positive results, said ....
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Libya interior minister survives asssasination bid
Date: 2014-01-29 12:14:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:526973
Libyan Interior Minister Al-Seddik Abdelkarim has survived an assassination attempt when unidentified gunmen opened fire on him in Tripoli. Abdelkarim was attacked while he was heading to the General National Congress (GNC) in Tripoli, a security ....
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Libyan army takes control of Tamenhint airbase in South Libya, arrest 18 militants
Date: 2014-01-29 11:47:34 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:526644
The Libyan Army forces have taken control of Tamenhint Airbase, 30 kilometers north of the southern town of Sebha, and arrested 18 militants hiding inside it. In statements on Wednesday, Minister of Culture Al-Habib Al-Amin, who was present in ....
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Tripartite meeting tackles situation on Lebanon-Israel border
Date: 2014-01-29 11:44:45 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:526907
UNIFIL commanders and officers from the Lebanese Armed Forces and Israeli army met Wednesday in Ras al-Naqoura base on the border between Lebanon and Israel. The meeting tackled the situation on the border and violations of the Blue Line ....
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260 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip
Date: 2014-01-29 09:56:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:526663
Israeli occupation authorities on Wednesday decided to allow the entry of 260 trucks loaded with goods into the Gaza Strip via the Kerm Abu Salem crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the ....
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Jomaa's government wins NCA confidence
Date: 2014-01-29 09:52:54 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:526651
The government of Prime Minister-designate Mehdi Jomaa won confidence of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) with a majority of 149 votes. Twenty MPs rejected the vote and another 24 abstained, Tunisian News Agency reported. This came at ....
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Libya's oil exports 60% down, says official
Date: 2014-01-29 09:40:48 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:526493
A Libyan official said that the shutdown of oil ports led to a decline of crude oil exports by 60 percent. Libya has only oil and gas sector as a source of income, the official added. ....
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Bashir to make a follow-up speech after his visit to Ethiopia, says aide
Date: 2014-01-29 09:32:57 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:526612
Sudanese President Omar Bashir’s assistant and National Congress Party Deputy Chairman for Party Affairs Ibrahim Ghandour announced that the president will make a follow-up speech after his return from the African Union (AU) summit taking place in ....
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Sudan prsident, Ethiopian PM discuss ties, S. Sudan crisis
Date: 2014-01-29 08:43:33 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:526476
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn held talks in Addis Ababa on Tuesday. The talks tackled ways of boosting bilateral relations in political, economic and trade fields to serve the interests of the ....
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Iraq, alliance of Egyptian, Japanese, French companies sign deal on Basra water plant
Date: 2014-01-29 08:23:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:526403
Iraqi Minister of Municipalities and Public Works Adel Mehoder signed on Tuesday an agreement with the alliance of Egypt's Arab Contractors, Japanese Hitachi and French OTV for the development of a large desalination plant in Basra, southern ....
