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  • Saudi minister, Egypt's ambassador discuss cooperation

    Saudi minister, Egypt's ambassador discuss cooperation

    Date: 2014-01-07 16:19:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:484940

    Saudi Minister of Municipal and Rural Affairs Mansour Bin Meteb held a meeting on Tuesday with Egypt's ambassador here to discuss cooperation. In statements to MENA, Ambassador Afifi Abdul Wahab said the meeting tackled means to enhance ....

  • Iran to cooperate with Lebanon in investigating Majid death

    Iran to cooperate with Lebanon in investigating Majid death

    Date: 2014-01-07 12:36:51 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:484449

    Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marziyeh Afkham said on Tuesday that Iran is ready to cooperate with Lebanon to find out the exact reason for the death of the terrorist Majid al-Majid, IRNA News Agency reported. Afkham said a delegation was ....

  • Fatah says Hamas decision on Fatah men exiled from Gaza 'is not new'

    Fatah says Hamas decision on Fatah men exiled from Gaza 'is not new'

    Date: 2014-01-07 11:43:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:484364

    A Fatah official said a recent decision taken by rival Hamas for allowing hundreds of members of Fatah to return to the Gaza Strip after being exiled from the coastal Palestinian territory since 2007 was not new. "We have discussed this issue two ....

  • 56 killed, wounded in Iraq explosion

    56 killed, wounded in Iraq explosion

    Date: 2014-01-07 11:40:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:484358

    At least 56 people were killed and wounded Tuesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of Baghdad. The bombing, which occurred near a police station, left four people dead and 52 others, mostly policemen, wounded, a ....

  • 230 trucks allowed into Gaza

    230 trucks allowed into Gaza

    Date: 2014-01-07 10:00:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:484097

    Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday decided to allow the entry of 230 trucks into the Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem crossing. According to Raed Fattouh, the chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, ....

  • Egyptian citizen killed in armed attack in southern Baghdad

    Egyptian citizen killed in armed attack in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-01-07 09:30:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:484010

    An Egyptian citizen was killed Tuesday in an armed attack in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. Security forces immediately cordoned off the scene of the attack. The body was carried to the forensic medicine department. ....

  • Haniya, Abbas discuss disputes settlement over phone

    Haniya, Abbas discuss disputes settlement over phone

    Date: 2014-01-07 07:38:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:483702

    Hamas outgoing Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip Ismael Haniya discussed Monday means of stemming the internal division and reaching a national unity in a phone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who belongs to Fatah ....

  • Joint troops to be deployed between Sudan, S. Sudan to secure oil fields

    Joint troops to be deployed between Sudan, S. Sudan to secure oil fields

    Date: 2014-01-07 07:31:58 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:483685

    Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti said on Monday President Omar Al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit discussed during a summit in Juba the issue of deploying joint forces to secure the oil fields. Karti said that the ....

  • Jordan official: Netanyahu ready for land swap with Palestinians

    Jordan official: Netanyahu ready for land swap with Palestinians

    Date: 2014-01-06 19:20:53 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:483328

    A senior Jordanian politician said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed willingness to a land transfer with the Palestinians, a plan touted Sunday by his foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, Ynet news said. The ....

  • 2 Kuwaiti decrees issued accepting some ministers' resignation, gov''t reshuffle

    2 Kuwaiti decrees issued accepting some ministers' resignation, gov''t reshuffle

    Date: 2014-01-06 16:38:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:483028

    Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued two decrees on Monday accepting the resignation of seven ministers and reshuffling the current government, KUNA news agency reported. The ministers who submitted their resignations ....

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