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  • GCC Summit''s final communique touches upon situation in Egypt -- Kuwaiti official

    GCC Summit''s final communique touches upon situation in Egypt -- Kuwaiti official

    Date: 2013-12-10 16:55:01 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:433006

    The draft final communiqué of the 34th GCC summit includes a host of issues like relations with Iran and its nuclear program, the situation in Syria and Egypt, as well as the Middle East peace process, a senior Kuwaiti official said Tuesday. The ....

  • Yemeni President receives call from US presidential advisor

    Yemeni President receives call from US presidential advisor

    Date: 2013-12-10 14:23:12 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:432975

    Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Mansour received on Tuesday a call from Assistant to the US President for Homeland Security and Counter-terrorism Lisa Monaco. During the phone conversation, Monaco confirmed the US's support for Yemen in its fight ....

  • 7 construction workers killed in armed attack on Baaqouba

    7 construction workers killed in armed attack on Baaqouba

    Date: 2013-12-10 13:10:36 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:432711

    Seven construction workers were killed on Tuesday in an armed attack on Baaqouba city, in northern Diayala governorates, situated some 55 kilometers north of Baghdad. A security source said that gunmen opened fire at the workers in Chabli village ....

  • AL chief underlines  important role of national institutions in boosting, safeguarding human rights

    AL chief underlines important role of national institutions in boosting, safeguarding human rights

    Date: 2013-12-10 12:26:40 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:432700

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil e-Arabi on Tuesday underlined the important role of national institutions in boosting and safeguarding human rights. In a press release on the occasion marking the International Declaration for Human Rights, he ....

  • Terror attack coming from Syria thwarted - Iraqi interior ministry

    Terror attack coming from Syria thwarted - Iraqi interior ministry

    Date: 2013-12-09 17:40:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:431475

    A planned terrorist attack, coming from Syria, in Iraq was foiled on Monday, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. A number of terrorist groups attempted to attack the 3rd Commandos Battalion, according to a statement issued by the Iraqi Interior ....

  • 25 killed, injured in Diyala province

    25 killed, injured in Diyala province

    Date: 2013-12-09 12:29:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:430820

    Nine persons were killed and sixteen others were injured in Baquba on Saturday when a booby-trapped car went off near a cafe. The vehicle was parked outside the cafe, said a security source in Diyala province. Security forces cordoned off the ....

  • Legal experts confer on statute of Arab Court of Human Rights

    Legal experts confer on statute of Arab Court of Human Rights

    Date: 2013-12-09 12:21:21 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:430790

    The third meeting of a high-level committee of legal experts began at the Arab League General Secretariat headquarters in Cairo to prepare a draft statute of the Arab Court of Human Rights. The meeting was chaired by Qatari Ambassador Dr Ahmed Al ....

  • Arab League stands at equal distance from all nominees to ALO director post

    Arab League stands at equal distance from all nominees to ALO director post

    Date: 2013-12-09 12:07:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:430753

    The Arab League stands at an equal distance from all candidates to the general director post of the Arab Labor Organization (ALO), an AL secretariat source said on Monday. In press statements, the source said the ALO director general will be ....

  • Al-Quds Guards authority warns of Israeli scheme to Judaize holy city

    Al-Quds Guards authority warns of Israeli scheme to Judaize holy city

    Date: 2013-12-09 09:17:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:430283

    Khaled Husseini, deputy head of Al Quds Guards Authority, warned on Monday the of the systematic Israeli scheme to Judaize the holy city by paralyzing the Palestinian economy to force the residents to leave and replace them by Jews. "We are now ....

  • Terrorist plot foiled in Yemen

    Terrorist plot foiled in Yemen

    Date: 2013-12-09 08:37:40 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:430182

    A new terrorist plot has been foiled in Yemen after huge amounts of explosives were defused inside a building under construction. A military source told MENA correspondent in Sanaa that experts dismantled the bombs yesterday, noting that land ....

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