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Anti-govt opponents behind abduction, Libyan PM says
Date: 2013-10-11 10:30:08 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:333623
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that an unspecified "political party" seeking his ouster was behind his brief abduction by armed men on Thursday. "This is a political party that wants to destabilise the current government and bring it ....
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Putin invited to join Arab-African Summit
Date: 2013-10-11 10:21:10 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:333616
The Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the country in November to participate in the Arab-African Summit, Voice of Russia reported Friday. "I am confident that ....
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Libyan PM to address nation on abduction
Date: 2013-10-11 09:36:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:333568
Interim Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan will address the nation on Friday on the circumstances surrounding his Thursday abduction. Zeidan was hauled from his bed at 2:30 a.m. Thursday by a group of militiamen who stormed into the luxury hotel ....
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Lavrov warns Syrian opposition against hindering chemical weapons disposal
Date: 2013-10-11 09:32:59 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:333561
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Syria's opposition against hindering the disposal of chemical weapons in Syria to call in a foreign intervention in Syria. Speaking at the 8th East Asia Summit in Brunei, Lavrov called for not ....
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AU relieved by release of Libyan PM
Date: 2013-10-11 07:55:50 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:333379
The Commission of the African Union (AU) expressed relief over the release of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who had been kidnapped in Tripoli. AU Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma strongly condemned the unacceptable kidnapping ....
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New Morocco cabinet takes oath before King
Date: 2013-10-10 22:43:28 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:333020
Morocco's new government took oath before King Mohamed VI, the state news agency said on Thursday. The new cabinet includes the leader of the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister, Salaheddine ....
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Arab league slams kidnapping of Libyan PM
Date: 2013-10-10 13:14:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:332075
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi slammed the kidnapping of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. In a statement, El-Arabia described the kidnapping as a criminal act that would tarnish the image of the Libyan people. It will also ....
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Freed Libyan PM says he will not resign
Date: 2013-10-10 12:40:19 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:331982
Freed Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said on Thursday that if his abduction was meant to force him to resign, he will not leave office. On Twitter, Zeidan said "we are taking slow strides but still on the right direction". Earlier in the ....
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Libya's Revolutionary Chamber says PM was arrested by order of public prosecution
Date: 2013-10-10 12:35:10 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:331970
The Operations Chamber of the Libyan Revolutionaries said it arrested, in cooperation with the Interior Ministry's anti-crime department, Prime Minister Ali Zeidan upon an order of the public prosecution over administrative and financial corruption ....
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Libya's Interior Ministry says PM was arrested not kidnapped
Date: 2013-10-10 09:21:30 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:331542
The Libyan Interior Ministry's Anti-Crime Department said Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was arrested at his Tripoli hotel at dawn of Thursday and not kidnapped as reported before. A source at the department said members of the unit arrested Zeidan ....
