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Lebanon contacts Jordan over stranded truck drivers
Date: 2015-04-04 07:57:20 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:2308285
Contacts are underway with Amman to facilitate the entry of Lebanese truck drivers, who have been stranded since Wednesday on the Syrian-Jordanian border. The Lebanese economy and trade minister had contacted his Jordanian counterpart over the ....
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Deputy US State Secretary to embark on Mideast tour Sunday
Date: 2015-04-04 07:54:42 GMT - USA - International - SN:5 - ID:2308273
Deputy US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will embark on a Mideast tour Sunday that will take him to Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman and Tunisia. In press statements, State Department Spokesperson Marie Harf said that Blinken will meet ....
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Hadhramaut tribes repel Qaida elements from Al Shahar city and Riyan airport
Date: 2015-04-04 07:50:35 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:2308261
Armed forces loyal to the coalition of Hadhramaut tribes in southeastern Yemen have managed to control the city of Al-Shahar and Riyan airport in southern Yemen. They also managed to deploy in a military camp after the Yemeni army units had ....
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Kerry posts GCC counterparts on framewark deal with Iran
Date: 2015-04-04 07:48:48 GMT - USA - International - SN:3 - ID:2308249
US Secretary of State John Kerry has posted Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries on the framework agreement between Iran and the 5+1 group. Kerry, who was speaking to his GCC counterparts via video conference, assured them that the security ....
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Jund al Khilafah threatens to carry out further atrocities in Algeria, Tunisia
Date: 2015-04-04 07:41:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:2308213
A terrorist group affiliated with Daesh has threatened to carry out further atrocities in Tunisia and Algeria after terrorist Luqman Abu Shakr was killed. Algeria's "An Nahar" newspaper said Saturday that Jund al Khilafah tweeted that Abu Sakhr, ....
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Iraqi PM calls for countering violent acts, rioting in Tikrit
Date: 2015-04-03 17:51:55 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:2306933
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al Abadi has directed Iraqi troops to counter any acts of violence and rioting in the city of Tikrit. Abadi ordered security forces to arrest whoever attacks institutions in Tikrit or commits acts of violence in the ....
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Irrigation minister: Nile Basin countries to be invited to attend inauguration of Nile Museum
Date: 2015-04-03 17:48:49 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:17 - ID:2306913
Irrigation Minister Hossam Moghazi said on Friday that Nile Basin countries will be invited to attend the inauguration ceremony of the Nile Museum in Aswan in two months. Moghazi said the museum, affiliated with his ministry, is a model of ....
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Mahlab allocates plots for public projects, investments
Date: 2015-04-03 17:47:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:16 - ID:2306909
Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab issued orders on Friday allocating a number of plots for investment and public projects. The orders included giving new spaces for housing projects near Tamya city, Fayyoum. Under the orders, another areas will ....
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Iran nuclear talks: Rouhani vows to abide by deal
Date: 2015-04-03 17:46:56 GMT - Iran - International - SN:15 - ID:2306897
Iran's president has vowed it will abide by the terms of the preliminary nuclear agreement it signed with six world powers, so long as they do too. "The world must know that we do not intend to cheat," Hassan Rouhani said according to the BBC on ....
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PM issues order regulating ministry of state for population
Date: 2015-04-03 17:44:57 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:14 - ID:2306893
Prime Minster Ibrahim Mahlab issued Friday an order on regulating the work and tasks of the ministry of state for population. The move aims at raising Egyptians' standards of living through different age groups, and balancing population growth ....