ALGIERS: An Algerian court has sentenced a blogger to a six-month jail term for expressing “contempt” of the army, but he was freed on time served awaiting trial, newspapers said Thursday.

King Mohammed VI and King Abdullah II of Jordan called for an exhaustive approach bringing together the security, religious and development dimensions to fight extremism and terrorism.

Morocco denies the allegations spread by the Nigerian authorities that a phone call was held between King Mohammed VI and Nigerian president Jonathan Goodluck.

Moroccan Sovereign  King Mohammed VI received, Monday at the Royal Palace in Rabat, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius, on working visit to the Kingdom, the King’s Office said.

King Mohammed rejected a request made by Nigerian authorities to hold a phone conversation with the Nigerian President.

Crans Montana Forum organises from 12 to 14 March 2015, in Dakhla, its annual session under the theme “Africa, regional cooperation and South South Cooperation”.

The Palestinian Authority’s Foreign Minister Riad al-Malki has called on Japan and other major powers to recognize Palestine as a sovereign state, and to help it resume dialogue with Israel.

Fu Ying, spokeswoman for the National People’s Congress, made the announcement at a news conference in Beijing on Wednesday. She said the actual figure will be released on Thursday, when parliament’s annual session starts.

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