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Arab League keen to promote electoral departments' role
Date: 2016-05-09 13:14:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4873085
The Arab League said it was keen to promote the role of electoral departments at its member states to achieve democracy and good governance. Elections are one of the most important means for the peaceful transfer of power and a main pillar for ....
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Gazans visit their jailed relatives in Ramon prison
Date: 2016-05-09 10:32:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:4871445
Israeli forces allowed Monday families of scores Gazan prisoners to visit them in Ramon prison. As many as 71 relatives of the Gazan detainees, including 13 children, headed for Beit Hanoun crossing early Monday to visit 43 of their detained ....
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Settlers seize Palestinian house in Old City
Date: 2016-05-09 09:38:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:4870969
Israeli settlers seized a house of a Palestinian family in the Old City of Al Quds under the pretext of their ownership. Palestinian sources said Monday that the settlers were accompanied by Israeli police forces that imposed a military cordon ....
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Israeli forces fire at farmers in southern Gaza
Date: 2016-05-09 08:30:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4870333
Israeli forces opened fire Monday towards Palestinian farmers in southern the Gaza Strip but no injuries were reported. Local sources said the forces fired at the farmers in eastern Khan Younis, obliging them to leave their lands in fear of being ....
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Bin Heli: Unprecedented challenges faced AL due to Arab region development since 2011
Date: 2016-05-08 13:01:38 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:4865813
Deputy Secretary-General of the Arab League Ahmed Bin Heli said unprecedented challenges faced the AL due to the developments that rocked the Arab region since 2011. In his speech before the parliament's Arab Affairs Committee on Sunday, Bin Heli ....
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Jewish settlers renew storming of Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2016-05-08 09:56:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:4863841
Jewish settlers on Sunday renewed their storming of Al Aqsa Mosque precincts from Bab el Maghreba gate backed by elements from the Israeli occupation forces. Also, Jewish settlers who pushed deep into the mosque from Bab el Rahma gate performed ....
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Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine denies deal allowing Israeli forces to enter Gaza Strip
Date: 2016-05-08 08:56:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:4863401
The Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine denied on Sunday claims by Israeli security sources concerning a deal that allows Israeli forces to work within hundreds of meters in Gaza Strip territories. Earlier, Israeli security sources claimed that ....
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Israeli forces open fire at farmers southern Gaza
Date: 2016-05-08 08:24:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:4863177
Israeli forces on Sunday opened fire at a group of Palestinian farmers east Khan Yunis, southern Gaza strip. No injuries were reported. The shooting comes a day after a "relative calm" on the borders of the besieged strip. Last week, ....
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Jets of Arab alliance shell sites loyal to Houthis
Date: 2016-05-07 08:17:52 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:4857365
Jets of the Arab alliance shelled on Saturday morning sites affiliated to Houthi militias and forces loyal to former Yemeni president Ali Abdullah Saleh in the central Yemeni city of Dhamar. A Saudi-led coalition has launched a campaign since ....
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Israeli air force launches two raids on Khan Younis
Date: 2016-05-07 06:20:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:4856941
Israeli air force raided two plots of land in the Palestinian city of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip overnight Saturday. No word of casualties was reported, local sources said, noting that the first air strike targeted an agricultural ....