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UN commissioner urges Libyans to oppose extremism after “vile” murder of Egyptian Christians
Date: 2015-02-17 13:44:30 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:1985733
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Tuesday said the mass beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians was a “vile crime targeting people on the basis of their religion”. He urged Libyans to unite against extremists ....
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Jordan's Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate to hold funeral service for slain Copts
Date: 2015-02-17 11:01:00 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1983989
The Coptic Orthodox Patriarchate in Jordan is to hold a funeral service for 21 Copts who have been beheaded by the Daesh terrorist group in Libya. The funeral will take place on Wednesday in the capital Amman, the Patriarchate said in a ....
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Italian PM rules out military intervention in Libya
Date: 2015-02-16 19:07:22 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:1980165
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has ruled out military intervention in Libya at present, AKI news agency reported. No military intervention will be done in Libya at the moment, he said in press statements. The situation in Libya is ....
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Libya PM says 'we are united with Egypt' in combating terror
Date: 2015-02-16 12:52:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:1976717
Libya's Prime Minister Abdullah al Thinni phoned his Egyptian counterpart Ibrahim Mahlab to condole the brutal beheading of 21 Egyptian Copts by Daesh in Libya. He said a high-profile Libyan delegation is heading to Egypt to express ....
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Iraqi parl't speaker chairs meeting of defense, interior ministers
Date: 2015-02-16 11:59:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:1976045
Iraqi sources said that Parliament Speaker Selim al-Jabouri chaired a meeting of Iraqi Defense Minister Khaled al-Obeidi and Interior Minister Mohammed Salem al-Ghabban to discuss the security situation in Baghdad. This comes to contain the tense ....
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Fatah calls for protest in support of Egyptian people
Date: 2015-02-16 11:56:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:1974953
The Palestinian Movement of Fatah has called for a protest outside the Egyptian embassy in Ramallah to show support for the Egyptian people. The movement said the protest is meant to condemn the beheading of 21 Egyptians in Libya at the hands of ....
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Araby discusses holding emergency meeting at envoys level
Date: 2015-02-16 11:52:58 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:1975953
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el Araby discussed Monday with his assistants a request by the permanent envoy to Yemen to put off an emergency meeting of the AL at the ministerial level that was due Wednesday. In statements, Araby said that ....
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Israel allows 500 trucks to Gaza
Date: 2015-02-16 09:28:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1973929
Israeli authorities allowed on Monday 500 trucks loaded with goods and aid supplies for the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are carrying goods for commercial and agricultural sectors, Chairman of coordination committee for ....
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Israel allows families of prisoners to visit them in Ramon prison
Date: 2015-02-16 09:26:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1973913
Israeli forces allowed Monday scores of the families of the prisoners of the Gaza Strip to visit their relatives in Ramon prison. As many as 93 of the prisoners' families headed for Beit Hanoun crossing to visit 43 detainees, spokesperson of ....
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Gunmen seize television building, govt facilities in Yemen
Date: 2015-02-16 09:11:25 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1973181
Gunmen of the popular committees in Aden took control of the television and the intelligence buildings after fierce clashes with central security men that ran for four hours. Eyewitnesses said clashes took place after security forces raided a ....
