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Berri seeks to extend term of Lebanese parlt
Date: 2014-10-30 10:26:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:1230357
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabieh Berri will call for a parliamentary session next week to discuss the extension of the chamber's term. Speaking to Muqstabal newspaper out Thursday, Berri said he will set today the exact date of the ....
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Libya militias commit ‘mounting war crimes’: amnesty
Date: 2014-10-30 10:06:33 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:1230205
Pro-government and rebel militias vying for control of western Libya are committing war crimes including torturing detainees and targeting civilians, Amnesty International said Thursday, according to Alarabiya. Amnesty said militias in the west ....
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Tunisia's Nidaa Tounes party wins parliamentary polls
Date: 2014-10-30 09:57:25 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1230121
Tunisia's secularist party Nidaa Tounes won 85 seats in the country's parliamentary polls, according to the independent higher authority of Tunisian elections on Thursday. At a press conference, the committee said the ruling Islamist Ennahda ....
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Palestinian PM, Gaza governors discuss reconstruction
Date: 2014-10-30 09:31:59 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:1229921
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah on Wednesday met with the Gaza Strip governors to discuss mechanisms to overcome obstacles that could hinder reconstruction of the enclave. In the meeting, Hamdallah stressed that the Palestinian ....
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Bashir, Silva Kiir to hold talks Saturday in Khartoum
Date: 2014-10-30 09:22:18 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1229845
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Silva Kiir will hold talks on Saturday to discuss a raft of pending issues between both countries. In press statements on Wednesday, Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti said ....
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Israel closes Haram el-Sharif for 1st time since 2000
Date: 2014-10-30 06:50:36 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1228821
Israeli occupation forces decided on Thursday to close Haram al-Sharif and prevent Muslims and others from entering it until further notice. This is considered the first time to close the holy place since 2000. Israeli forces are on alert in ....
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Bashir, Theni discuss cooperation to achieve Libya's stability
Date: 2014-10-29 17:32:07 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:1227109
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir described the visit to Khartoum by Libyan Prime Minister Al-Theni as successful and fruitful. In a press conference with the Libyan prime minister at Khartoum airport, the Sudanese president asserted the two ....
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AL follows up Libyan developments
Date: 2014-10-29 17:12:02 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1226905
Arab League assistant secretary general Ahmed ben Heli said the pan-Arab organization is concerned with the Libyan issue. In press statements, he said the Arab League will take part in the meeting of international envoys on Libya in Paris on ....
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Palestinian Journalists back Egypt's efforts to combat terrorism
Date: 2014-10-29 16:52:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:1226757
Chairman of the Palestinian press syndicate Nasser Abu Bakr offered condolence to Egypt's diplomatic mission in Ramallah over the death of scores of soldiers in a terrorist attack in North Sinai on Friday. In statements to MENA correspondent in ....
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Abbas chairs meeting of al-Quds committee
Date: 2014-10-29 07:43:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:1221533
Palestine's President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday chaired a meeting of the Supreme Committee on Al Quds, in the presence of the prime minister Rami Hamdallah. The committee discussed the recent developments in the occupied Holy City, especially the ....
