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Lebanon opens schools for Tripoli residents displaced by clashes
Date: 2014-10-27 07:40:42 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:1206785
The authorities in Lebanon have decided to open schools to receive residents fleeing clashes in the northern troubled city of Tripoli. The army has been fighting Islamist militants in the city. ....
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King Abdullah, Ashton meet on ME peace efforts
Date: 2014-10-26 17:13:21 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:1204821
Jordanian King Abdullah II met Sunday with visiting European Union foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton to probe efforts to achieve comprehensive peace in the Middle East based on the two-state solution. During the meeting, King Abdullah ....
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AL chief heads for Germany
Date: 2014-10-26 15:00:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:1203869
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby left Cairo on Sunday heading for Germany on a three-day visit. The AL chief is to participate in a conference discussing the situation of the Syrian refugees and backing stability in the region. He ....
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AL chief urges Arab consolidation to restore stolen documents by colonialists
Date: 2014-10-26 11:58:01 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1202529
Arab League Secretary General Nabil El-Arabi has called for consolidating Arab efforts to restore documents stolen by the colonialist countries that seek to tarnish the Arab identity and twist historical facts, especially about ....
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Kuwaiti emir issues 2 decrees to appoint new ministers
Date: 2014-10-26 11:42:12 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:1202421
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah issued two decrees to appoint new ministers. He appointed Badr Hamad al-Issa as higher education minister and Yakoub Abdel-Mohsen al-Sanea as minister of justice, awqaf and Islamic affairs. ....
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Hadi confers with UN envoy on recent developments in Yemen
Date: 2014-10-26 11:32:17 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:1202337
Yemeni President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi conferred on Sunday with the United Nations assistant secretary general and envoy to Yemen, Jamal Benomar, on the recent developments in Yemen. The get-together tackled the execution of the Peace and ....
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Al-Nusra Front threatens to hang abducted soldiers if Lebanon army did not halt Tripoli campaign
Date: 2014-10-26 11:14:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:1200473
Al-Nusra Front threatened the Lebanese army that it would hang the abducted military members if it did not stop its military campaign in the Lebanese city of Tripoli. The front threatened that it will kill abducted soldier Ali al-Bazzal. On ....
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Tunisian president cast ballot in legislative elections
Date: 2014-10-26 09:15:28 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1201297
Tunisia's interim president Mohamed Moncef Marzouki cast his ballot Sunday in the legislative elections. A number of voters protested that the president did not abide by his turn in the queue. ....
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Hamas testing rockets
Date: 2014-10-26 08:36:25 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:1200941
Hamas tested two rockets early Sunday morning, according to Radio of Israel as well as an Israeli citizen who witnessed one of the launches from near the Gaza border. The rockets were launched from what used to be Gush Katif, in Gaza. The ....
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2 Libyan army soldiers killed, 13 wounded in clashes in Benghazi
Date: 2014-10-26 08:23:29 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:1200769
Two Libyan army soldiers were killed and 13 wounded in clashes with rebel forces in Benghazi on Sunday, a military source said. Heavy losses were also reported within the rank of Benghazi Shura Council revolutionists, said the source told ....