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Yemen PM designate asked to be relieved from his post
Date: 2014-10-09 08:56:34 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:1088361
Yemen's Prime Minister designate Ahmed Awad bin Mubarak asked President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi to relieve him from the new post to spare the country more divisions, according to a statement by the committee tasked with settling the Yemeni crisis ....
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Fatah will exert more efforts to support Palestine stance at UNSC - Shaath
Date: 2014-10-08 13:34:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:1084545
Palestinian Fatah movement leader Nabil Shaath said on Wednesday that the movement will exert more efforts at the international level to support the Palestinian stance at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC). In a press statement, Shaath ....
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Israel determined to divide al-Aqsa mosque - Erekat
Date: 2014-10-08 13:20:56 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1084393
Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member Saeb Erekat said on Wednesday that the Israeli government is determined to divide al-Aqsa mosque. In press statements, Erekat said contacts were made with Jordanian authorities to ....
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Biden apologizes to Saudi FM
Date: 2014-10-08 07:53:53 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1081425
US Vice President Joe Biden apologized Tuesday to Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faysel for remarks last week suggesting key U.S. allies destabilized Syria by sending arms and money to extremists. Biden previously apologized to leaders of Turkey ....
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Israel police: 25 Daesh flags found in Nazareth city
Date: 2014-10-07 10:04:50 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:1077449
Israeli police launched an investigation Tuesday morning after a bag containing dozens of Daesh flags was found in an industrial area in Nazareth Illit by a municipal worker, the Times of Israel reported. Police said the bag contained some 25 ....
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Israeli warship opens fire at Gaza fishermen
Date: 2014-10-07 08:55:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1076885
An Israeli warship opened fire Tuesday at Palestinian fishermen off the northern coast of Gaza City. No causalities were reported. Gaza fishermen were sailing within the agreed-upon six-nautical mile limit. Israeli gunboats have been firing ....
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Lebanon PM doubts kidnappers' intentions: We are dealing with crazy militants
Date: 2014-10-07 07:27:50 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:1076389
Lebanon's Prime Minister Tammam Salam has doubted the intentions of the kidnappers of Lebanese soldiers. "I was transparent since the beginning of the crisis, announcing that I don't have a magic wand,” Salam told al-Mustaqbal newspaper. The ....
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Daesh militants seize control of Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane
Date: 2014-10-07 07:25:44 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:1076377
Daesh militants have entered the key Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane and taken control of three districts after street-to-street fighting with Syrian Kurd defenders. Daesh fighters entered the eastern districts on Monday, raising their black ....
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8 Hezbollah fighters killed in clashes with Nusra Front
Date: 2014-10-07 06:00:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:1076081
At least eight Hezbollah fighters were killed in the fierce fight with Nusra Front fighters on Sunday, a Lebanese security source said Monday. Hezbollah held funeral processions late Monday for at least four that were killed in the Bekaa Valley, ....
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Hamas welcomes PM planned Gaza visit
Date: 2014-10-07 05:58:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1076065
Senior Hamas official Ahmed Yousef has welcomed the planned visit of Palestine's Prime Minister Rami al-Hamdallah to the Gaza Strip on Thursday. Yousef said that the visit was an important move as it would further boost the unity efforts. He ....