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AL development committee convenes under Kuwait chairmanship
Date: 2014-09-01 09:59:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:900826
The fifth meeting of the Arab League Development Committee convened here Monday under the chairmanship of Kuwait permanent delegate to the Arab League Ambassador Aziz Al-Daihani in the presence of Arab League Assistant Secretary General Ambassador ....
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5 Palestinians detained from several places in West Bank
Date: 2014-09-01 09:58:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:900780
Five Palestinians were detained in Israeli incursions into several places in the West Bank. They were detained from Bethlehem, Hebron and Jenin. The United States have condemned Israel’s decision to confiscate 4,000 acres of land west of ....
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Sudan’s NCP to begin selection process for presidential candidate in late October
Date: 2014-09-01 09:47:27 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:900797
The ruling National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan announced that it will embark on the process to choose the party’s candidate for presidential elections in 2015, by October 26. In press statements Monday, Party spokesperson Yasser Youssef said ....
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Shell fired from Syria into Golan -- Israel
Date: 2014-09-01 09:43:57 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:900789
A mortar shell fired from the Syrian side of the border landed in the Golan Heights, Israeli media reported. The shell landed in the town of Ein Zivan, on Monday. The incident follows renewed fighting near the Israeli border between Syrian ....
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Hamas official says employees of Gaza govt to cash salaries Wednesday
Date: 2014-09-01 09:41:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:900783
A member of Hamas' political bureau, Moussa Abu Marzouk said Monday that employees of the sacked Gaza government will start cashing their salaries on Wednesday, just like Palestinian Authority employees. Marzouk, who arrived in Gaza Thursday ....
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Libya denounces Erdogan remarks on Parliament
Date: 2014-09-01 09:19:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:900542
The Libyan Foreign ministry on Sunday denounced statements of Turkey's president-elect Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the Libyan parliament. In a television interview after his inauguration ceremony, Erdogan has criticized the Libyan parliament, ....
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Biden, Barzani confer on US air strikes on Amirli village in northern Iraq
Date: 2014-09-01 08:42:53 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:900642
In a phone call, US Vice President Joe Biden conferred with President of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq Masoud Barzani on the US air strikes on Amirli village in northern Iraq and the relief supplies offered to the Iraqis there. Both sides showed ....
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Berri calls on Lebanese to unite in face of Israeli threat, takfirist terrorism
Date: 2014-09-01 08:31:47 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:900616
Terrorism is not a security matter but an issue of national significance, and there is no fear over Lebanon, for it shall return to being an oasis of democracy in the East and a garden of freedom, said Lebanon's House Speaker Nabih Berri. Berri ....
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US ambassador to Libya denies reports on embassy storming
Date: 2014-09-01 08:25:33 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:900600
US Ambassador to Libya Deborah Jones on Sunday denied reports that militants took control over the American embassy in Tripoli. In a message on Twitter, Jones said the video appeared to have been shot in at the embassy’s residential annex, ....
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Haniyeh hails Egypt role in Gaza ceasefire
Date: 2014-09-01 07:35:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:900507
Deputy Chief of Hamas' Political Bureau Ismail Haniyeh paid tribute to the role of Egypt in reaching a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian media reported. Haniyeh asked Egyptian intelligence officials in a phone call to push Israel ....