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Libyan Dawn rebels seize control of interior ministry HQ in Tripoli
Date: 2014-08-23 07:43:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:886868
Libya Dawn, a movement led by rebels from Misrata, said it liberated the interior ministry building in Tripoli from government-backed fighters from the Zintan Brigades. The movement said its forces took control of two southern neighborhoods in ....
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Israel strikes 30 targets overnight
Date: 2014-08-23 07:08:58 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:886829
The Israel Air Force struck 30 targets in the Gaza Strip since Friday night, a military spokesperson said on Saturday. Targets included weapons manufacturing sites, arms storage facilities and rocket launching pads, The Jerusalem Post ....
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2 Lebanese soldiers wounded in Tripoli
Date: 2014-08-23 07:06:16 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:886825
Two Lebanese soldiers were injured after an unidentified man threw a bomb at a military site in Bab-Tabbaneh district of Tripoli. ....
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Hamas leader says resistance not to accept int'l resolution to disarm it
Date: 2014-08-23 07:05:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:886824
Prominent Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar said on Friday that the Palestinian resistance will not accept any international resolutions to disarm it. In a statement circulated by Hamas today, al-Zahar also said the resistance rejects any ....
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40 Palestinians injured in Israeli attack on house in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-23 07:04:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:886822
Forty Palestinian people were injured in an Israeli air raid on a house in the Gaza Strip. "More than 40 Palestinian people sustained various wounds during attack on a house in El Sabra neighborhood in Gaza," health ministry spokesman Ashraf ....
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Clashes continue near Tripoli airport
Date: 2014-08-23 06:53:43 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:886807
Clashes continued on Friday in the vicinity of Tripoli international airport and the neighboring areas. Sound of heavy weapons are heard due to the exchanged shelling between Zintan militia which control the airport and the forces of Libyan ....
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Sudan, Egypt crossing to help boosting mutual ties - Official
Date: 2014-08-23 06:36:25 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:886773
The Sudanese foreign ministry termed on Friday the opening of a border crossing between Sudan and Egypt as historic that will help in fostering bilateral relations. In a press release, Sudanese foreign ministry spokesman Yousef Al-Kurdufani said ....
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Qassam brigades shower Israeli cities with rockets
Date: 2014-08-22 12:01:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:886081
The Ezzeddin Qassam Brigades Friday claimed responsibility for firing rockets at Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities and settlements. In a statement today, the military wing of Hamas said it fired 18 rockets at Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Sedrot, and a ....
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Palestinian consensus on importance of Egypt role in indirect talks
Date: 2014-08-22 11:54:52 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:886056
There is a Palestinian consensus on the importance of the Egyptian role and efforts exerted to reach a ceasefire in Gaza, Assistant Secretary General of the Arab League for Palestine Affairs Mohamed Sobeih said. No Palestinian faction has called ....
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UN: Documented death toll in Syria hits 191,369 through April 2014
Date: 2014-08-22 11:37:42 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:886019
At least 191,369 people have been killed in Syria's conflict through April, the United Nations human rights office said on Friday. The UN report, based on data from four groups and the government that were cross-checked, reflects a reality of ....