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Gaza death toll hits 2,016 - Health Ministry
Date: 2014-08-18 08:13:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:879057
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Sunday the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to 2,016 including 541 children and 250 women. Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qadra said more than 10,139 Palestinians were injured ....
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Independent Kurdish state would destabilize region - German FM
Date: 2014-08-18 08:12:51 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:879079
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned against the formation of an independent Kurdish state, saying this would risk further destabilising the region, DW reported. "An independent Kurdish state would further destabilize the ....
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S. Korea completes evacuation of citizens from Libya
Date: 2014-08-18 07:50:23 GMT - south korea - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:879028
With a South Korean Navy destroyer carrying its last batch of South Korean citizens out of Libya on Sunday, the country completed its evacuation mission in the war-ravaged African country, a foreign ministry official said, Yonhap news agency ....
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Kurds retake key Iraq dam
Date: 2014-08-18 07:02:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:878934
Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes retook the country's largest dam from militants on Sunday, the BBC news reported. The recapture of Mosul dam marks the biggest major prize clawed back from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ....
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3 injured Palestinians arrive in Egypt for treatment
Date: 2014-08-18 06:56:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:878918
Three Palestinian injured in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip arrived Sunday in Egypt via Rafah border crossing to receive treatment at Egyptian hospitals, undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in North Sinai Tareq Khater said. The Egypt-Gaza ....
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Iraqi PM: Effeciency necessary for new ministers
Date: 2014-08-17 14:45:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:878373
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi said on Sunday that he would depend on efficiency, integrity and experience when choosing the ministers of the new cabinet. The minister's platform would be taken into consideration as well, Abadi ....
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Scores of settlers break into Aqsa under extremist Knesset member Moshe Feiglin
Date: 2014-08-17 08:38:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:877577
Scores of settlers led by extremist Knesset member Moshe Feiglin broke into Aqsa mosque Sunday. Feilgin conducted a provocative tour in the mosque, Palestinian sources said. Feilgin vowed to conduct such an action several days ago. ....
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Israeli gunboats open fire at Gaza fishermen
Date: 2014-08-17 08:23:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:877535
Israeli gunboats on Sunday opened fire at fishermen off the coasts of Gaza City in a new breach of the five-day truce ending on Monday midnight. Palestinian sources said the Israeli gunboats opened machine gun fire at the ships without previous ....
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Iraqi army controls surroundings of Haditha Dam in western Iraq
Date: 2014-08-17 07:50:06 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:877471
The Iraqi Armed Forces continued air and land operations against terrorist gangs affiliated to the Islamic State in the surroundings of Haditha Dam in western Iraq. A reliable Iraqi security source said the Iraqi army stopped the advance of the ....
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Kurds rally before White House denouncing ISIL aggression in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-17 07:08:15 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:877386
Scores of Kurds rallied in front of the White House denouncing the ISIL aggression in northern Iraq. The Kurds thanked US President Barack Obama for launching air strikes to the militant hideouts, said the US-funded radio Sawa Sunday. ....
