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Tunisian president appoints new chief of staff of land army
Date: 2014-08-12 14:32:45 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:870754
Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Tuesday appointed Major General Ismail Fathalli as a new Chief of Staff of the land Army, the Tunisian News Agency reported. Fathalli succeeds Major General Salah Hamdi who had resigned in July, said a ....
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Maliki is key partner in Iraqi political process - Abadi
Date: 2014-08-12 14:31:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:870753
Iraq's designated Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi said Tuesday Nuri al-Maliki will remain a key partner in the political process, praising his role in confronting terrorism. In a statement, Abadi said former PM Nuri al-Maliki will remain a ....
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89 terrorists killed in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-12 13:03:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:870503
A well-placed security source said on Tuesday that 89 terrorists were killed dung a security campaign on Diyala province. The troops destroyed also three trucks and dismantled 32 bombs in the province, the source added. ....
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Lebanon's Berri adjourns presidential election session for 10th time
Date: 2014-08-12 12:57:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:870478
Lebanon's Speaker of the House Nabih Berri adjourned till September 2 the presidential elections session due to lack of quorum, the state's news agency reported. Nearly 30 minutes after the voting session was scheduled to begin, there were only ....
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AL welcomes Abadi assignment to form new Iraqi govt
Date: 2014-08-12 12:56:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:870476
Arab League Secretary General Nabil al-Araby has welcomed a decision by Iraqi President Mohamed Fouad Massoum, assigning Dr Haidar al-Abadi to form the new Iraqi government. Araby, in a statement Tuesday, hoped Abadi would succeed in forming a ....
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Arabi discusses ceasefire initiative with Ban, Kerry on phone
Date: 2014-08-12 12:56:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:870471
Arab League Secretary General Nabil Araby telephoned UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and US State Secretary John Kerry on Tuesday to discuss efforts to implement the Egyptian initiative to stop the Israeli aggression in Gaza. Araby called for ....
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US Secretary of State Kerry says image of 7-year-old boy holding severed head is 'grotesque'
Date: 2014-08-12 10:02:16 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:870083
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday described a photograph of a Sydney-born 7-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier as "disturbing" and "grotesque," and called for international cooperation against the terrorist ....
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Kuwaiti FM heads for Arabia to participate in OIC meeting on Palestine
Date: 2014-08-12 09:16:24 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:869974
Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sheikh Sabah Khaled al-Hamad al-Sabah headed for Saudi Arabia Tuesday. He will lead the Kuwaiti delegation to the extraordinary meeting of the executive committee of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation at the level of ....
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US not to send fighter aircraft to Iraq: Kerry
Date: 2014-08-12 08:36:37 GMT - Australia - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:869879
The US will not send fighter aircraft to Iraq, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday. Kerry urged Prime Minister-Designate Haider al-Ibadi to quickly form a national unity government to stand against ISIL militants. ....
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Hamas welcomes forming int'l investigations committee to probe into war crimes in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-12 08:34:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:869874
Hamas welcomed a decision on forming an international investigations committee to probe into the war crimes done in Gaza. Hamas called on the committee to swiftly starts its work, said Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri. William Schabas, a ....
