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Saudi Arabia pledges 80 mn US dollars to Gaza: amb. in Egypt
Date: 2014-08-05 16:40:04 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:860134
Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmed Abdel Aziz Al Qattan said on Tuesday that the kingdom pledged 53 million U.S. dollars in aid to the Palestinian Red Crescent. The aid aims at enabling the organization to buy medications and food supplies to help ....
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Jordan to continue efforts to stop Israeli aggression on Gaza:FM
Date: 2014-08-05 16:35:29 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:860126
Jordan will continue efforts and contacts with Arab and world leaders to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza, its Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh said on Tuesday. The Jordanian top diplomat stressed that the perfect solution to stop this ....
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Russia hails Egypt role in Gaza truce
Date: 2014-08-05 16:33:59 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:860123
Russia welcomed on Tuesday the Egypt-brokered 72-hour truce between Israel and Palestine in the Gaza Strip. In its statement, the Russian Foreign Ministry stressed the importance of making use of the Egyptian initiative in order to attain a ....
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Palestinian delegation visits injured at Cairo hospital
Date: 2014-08-05 16:30:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:860118
A unified Palestinian delegation, now visiting here, paid on Tuesday a visit to injured Palestinians, who are treated at a Cairo hospital. The delegation, headed by Fatah central committee member Azzam al-Ahmed, listened to the complaints and ....
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Judeh, Blair stress need to implement Egyptian Initiative in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-05 16:28:45 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:860115
Jordanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Nasser Judeh on Tuesday discussed with Middle East Quartet envoy Tony Blair, the dangerous escalation in the Gaza Strip and efforts to achieve a ceasefire between the Palestinians and Israel, Petra News Agency ....
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EU welcomes Gaza truce
Date: 2014-08-05 15:05:12 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:859932
The EU welcomed Tuesday the announcement of a 72-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and called on all parties to respect its terms. "There must be an immediate end to the loss of civilian lives. The firing of rockets from the Gaza ....
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Iran VP slams int'l bodies inaction towards Gaza
Date: 2014-08-05 14:37:32 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:859878
Iranian First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri has strongly criticized international bodies for their silence vis-à-vis Israeli crimes in Gaza, noting that releasing of statement in support of the defenseless Gazans was worthless, IRNA reported ....
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Fatah hails Egyptian role for stopping Israel's war in Gaza Palestinian children, women and elderly.
Date: 2014-08-05 11:57:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:859437
Spokesman for the Palestinian Fatah movement Ahmed Assaf on Tuesday hailed the Egyptian role that is aimed, since the very beginning, at stopping Israel's war and massacres against Palestinian children, women and elderly. In press statements, he ....
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72-hour Gaza ceasfire begins
Date: 2014-08-05 06:36:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:858697
A 72-hour ceasefire brokered by Egypt has gone into effect in Gaza and Israel at 8 a.m (Gaza local time). Before the truce, Israel launched air strikes on Gaza City and on southern and central parts of the Palestinian territory. Also, a ....
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Hamas agrees on Egypt's 72-hour Gaza ceasefire call
Date: 2014-08-05 05:19:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:858617
Hamas has agreed on Egypt's call for a 72-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip that starts on Tuesday morning, member of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo Ezzat al-Rashq said. Hamas accepted the Egyptian call that includes starting indirect ....