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Libya's new parliament holds 1st session in eastern city
Date: 2014-08-04 11:43:59 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:857511
Libya's new parliament held its first session in the eastern city of Tobruk. Authorities had failed to hold the session in Tripoli or Benghazi due to deadly clashes between rival militias there. The lawmakers are scheduled to discuss the ....
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4 soldiers kille in Yemen ambush
Date: 2014-08-04 09:43:37 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:857247
Four Yemeni soldiers were killed in an ambush by Al Qaeda gunmen in Hadhramout Province in eastern the country, Sky news reported. No further details were available. Yemen faces continued attacks by Al-Qaeda operatives who are controlling ....
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Hamas does not trust "humanitarian truce" of Israel
Date: 2014-08-04 09:30:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:857109
Hamas considered Israel's one-sided announcement of "a humanitarian truce" in Gaza an attempt to divert the attention away from the Israeli massacres against the Palestinians. Hamas does not trust such a truce, said Hamas Spokesman Sami Abu ....
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Israel police attack Muslim worshippers at Al Aqsa mosque
Date: 2014-08-04 08:42:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:857115
A large force of Israeli police stormed the courtyards of Al Aqsa Mosque on Monday through Al Magharba gate and fired stun grenades and rubber-coated bullets at worshipers inside, wounding a number of them. Witnesses said police attacked the ....
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Tensed calm in Lebanon's Arsal
Date: 2014-08-04 08:24:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:857085
A tensed calm prevailed over the Lebanese border town of Arsal near Syria amid reports of a humanitarian truce as part of an initiative to free soldiers in exchange for a militant withdrawal, local reports told MENA. Eight Lebanese soldiers were ....
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7 Palestinians from one family killed in Israeli air strike on Gaza
Date: 2014-08-04 08:20:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:857077
Seven Palestinians from one family were killed on Sunday in a new Israeli massacre in the Gaza Strip. Spokesman for the Health Ministry in Gaza Ashraf al-Qudra said the seven martyrs were rushed to Kamal Adwan Hospital in Beit Lahiya along with ....
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Khaled Meshaal supports temporary cease-fire for humanitarian purposes
Date: 2014-08-04 08:07:01 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:857028
Khaled Meshaal, head of Hamas political office, said he would support a temporary cease-fire for humanitarian purposes. In an interview with the CNN channel, Meshaal said he would only support a long-term cease-fire if Israel changes its policy ....
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Arab league, China call for Gaza ceasefire
Date: 2014-08-04 08:04:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:857047
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi and China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi called for reaching a ceasefire agreement after the escalation of the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip and murder of hundreds of Palestinian ....
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Gaza conflict should not be excuse for anti-Semitism: UN chief
Date: 2014-08-04 07:06:59 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:856936
The conflict in Gaza should not be an excuse for anti-Semitic slurs and attacks, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said late Sunday. Ban "deplores the recent upsurge in anti-Semitic attacks, particularly in Europe, in connection with ....
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Israel announces 7-hour truce in Gaza
Date: 2014-08-04 06:45:14 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:856897
Israel's army said it will hold fire in Gaza Strip for seven hours on Monday to facilitate the entry of humanitarian assistance into the enclave and to allow displaced Palestinians to return to their homes, Radio Israel reported. The truce will ....
