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Mauritania president announces formation of African force to face crises as of Jan.
Date: 2014-06-28 07:55:37 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:801639
Mauritanian President and the current chairman of the African Union Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz announced the establishment of an African force for immediate response to crises as of next January. The announcement was made during the final press ....
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Sudan announces Ramadan to start on Sunday
Date: 2014-06-28 07:51:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:801616
Head of the Sudanese Islamic Fiqh Council Essam ben Ahmed al-Bashir has announced that the first day of the Muslim holy fasting month of Ramadan will be Sunday June 29. The beginning of the month depends on the first sighting of the crescent ....
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New coronavirus case reported in Saudi Arabia - health ministry
Date: 2014-06-28 07:49:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:801631
The Saudi Health Ministry said on Friday that the number of infections with the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-Cov) rose to 711 people, including 292 deaths. A new case was reported in Bisha, said the ministry in a statement. The ....
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AL chief condemns killing of Libyan activist
Date: 2014-06-27 14:06:31 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:800979
Arab League (AL) chief Nabil El Araby condemned on Friday the killing of Libyan activist Salwa Bugaighis, who was killed at her home on the day of country's election. Bugaighis was stabbed and shot in the head by gunmen who broke into her house ....
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6 Palestinians injured in Israeli shelling in southern Gaza
Date: 2014-06-27 10:01:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:800496
Six Palestinians were injured in an Israeli shelling after the detonation of an explosive device Friday targeting a military vehicle in southern the Gaza strip. The injured include two women and a baby, said the spokesman for the Health Ministry ....
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Hague calls for UNSC action on Syrian humanitarian crisis
Date: 2014-06-27 08:28:07 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:800294
UK Foreign Secretary William Hague called Thursday for adoption of tougher UN Security Council resolution addressing the desperate humanitarian situation in Syria. "Four months after UN Security Council resolution 2139 was unanimously passed to ....
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Palestinian president appreciates African support for Palestinians
Date: 2014-06-26 19:50:58 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:799930
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed appreciation for the continued African support for the Palestinian rights. Abbas, in his word at the opening session of the African summit, said the Palestinian Authority decided to make 2014 the ....
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Palestinian president appreciates African support for Palestinians
Date: 2014-06-26 14:16:30 GMT - Equatorial Guinea - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:799451
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas expressed appreciation for the continued African support for the Palestinian rights. Abbas, in his word at the opening session of the African summit, said the Palestinian Authority decided to make 2014 the ....
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Palestinian elderly woman died after Israeli army broke into her house
Date: 2014-06-26 11:48:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:799072
A Palestinian elderly woman died Thursday due to a heart attack after the Israeli forces broke into her house north of Hebron in the West Bank. Fatima Ismail Issa, 70, had a stroke when Israeli army personnel broke into her family house and ....
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Israeli forces arrest 10 Palestinians in West Bank raid
Date: 2014-06-26 10:19:58 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:798833
Israeli forces arrested ten Palestinians overnight Thursday in the West Bank during the ongoing operation to retrieve three missing Israeli teenagers, The Jerusalem Post reported. During one raid in the village of Samoa in the south Mount Hebron ....