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Kerm Abu Salem crossing opened after 5 days block
Date: 2014-06-18 08:55:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:784339
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday reopened Kerm Abu Salem crossing after it was blocked for five days due to disappearance of three young Israelis. Raed Fattouh, chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the ....
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Limited Israeli incursion in Khan Younis
Date: 2014-06-18 08:47:41 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:784299
The Israeli occupation forces on Wednesday carried out a limited incursion into Khan Younis city in southern Gaza Strip. Security sources in Gaza said four Israeli bulldozers pushed 50 meters deep into farmlands in Al-Fokhari district in eastern ....
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AI asks Libyan renegade general, militias to stop 'reckless shelling'
Date: 2014-06-18 08:11:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:784217
An international rights group has urged the forces of a renegade general and those of rival Islamic extremist militias to stop "reckless shelling" in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi. In a statement, Amnesty International said that the shelling ....
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Israel continues escalation, arrest prisoners freed in Shalit swap deal
Date: 2014-06-18 07:41:11 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:784148
Israeli forces continued escalation in the West Bank provinces on Wednesday and arrested a large number of Palestinians who were freed in a prisoner swap deal in return for Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Israel has been carrying out a massive ....
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KSA reiterates support to Palestine
Date: 2014-06-18 07:18:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:784081
Deputy Crown Prince Muqrin bin Abdulaziz Al Saud reiterated Tuesday the Kingdom's firm position supportive to the Palestinian issue till the Palestinian people restore all their occupied territories, including Al-Quds, the Saudi Press Agency ....
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Iraq PM sacks Nineveh ops commander, deputy
Date: 2014-06-18 07:05:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:784058
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked on Tuesday Nineveh operations Commander Sobeih al-Gharawi and his deputy Abdel Rahman Hanzal, and Chief of Staff of Nineveh operations Hassan Abdel Razek and ordered legal measures to be taken against ....
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US says it captured suspected leader of Benghazi attack
Date: 2014-06-17 17:43:26 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:783613
The United States commandos have captured the suspected ringleader of the attack on the United States mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, Pentagon officials were quoted by The New York Times as ....
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Iraqi vice president meets US high-ranking official on developments in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-17 17:32:59 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:783585
Iraqi vice-president Khodair Al-Khozaei met Tuesday with U.S. Assistant Secretary of State George Brett to discuss the latest security and political developments in Iraq. They also tackled ways to face the threat of terrorists and armed groups in ....
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Palestinian govt rejects statements blaming president for settlers' disappearance
Date: 2014-06-17 17:29:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:783583
Meeting under Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah Tuesday, the Palestinian government categorically rejected Israeli statements blaming President Mahmoud Abbas for the disappearance of three Israeli settlers. The Palestinian Authority had warned that ....
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AP strongly against terrorism
Date: 2014-06-17 15:53:00 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:783385
Chairman of the Arab Parliament Ahmed al-Jarwan has said the AP stands strongly against all forums of terrorism. It is a strange phenomenon to the Arab culture and the Muslim and Christian faiths, Jarwan said Tuesday. Internal conflicts and ....