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Libya's Maiteeq accepts supreme court ruling over his election
Date: 2014-06-09 12:32:16 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:769109
Ahmed Maiteeq accepted on Monday a ruling issued by the supreme constitutional court of Libya that his election as prime minister was invalid. Earlier the parliament backed the ruling. "The National Congress abides by any ruling issued by the ....
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Qurei hails Sisi's speech, inauguration ceremony
Date: 2014-06-09 12:02:58 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:769147
The speech of newly-elected Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi yesterday tackled not only Egypt's problems but also in the whole region, said head of the PLO's Al-Quds Affairs Committee Ahmed Qurei. He also hailed the ceremony of signing the ....
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Continuation of Gaza blockade "disgrace" for int'l community - Chomsky
Date: 2014-06-09 11:47:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:769106
Famed American academic and political activist Noam Chomsky signed a document under the rubric "No to Gaza siege", which was launched by Jamal al-Khodri, the Chairman of the Popular Committee against the Siege and a member of the Palestinian ....
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Parliament presidential election session postponed to June 18
Date: 2014-06-09 11:46:13 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:769101
Lebanese Parliament’s latest session to elect a president failed, with observers saying lawmakers seem more focused on the fate of Tuesday’s legislative session over the salary scale. Speaker Nabih Berri on Monday postponed the session to elect ....
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37 Daash militants killed in western Mosul
Date: 2014-06-09 09:41:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:768668
Some 37 militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant were killed by security forces in a security operation in western Mosul, a security source said. Four Afghans are among the dead, he added. Some 13 cars belonging to militants were ....
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Libya supreme country annuls Maaiteeq election as PM
Date: 2014-06-09 09:24:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:768717
The supreme constitutional court of Libya ruled on Monday that the election of Ahmed Maiteeq as prime minister was invalid. He got 113 of 120 votes of the parliament member required to pass on his election, the court argued. The voting was ....
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Israeli forces made limited incursion into eastern Gaza
Date: 2014-06-09 08:50:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:768645
Israeli forces made a limited incursion into the eastern Gaza Strip on Monday amid intensive gunfire at Palestinian houses, local sources said. Four Israeli bulldozers, backed by military vehicles, pushed 150 meters deep into cultivated lands but ....
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67 killed in Syria Sunday - opposition
Date: 2014-06-09 07:45:30 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:768506
As many as 67 people were killed in separate places in Syria on Sunday. Regime forces shelled Qaboun district, north-east of Damascus, said Sky News. Fierce clashes also occurred between the regime army and opposition fighters in other ....
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Italy FM opens hospital for Syrian refugees in Jordan
Date: 2014-06-09 07:04:14 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:768405
Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini has inaugurated an Italian hospital at the Al-Azraq Syrian refugee camp in eastern Jordan. The hospital is co-funded by Italy, the EU and Canada at a cost of USD 1.2 million, she told Petra news ....
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Jordan wants ILO's help to make world community bear cost of hosting Syrian refugees
Date: 2014-06-09 07:01:28 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:768416
Jordanian Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour hoped that the International Labor Organization could play a role in urging the international community to help Amman in bearing the cost of hosting Syrian refugees, Petra News Agency reported. During a ....
