Arab world
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5 killed, 11 injured in Benghazi clashes
Date: 2014-06-02 09:07:41 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:756048
Five soldiers were killed and 11 others, including civilians, were injured in ongoing clashes between Ansar Al-Sharia militants and army forces loyal to rogue leader Khalifa Haftar in the city of Benghazi. "The hospital received five bodies and ....
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Yemeni parliamentarian defends decision to withdraw confidence from govt
Date: 2014-06-02 08:53:33 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:756200
A Yemeni member of parliament has defended a decision to withdraw confidence from the government and form a new cabinet, saying it aims to serve the Yemeni people and provide solutions to Yemen's problems. The parliament has been calling for a ....
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PLO official accuses Netanyahu of launching campaign against Palestinian unity Cabinet
Date: 2014-06-02 08:30:17 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:756145
Hanan Ashrawi, member of the executive committee of the PLO, has accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of launching a provocative campaign against the new Palestinian unity Cabinet. The world community is well aware that this campaign ....
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Mortar shell lands near Israeli army outpost in Golan
Date: 2014-06-02 08:29:05 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:756139
Israeli army fired into the Syrian lands on Monday after a mortar shell landed near an army outpost in the occupied Golan Heights, Radio Israel reported. The shell fired from the Syrian side did not cause any casualties or damage. ....
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International observers arrive for Syrian polls
Date: 2014-06-02 08:13:08 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:756092
While Assad's forces are battling rebels who seek to topple him, international delegations arrived in the Syrian capital on Monday to monitor the president election, to kick off here on Tuesday, Al-Arabiya channel reported. President Bashar Assad ....
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Hamas refuses dissolving prisoners ministry
Date: 2014-06-02 06:55:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:755915
The dissolution of the prisoners' ministry would postpone the formation of the national unity government, said Hamas senior official Khalil Al-Hayya. "The determination of President Mahmoud Abbas to remove the ministry of prisoners will put off ....
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Iran, Kuwait ink six cooperation deals
Date: 2014-06-02 06:51:58 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:755910
Iran and Kuwait signed six agreement documents on Sunday, as part of efforts to expand bilateral ties between the two countries. The deals were signed by Iranian and Kuwaiti ministers and senior officials following a meeting between Iranian ....
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AL: Syria envoy not yet named
Date: 2014-06-01 12:28:43 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:754921
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi said on Sunday that a new envoy to Syria has not yet been named. "There are a lot of names including AL former chief Amr Moussa," he said, adding that it is more important now to settle on the nature ....
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3 civil servants killed, injured in gun attack in Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-01 07:44:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:754331
A civil servant of Education Ministry was killed while two others were injured when unidentified armed men have opened fire at a car in Qadaa al-Madaen district of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said on Sunday. Security forces cordoned off the ....
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Moussa says his succession to Brahimi not decided yet
Date: 2014-06-01 07:42:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:754327
Former Arab League secretary-general Amr Moussa said he did not make up his mind on replacing UN/Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi, who officially resigned. Moussa told Okaz newspaper out Sunday he is preoccupied with many things inside ....