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Libya's interim PM reiterates commitment to top court rulings
Date: 2014-06-01 06:51:21 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:754206
Libya's interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thani reiterated commitment to the decisions of the Constitutional Court as regards challenges in the constitutionality of the parliament's election of Ahmed Maetig as the county's premier. Maetig won ....
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5 ISIL elements killed in Mosul clashes
Date: 2014-05-31 11:37:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:752985
Five elements of the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have been killed in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul, a security official said Saturday. The five were killed in clashes with army troops near Hamam al-Alil area in ....
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Somali soldier killed in car blast
Date: 2014-05-31 08:48:00 GMT - Somalia - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:752889
A Somali soldier was killed and several others were injured in a car bomb explosion close to a hotel and government security offices in the capital, Mogadishu. The blast, which comes amid a wave of attacks in the capital by Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab ....
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Palestinian consenus govt to be announced Monday
Date: 2014-05-31 08:00:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:752792
The formation of the Palestinian national consensus government will be announced on Monday, according to a source with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Obstacles countered the announcement of the government in the past days were removed ....
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Car explodes in Lebanese town
Date: 2014-05-31 07:11:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:752703
A car bombing rocked the eastern Lebanese town of Bekaa in Arsal on Saturday. The explosion only resulted in material damage. The blast was caused by a silver Kia vehicle. ....
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Iran asks Yemen for greater cooperation on fate of kidnapped diplomat
Date: 2014-05-31 06:16:19 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:752610
Iranian foreign minister in a meeting with his Yemeni counterpart asked for Sana’a’s more serious efforts in pursuing the fate of the abducted Iranian diplomat in Yemen, IRNA news agency reported on Friday. Mohammad Javad Zarif in his meeting ....
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Vatican Pope decries suffering in Syria
Date: 2014-05-31 06:12:14 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:752598
Vatican Pope Francis issued another appeal against "the globalisation of indifference," which is growing amid the "daily victims" and "untold suffering" of the Syrian people. In his message, the Holy Father calls on international institutions, ....
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Vatican: Abbas, Peres prayer meeting on June 8
Date: 2014-05-30 10:48:08 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:751630
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will join Pope Francis for an afternoon prayer at the Vatican on June 8, ABC quoted Vatican sources as saying. In a brief statement, the Vatican said both sides accepted the ....
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Libya PM: Won't be involved in civil war
Date: 2014-05-30 07:08:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:751264
Interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni asserted Thursday the government would not get involvement in an action leading to a civil war in Libya. Speaking to a local satellite channel, al-Thinni highlighted efforts to combat terrorism despite ....
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Israel nabs 3 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast
Date: 2014-05-28 12:18:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:748343
Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday three Palestinian fishermen off Rafah shores in the southern Gaza strip. Nizar Ayyash, spokesperson for the Gaza fisherman's union, said Israel's naval forces detained Ibrahim Khamis Murad, Khamis Ibrahim ....