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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 ....
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10 Turkmen killed, injured in Tikrit blast
Date: 2014-05-28 09:05:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:747597
Four Turkmen citizens were killed and six others were injured Wednesday after explosive devices targeted their houses in Salahuddin province, 170 km north of Baghdad. A security source said that unidentified people exploded a number of explosive ....
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State Department calls for all US citizens to leave Libya
Date: 2014-05-28 07:31:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:747557
The State Department has urged all U.S. citizens to immediately leave Libya due to security concerns, Fox News reported. The evacuation warning came shortly after the USS Bataan, with about 1,000 Marines aboard, sailed into the Mediterranean Sea ....
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House of Libya's new PM under attack: Local TV
Date: 2014-05-27 10:09:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:745993
The house of Libya's new Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq came under attack late Monday, a local television reported on Tuesday. RPG rockets were fired at the house, but no casualties were reported so far, the television reported. Libya's new ....
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Quake measuring 5.1 on Richer scale hits northern UAE
Date: 2014-05-27 09:30:14 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:745901
The National Center for Meteorology and Seismology in Abu Dhabi said a quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred near Iran’s Qeshm island at 9.44am. The quake occurred around 120km from Ras Al Khaimah, which is located at the northern tip ....
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Iraq using barrel bombs, hitting Fallujah hospital: HRW
Date: 2014-05-27 06:43:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:745441
Iraq's government is dropping barrel bombs and may also be targeting a hospital in its battle with militants in Fallujah, the Human Rights Watch said. The New York-based rights watchdog also said abuses committed by the powerful Islamic State of ....
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Sudanese prosecution issues gag order on al-Sadiq al-Mahdi case
Date: 2014-05-26 17:28:19 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:744957
Reporting on the case of former prime minister of Sudan and the head of the National Umma Party (NUP), al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, is prohibited until investigations end, Sudanese prosecution said. Defending the gag order, head of the state security ....
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Stability in South Sudan to contribute to business contacts - Lavrov
Date: 2014-05-26 16:19:42 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:744804
Russia and South Sudan have agreed that lasting peace and stability in South Sudan is a prerequisite for further expansion of relations in the trade, economic and other fields, according to ITAR TASS news agency. The talks with South Sudanese ....
