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South Sudan govt committed to ceasefire deal - spokesman
Date: 2014-05-11 07:48:14 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:714479
South Sudanese President Salva Kiir's spokesman, Ateny Wek Ateny, told the BBC that the government is committed to the ceasefire deal brokered with rebel leader Riek Machar on Friday. "It was up to Machar to rebuild the trust lost during the ....
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1 killed, 3 wounded in Iraq’s Babel bomb blast
Date: 2014-05-10 16:32:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:53 - ID:713937
One police officer was killed and three others wounded when a bomb went off in northern Babel province, located about 85 km south of Baghdad, a provincial security source said. A roadside bomb targeted a police vehicle left one officer dead and ....
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Syria: Car bomb explodes in Hama
Date: 2014-05-10 15:45:29 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:713885
Dozens were killed and wounded when a car bomb went off in Syria's central province of Hama, the Sky News Network reported. No details of casualties were reported. ....
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Ethiopian PM hails ceasefire deal inked by S. Sudan's rivals
Date: 2014-05-10 15:09:44 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:713840
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn welcomed Saturday a ceasefire deal signed by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel commander Riek Machar. The Ethiopian radio aired the remarks quoting Desalegn as saying he feels cautious ....
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Libya's army command orders evacuation of 17 February Battalion in Benghazi
Date: 2014-05-10 15:08:26 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:713837
Libya's army command ordered Saturday the evacuation of the military base of 17 February Battalion in Benghazi in three days. Justice Minister Salah el-Merghani said civilian bodies would utilize the evacuated military base to construct a social ....
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S. Sudan army: Cease-fire accord not entered into force yet
Date: 2014-05-10 13:02:45 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:713572
South Sudan's military spokesman Colonel Philip Aguer said Saturday that a cease-fire deal signed late Friday has not been put into force by the two rivals till now. “The agreement will be simply communicated to all the SPLA division and forces ....
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2 missiles hit Lebanese village near Syrian borders
Date: 2014-05-10 12:45:36 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:713545
Two missiles were fired on north eastern Lebanon and its source is the area separating Lebanon and Syria. There were no casualties reported. Meanwhile, the Lebanese army attacked a warehouse of weapons in northern Lebanon. ....
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67 killed in Syria Friday - activists
Date: 2014-05-10 12:43:04 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:712972
As many as 67 Syrian people were killed in different areas Friday, most of them in Damasucs, Reef Damascus and Deir ez-Zor, Syrian opposition activists said. Syria has been gripped by deadly violence since March 2011. According to some reports, ....
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Ten more coronavirus cases confirmed in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-05-10 12:17:01 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:713478
The Saudi Health Ministry announced on Friday 10 more cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Corona Virus (MERS-CoV) raising the number of infections to 437 since the first case was diagnosed in September 2102. The ministry said that the 437 ....
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4 more killed in Benghazi clashes
Date: 2014-05-10 11:43:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:712896
The death toll has risen to four in the clashes between the protesters and “17 February Brigade” in Benghazi. Benghazi City has witnessed a tense security situation since Friday after protesters marched towards the brigade’s headquarters in the ....