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Kerry: Kiir committed to taking steps to end fight
Date: 2014-05-02 14:49:59 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:699772
Following a meeting with South Sudan President Salva Kiir in Juba, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that Kiir is committed to taking decisive steps to end the four-month fight in the newly-born country, Sky News reported on Friday. Kerry ....
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Twin car bombs claim 18 lives, injure more than 50 others in Hama countryside
Date: 2014-05-02 10:00:00 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:699118
18 civilians, including 11 children, were killed and more than 50 others were injured by twin terrorist explosions of two car bomb in the towns of Jidreen and al-Hmairi in Hama countryside. A source in the province told SANA reporter that a ....
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Condemnation no more enough to face continued Israeli aggressive acts against Quds - Jordanian MP
Date: 2014-05-01 19:03:51 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:698544
Jordanian lawmaker Yahia el-Saud stressed on Thursday that statements of condemnation are fruitless in face of continued Israeli aggressive acts against al-Quds and Palestinians. "What was taken by force only regained by force", Saud, who heads ....
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Arab League chief leaves for UAE
Date: 2014-05-01 09:57:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:697772
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi left for the UAE on Thursday to take part in a high-level ministerial UN meeting on climate changes in Abu Dhabi. The two-day meeting, that will start on Sunday, aims at encouraging cooperation for a ....
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Sudanese-Libyan forces rescue 319 nationals stranded in desert
Date: 2014-04-30 20:18:45 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:697274
Joint Sudanese-Libyan forces have rescued 319 Sudanese nationals who were stranded in the desert at shared borders, the Sudan News Agency cited the spokesman of Sudan's army Col. Al-Sawarmi Khalid Saad as saying. Saad said on Wednesday that the ....
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UN chief strongly condemns latest attacks on civilians in Syria
Date: 2014-04-30 16:47:22 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:697003
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday condemned ‘in the strongest terms’ the latest attacks in Syria – which left dozens of civilians dead or wounded from mortar fire and shelling in neighborhoods in Homs and Damascus, the UN News Center ....
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Iraqi Parliamentary vote opens amid tight security measures
Date: 2014-04-30 13:03:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:695839
Millions of Iraqis flocked to polling stations on Wednesday to cast their votes in the first parliamentary election since the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the country. The security forces imposed tight security measures and blocked ways leading ....
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Kuwait pledges continuing support to Palestinians
Date: 2014-04-30 10:54:04 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:696114
Kuwait pledged to continue its support for the Palestinian people until the end of Israeli occupation and the establishment of the Palestinian state. "We hail the Palestinian people and leadership for their efforts to regain their rights, state, ....
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Parliament session to elect president adjourned for lack of quorum
Date: 2014-04-30 10:22:15 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:696030
The Lebanese Parliament session to elect a new president of the country was adjourned on Wednesday for lack of quorum. A two-thirds quorum (86) of the legislature’s 128 members is required for any electoral session. Speaker Nabih Berri ....
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Israel allows 430 trucks into Gaza
Date: 2014-04-30 09:16:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:695848
Israeli occupation forces allowed the entry of 430 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing. Raed Fattouh, the chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, ....