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Yemen says 20 soldiers killed in attack on military checkpoint
Date: 2014-03-24 09:51:53 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:627164
Twenty Yemeni soldiers were killed in an attack on a military checkpoint in the eastern province of Hadramout, state news agency Saba said on Monday quoting a local official. Yemen has been in turmoil since mass protests forced long-serving ....
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Jewish settlers storm precincts of Al-Aqsa mosque amid protection of Israeli occupants
Date: 2014-03-24 08:59:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:627013
Extremist Jewish groups on Monday stormed the precincts of Al-Aqsa mosque from Bab Al-Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. The storming operation took place while a large number of scholars and prayers were present at ....
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Sudan gets 135-million-dollar grant from Qatar for archaeology rehabilitation
Date: 2014-03-24 08:14:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:626888
Qatar granted the Sudanese government 135 million dollars to develop archaeological sites, The Sudan Tribune newspaper reported on Monday. "Sudan received a huge funding from the oil-rich Qatar to protect and rehabilitate antiquities," said ....
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Syria's war foes hinder aid access: Ban
Date: 2014-03-24 08:09:51 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:626878
The United Nations accused Syria's government and rebels of hindering aid access, suggesting both sides could be violating U.N. Security Council demands that emergency relief reach civilians caught in the crossfire of the three-year civil war. A ....
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Crew member of missing Libyan helicopter found dead
Date: 2014-03-24 07:59:23 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:626767
A Libyan security source said on Sunday that a crew member of a Libyan Mi-35 helicopter, that went missing on February 12, was found dead. Two pilots and three technicians were on board the aircraft. The helicopter was flying from a ....
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Jordan to issue IDs for foreigners
Date: 2014-03-24 07:34:56 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:626774
The Jordanian government will issue IDs for foreigners working in the country to help authorities to arrange the foreign labor, a spokesman said on Sunday. "This ID must be showed in any dealing with the foreigner," Mohammad Al-Momani said. He ....
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US mission in Baghdad denounces murder of Mohammed al-Shammari
Date: 2014-03-24 07:31:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:626739
The US mission in Iraq has condemned the murder of journalist Mohammed Bdaiwi Obaid al-Shammari. "We extend our heartfelt condolences to his family and colleagues," the embassy said in a statement. "We are deeply concerned about the ....
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Assad's cousin killed in clashes -- report
Date: 2014-03-24 07:29:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:626763
Hilal al-Assad, Syrian President Bashar Assad’s cousin, the commander of the National Defence Force in Latakia city was killed during clashes at Kassab town, Al-Arabiya reported on Sunday. The Syrian state television has confirmed the news, said ....
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Haniyeh calls for for ending Palestinian division, building national unity
Date: 2014-03-23 15:28:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:626089
Gaza-based Hamas government's Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh called for ending the Palestinian division and quickly working for building a strategy for national unity that would allow the resistance groups to operate to serve the Palestinian cause in ....
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Iraqi officer killed, 3 soldiers injued in Mosul
Date: 2014-03-23 11:43:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:625494
An Iraqi officer was killed and three soldiers injured when an explosive device went off in south western Mosul, said a source in the Iraqi police. The bomb was planted on the side of the road and went off at noon Sunday when an Iraqi patrol was ....