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Libyan Spokesman: Measures by Haftar not military coup
Date: 2014-02-14 13:00:48 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:555229
Spokesman for the Libyan army staff Ali al-Shaikhy denied a military coup in the country by former commander of ground forces Major General Khalifa Haftar. In statements to MENA, the spokesman said that reports on a military coup are not ....
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Zidan denies news of coup
Date: 2014-02-14 12:47:53 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:555200
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan flatly denied that there had been any coup, telling Libyans Friday that both the government and the parliament were up and running, and that "the situation is under control," according to CBS News. Major General ....
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8 army, Sahwa elements killed, injured in southern Baghdad attack
Date: 2014-02-14 11:17:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:555004
Eight army and Sahwa elements were killed and injured in an armed attack in southern Baghdad on Friday morning. Unidentified gunmen showered a joint military-Sahwa checkpoint with machine-gun fire, killing two Sahwa members and a soldier, police ....
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Scores of Palestinian students suffocate during fierce clashes in Silwan
Date: 2014-02-13 11:15:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:553255
A number of Palestinian students suffered from tear gas suffocation fired at them by Israeli forces in Silwan town in East Jerusalem on Thursday. Eyewitnesses said fierce clashes broke out between students of two schools and Israeli forces after ....
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320 trucks allowed into Gaza via Karm Abu Salem
Date: 2014-02-13 09:49:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:553014
Israeli authorities decided on Thursday to reopen Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing in south-east Gaza to let in 320 trucks laden with goods to the commercial and agricultural sectors." Raed Fattouh, the head of the committee for the import of ....
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Ethiopia calls for dialogue with Egypt to resolve controversial dam crisis
Date: 2014-02-12 18:18:05 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:552221
Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn has called for dialogue with Egypt to get out of the current crisis between the two countries over the construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. Ethiopia's premier ruled out a military ....
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UN chief deplores use of cluster bombs in S. Sudan conflict
Date: 2014-02-12 17:03:17 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:552045
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned on Wednesday the use in the South Sudan conflict of cluster bombs, remnants of which were found last week by the United Nations Mine Action Service, on the Juba-Bor road, Jonglei State. He ....
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Abbas awards Egypt ambassador Al-Quds Star Medal
Date: 2014-02-12 16:05:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:551958
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas decorated the first Egyptian Ambassador to Palestine, Yasser Othman, bestowing the Al-Quds Star Medal on him in appreciation of his efforts to support bilateral relations. Abbas received Othman, who finished ....
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Russia, Brahimi discuss measures to push Syrian parties towards constructive dialogue
Date: 2014-02-12 15:52:50 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:551938
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov and UN/AL Special Envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi have discussed measures to push the Syrian parties towards starting a constructive dialogue, the Voice of Russia quoted a well-informed diplomatic ....
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One survivor in Algerian crashed military plane
Date: 2014-02-11 18:03:28 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:550224
An Algerian military transport plane has crashed in mountains in the north-east of the country with 103 passengers and crew on board, the BBC reported. The plane - reported to be a Hercules C-130 - crashed in a mountainous area of Oum al-Bouaghi ....
