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165 killed i Syria violence Sunday -- activists
Date: 2014-02-10 08:12:25 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:546630
As many as 165 people were killed in Syria on Sunday in violence, activists were quoted by Sky News as saying on Monday. Regime troops fired barrel bombs at several residential areas in the country particularly Aleppo, said the ....
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Hamas denies reconciliation bid with Dahlan
Date: 2014-02-10 07:47:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:546567
Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, denied on Sunday reports saying that it is reaching reconciliation with former Fatah Central Committee member Mohammed Dahlan. In a press release, Hamas official Moussa Abu Marzouq said that such reports are ....
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3 killed in Yemen car bomb blast
Date: 2014-02-10 07:40:10 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:546548
At least three people were killed and five others injured in a car bomb blast near Yemen's Oil Ministry, CNN quoted government officials as saying on Sunday. The explosions happened near the rear entrance of the ministry, which is located in the ....
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Fatah affirms support to Abbas
Date: 2014-02-09 16:17:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:546019
The Palestinian movement of Fatah stands united behind President Mahmoud Abbas who wisely leads a fierce battle to entrench the legitimate Palestinian rights according to the international resolutions, its spokesman said. Ahmed Assaf, in ....
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11 killed, injured in car bomb explosion east of Baghdad
Date: 2014-02-09 15:26:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:545931
Four people were killed and seven injured when a car bomb went off in Sadr city, east of the capital Baghdad on Sunday. Many cars that were parked in the vicinity were damaged. Security forces sealed off the scene of the blast. ....
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Explosion rocks Yemeni capital Sanaa
Date: 2014-02-09 11:11:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:545360
A booby-trapped vehicle went off in Sanaa on Sunday. The explosion occurred outside the Yemeni Ministry of Petroleum, Skynews reported without giving further details. ....
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Saudi Arabia confirms 13 deaths in Madina hotel fire
Date: 2014-02-09 09:55:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:545141
Imarat Al-Madina Al-Munawara confirmed that 13 pilgrims died in Ishraq Al-Madina Hotel on Saturday. Egyptian Consul in Jeddah Adel el-Alfi has earlier said that eight Egyptians are among the dead in the fire. The other dead include one ....
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6 Iraqi policemen killed in armed attack in Tikrit
Date: 2014-02-09 09:54:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:544851
Six Iraqi policemen were killed in an armed attack on a checkpoint in eastern Tikrit, 170km north of the capital, on Sunday, an Iraqi security source said. Unidentified gunmen driving modern cars attacked the checkpoint then fled away, the source ....
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250 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2014-02-09 08:03:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:544866
Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday decided to allow the entry of 250 trucks loaded with goods into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Abu Salem crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, the Chairman of the coordination committee for the ....
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Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombing of central Gaza
Date: 2014-02-09 07:51:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:544849
Two Palestinians were wounded, one critically, in an Israeli bombing of a motorcycle in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian sources said. An Israeli reconnaissance plane fired one rocket at the motorcycle near Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in ....