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Germany will destroy Syria's chemical weapons on its soil
Date: 2014-01-09 15:16:03 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:488920
Germany is joining international efforts to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons, the foreign and defense ministries have announced. Waste from the destroyed weapons would be burned at a government facility in the town of Muenster, they ....
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Egypt supports efforts exerted by Lebanon to form balanced government - ambassador
Date: 2014-01-09 13:29:37 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:488653
Egypt supports efforts exerted by Lebanese President Michel Sleiman to form a government grouping all Lebanese factions. The remark was made by Egypt's Ambassador to Lebanon Ashraf Hamdi during his meeting here Thursday with Lebanese Prime ....
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Arab League chief heads for Paris over Palestinian-Israeli peace talks
Date: 2014-01-09 13:12:07 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:488606
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi will head for Paris on Friday to take part in an Arab ministerial meeting on the Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations. The meeting, to take place on Sunday, comes under the sponsorship of US ....
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26 killed and wounded in Hama car bomb blast
Date: 2014-01-09 13:03:06 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:488586
Six people were killed and 20 others wounded when a booby-trapped car exploded in the Syrian city of Hama. Russia Today channel reported on Thursday. ....
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Regime helicopters drop barrel bombs in Lattakia countryside, Aleppo
Date: 2014-01-09 09:30:41 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:487949
Syrian regime aircraft dropped barrels packed with explosives on the province in Lattakia countryside, activists said Thursday. Sky News Arabia quoted the activists as saying that warplanes also dropped explosive-packed barrels in some villages ....
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Palestinian mortar fire on Israeli soldiers, Israel fires back
Date: 2014-01-09 08:59:02 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:487857
Palestinian militants fired mortar shells at Israeli soldiers on the border between Israel and southern Gaza on Thursday morning, the Jerusalem Post reported. In response, the Israel Air Force struck the cell that fired into Israel. ....
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Two Sahwa commander kin killed in Tikrit attack
Date: 2014-01-09 08:38:20 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:487799
Two Sahwa commander kin were killed in an armed attack south of Tikrit in Salahuddin governorate, 170 kilometers north of Baghdad, an Iraqi police source said. The source added that a group of armed men opened fire early Thursday at the Samaraa ....
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Negotiations over new Lebanese govt reach critical stage: source tells MENA
Date: 2014-01-08 18:05:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:487179
A Lebanese source close to the March 14 coalition said negotiations about the formation of the new government have reached a critical stage. The source, who asked no to be named, said these negotiations are being conducted according to an ....
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Palestinian PM vows to increase presence of Arab press institutions in Palestine
Date: 2014-01-08 17:53:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:487159
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah vowed to provide all necessary facilities to open more offices for Arab press institutions in the Palestinian territories. He, meanwhile, urged the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) to pay more ....
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AL states committed to Egypt's declaration of Brotherhood as terrorist group - Arabi
Date: 2014-01-08 09:00:50 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:485708
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi said the AL has sent letters to all its member states on the Egyptian government declaration of the Brotherhood as a terrorist group. He added that AL member states would adhere to this declaration, ....