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Lebanese party leader attacked in Tripoli
Date: 2013-12-29 12:26:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:467791
Orthodox Party of the Levant leader Rodrigue Khoury was attacked in the northern city of Tripoli late Saturday night. Two masked men attacked Khoury—who had arrived to Tripoli with a number of his friends—beat him, and stabbed him in the neck. ....
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Extremist Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque precincts
Date: 2013-12-29 12:08:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:467752
Jewish settlers on Sunday stormed the precincts of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Bab El-Maghreba gate under tight security measures from the Israeli occupation forces. Rabbi Yehudah Glick led one of the groups which stormed the precincts of the holy mosque ....
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Qaraqei: Israel announces names of Palestinian prisoners to be released Tuesday
Date: 2013-12-29 12:02:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:467730
Palestinian Minister of Prisoners Issa Qaraqei said Sunday that Israel announced the list of names of the Palestinian prisoners expected to be released at dawn Tuesday as part of the 3rd batch of prisoners who have spent long term jail sentences in ....
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Booby-trapped car dismantled in Manama
Date: 2013-12-29 11:32:29 GMT - Bahrain - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:467474
Bahraini police dismantled on Saturday a booby-trapped car in Manama meant to be used in terrorist attacks, Manama police chief said. While searching for two stolen cars, police suspected two parked cars in two different areas, he said. Three ....
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Israel reopens Kerem Shalom crossing to Gaza
Date: 2013-12-29 10:59:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:467562
Israeli authorities opened Gaza’s Kerem Shalom border terminal Sunday morning after a four-day closure following Tuesday’s killing of an Israeli working on the border fence. In a statement, Raed Fattouh who coordinates the passage of imports into ....
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Israel shells South Lebanon
Date: 2013-12-29 10:45:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:467270
Israel fired more than 20 artillery shells on border areas in South Lebanon early Sunday with no reports of casualties so far, Lebanese security sources said. The shells landed in the border villages of Rashaya, Al-Marea and Rashaya al-Fakhar, ....
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Libyan army deployed in Tripoli to secure vital facilities
Date: 2013-12-29 10:04:41 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:467424
Libyan army units fanned out in the Libyan capital on Sunday to secure vital facilities after an armed group known as the Operations Chamber of Libya's Revolutionaries besieged a number of ministries and the cabinet headquarters, security sources ....
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UNIFIL urges Israel, Lebanon to exercise maximum restraint
Date: 2013-12-29 09:59:54 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:467410
The UN Interim Forces in South Lebanon has urged both the Israeli and Lebanese sides to exercise maximum restraint in the wake of firing two rockets from the general area of El Khiam in southern Lebanon towards Israel. The IDF informed UNIFIL ....
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Bashir is ruling party's sole candidate in coming presidential race -- presidential aide
Date: 2013-12-29 09:29:11 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:467363
The ruling National Congress Party has chosen incumbent President Omar al-Bashir as its sole candidate in the coming presidential race, presidential aide Ibrahim Ghandour said. Bashir will be the only candidate fielded by the party, he said, as ....
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South Sudan to attack Bentiu if truce rejected: minister
Date: 2013-12-29 09:04:17 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:467287
A South Sudanese minister has threatened that the government will attack the main stronghold of rebel forces if they reject Juba’s offer for a ceasefire, the Iranian Press TV reported. On Saturday, South Sudan Information Minister Michael Makuei ....
