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Anbar tribesmen take to streets as 12-hour ultimatum for releasing Alwani ends
Date: 2013-12-29 08:48:07 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:467259
As the 12-hour ultimatum given to Iraqi Premier Nouri Maliki to release Sunni MP Ahmed al-Alwani ended, Anbar tribesmen took to streets with their guns to prevent access of Iraqi army forces or SWAT into Ramadi city, the Arabic Sky news reported ....
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Jordan still pursuing nuclear power option – report
Date: 2013-12-29 08:35:27 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:467224
The Washington-based Christian Science Monitor (CSM) said on Saturday that Amman is aggressively pursuing nuclear programs due to its power shortage. "Circumstances leave the kingdom little choice," a Jordanian official was cited in a report by ....
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US ambassador in Beirut conveys to Mikati Washington's solidarity with Lebanon
Date: 2013-12-29 08:21:31 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:467194
Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati received Saturday US Ambassador in Beirut David Hale who relayed his country's support and solidarity with Lebanon under the current difficult circumstances. Hale expressed his country's deepest condolences ....
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6 killed, injured in armed attack west of Tikrit, Iraq
Date: 2013-12-28 13:10:51 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:466247
Six persons were killed and injured in an attack by unidentified gunmen in west Tikrit, about 170km north of Baghdad, said a security source in Salahuddin province of Iraq on Saturday. A security force cordoned off the scene, while ambulances ....
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PLO leaderships urge Hamas to disengage from 'terrorist' Muslim Brotherhood
Date: 2013-12-28 10:55:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:465980
Leaderships of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) urged the Hamas movement to distance itself from the Muslim Brotherhood, branded terrorists by Egypt. The continuation of Hamas' "subordination" to the international Muslim Brotherhood ....
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South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar wary of truce offer
Date: 2013-12-28 10:03:25 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:465671
South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar has said there must be proper negotiations before the rebels can agree to a truce with the government. He was speaking after the government said it had agreed to an immediate end to fighting, in a declaration ....
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5 Iraqi army officers killed, injured in Mosul
Date: 2013-12-28 09:05:58 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:465730
Five Iraqi army officers were killed and injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Mosul on Saturday. A bombed car driven by a suicide bomber went off on Saturday, targeting a checkpoint affiliated to the Iraqi army in Mosul, killing two ....
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S. Sudan to free most politicians detained over coup: US envoy
Date: 2013-12-28 08:49:01 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:465638
South Sudan will release most of a group of politicians accused by the government of links to a foiled coup plot against President Salva Kiir, the United States envoy to the African country Sudan and a senior government official said on ....
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Iraqi MP Ahmad Al-Alwani arrested
Date: 2013-12-28 08:40:56 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:465674
Iraqi army forces detained Saturday MP Ahmed el-Elwani after his house was raided in Anbar governorate. Meanwhile, 15 were killed and injured of the guards and the family of the Iraqi MB. Curfew has been imposed in Al-Anbar province. The ....
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Bomb thrown in Tripoli, road blocked in Beirut in protest against car bombing
Date: 2013-12-28 08:32:27 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:465569
A bomb was thrown and gun fire shots were heard in Tripoli in northern Lebanon on Friday. In Beirut, two persons blocked off a road by setting fire to tires in protest against the killing of former Lebanese finance minister Mohamad Chatah in a ....
