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UNICEF launches biggest funding appeal for children of Syria
Date: 2013-12-28 07:48:55 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:465597
UNICEF has launched a campaign seeking $835 million to fund its response to the urgent humanitarian needs of children affected by the Syria crisis in 2014, read a report by the United Nations Radio. The funds being requested – a 77 per cent ....
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7 Palestinians injured after Israeli forces fire tear gas in northern Gaza
Date: 2013-12-28 07:44:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:465585
Seven Palestinians suffocated on Friday when Israeli forces fired tear gas near houses in northern Gaza Strip, said a spokesperson of the Palestinian health ministry in Gaza. The injured were moved to hospital where they were treated and ....
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Syria denies accusations of being involved in Beirut blast
Date: 2013-12-27 18:11:55 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:465221
Syrian Information Minister Omran al-Zoubi dismissed accusations that his country is behind the car bomb attack that killed Friday former finance minister Mohamed Chatah in Beirut, saying they are based on “political grudges". He added that some ....
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Protests in Libya against extending national congress mandate
Date: 2013-12-27 17:30:52 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:465155
Dozens of Libyan citizens rallied Friday in Tripoli to protest against extending the mandate of the General National Congress (GNS), the country's highest political authority, until the end of 2014. Demonstrators chanted slogans rejecting the ....
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Saudi Arabia warns citizens against traveling to Lebanon
Date: 2013-12-27 17:28:33 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:465146
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia warned its citizens Friday against traveling to Lebanon after a strong explosion hit Beirut killing a former minister and five other persons. The Saudi Embassy in Beirut urged its nationals, in a statement, to leave ....
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Sudan to open 14 border crossings with neighboring countries in 2014
Date: 2013-12-27 17:21:49 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:465131
Sudanese Transport, Roads and Bridges Ministry has said it will inaugurate 14 border crossings with neighboring countries in 2014. In a press release on Friday, head of road transport department at the ministry Abdelilah Omar Sherif said that the ....
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US Embassy in Lebanon condemns assassination of Mohammad Chatah
Date: 2013-12-27 17:06:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:465101
The United States condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attack that killed former Finance Minister Mohammad Chatah, the US Embassy in Lebanon said in a press release on Friday. Minister Chatah had a long history of promoting Lebanon’s ....
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Sudan starts evacuating nationals from S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-27 17:03:08 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:465094
The Sudanese government stared on Friday evacuating its citizens and some nationals of the IGAD states from South Sudan on UNICEF airplanes. Five flights were operated over the day to evacuate people from South Sudan's Bentiu to Heglig city in ....
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Alliance of Palestinian Forces in Lebanon denounces Chatah assassination, calls for unity
Date: 2013-12-27 14:09:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:464753
The Alliance of Palestinian Forces in Lebanon denounced on Friday the assassination of former Lebanese finance minister Mohamad Chatah. Chatah was killed along with several others in a car bomb in central Beirut earlier today. The alliance ....
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Seniora says assassins of Chatah have Syrian, Lebanese blood on hand
Date: 2013-12-27 13:43:42 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:464682
Former Lebanese prime minister Fouad Seniora said on Friday that those who shed blood in Syria and Lebanon are behind the assassination of former finance minister Mohamed Chatah. "The same criminals threaten Lebanon on a daily basis, but they ....
