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Araby holds talks with Libyan FM on Palestinian cause
Date: 2013-12-21 15:33:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:454065
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby held consultations with head of the current round of the Arab Foreign Ministers’ Council and Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdulaziz on Saturday. The talks took place hours before the start of the ....
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Al-Qaeda leader arrested in Iraq
Date: 2013-12-21 12:24:24 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:453674
Iraqi security forces managed on Saturday to arrest an Al-Qaeda leader in Hillah city, in central Iraq, 100 km south of Baghdad, a security source said. The suspect was moved to a police station in order to be investigated. ....
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9 Iraqi Shiite pilgrims killed, injured
Date: 2013-12-21 10:46:00 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:453304
At least nine Iraqi Shiite pilgrims were killed and injured when two bombs targeted them in the town of Latifiyah, 30km south of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. Unidentified armed men threw two bombs in the town of Latifiyah, said the ....
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Commander, number of soldiers killed in raid western Anbar, Iraq
Date: 2013-12-21 10:33:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:453442
The commander of the 7th division and a number of soldiers were killed during the raid on terrorist place in west of Al-Anbar province, about 110 km west of the capital Baghdad, said a security source in Anbar province on Saturday. Improvised ....
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Iranian FM, Brahimi discuss Syria on phone
Date: 2013-12-21 09:12:22 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:453307
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and UN-Arab League Joint Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi discussed Syria's latest developments in a phone conversation. During their phone talk, the Iranian foreign minister underlined the need paying ....
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40,000 Sudanese return to Sennar State from S. Sudan
Date: 2013-12-21 09:08:28 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:453296
About 40,000 Sudanese arrived in Sennar State from South Sudan over the past period, said governor of Sudan's Sennar State Ahmed Abbas. In statements to Sudan's Al-Tagheer newspaper on Saturday, Abbas said that measures pertaining to legalizing ....
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Palestinian youth wounded by Israeli fire in Khan Younis
Date: 2013-12-21 09:07:15 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:453293
A Palestinian youth was injured by Israeli fire in Khan Younis early Saturday. Occupation troops suddenly opened fire at farmers tending to their lands in Khozaa town, wounding Ismail al-Najar, 22, in the leg. Najar was moved to the European ....
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Israel seeking to demarcate maritime border in areas disputed with Lebanon
Date: 2013-12-21 09:05:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:453287
Lebanese officials warned against Israel taking any “unilateral” steps in demarcating its maritime border in the areas near Lebanon, Naharnet reported on Saturday. Israel's Yedioth Ahronoth daily said that Israel is seeking to demarcate the ....
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S. Sudan denies deployment of foreign troops in Juba
Date: 2013-12-21 07:53:23 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:453119
South Sudanese Information Minister Michael Makuei Leuth denied media reports about the deployment of US or African troops in the country. No state is involved in the conflict in South Sudan, Al-Arabiya TV quoted Leuth as saying on ....
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About 100 people killed in Syria Friday -- activists
Date: 2013-12-21 07:30:46 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:453085
At least 100 people were killed in Syria Friday, activists say. Most of the victims are from Damascus, Rif Dimashq and Aleppo, the activists told Sky News. Armed opposition forces were able to control the Canadian Hospital in Aleppo after ....