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Cold wave death toll reaches 12 children
Date: 2013-12-15 18:59:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:441762
The Syrian Network for Human Rights announced Sunday that the death total amid Syrians inside and outside their borders due to the cold wave has reached 12 children, Al Arabiya news channel reported. A 7-year-old child was dead as a result of the ....
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Bashir appoints new central bank governor
Date: 2013-12-15 17:47:19 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:441666
Sudanese president Omar el-Bashir appointed Sunday Abdel-Rahman Hassan as a new Central Bank of Sudan governor. Hassan was the head of Khartoum's state-run Omdurman National Bank since 2006. ....
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AL chief exerts strenuous efforts to provide aid to Gaza inhabitants: diplomat
Date: 2013-12-15 15:42:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:441503
Palestine's permanent delegate at the Arab League Barakat al-Farra said Sunday that Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby was exerting strenuous efforts to provide the Gaza Strip with aid in the light of the recent bad weather ....
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Lebanese president heads to Paris
Date: 2013-12-15 11:03:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:440902
Lebanese President Michel Sleiman headed Sunday to Paris on a private visit for medical check-ups. The Under-Secretary-General and Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos also left for Geneva after a visit to Beirut where she discussed with a ....
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AL chief to visit India to hold talks with Singh
Date: 2013-12-15 10:36:37 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:440839
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil El-Arabi left Cairo for New Delhi on Sunday on a two-day visit to India for talks with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Foreign Minister Salman Khurshid aimed at promoting Arab cooperation with India. In ....
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Japanese diplomat stabbed during abduction attempt in Yemen
Date: 2013-12-15 10:17:57 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:440802
The Japanese consul-general in Yemen was stabbed during an attempt by unidentified assailants to kidnap him, Al-Arabiya satellite TV reported. The consul and second secretary at the embassy suffered five stab wounds in the Sunday morning attack ....
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Fuel pumped to Gaza power station after 45 days hiatus
Date: 2013-12-15 09:46:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:440710
The Israeli authorities allowed Sunday the pumping of 450,000 liters of diesel to Gaza power station after it has been halted for 45 days for lack of fuel. Also, limited amounts of cooking gas and fuel were allowed via Kerm Abu Salem crossing in ....
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Palestinian teen wounded by Israeli forces in Gaza
Date: 2013-12-15 08:58:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:440625
A Palestinian teenager was wounded when Israeli forces opened fire at him in northern Gaza Strip, a Health Ministry spokesman said Sunday. The 16-year-old teen sustained a bullet in the left feet and was taken to a nearby hospital, said Ashraf ....
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Syrian opposition seeks more help from abroad, warns of chaos
Date: 2013-12-15 08:37:19 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:440585
Syrian opposition leaders called on Western and Arab allies to give them funding to reorganise their forces after Islamist fighters seized some of their weapons, the BBC reported. Monzer Akbik, chief of staff in the Syrian National Coalition, ....
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5 of same family killed in blast in Baqouba
Date: 2013-12-15 08:27:35 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:440563
Five members of the same family were killed in a blast in northern Baqouba on Sunday, a security source said. Unidentified gunmen blew up several explosive devices in the precincts of a house owned by a Diyala Health Department employee, the ....
