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El-Khodri calls on UN to take steps to end Israeli blockade on Gaza
Date: 2013-11-28 14:18:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:411959
Head of the popular committee against the blockade on the Gaza Strip Gamal el-Khodri welcomed a visit by United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry to the enclave on Thursday. He described Serry's visit as ....
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49 police personnel killed, injured in two Iraq blasts
Date: 2013-11-28 13:03:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:411779
Forty-nine Iraqi policemen were killed on Thursday and injured in two consecutive blasts in southern Tikrit city of Salahuddin governorate, an Iraqi security source said Thursday. A booby-trapped car hit a police patrol on Samarra-Baghdad road, ....
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Scores of settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2013-11-28 12:40:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:411711
Scores of Jewish settlers, accompanied by several rabbis, broke into Al Aqsa mosque from Bab Magharba gate under the protection of the Israeli army on Thursday, to mark Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights and religious freedom. The ....
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Al-Azhar Grand Imam reviews with AL chief Arab nation's conditions
Date: 2013-11-28 12:19:57 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:411648
Al-Azhar Grand Imam Dr. Ahmed al-Tayyeb met on Thursday with Secretary-General of the Arab League (AL) Nabil el-Arabi. The two officials, during the meeting, reviewed the current situation across the Arab world and especially Syria, Palestine, ....
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Arabi congratulates UAE on Dubai hosting of Expo ''2020"
Date: 2013-11-28 12:16:45 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:411633
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi congratulated the UAE, its government and people on Dubai’s victory to host World Expo 2020. In a statement issued by the UAE on Thursday, Arabi said that this historic winning for the UAE is ....
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Jubilant Dubai wins bid to host 2020 World Expo
Date: 2013-11-28 10:41:46 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:411389
The United Arab Emirates has won the right to host the 2020 World Expo in Dubai, sparking national jubilation as the business and tourism hub secured a fillip to its recovering economy, The Financial Times newspaper reported Thursday. Five years ....
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Scores of settlers break into Al Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2013-11-28 09:17:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:411221
Scores of Jewish settlers, accompanied by several rabbis, broke into Al Aqsa mosque from Bab Magharba gate under the protection of the Israeli army on Thursday, to mark Hanukkah, the eight-day Jewish festival of lights and religious freedom. The ....
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Red Cross speaks about govt guarantees for Dammaj wounded in Yemen
Date: 2013-11-28 08:39:01 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:411139
The International Committee of the Red Cross said it has been given guarantees from the Yemeni government before starting to evacuate people wounded in clashes between Shiite and Sunni Muslim fighters in the Yemeni town of Dammaj. It said the ....
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Berri denies playing as mediator between Iran, Saudi Arabia
Date: 2013-11-28 08:37:55 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:411136
Lebanese Chamber of Deputies Speaker Nabieh Berri denied playing any mediator role between Saudi Arabia and Iran but at the same time he expressed readiness to do any efforts to defuse tension between the two countries as he believes it will ....
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Abbas condoles with Haniyeh over granddaughter's death
Date: 2013-11-28 08:01:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:411071
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday offered his condolences to Gaza Prime Minister Ismael Haniyeh over the death of his granddaughter, Palestinian News and Info Agency (WAFA) reported. The Hamas leader's one-year-old granddaughter, ....