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Saudi FM says world community not responding to Syrian crisis
Date: 2013-11-20 15:11:56 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:397948
The world community continues to turn a blind eye to the tragic and painful situation in Syria, Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal said in his speech at the third Afro-Arab summit in Kuwait. He urged the UN Security Council to act to ....
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Five Palestinians wounded by Israeli forces in Jenin
Date: 2013-11-20 11:40:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:397376
Five Palestinians were wounded after Israeli forces fired rubber bullets on a group of farmers in southern Jenin, local sources said. The attack took place as the farmers accompanied by activists and members of the anti-settlement committees were ....
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Libyan Communications Ministry denies blocking facebook
Date: 2013-11-20 11:32:40 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:397346
Libyan Undersecretary of Communications Mohamed bin Raas has denied news of blocking access to Facebook in his country. The government and the General National Congress only can make such a decision because they are the top authorities in Libya, ....
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Yemeni warplanes raid suspected havens of Qaeda elements, gunmen
Date: 2013-11-20 11:30:49 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:397338
Yemeni warplanes struck Wednesday suspected hideouts of gunmen and al-Qaeda terrorists in the Yemeni governorates of Hadramaut, Abyan and Shabwah. A Yemeni security source told MENA Wednesday that army forces who were injured during the operation ....
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Abbas discusses latest development with Saudi crown prince
Date: 2013-11-20 10:50:32 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:397241
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met Wednesday with Saudi Crown Prince Salman bin Abdulaziz in Riyadh city and discussed the latest developments in the peace process and the Israeli violations against the Holy Sites in Palestine. They ....
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Haniyeh adviser: Contacts continued with Egypt, Gaza not in political isolation
Date: 2013-11-20 10:49:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:397238
Contacts between Egypt and the Gaza government are going on and were crowned by intermittent opening the Gaza-Egypt Rafah crossing, a senior Gaza government official said. Bassem Naim, a foreign affairs adviser to Gaza's Prime Minister Ismail ....
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Israel arrests 27 youths in three West Bank cities
Date: 2013-11-20 10:22:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:397155
Israeli forces arrested Wednesday 27 youths from the West Bank cities of al-Quds, Jenin and Nablus. One was seized in northern al-Quds, four in Hebron, nine in Jenin and 13 in Nablus, security sources said in statements Wednesday. ....
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Baghdad blasts casualties up to 94
Date: 2013-11-20 10:16:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:397143
Casualties of seven blasts that rocked Baghdad early Wednesday reached 94, security sources said. Seven car bombs and explosive devices went off in various parts of Baghdad early Wednesday, leaving behind 23 persons dead and 71 others ....
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Iraqi president protection official assassinated in Sulimaniya
Date: 2013-11-20 09:08:43 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:396978
The official in charge of the protection of Iraqi President Jalal Talbani was killed in an armed attack targeting his house in Sulimaniya governorate in the Iraqi Region of Kurdistan, a security source said Wednesday. The source said an armed ....
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40 persons killed, injured in series of blasts in Baghdad
Date: 2013-11-20 08:55:42 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:396952
At least 40 persons were killed and injured in an initial toll from four car bombs and explosive charge blasts that took place in different areas in Baghdad, Iraqi security sources said. The source said a roadside car bomb went off in Kahrama ....