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Libyan defense min. denies release of his abducted son
Date: 2013-11-16 16:41:16 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:390481
Libyan Defence minister Abdullah Al-Thinni denied on Saturday reports that his kidnapped son had been released. Social media carried extensive reports that 26 year-old Muhammed Al-Thinni had been released during the fighting around Gharghour and ....
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Libya declares mourning for Gargour victims
Date: 2013-11-16 13:14:04 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:390079
Libyan Justice Minister Salah el-Marghani declared a three-day mourning in the country for the victims of Gargour district in the Libyan capital Tripoli. In a press conference on Saturday, el-Marghani said that a peaceful march in Gargour was ....
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34 killed in protest in Tripoli
Date: 2013-11-16 10:40:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:389542
Thirty-four people have been killed and more than 300 others injured in a march that was staged following Friday prayers from Al-Quds Square to evict armed brigades stationed in Gharghour district of Tripoli. Residents of Tripoli had called on ....
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Muslims urged to visit Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2013-11-16 09:28:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:389607
Palestine Grand Mufti and preacher of Al-Aqsa Mosque Mohammad Hussein urged all Muslims to visit Al-Aqsa Mosque, the third holiest site in Islam, which is facing a serious threat from the Israelis. In statements on Saturday, the preacher said ....
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Syrian acivists: 75 killed in yesterday's violence
Date: 2013-11-16 09:00:17 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:389536
Syrian activists said that the death toll from yesterday's acts of violence reached 75 people who were killed in different parts of the country. Skynews reported that a whole family was killed in an air strike launched by the government forces ....
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Libya defense minister cuts visit to Jordan over violence in Tripoli
Date: 2013-11-16 08:53:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:389460
Libyan Defense Minister Abdullah Al-Thani cut his visit to Amman Friday and returned home to address violence that erupted in Tripoli, leaving about 27 people have been killed and 235 others were injured when a peaceful march was attacked by a ....
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5 killed, injured in blast in Mosul
Date: 2013-11-16 07:49:52 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:389356
Two soldiers were killed and three others were injured in an explosion that targeted a military patrol in western Mosul in Nineveh Province, some 400 km northwest of Baghdad, a security source said on Friday. Security troops cordoned off the area ....
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Abbas briefs EU delegation on peaces process developments
Date: 2013-11-16 07:34:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:389353
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received a delegation from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe in Ramallah on Friday. Abbas briefed the delegation on the latest developments of the peace process and the Palestinian-Israeli ....
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Haniyeh appeals to Egypt to help in easing siege
Date: 2013-11-15 18:46:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:388989
Head of the Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh has appealed to Egypt to help in easing the siege imposed on the Gaza Strip. "The siege on the Gaza Strip is intensifying," Haniyeh said in statements on Friday. He asserted that Egypt has the ....
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Yemeni president home after short visit to China
Date: 2013-11-15 18:41:07 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:388978
Yemeni President Abd-Rabbou Mansur Hadi returned home Friday wrapping up a successful visit to China. During his visit to Beijing, Hadii held talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on means to boost relations. The Yemeni president ....