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Israel lets 220 trucks loaded with goods into Gaza via Karam Abu Salem crossing

Date: 2013-11-17 09:32:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:391269

Israeli occupation forces allowed the entry of 220 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing. In a press release on Sunday, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza ....

Arab, African FMs meet to prepare for joint summit

Date: 2013-11-17 09:13:54 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:391222

Arab and African foreign ministers convened here Sunday in preparation for the 3rd Afro-Arab summit, due to open on Tuesday. Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby attends the meeting. The Kuwaiti, Libyan and Kuwait foreign ministers are ....

Kuwaiti Emir keen on activating Afro-Arab cooperation – FM

Date: 2013-11-17 08:56:35 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:391182

Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah's initiative to hosting the 3rd Africa-Arab Summit reflects his keenness to activating joint cooperation for the best interests of the people in the two regions, KUNA quoted Deputy Premier and ....

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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

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 ....

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 ....