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Najib Mikati decries attacks on churches, places of worship in Egypt
Date: 2013-10-22 15:46:27 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:349561
Outgoing Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who resigned in May, condemned on Tuesday all acts of violence and attacks on churches and places of worship in Egypt. Mikati said he feared that the current events and changes in the region will ....
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Executive office of Arab transport ministers' council endorses agenda of ministerial meeting
Date: 2013-10-22 15:23:27 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:349531
Meeting in Alexandria Tuesday, the executive office of the Arab Transport Ministers' Council endorsed an agenda of the 26th ministerial session slated for tomorrow. Ibrahim el-Deimeri, Egypt's Transport Minister, said the agenda focuses on land ....
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Four police elements killed, injured in blast in Mosul city
Date: 2013-10-22 15:16:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:349243
Four police elements were killed and injured Tuesday when an explosive charge went off in southern Mosul city, center of Ninawa governorate, situated some 405 kilomters north of Baghdad, a security source said Tuesday. The source said the bomb, ....
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Palestinians in Quds boycott Israeli municipal elections
Date: 2013-10-22 14:37:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:349419
About 300,000 Palestinians holding Israeli passports boycotted municipal elections in Al-Quds on Tuesday to further stress rejection of the Israeli occupation. A national and civil action authority had called on Jerusalemites to boycott the ....
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Israel lets 270 trucks loaded with goods into Gaza
Date: 2013-10-22 14:24:37 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:349217
Israeli occupation forces allowed the entry of 270 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing. In a press release on Tuesday, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza ....
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US airstrikes on Yemen kill civilians - HRW
Date: 2013-10-22 08:19:47 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:348468
United States targeted airstrikes against alleged terrorists in Yemen have killed civilians in violation of international law, Human Rights Watch said in a report released Tuesday. The strikes, often using armed drones, are creating a public ....
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Bashir leaves for Juba on visit to South Sudan
Date: 2013-10-22 08:16:57 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:348463
Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir left here on Tuesday for Juba leading a high-ranking delegation on an official one-day visit to South Sudan at an invitation from his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit. First Vice President Ali ....
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981 Palestinians cross Rafah terminal
Date: 2013-10-22 07:23:14 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:348360
As many as 981 passengers crossed the Egypt-Gaza Rafah crossing on Monday on both directions, a well-placed source at the terminal said. Crossing to Gaza were 464 persons, while 517 coming from the besieged enclave crossed the terminal into ....
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Israeli infantry forces breach Lebanese lands
Date: 2013-10-22 07:20:24 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:348355
An Israeli infantry force crossed the Blue Line on the Lebanese-Israeli borders and entered Eitroun town in southern Lebanon. UNIFIL is seeking to handle these violations into the Lebanese lands, a well-placed source in southern Lebanon told MENA ....
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Kerry says Assad resists because of Iran, Hezbollah support
Date: 2013-10-22 06:40:50 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:348294
US Secretary of State John Kerry said that Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad is resisting due to the support from Iran and Hezbollah. During a press conference with Qatari Foreign Minister Khaled Al Attiyah in Paris on Monday, Kerry said that the ....