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2 gunmen killed in attempt to attack army checkpoint in Mosul
Date: 2013-10-19 11:29:50 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:343962
Iraqi troops have killed two gunmen who were attempting to attack a military checkpoint in southern Mosul. An armed group riding in a civilian car tried to attack the checkpoint but security elements were quick to open fire on them, a security ....
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Haniyeh lauds Egypt role in brokering deal to free Palestinian detainees
Date: 2013-10-19 11:21:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:343940
Head of the Gaza-based Hamas government Ismail Haniyeh has praised the role played by Cairo to reach a deal to free Palestinian detainees held in Israeli jails. Egypt has exerted efforts for years until the deal was sealed in the era of the ....
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UNAMI: 6 million Iraqis still living below poverty line
Date: 2013-10-19 09:30:38 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:343733
Six million Iraqis are still living below the poverty line of about 33 million people in the country beyond the budget of Finance’s annual $ 100 billion, UN mission in Iraq "UNAMI" said. The mission said in a statement on the occasion of the ....
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Hezbollah not able to control northern Lebanon -- former official
Date: 2013-10-19 09:21:32 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:343700
A former director of interior security troops in Lebanon believes Hezbollah is not able to control the northern parts of the country. Major General Ashraf Rifi, a prominent Sunni figure, accused the Syrian regime and Hezbollah of supplying Jabl ....
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Military commander of al-Qaeda killed in Kirkuk
Date: 2013-10-19 09:20:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:343697
A military commander of al-Qaeda was killed during clashes with the Iraqi army in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Saturday. A special force from the Iraqi army and the intelligence agency clashed with the military commander and managed to ....
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House of former commander of Libyan shield attacked
Date: 2013-10-19 09:17:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:343694
Outraged Libyan citizens attacked the house of former commander of the Libyan Shield Wissam bin Hamid by rocket propelled grenades. In statements Saturday, a security source said that fire erupted in the house of bin Hamid, after targeting it ....
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Iraq set to ink new deal on importing Iranian gas
Date: 2013-10-19 09:14:25 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:343689
Iraq's deputy prime minister for energy says his country plans to finalize a new contract with Iran on the import of natural gas, Press TV reported. Hussain al-Shahristani made the remarks on the sidelines of the World Energy Congress in the ....
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New cabinet line-up to be announced soon - Sudan's presidential assistant
Date: 2013-10-19 09:12:37 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:343681
A new Cabinet line-up will take place in Khartoum soon, said Sudan's Presidential Assistant Nafie Ali Nafie. He, meanwhile, said that efforts are underway to hold consultations with the various political powers to join the new Cabinet ....
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Rafidain bloc calls for plan to face security deterioration in Iraq
Date: 2013-10-19 09:09:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:343679
The al-Rafidain bloc has stressed the need to set up an applicable plan to face deteriorating security across Iraq. Emad Yohana, a leader of the bloc, suggested that a working team be formed to study reasons behind the deteriorating security ....
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Syria envoy to UN critical of Saudi decision to reject UNSC seat
Date: 2013-10-19 09:04:07 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:343668
Bashar al-Jaafari, Syria's envoy to the UN, has criticized Saudi Arabia's rejection of attaining a permanent seat at the Security Council within the next two years. He noted that Riyadh is expecting a new UNSC resolution on the Geneva II ....
