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Top military police commander killed in Libya
Date: 2013-10-18 15:03:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:343055
Libya's military police chief, Colonel Mustapha al-Barghathi, was shot dead Friday in the restive eastern city of Benghazi, according to The Daily Star. Unknown assailants gunned down Barghathi outside his home, Colonel Abdullah al-Zaidi, ....
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Abbas calls on Israel to halt settlement activities, sit for negotiations
Date: 2013-10-18 13:22:44 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:342924
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Friday that the Israeli government should halt all settlement construction activities and sit for negotiations to demarcate borders. During a joint press conference with German Chancellor Angela ....
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DNA tests on boat victims conducted: Mansour
Date: 2013-10-18 13:11:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:342902
Lebanese Minister of State Adnan Mansour said Friday that DNA tests on the bodies of the Lebanese who drowned off the Indonesian coast last month have been conducted and the DNA matching will begin next week, The Daily Star said. Mansour said ....
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Palestinian president meets German FM
Date: 2013-10-18 13:09:35 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:342901
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held a meeting on Friday with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle to discuss the latest developments regarding the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks. The meeting was attended by Foreign Minister Riyad ....
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Abbas, Merkel probe promoting relations
Date: 2013-10-18 11:37:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:342753
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas met with German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday in Berlin. Abbas posted Merkel on the latest developments in the Arab region, peace process and Palestinian-Israeli negotiations. The two sides also ....
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Saudi Arabia declines UN Security Council seat
Date: 2013-10-18 11:31:42 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:342739
Saudi Arabia rejected its seat on the United Nations Security Council, saying the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. The move came just hours after the kingdom was elected as one of the Council's 10 non-permanent ....
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EU says to donate 70 million euros to Syrian refuges in Lebanon
Date: 2013-10-18 11:28:19 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:342731
The ambassadors of the European Union said the EU will donate 70 million euros to Lebanon-based Syrian refugees during the winter, Lebanese Naharnet website reported. Angelina Eichhorst made the comment during her meeting with Lebanese ....
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Justice and Construction Party seek to sack Libyan govt - sources
Date: 2013-10-18 10:31:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:342635
MPs of the Justice and Construction Party, the political wing of the Muslim Brotherhood in Libya, intend to move a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, Libya's International TV channel quoted sources as saying. On Thursday, the ....
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55 killed, injured in yesterday's blasts in Baghdad
Date: 2013-10-18 09:03:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:342549
The total casualties resulted from a series of car blasts that targeted several areas in Baghdad on Thursday reached 55, the country has announced. As many as 13 citizens were killed and 42 others were injured in ten car bomb explosions on ....
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Hamas' Haniyeh urges for Arab action on Al-Quds
Date: 2013-10-18 08:56:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:342533
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh called for Arab action to resist Israeli threats targeting Al-Aqsa Mosque and the occupied Al-Quds (East Jerusalem). He made his appeal during phone calls with Arab rulers to congratulate them on the occasion ....
