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Member of Libya's anti-crime department assassinated
Date: 2013-10-14 07:43:14 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:337740
A member of the Interior Ministry's Anti-Crime Unit was assassinated by gunmen in Zliten city on Sunday, a security source said Monday. Armed groups hunted down Faraj Khashram at Dafniya area and showered him with bullets. The Zliten branch of ....
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Syrian state news channel transmission restored
Date: 2013-10-14 07:38:33 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:337735
The transmission of the Syrian state news channel was restored after it has been cut when two booby-trapped cars targeted the Syrian Radio and TV building in Umayyad Square in Damascus. In statements carried by Sky News on Monday, Syrian ....
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21 killed, injured in 2 suicide blasts in Iraq
Date: 2013-10-14 07:01:25 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:337675
Six people were killed while 15 others were injured when two suicide bombers targeted two checkpoints in Qada' Samarra in Salah ad Din province, a security source said on Sunday Security troops cordoned off the area while ambulances moved the ....
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4 million pilgrims ascend Mount Arafat today
Date: 2013-10-14 06:56:43 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:337659
More than four million pilgrims coming from all corners of the world flocked on Monday to Mount Arafat where Prophet Mohammed delivered his final sermon, asking for God's forgiveness and mercy. Chanting "Labbaik Allahumma Labbaik", pilgrims ....
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Kabaa gets a new Kiswah
Date: 2013-10-14 06:43:52 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:337639
The holy Kabaa got a new gold-laced Kiswah (cover) on Monday, a tradition that takes place on Dul Hijjah 9 every year. Officials from the Presidency of the Two Holy Mosques Affairs took down the old kiswah and replaced it with the new one, which ....
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Hamas military wing asserts "spirit of resistance" after tunnel discovery by Israel
Date: 2013-10-13 18:17:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:337379
The military arm of Hamas movement asserted that the spirit and will of resistance remain in the minds and hearts of its fighters regardless of the tools. This came hours after Israel's reported discovery of a tunnel on the border with the Gaza ....
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Haniyeh asserts non-interference in Arab countries' affairs
Date: 2013-10-13 18:07:53 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:337370
Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh asserted on Sunday non-interference in internal affairs of the Arab countries including Egypt. Addressing a ceremony held on the graduation of security personnel, Haniyeh said his government which rules the Gaza Strip ....
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Fatah: Israel approved Meshaal's visit to Gaza
Date: 2013-10-13 10:35:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:336606
Israel has approved a visit to the Gaza Strip by Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal after a number of Arab nations had turned down his entry request in the wake of his statements that were regarded as interference in one of the sisterly countries' internal ....
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20 killed, injured in car bomb blast in central Hilla city
Date: 2013-10-13 10:23:41 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:336577
Five people were killed and 15 others injured on Sunday when a booby-trapped car went off in central Hilla city, the capital of Babel, some 100 km south of Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. The source added that security forces cordoned off ....
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Israeli army arrests four Palestinians in Al-Khalil, Bethlehem
Date: 2013-10-13 09:19:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:336422
Israeli occupation troops arrested on Sunday four Palestinians in crackdowns in Al-Khalil (Hebron) and Bethlehem cities in the southern West Bank. Security sources said that the Israeli forces arrested three Palestinians in Al-Khalil and one in ....