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Beblawy phones Libyan counterpart
Date: 2013-10-12 17:56:32 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:335813
Prime Minister Hazem Beblawy held a phone call with his Libyan counterpart Ali Zeidan to inquire after him after his abduction and release. Beblawy and Zeidan exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eidul Adha. Zeidan was hauled from his bed at ....
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5,200 Palestinian prisoners are held at Israeli jails
Date: 2013-10-12 15:06:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:335588
As many as 5,200 Palestinian prisoners are being held at 17 jails and detention camps in Israel, said a statement by the Palestinian Ministry for Prisoners' Affairs on Saturday. The statement said 2,650 prisoners from Fatah movement are held ....
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Palestinian presidency denies mediation between Qatar, Syria
Date: 2013-10-12 12:44:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:335324
The Palestinian Presidency denied news reports which claimed that an official Palestinian envoy to Damascus carried a message from the Qatari emir to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, according to WAFA News Agency. It described as ....
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One person injured during clashes at Ain Al-Helwa refugee camp
Date: 2013-10-12 11:54:10 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:335197
One person was injured on Saturday in clashes that erupted between the Palestinian Fatah movement and one of the Islamic organizations in Ain Al-Helwa refugee camp in Sidon city, south Lebanon. A Palestinian source told MENA correspondent here ....
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Benomar: Close viewpoints among Yemeni political powers help reaching security stability
Date: 2013-10-12 11:51:58 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:335186
UN Secretary General Special Envoy Yemen Jamal Benomar praised the efforts exerted by security bodies in Yemen to maintain security and stability despite the hard circumstances facing them in the current phase. In statements during his meeting ....
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Karama crossing to be closed on first day of Eid--Palestinian police
Date: 2013-10-12 11:18:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:335115
The Palestinian police at Al-Karama crossing said on Saturday that the terminal will be fully closed on Tuesday, the first day of Eid al-Adha (Greater Bairam). A statement by the department of the public relations and media at the ....
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4 killed, injured in bomb blast in Baghdad
Date: 2013-10-12 09:53:44 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:334966
Two military men were killed and another two were injured in a bomb blast in northern Iraq Saturday. A roadside bomb went off near military elements in al-Taji neighborhood, killing and wounding the four, a security source said. The wounded were ....
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Israeli settlers attack village in S. Al-Khalil
Date: 2013-10-12 08:55:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:334861
A number of extremist Jewish settlers attacked residents of Sosya village in eastern Yatta, southern Al-Khalil (Hebron), on Saturday. Nearly 13 settlers threw stones and empty bottles on the residents and beat up women and children, injuring a ....
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Chemical weapons body deserves praise, but not a Nobel: FT
Date: 2013-10-12 08:20:39 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:334792
On Friday the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons received the Nobel Peace Prize for “its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons”. The OPCW has only been around for 16 years, and it has one-fifth the staff and budget ....
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Kerry to meet Faisal, Brahimi on way back from Asian tour
Date: 2013-10-12 07:37:47 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:334725
US Secretary of State John Kerry will be meeting with Lakhdar Brahimi, the UN-AL envoy to Syria, in London on Sunday on his way back home from an Asian tour that lasted for several days. Deputy Spokesperson for the US State Department Marie Harf ....
