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Dozens injured in clashes with Israeli forces
Date: 2013-10-11 14:19:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:334081
Scores of Palestinians and international activists were injured Friday in clashes with Israeli forces in Ramallah. Clashes erupted after Israeli troops fired rubber bullets and tear-gas bombs at a rally against Israeli settlements and apartheid ....
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Grand Mosque imam urges pilgrims to focus on Hajj rituals
Date: 2013-10-11 12:42:10 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:333867
Imam of the Grand Mosque in Mecca Maher Al Mueaqly urged in Friday sermons pilgrims to focus on Hajj rituals and forget about politics. During the sermon, Al Mueaqly explained how to perform all Hajj rituals in a perfect way till the end. He ....
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Hezbollah has no conditions for forming government- Raad
Date: 2013-10-11 12:29:09 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:333840
Loyalty to the Lebanese Resistance bloc member MP Muhammad Raad clarified Friday that Hezbollah does not have preconditions for forming the government, the National News Agency reported. Raad noted that the only concern is to have a clear vision ....
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Anti-govt opponents behind abduction, Libyan PM says
Date: 2013-10-11 10:30:08 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:333623
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan said that an unspecified "political party" seeking his ouster was behind his brief abduction by armed men on Thursday. "This is a political party that wants to destabilise the current government and bring it ....
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Putin invited to join Arab-African Summit
Date: 2013-10-11 10:21:10 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:333616
The Emir of Kuwait Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah extended an invitation to Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit the country in November to participate in the Arab-African Summit, Voice of Russia reported Friday. "I am confident that ....
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Libyan PM to address nation on abduction
Date: 2013-10-11 09:36:49 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:333568
Interim Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan will address the nation on Friday on the circumstances surrounding his Thursday abduction. Zeidan was hauled from his bed at 2:30 a.m. Thursday by a group of militiamen who stormed into the luxury hotel ....
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Lavrov warns Syrian opposition against hindering chemical weapons disposal
Date: 2013-10-11 09:32:59 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:333561
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned Syria's opposition against hindering the disposal of chemical weapons in Syria to call in a foreign intervention in Syria. Speaking at the 8th East Asia Summit in Brunei, Lavrov called for not ....
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AU relieved by release of Libyan PM
Date: 2013-10-11 07:55:50 GMT - Ethiopia - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:333379
The Commission of the African Union (AU) expressed relief over the release of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, who had been kidnapped in Tripoli. AU Commission Chairwoman Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma strongly condemned the unacceptable kidnapping ....
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New Morocco cabinet takes oath before King
Date: 2013-10-10 22:43:28 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:333020
Morocco's new government took oath before King Mohamed VI, the state news agency said on Thursday. The new cabinet includes the leader of the moderate Islamist Justice and Development Party Abdelilah Benkirane as prime minister, Salaheddine ....
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Arab league slams kidnapping of Libyan PM
Date: 2013-10-10 13:14:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:332075
Arab League Secretary-General Nabil el-Arabi slammed the kidnapping of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan. In a statement, El-Arabia described the kidnapping as a criminal act that would tarnish the image of the Libyan people. It will also ....