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Qaraqei: One quarter of Palestinians victims of continued Israeli detention
Date: 2013-10-05 14:50:40 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:323722
Palestinian Prisoners Affairs Minister Issa Qaraqei has called for turning the issue of prisoners to a burden on the Israeli government’s shoulders, asserting that one quarter of the Palestinian people are victims of the continued Israeli ....
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Sudanese Foreign Ministry denies summoning UAE envoy in Khartoum
Date: 2013-10-05 12:07:43 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:323404
Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Kerati denied reports that Khartoum has summoned the UAE ambassador here for talks about the recent UAE statement issued on the developments in Sudan. In statements to “Khartoum” newspaper published on Saturday, ....
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7 Sahwa elements killed, injured in bomb blast in Baghdad
Date: 2013-10-05 12:06:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:323399
Seven elements of Al-Sahwa forces (Awakening Movement) were killed and injured in Al-Yousifiya neighbourhood in southern Baghdad. An Iraqi security source said an explosive charge, planted near a checkpoint for Al-Sahwa forces, went off leaving ....
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Two Israeli soldiers injured at Nablus barrier
Date: 2013-10-05 12:04:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:323396
Two Israeli soldiers were injured early Saturday when a Palestinian vehicle stormed an Israeli barrier set up in northern Nablus city, the West Bank. Israeli Channel II said a Palestinian vehicle stormed a barrier in northern Nablus, leaving two ....
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Assad says Turkey will pay for backing Syrian rebels
Date: 2013-10-05 11:09:43 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:323267
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has told Turkey it will pay a heavy price for backing rebels fighting to oust him, accusing it of harboring “terrorists” along its border who, he said, would soon turn on their hosts. In an interview with ....
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About 10,000 attend Friday prayers at Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2013-10-04 14:48:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:322321
About 10,000 worshipers managed to reach the Al-Aqsa Mosque and attend the Friday congregation. Head of the Gathering of Civil Institutions in Jerusalem Yousef Mekhemar told MENA that the increase in the number of worshipers at the mosque came ....
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Fatah movement reiterates Egyptian army's right to fight terrorist
Date: 2013-10-04 11:36:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:321992
Fatah Central Committee member and spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina reiterated Thursday the right of Egyptian army to fight terrorism and maintain security of Egyptians. In the meeting of the central committee of Fatah movement headed by ....
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Amnesty: 200 killed in Sudan protests
Date: 2013-10-03 13:35:30 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:320466
Amnesty International said on Thursday that the death toll of the Sudanese protests which began ten days ago, had reached 200. Many of the protesters were killed with live ammunition in the head and chest, the organization said in a statement, ....
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Palestinian farmer wounded in eastern Gaza
Date: 2013-10-02 12:16:00 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:318417
A Palestinian farmer was wounded when Israeli forces opened fire at him in eastern Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian security sources said. Israeli fores fired at farmers in Kibbutz Nahal Oz, wounding one of them, the sources added. ....
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Military plane downed in Salahuddin governorate
Date: 2013-10-02 11:58:19 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:318381
A military aircraft was shot down by gunmen in Salahuddin governorate, leaving its four crew members dead and three people wounded, an Iraqi security source said. The aircraft was taking part in confrontations between unidentified gunmen and ....