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Lebanese interior minister: Hizbollah has no longer security barriers in Lebanon
Date: 2013-10-02 10:25:40 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:318199
Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said that Hizbollah group has no longer security barriers in Lebanon and that the security responsibility is now held by security forces. In statements to the Lebanese "An-Nahar" newspaper, the minister ....
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Israeli army arrest three Palestinians in Bethlehem
Date: 2013-10-02 09:46:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:318139
Israeli army forces arrested three Palestinian youths in the West Bank city of Bethlehem on Wednesday during an incursion operation against Palestinian houses, a Palestinian security source said. The source added that the Israeli forces raided ....
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UN chief lauds Kuwait's hosting of first Syria donors conference
Date: 2013-10-02 09:28:00 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:318120
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon lauded the Kuwaiti government for hosting the first international donor conference for Syria to improve the worsening humanitarian situation in the unrest-hit country, according to a statement by the Emiri Diwan on ....
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Jordan says services to Syrian refugees outpaced country's meager resources
Date: 2013-10-01 16:27:57 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:317322
Jordanian Interior minister Hussein Majali said on Tuesday that Jordan's efforts to deal with the repercussions of the Syrian crisis outpaced the limited resources of Jordan which was in dire need of international aid, Petra News Agency ....
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Expert at UN says unemployment rates in Arab countries biggest worldwide
Date: 2013-10-01 16:16:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:317299
Abdullah Dardari, director of the UN's economic and social commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), has said that unemployment rates in Arab countries are the biggest worldwide, especially among youth. Addressing a press conference here Tuesday to ....
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Economic measures meant to avert collapse of economy
Date: 2013-10-01 14:48:52 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:317125
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir reiterated his country's keenness to cooperate with neighboring countries and partners of the homeland in discarding violence and completing the implementation of development projects. In a word on Tuesday on ....
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Yemeni army retakes military base seized by Al-Qaeda in Hadramout
Date: 2013-10-01 13:00:06 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:316881
Yemen's army retook the headquarters of the command of the army's Second Division in the city of al-Mukalla, the capital of Hadramout province in southeast Yemen that was seized by al Qaeda militants. The US-funded Radio Sawa quoted medical and ....
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Gaza govt proposes to hire "Maan" sacked journalists
Date: 2013-10-01 12:58:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:316878
The Palestinian government in Gaza has said it is willing to temporarily hire journalists sacked from Maan news agency until they find new jobs. A spokesman for the Gaza government, Ehab al-Ghaseen, accused on his facebook page Maan news agency ....
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Saudi Arabia calls off speech before UN meeting in New York
Date: 2013-10-01 08:09:32 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:316313
Saudi Arabia called off its scheduled speech before the UN General Assembly in New York on Monday. UN Spokesman Martin Nesirky refused to give any explanations behind the Saudi decision to cancel its official statement at the meeting. ....
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Israeli party leader urges Netanyahu to seize on 'historical chance' for deal with Palestinians
Date: 2013-10-01 07:58:50 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:316297
Chairwoman of Israeli Meretz party Zahava Gal-On called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seize on the "historical moment" to reach a deal with the Palestinians. "How can we believe Netanyahu, who on the one hand sends the Justice Minister ....