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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 ....
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39 people killed, injured in triple blasts in Iraqi cities
Date: 2013-09-30 10:51:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:314712
Thirty-nine people were killed and injured on Monday in three concurrent booby-trapped car blasts that ripped through the cities of Al-Sadr, Baladiyat, Kazimiya in eastern and northern the Iraqi capital. An Iraqi police source said a parked car ....
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Israeli army declares Al-Aghwar's Khirbet Makhoul military zone
Date: 2013-09-30 10:49:02 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:314708
Israeli forces declared on Monday Khirbet Makhoul area in the Jordan Valley (Al Aghwar) a military zone. Israeli forces set up barricades at the entrance of Khirbet Makhout where Palestinian houses were bulldozed three times over the past two ....
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Assad vows to respect chemical weapons deal
Date: 2013-09-29 19:36:41 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:314123
Syria's President Bashar al Assad has said in a television interview that he will respect United Nations accords on chemical weapons. This comes after a resolution to destroy his chemical stockpile was passed unanimously by the UN Security ....
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Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque, Israeli occupants seize Palestinian IDs
Date: 2013-09-29 11:39:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:313161
Israeli occupation forces on Sunday allowed Jewish settlers and foreign tourists to enter Al-Aqsa mosque from Bab Al-Maghreba gate under protection of special Israeli guard units. In the Meantime, a large number of scholars and worshipers have ....
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Lebanon interior minister: Hizbollah withdraws from Baalbek
Date: 2013-09-29 09:28:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:312893
Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said that Hizbollah group withdrew from Baalbeck town in the Beqaa Valley after fierce clashes between the group's elements and several families. In press statements on Sunday, the minister said what ....
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Israeli occupation forces arrest three activists
Date: 2013-09-28 14:43:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:311949
The Israeli occupation forces arrested on Saturday three activists on Container checkpoint barrier, southeast of Jerusalem. "The Israeli soldiers stationed at the Container checkpoint between the central and southern West Bank stopped the private ....
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Lavrov: UNSC resolution on Syria’s CW does not allow for automatic coercion
Date: 2013-09-28 08:46:51 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:311260
The just-adopted UN Security Council’s resolution on Syria’s chemical weapons does not allow for the automatic use of measures of coercion, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said after the 15-member Security Council unanimously voted for the ....
