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300 aid-laden trucks allowed into Gaza
Date: 2013-08-07 17:31:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:233138
Israeli authorities opened on Thursday Karm Abu-Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing, southeast of the Gaza Strip, to let in 300 trucks loaded with aid to the Gazans, who have been under a suffocating siege since June of 2007. The trucks are carrying ....
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Organization of Arab peoples, parliaments condemn McCain's interference in Egypt's affairs
Date: 2013-08-07 17:26:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:233132
The organization of Arab peoples and parliaments, under Abdel-Aziz Abdullah has strongly condemned interference of US Senator John McCain in Egypt's affairs. In a statement Wednesday, the organization said that McCain's statements are bare of ....
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50 Sudanese passengers survive plane accident
Date: 2013-08-07 17:21:02 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:37 - ID:233119
Fifty Sudanese passengers, including former Sudanese president Abdel-Rahman Swar al-Dahab, survived a plane accident that could have turned fatal in Khartoum Airport. One of the plane's wings collided with the airport's ground electrical power ....
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Israel to begin construction on new settlement in East Jerusalem
Date: 2013-08-07 16:38:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:233058
Israel's Housing Minister Uri Ariel and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat plan to lay the cornerstone for a new settlement near Jabal Mukkaber neighborhood, south East Jerusalem (Al-Quds), Haaretz reported. The new settlement is being built by the ....
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Dialogue only way to solve Egypt crisis - Qatari FM
Date: 2013-08-07 16:34:00 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:233054
Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah said that Egypt's crisis will be resolved only through Egyptian-Egyptian dialogue. Egypt must release jailed Muslim Brotherhood leaders to help resolve a political crisis following the overthrow of ....
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Lebanese Army: Israeli soldiers wounded in Lebanon
Date: 2013-08-07 16:24:22 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:233039
An explosion on Wednesday wounded Israeli soldiers who had crossed the border into Lebanon in a rare incident on the heavily guarded and volatile frontier, a Lebanese army statement said. The army said in a statement quoted by NPR that the ....
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Gemayel: Cabinet line-up with no consensus last solution if political gov. not formed in Lebanon
Date: 2013-08-07 12:56:06 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:232645
Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel said the formation of a government in Lebanon without political consensus is the last solution if a political government does not see daylight. Gemayel told MENA correspondent in Beirut that Lebanon should ....
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Yemen British embassy staff withdrawn over security
Date: 2013-08-06 14:42:33 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:231391
All British diplomatic staff in Yemen have been withdrawn to the UK and the embassy closed "due to increased security concerns", the Foreign Office has said. Dozens of employees were moved to the UK overnight, the BBC reported. In a ....
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Kuwaiti emir opens 1st session of 14th legislative term for National Assembly
Date: 2013-08-06 11:10:04 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:230916
Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah opened on Tuesday the first ordinary session of the 14th legislative term for the National Assembly. The National Assembly's elder of the MPs will deliver a speech that will be followed by the speech ....
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Israel lets in 310 trucks to Gaza via Karam abu Salem crossing
Date: 2013-08-05 12:21:31 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:229652
Israeli authorities decided to allow 310 trucks carrying different goods to enter Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem commercial crossing on Monday, head of coordination committee in charge of the entry of goods to the besieged Gaza Strip, Raed ....