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Israel arrests 7 Palestinians in WB, closes Nablus military checkpoints
Date: 2013-06-25 12:22:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:171837
RAMALLAH (MENA) - Israeli forces arrested Tuesday seven Palestinian during storming operations in several West Bank cities. In the northern West Bank city of Nablus, Israeli forces arrested four Palestinians. The remaining three were ....
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Tunisian army chief of staff announces retirement
Date: 2013-06-25 11:06:34 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:171665
TUNIS (MENA) - Tunisian army chief Rachid Ammar announced his retirement on Monday night. "I decided to leave the service to retire because of my age. I asked the president on Saturday to resign and he agreed." Ammar, 65, said in a live ....
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Saudi king, CP congratulates new qatari emir
Date: 2013-06-25 11:01:59 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:171655
RIYADH (MENA) - Saudi King Abdullah ben Abdel-Aziz and Crown Prince Salman ben Abdel-Aziz congratulated Tuesday new Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani. Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ruler of Qatar for 18 years, has ....
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Israel maintains closure of Gaza crossings for 2nd day
Date: 2013-06-25 10:52:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:171628
GAZA CITY (MENA) - Israel maintained Tuesday the closure of Gaza's two crossings for the second straight day. Raed Fattouh, the head of the goods access committee, said Israel maintained the closure pf Karam Abu-Salem commercial crossing in ....
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UN chief follows Lebanese developments with deep concern
Date: 2013-06-25 10:11:46 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:171552
NEW YORK (MENA) – UN chief Ban Ki-Moon is following with deep concern the latest developments in Sidon in Lebanon, UN spokesperson said on Monday. "The Secretary-General condemns the attacks on the Lebanese Armed Forces which have led to ....
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Qatari emir transfers power to his son
Date: 2013-06-25 09:47:12 GMT - Qatar - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:171516
DOHA (MENA) - Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the ruler of Qatar for 18 years, has transferred the "reins of power" to his son, Aljazeera news channel reported. The outgoing emir made the announcement to hand over power to Sheikh Tamim bin ....
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Liberman: Israel should conduct 'thorough cleaning' in Gaza
Date: 2013-06-24 11:24:51 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:170088
GAZA CITY (MENA) - Israel should seriously consider the reoccupation of the Gaza Strip in response to Palestinian rocket fire on the western Negev, former Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Liberman told Israel Radio on Monday. Liberman, who ....
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Hamas-Islamic Jihad movement panel to probe killing of Saraya al-Quds member
Date: 2013-06-24 11:20:54 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:170077
GAZA CITY (MENA) - Hamas government in Gaza decided forming a joint panel with the Islamic Jihad movement to probe the killing of a member of Saraya al-Quds, the armed wing of the Jihad movement. In a brief report a copy of which MENA ....
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Al-Bashir inaugurates electricity line with $208m Qatari funding
Date: 2013-06-23 17:52:02 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:169221
President Omar Al-Bashir inaugurated on Sunday construction work of the 310-km Abu Hamad electricity transmission line at a cost of $208 million funded by Qatar. Al-Bashir also announced - during the inauguration ceremony - the beginning of work at ....
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Abbas accepts resignation of PM Hamdallah
Date: 2013-06-23 11:10:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:168483
RAMALLAH (MENA) - President Mahmoud Abbas accepted on Sunday the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah who assumed office on June 6. Hamdallah said on his Facebook page that his decision came after "outside interferences in his powers ....
