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In turnabout, Syria rebels get Libyan weapons
Date: 2013-06-22 13:48:25 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:167445
NEW YORK (MENA) - During his more than four decades in power, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya was North Africa’s outrageously self-styled arms benefactor, a donor of weapons to guerrillas and terrorists around the world fighting governments, The ....
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Sheikh Hamad to transfer power to son soon - paper
Date: 2013-06-22 13:06:51 GMT - France - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:167405
PARIS (MENA) - Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, is preparing to hand control of the gas-rich Gulf state to his son Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad for personal and political reasons, said French daily Le Figaro. The arrangements in this ....
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Hamas welcomes UN report which accuses Israel of using Palestinian children as human shields
Date: 2013-06-22 13:02:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:167398
GAZA CITY (MENA) - The Hamas movement welcomed the report the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child, which accused Israeli soldiers and police of torturing Palestinian children while questioning them and using them as human shields. UN ....
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Syrian shells hit Lebanese town
Date: 2013-06-22 11:33:39 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:167255
BEIRUT (MENA) – More than 12 shells fired from Syria hit the northern Lebanese border town of Al-Dababiya this morning. Three shells landed outside two civilian houses in the town but no casualties have been so far reported. The ....
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Palestinian govt spokesman says Hamdallah did not retract resignation
Date: 2013-06-22 11:32:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:167253
RAMALLAH (MENA) - Palestinian government spokesman Ihab Bseiso said Saturday that former prime minister Rami Hamdallah did not go back on resignation, as alleged by some sources. In statements to Al-Arabiya news channel Saturday, Bseiso said ....
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Hamas executes two Israel 'collaborators' in Gaza
Date: 2013-06-22 11:30:49 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:167248
GAZA CITY (MENA) - Hamas hanged two men accused of collaborating with Israel on Saturday, a statement from the interior ministry of the Islamist movement's government in Gaza said. The ministry said that it had executed the two men in ....
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UNRWA slams killing of six Palestinians in refugee camp outside Damascus
Date: 2013-06-21 13:50:26 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:166300
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) has slammed the killing of six Palestinian refugees in Khan Eshieh camp outside Damascus. "On Wednesday, at least three mortar shells struck the camp just outside ....
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UN Security Council slams acts of torture, arbitrary detention in Libya
Date: 2013-06-21 12:22:30 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:166170
The UN Security Council has condemned the acts of torture and arbitrary detention in Libya. "The members of the Security Council condemned cases of torture and mistreatment observed in illegal detention centers in Libya. They emphasized that ....
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UNESCO adds Syrian ancient sites to danger list
Date: 2013-06-20 16:40:49 GMT - Cambodia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:165235
Six ancient sites in Syria have been added to a UN list of endangered World Heritage sites because of the threat from the conflict there, the BBC reported Thursday. The sites were placed on the list by the UN's cultural organization, UNESCO at ....
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Abbas, Ashton discuss peace talks
Date: 2013-06-20 13:02:51 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:164767
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held Wednesday talks with High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton on peace talks. The meeting tackled the latest developments in the Palestinian territories ....
