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Military reinforcements en route to Kafra region
Date: 2013-06-16 15:21:05 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:158046
TRIPOLI (MENA) - A military aircraft carrying national army forces left Sunday for Kafra region in southern Libya to help realize security and regain order. Meanwhile, a group of masked men opened fire randomly at the Libyan Interior Ministry ....
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Scores of people killed, wounded in wave of blasts across Iraq
Date: 2013-06-16 12:58:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:157808
Scores of people have been killed and wounded in a series of blasts that rattled central and southern Iraq on Sunday morning, well-placed security sources reported. The attacks rocked the capital Baghdad and the provinces of Wasit, Babil, ....
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Saudi decision of cutting pilgrim numbers 'temporary' - minister
Date: 2013-06-16 12:51:50 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:157789
Saudi Minister of Hajj Affairs Bandar Mohamed Hajjar stressed that Saudi Arabia's decision to cut the number of pilgrims to the country is temporary due to the ongoing expansion works of Saudi's Grand Mosque. In press statements on Sunday, ....
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Arab League chief flies to Geneva for Syria talks
Date: 2013-06-16 12:40:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:157764
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi left for Geneva on Sunday for talks on preparations for the Geneva 2 conference on Syria. Arabi said, in earlier statements, that the possibility of holding the Syria conference is still existing ....
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Regime heavy shelling of Damascus sparks fire in various districts - activists
Date: 2013-06-16 11:59:32 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:157699
Heavy shelling of regime forces has sparked fire in various districts of Damascus and Rif Dimashq, Syrian activists said Sunday. In statements to Aljazeera news channel, activists said the shelling coincided with clashes between regime and ....
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Sudanese opposition starts to launch 100-day plan to topple regime
Date: 2013-06-15 18:19:00 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:156690
KHARTOUM (MENA) - The National Consensus Forces (NCF), an umbrella of opposition parties, will start Saturday to launch a 100-day plan aims at overthrowing the regime of president Omer Hassan al-Bashir. Spokesman for the Communist Party, Siddiq ....
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Number of protesters referred to prosecution for fomenting strife
Date: 2013-06-15 16:28:01 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:156753
KUWAIT CITY (MENA) - The Kuwaiti government has referred a number of demonstrators to the public prosecution for fomenting strife among the different Muslim denominations. Dozens of demonstrators on Tuesday started a sit-in in front of the ....
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Deputy chairman of Tunisia Ennahada movement hints at resignation
Date: 2013-06-15 16:09:35 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:156733
TUNIS (MENA) - Sheikh Abdel-Fattah Moro, the second man in the Ennahada movement, has said he is thinking of resigning over mistreatment. Moro was dismayed at the way supporters of the movement now ruling Tunisia disregarded his speech at the ....
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10 people killed by Syrian regime troops
Date: 2013-06-15 15:54:08 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:156700
DAMASCUS (MENA) - The Syrian Network for Human Rights said at least 10 people were killed Saturday by Syrian regime forces, mostly in Damascus, Rif Dimashq and Aleppo. The news was carried by Al Jazeera channel. Syria has been engulfed by ....
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Yemen urges intl help to fight terrorism
Date: 2013-06-15 15:42:08 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:156676
SANAA (MENA) - Yemen called for rallying international efforts to support it in combating terrorism, which took advantage of the hard economic conditions in the country since 2011. Counselor at Yemen's Permanent Mission to the United Nations ....
