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Israeli troops launched wide-ranging arrest campaigns in West Bank
Date: 2013-06-11 15:57:29 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:150589
Palestine/Israel/Arrests Israeli troops launched wide-ranging arrest campaigns in West Bank RAMALLAH, June 11 (MENA) - Israeli occupation troops launched at dawn Tuesday a wide-ranging arrest campaign in northern the West Bank. A ....
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Marjeh double blasts casualties up
Date: 2013-06-11 14:12:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:150303
Syria-Casualties Marjeh double blasts casualties up DAMASCUS (MENA) - Casualties of two explosions that took place early Tuesday in Damascus' Marjeh Square rose to 14 dead and over 30 wounded. A well-placed source told MENA that two suicide ....
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Kerry postpones Mideast visit for Syria talks
Date: 2013-06-11 09:08:02 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:149701
US Secretary of State John Kerry has postponed a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories this week to attend White House talks on Syria. State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki said all options on the Syrian issue are on the table. ....
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US state department declines to comment on Qatari emir quit
Date: 2013-06-11 08:52:13 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:149674
The US State Department declined to comment on a report alleging that the 61-year-old Qatari Emir Sheikh Hamad ben Khalifa al-Thani will cede power this summer to his son Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim, 33, said a spokeswoman Jen Psaki. Psaki added ....
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Israel continues to breach Lebanese skies
Date: 2013-06-04 14:31:08 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:139933
Israel continued its daily violations of the Lebanese skies on Tuesday. An Israeli reconnaissance aircraft flew over the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila. Then, it circled above the Western Beqaa and southern areas before leaving ....
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13 people killed in Syria: opposition group
Date: 2013-06-04 14:26:42 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:139918
At least 13 people were killed in various areas in Syria, the US-funded Radio Sawa quoted the Local Coordination Committees as saying. The group said most of the victims were in the southern province of Daraa. Syria has been engulfed by ....
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Ashton congratulates Hamdallah on appointment as new Palestinian PM
Date: 2013-06-04 11:49:11 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:139575
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton congratulated Rami Hamdallah on his appointment as new Palestinian prime minister to replace Salam Fayyad. In a press release on Tuesday, Ashton said "Mr. Hamdallah has been appointed Prime Minister at ....
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Israel lets in 250 trucks via Karm Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2013-06-04 11:33:25 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:139539
Israeli occupation authorities agreed on letting in 250 trucks carrying goods to the Palestinians via Karm Abu Salem crossing in the southeastern Gaza Strip. In a statement on Tuesday, Raed Fattouh, Chairman of the Coordination Committee for ....
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Tunisian authorities extend emergency state for one month
Date: 2013-06-04 10:26:18 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:139391
The state of Emergency will be further extended in Tunisia for one month, a measure that has been taken 12 times since the ousting of the former president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. "The decision was taken by President Moncef Marzouki after ....
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Hamd Allah: Our mission to end once Palestinian unity government formed
Date: 2013-06-03 14:28:22 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:138318
Newly-appointed Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamd Allah said his government will end its mission on August 14 in case a consensus government is formed headed by President Mahmoud Abbas according to the National Reconciliation Agreement. ....