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Ministers critical over ceasefire with Hamas
Date: 2014-08-27 08:24:01 GMT - Israel - International - SN:18 - ID:893240
Harsh criticism has met the decision by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to accept a long-term ceasefire with Hamas starting at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Radio Israel reported. Netanyahu informed members of the Security Cabinet about the decision ....
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Bedouins to secure Suez Canal project facilities for free
Date: 2014-08-27 08:22:10 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:30 - ID:893365
Bedouin tribes in Suez and Ain Sokhna will secure development projects in the canal region for free. They say they want to contribute to the building of Egypt. Sheikh Mohamed Khudair, chieftain of el-Aamein tribe in Ain Sokhna, said Wednesday ....
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Kuwait denies arrest of ISIL militants on its lands
Date: 2014-08-27 08:19:52 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:893351
The Kuwaiti Interior Ministry denied on Wednesday reports that some militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) have entered its lands via borders and were arrested. In a statement, the ministry denied there was a shootout ....
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Nigeria army: 480 soldiers who fled to Cameron return home
Date: 2014-08-27 08:17:48 GMT - Nigeria - International - SN:28 - ID:893343
Some of the Nigerian soldiers that fled to Cameroon following a fierce battle with Boko Haram militants in locations around Borno and Adamawa states have returned as residents of Mubi town in Adamawa State reported seeing tired and tattered-looking ....
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Conference Party praises Egypt diplomacy after truce
Date: 2014-08-27 08:13:27 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:27 - ID:893335
The Conference Party has praised Egypt's diplomacy that helped reach a long truce between Israel and the Palestinians. Under the truce, Israel should lift the siege it imposes on Gaza and completely stop its attacks on the enclave. The truce ....
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Dengue fever contracted in Japan for first time in 70 years
Date: 2014-08-27 08:09:34 GMT - Japan - International - SN:26 - ID:893328
The health ministry said Wednesday it has confirmed that someone has contracted dengue fever while in Japan for the first time in nearly 70 years, Kyodo reported. A Japanese teen in Saitama Prefecture with no record of overseas travel ran a high ....
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Threats that ISIS would kill kidnapped soldiers not serious -- Minister
Date: 2014-08-27 08:05:46 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:893320
Lebanese Interior Minister Nihad al-Mashnouq has doubted that Islamic State militants would actually kill soldiers they had kidnapped. Those are not serious threats, Mashnouq told Lebanon's "Lewaa" newspaper, out Wednesday. He said he received ....
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Libya FM: Arab League interference prevented brutalities in Libya
Date: 2014-08-27 08:04:02 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:893316
Libyan Foreign Minister Mohammad Abdel Aziz said the Arab League interference in the proper time has banned the occurrence of brutalities and massacres that might have claimed the lives of more than a million person. In statements to the Saudi ....
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Seven western states join US to arm Kurds in Iraq: Hagel
Date: 2014-08-27 08:02:50 GMT - USA - International - SN:17 - ID:893238
Seven western governments in addition to the United States have pledged to provide weapons and ammunition to Kurdish forces fighting Islamic State militants in Iraq, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel said. "In addition to support from the US, and the ....
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Israel fails to uproot Palestinian resistance -- Barghouti
Date: 2014-08-27 07:37:57 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:893264
Secretary General of the Palestinian National Initiative Moustafa al-Barghouti has expressed happiness for the end of the Israeli aggression in Gaza. Israeli plans to uproot the Palestinian resistance have failed, Barghouti said in an interview ....