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Brahimi: 26 states to take part in Geneva 2 conference, no agreement reached on Iran participation
Date: 2013-12-20 18:37:46 GMT - Switzerland - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:452774
UN-Arab League envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi said Friday that 26 states will take part in the Geneva 2 conference which will be held in January. But he said that no agreement has been reached yet on a role for Iran in the gathering. In a ....
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Russian military to decide on Iskander missiles deployment at Kaliningrad – FM
Date: 2013-12-20 18:36:29 GMT - Russia - International - SN:46 - ID:452772
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday a decision to deploy Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad province in the border region with Western Europe will be made only by the Ministry of Defense. "We told our American partners that Iskander ....
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Vote count starts in third-renewal election of Judges' Club
Date: 2013-12-20 18:35:24 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:452771
A committee overseeing the third-renewal election of the board of Egypt's Judges' Club started the vote count on Friday at 5 p.m. The elections were held to choose eight board members, including two members for the counselors' seats, four for ....
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Britain to help destroy Syria's chemical weapons
Date: 2013-12-20 18:33:28 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:452764
Britain is to destroy 150 tons of industrial-grade chemicals as part of the international effort to dismantle Sryian President Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons stockpile, The Telegraph reported Friday. The British Foreign Office said the ....
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43,000 illegal immigrants arrived to Italy in 2013 - minister
Date: 2013-12-20 18:31:57 GMT - Italy - Arab world - SN:43 - ID:452760
Italian Interior Minister Angelino Alfano said Friday that the number of illegal immigrants arrived to the Italian shores in 2013 jumped to 43,000 up from 23,000 immigrants in 2012. Speaking to press conference, Alfano said that about 27,000 ....
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FIFA to use 'vanishing spray' in games
Date: 2013-12-20 17:26:30 GMT - United Kingdom - Sport - SN:42 - ID:452676
Players slowly edging forward in the wall during free-kicks are set to become a thing of the past – with Fifa confirming plans to fully introduce vanishing spray, a British paper said on Friday. The recently developed spray is carried by referees ....
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20,000 Palestinian lives at risk in Yarmouk Camp, says UNRWA
Date: 2013-12-20 17:24:36 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:452675
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Friday called for the lifting of the Yarmouk camp in Damascus, saying thousands are trapped there and in dire need of aid. The Syrian army has besieged ....
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Security forces disperse Brotherhood protest near Qobba palace in Cairo
Date: 2013-12-20 17:21:33 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:40 - ID:452668
Security forces in the vicinity of Qobba presidential palace in the north of Cairo succeeded in containing clashes with supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood who used firecrackers in their protest. The troops fired tear gas at the Brotherhood ....
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Ukrainian-Russian agreements aim at stabilizing trade, economic relations - official
Date: 2013-12-20 17:18:05 GMT - Ukraine - International - SN:39 - ID:452664
Ukrainian secretary of the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) Andrei Klyuyev asserted Friday that the fourteen agreements signed by Ukraine and Russia on December 17 were designed to stabilize trade and economic relations between both ....
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Lebanese army commander, US Marine Corps commander discuss military cooperation
Date: 2013-12-20 17:11:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:452656
Lebanese Army Commander Jean Kahwaji met Friday with Lt. General Robert B. Neller, Commander of US Marine Corps Forces Central Command. Neller is currently visiting Lebanon on top of a US military delegation. The meeting took up means of ....
