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Qatar re-evaluates stances in Mideast- Hizbollah chief
Date: 2013-12-04 07:59:58 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:421576
Qatar is re-evaluating its stances and strategies concerning the Mideast region, Hizbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said Tuesday. In a televised interview, Nasrallah confirmed that he had met with a Qatari delegation a few days a go, praising the ....
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Palestine reaffirms rejection of Israeli suggestions over Aghwar region
Date: 2013-12-04 07:58:30 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:421572
Chief Palestinian Negotiator Saeb Erekat Tuesday renewed rejection of the Israeli proposals over the Aghwar region between the West Bank and Jordan River Valley. The Palestinian official made the remarks during his visit to el-Najad family in ....
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Mauritania ruling party wins big in elections
Date: 2013-12-04 07:57:21 GMT - Mauritania - International - SN:4 - ID:421568
Mauritania's ruling party has scored a sweeping victory in legislative and local elections, while its Islamist rival party came second, the elections commission said Tuesday. The ruling Union for the Republic (UPR) gained 56 seats within the ....
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Hamas holds PLO responsible for humanitarian situation in Gaza
Date: 2013-12-04 07:56:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:421566
The Hamas government in Gaza held the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) responsible for human situation in Gaza and the suffering of the families of Palestinians killed during Israeli attacks in 2008. The movement said in a statement ....
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Putin, Saudi intelligence chief discuss Mideast issues -Kremlin
Date: 2013-12-04 07:53:37 GMT - Russia - International - SN:2 - ID:421556
Russian President Vladimir Putin met Tuesday visiting Saudi intelligence chief Prince Bandar bin Sultan near Moscow and discussed the war in Syria and Iran's nuclear programme, the Kremlin said. The Kremlin said Putin and Prince Bandar discussed ....
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Tourism minister inaugurates new project to attract German tourists
Date: 2013-12-03 18:52:57 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:72 - ID:421156
Tourism Minister Hisham Zazou has inaugurated a new marketing project in partnership with a German company to promote tourism to Egypt. Zazou said that Germany was the fifth largest tourism exporter to Egypt with 1,3 million tourists in 2010 and ....
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Communication minister briefs cabinet on High-speed internet project
Date: 2013-12-03 18:50:15 GMT - Egypt - Economy - SN:71 - ID:421151
Egypt Minister of Communications and Information Technology Atef Helmy briefed a cabinet meeting on Tuesday on the latest developments in the High-speed Internet National Initiative. The project's conditions and terms of bidding are ready, ....
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Clashes, arrests during Ethiopians' housing protest in Israel
Date: 2013-12-03 18:43:51 GMT - Israel - International - SN:70 - ID:421143
Nine were arrested in Jerusalem as Ethiopians protested insufficient housing aid for immigrants, the Yedioth Ahronoth reported Tuesday. Several hundred protesters demonstrated outside the Knesset and other government offices in Jerusalem on ....
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Freighters contain blaze in court complex in Qalubiya
Date: 2013-12-03 18:42:00 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:59 - ID:421024
Firefighters contained a blaze Tuesday in the court complex in Shubra al Khaima, Qalubiya. The civil defense officers succeeded to contain the fire at the sixth level of the building, before it reached the cases' documented archive. ....
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Suez governorate approves establishment of faculty of medicine
Date: 2013-12-03 18:36:15 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:69 - ID:421134
Governor of Suez El-Arabi al-Serwi approved the establishment of the first faculty of medicine in the city, said President of Suez University Maher Mesbah. A university hospital and a fully-equipped medical complex will be also built to provide ....