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Israeli forces deployed around Aqsa
Date: 2013-09-27 11:43:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:310079
Palestine/Israel/Politics Israeli forces deployed around Aqsa RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (MENA) – Israeli army forces were widely deployed around Al-Aqsa Mosque, a day before Palestinians commemorate the 13th anniversary of the second Aqsa ....
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900 Syrian refugees cross into Jordan
Date: 2013-09-27 10:35:25 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:309976
Jordan/Syria/Refugees 900 Syrian refugees cross into Jordan AMMAN, Sept 27 (MENA) – A total of 900 Syrian refugees crossed into Jordan on Thursday, while 264 returned home, a Jordanian official said. Wadah al-Hammoud, who oversees ....
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2 Jordanians carry out suicide attack against Syria regime forces
Date: 2013-09-27 10:33:12 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:309963
Jordan/Syria 2 Jordanians carry out suicide attack against Syria regime forces AMMAN, Sept 27 (MENA) – Two Jordanian nationals, fighting for the armed Syrian opposition, carried out a suicide attack against a barrier erected by regime ....
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Palestinian lawyers to sue Al-Jazeera TV
Date: 2013-09-27 10:28:36 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:11 - ID:309973
Palestine/Lawyers Palestinian lawyers to sue Al-Jazeera TV RAMALLAH, Sept 27 (MENA) – The board of the Palestinian Legal Bar Association decided to sue Qatari Al-Jazeera TV channel for hosting some figures who slandered and defamed late ....
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UN special envoy back to Yemen Monday
Date: 2013-09-27 09:44:32 GMT - Yemen - Middle East - SN:7 - ID:309820
Yemen/UN/Politics UN special envoy back to Yemen Monday SANAA, Sept 27 (MENA) - Special United Nations Adviser on Yemen Jamal Benomar will start a new visit to the country on Monday in a bid to resolve disputes emerging over a ....
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Syria shells fall in North Lebanon
Date: 2013-09-27 00:09:47 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:194 - ID:309738
Lebanon/Syria Syria shells fall in North Lebanon BEIRUT, Sept 26 (MENA) – Lebanese border towns have been subject to attacks of shells from the Syrian sides. Shells fall near the Nahr al-Kabir al-Janoubi in the Wadi Khalid, Northern ....
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UNSC holds informal consultations on Syria
Date: 2013-09-26 23:51:31 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:191 - ID:309728
UN/Security Council UNSC holds informal consultations on Syria NEW YORK, Sept 26 (MENA) - President of the Security Council Gary Quinlan has said that the United Nation Security council will hold an informal meeting on Syrian on ....
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3 soldiers killed, officer injured in explosion in Iraq
Date: 2013-09-26 23:39:28 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:188 - ID:309715
Iraq/Blast 3 soldiers killed, officer injured in explosion in Iraq BAGHDAD, Sept 26 (MENA) – As many as three soldiers were killed and one officer injured Thursday in an explosion in Mosul, the capital of the Nineveh Province, some 400 km ....
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Washington, Moscow to refer draft resolution on Syria to UNSC
Date: 2013-09-26 23:33:49 GMT - United Nations - Middle East - SN:185 - ID:309726
US/UNSC/Politics Washington, Moscow to refer draft resolution on Syria to UNSC WASHINGTON, Sept 26 (MENA) – Washington and Moscow will refer a draft resolution on Syria to the UN Security Council, diplomatic sources said on Thursday. ....
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Israeli police to bar men under 50 from entering Aqsa Mosque Friday
Date: 2013-09-26 23:33:00 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:184 - ID:309722
Palestine/Aqsa Israeli police to bar men under 50 from entering Aqsa Mosque Friday RAMALLAH, Sept 26 (MENA) – The Israeli police said on Thursday it plans to close Al-Aqsa Mosque on Friday to men under the age of 50, without stating any ....