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Israel reopens Karem Abu Salem crossing, allows 410 trucks into Gaza
Date: 2013-09-22 14:18:49 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:80 - ID:301337
GAZA, Sept 22 (MENA) - Israeli forces reopened Sunday Karem Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing to allow 410 trucks loaded with goods into the Gaza Strip. In a press release, chairman of the committee for the Coordination of the Entry of Goods into ....
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Lebanese pesident heads for New York to attend 68th UNGA meeting
Date: 2013-09-22 14:11:05 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:73 - ID:301539
BEIRUT, Sept 22 (MENA) - Lebanese President Michel Suleiman left for New York on Sunday to attend the 68th session of the UN General Assembly. The president is accompanied by a high-profile delegation grouping Deputy Prime Minister Samir Mouqbel, ....
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Israeli police arrest Palestinian worker for encountering settlers' attempt to storm Al-Aqsa Mosque
Date: 2013-09-22 13:59:15 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:301335
RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (MENA) - The Israeli police arrested on Sunday Baha Abu Sabih, an employee at the Committee for the reconstruction of Al-Aqsa Mosque, for blocking an attempt by a group of settlers, led by extremist Yehuda Glick, to barge into the ....
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Syrian opposition says willing to attend Geneva talks
Date: 2013-09-22 13:54:22 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:301503
AMMAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - President of the opposition Syrian Coalition Ahmad Jarba said the group was ready to attend a proposed Geneva conference to end two and a half years of conflict in Syria if it aims to establish a transitional government with ....
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Salehi: Iran to take over first unit of Bushehr power plant tomorrow
Date: 2013-09-22 13:49:56 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:58 - ID:301722
TEHRAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - Ali Akbar Salehi, Iran's new atomic energy chief, said the Iranian contractor is to take over the first unit of the 1,000-megawatt nuclear power on September 23. Talking to IRNA on Sunday, he said that during the ....
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Russia confirms Syria’s militants control territories with chemical weapon arsenals - Lavrov
Date: 2013-09-22 13:37:07 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:301703
MOSCOW, Sept 22 (MENA) - Russia's information confirms the facts Syrian opposition’s militants control the territories with the chemical weapon arsenals, Itar Tass quoted Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov as saying. In an interview with ....
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Washington Post: The heroes inside Syria
Date: 2013-09-22 12:52:13 GMT - USA - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:301622
WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (MENA) - There are still good people in Aleppo — innocent, noncombatant civilians. Some are too poor or sick to flee; some refuse on principle to leave their homes.They face a difficult choice: Risk death, disease, starvation and ....
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Hundreds of settlers perform Jewish rituals in front of Buraq Wall
Date: 2013-09-22 12:11:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:34 - ID:301336
RAMALLAH, Sept 22 (MENA) - Hundreds of settlers performed on Sunday Jewish rituals in front of Al-Buraq Wall, in presence of Chief Rabbis David Lau and Yitzchak Yosef, the Palestinian news agency WAFA reported. Settlers are expected to storm ....
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Iranian nation ready for talks with West, President
Date: 2013-09-22 11:30:48 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:29 - ID:301354
TEHRAN, Sept 22 (MENA) - President Hassan Rohani stressed that the Iranian nation is ready for talks with the West with no preconditions, IRNA reported. The President made the remarks here Sunday morning while addressing a special ceremony at ....
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6 killed in separate attacks in Baghdad
Date: 2013-09-22 10:59:47 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:27 - ID:301319
BAGHDAD, Sept 22 (MENA) - Six people were killed in two separate attacks in north and northeastern Baghdad on Sunday, an Iraqi security source said. Unidentified gunmen shot dead four young men near a juice shop in al-Azamiya district in northern ....
