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210 Palestinian children held in Israeli jails
Date: 2013-09-21 12:13:08 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:32 - ID:299882
GAZA CITY, Sept 21 (MENA) - The Israeli authorities detain as many as 210 Palestinian children in its jails, said Ahrar Center for Prisoners Studies and Human Rights. In a press release Saturday, the center's chief Fuad al-Khuffash urged the UN ....
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UN official dismayed at Israeli obstruction of humanitarian aid for Palestinians
Date: 2013-09-21 11:56:17 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:25 - ID:299875
CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) - A senior United Nations relief official today expressed deep concern that Israeli forces prevented the provision of humanitarian assistance to a Palestinian community in urgent need in the occupied West Bank. Israeli ....
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Two Africans arrested while trying to sneak into Israel via Sinai borders
Date: 2013-09-21 11:54:50 GMT - Egypt - Middle East - SN:24 - ID:299708
CAIRO, Sept 21 (MENA) – The Central Security Forces arrested on Saturday two Africans while trying to infiltrate into Israel via international borders in Sinai. Security forces in central Sinai, in charge of monitoring the border area, exchanged ....
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Iraqi official warns of repercussions of Syrian crisis on security of Iraq, region
Date: 2013-09-21 11:38:10 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:299803
BAGHDAD, Sept 21 (MENA) - Chairman of the Foreign Relations Commission of the Iraqi Parliament Hamam Hamoudi warned of the repercussions of the Syrian crisis on the security in Iraq and the region, especially when armed extremist groups assumed ....
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Israel bans access of Palestinian farmers to lands
Date: 2013-09-21 11:36:46 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:22 - ID:299806
RAMALLAH, Sept 21 (MENA) – Israeli occupation forces prevented villagers in Jenin, northern the West Bank, whose lands are located behind the separation wall, from entering their olive farms two weeks ahead of the harvest season. Israel turned ....
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US defense secretary invites his Libyan counterpart to visit Washington - paper
Date: 2013-09-21 11:36:01 GMT - Libya - Middle East - SN:21 - ID:299710
TRIPOLI, Sept 21 (MENA) – US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel invited his Libyan counterpart Abdullah Al-Thini to visit Washington that is willing to offer Libya all necessary assistance. Libyan newspaper “Ajgwaa Al-Belad” quoted Spokesman for the ....
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Ashrawi condemns Israeli assaults on foreign diplomats during aid dispatch
Date: 2013-09-21 10:58:22 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:20 - ID:299706
RAMALLAH, Sept 21 (MENA) – Hanan Ashrawi, member of the executive committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), has strongly condemned the Israeli aggression on a French diplomat who was part of a European aid mission in the demolished ....
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1,252 Syrian refugees enter Jordan, 232 return home
Date: 2013-09-21 10:09:03 GMT - Jordan - Middle East - SN:17 - ID:299669
AMMAN, Sept 21 (MENA) - As many as 1,252 Syrian refugees crossed into the Jordanian borders yesterday, while 232 others returned home voluntarily, said Director of the Department of the Syrian refugee camps in Jordan Brigadier Wadah al-Hamoud on ....
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Iranian, Indonesian FMs discuss international developments
Date: 2013-09-21 09:57:45 GMT - Iran - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:299676
TEHRAN, Sept 21 (MENA) - Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and his Indonesian counterpart Raden Mohammad Marty Muliana Natalegawa have discussed the latest international and regional issues as well as bilateral ties, Press TV reported ....
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FSA demands foreign fighters to leave Syria
Date: 2013-09-21 09:16:27 GMT - Syria - Middle East - SN:10 - ID:299588
DAMASCUS, Sept 21 (MENA) – The Free Syrian Army demanded all foreign combatants to leave the country, saying the Syrian people will decide their own future. Speaking to Sky News, FSA media official Fahd al-Masry said such radical groups are not ....
