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  • Italian reporter says Syria kidnappers treated him badly

    Date: 2013-09-10 14:49:14 GMT - Italy - Middle East - SN:66 - ID:282669

    Italy/Syria Italian reporter says Syria kidnappers treated him badly ROME, Sept 10 (MENA) - An Italian war reporter who was set free by his captives in Syria Sunday says he was ill-treated. “I was treated badly,” Domenico Quirico ....

  • Palestine-UAE talks on infrastructure projects

    Date: 2013-09-10 14:46:50 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:65 - ID:282536

    Palestine/UAE Palestine-UAE talks on infrastructure projects RAMALLAH, Sept 10 (MENA) - Palestinian Minister of Housing Maher Ghoneim had talks Tuesday with the head of the UAE Representative Office in Ramallah, Ahmed Teneiji, on means of ....

  • US envoy stresses keenness on keeping Lebanon away from Syrian crisis

    Date: 2013-09-10 14:45:51 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:64 - ID:282364

    Lebanon/US US envoy stresses keenness on keeping Lebanon away from Syrian crisis BEIRUT, Sept 10 (MENA) - New US Ambassador in Beirut David Hale underlined keenness on keeping Lebanon away from what is happening in neighboring conflict-hit ....

  • Hamas lashes out at Israel decision to allow Israelis pray in Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2013-09-10 14:28:34 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:62 - ID:282661

    Palestine/Hamas/Condemnation Hamas lashes out at Israel decision to allow Israelis pray in Aqsa mosque GAZA CITY, Sept 10 (MENA) - The Palestinian movement Hamas strongly condemned on Tuesday Israel's decision to allow Israelis to pray in ....

  • Israeli navy seize Gaza fishing boats

    Date: 2013-09-10 13:57:38 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:54 - ID:282261

    Palestine/Israel Israeli navy seize Gaza fishing boats GAZA CITY, Sept 10 (MENA) – Israeli navy forces seized two Palestinian fishing boats off Rafah shores in the southern Gaza Strip on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said. The boats had nobody ....

  • Fabius: France to present UNSC draft resolution for handing over Syrian chemical arms

    Date: 2013-09-10 13:17:02 GMT - France - Middle East - SN:41 - ID:282365

    France/Syria Fabius: France to present UNSC draft resolution for handing over Syrian chemical arms PARIS, Sept 10 (MENA) - French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said his country will present a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) draft ....

  • Israeli occupation forces arrest 6 Palestinians from Al-Quds, release 4 others

    Date: 2013-09-10 12:36:01 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:36 - ID:282298

    Palestine-Arrests Israeli occupation forces arrest 6 Palestinians from Al-Quds, release 4 others GAZA CITY, Sept 10 (MENA) - The Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday six Palestinian youths from Sawana district, east of the Old City ....

  • Intl experts have strong proof images of chemical victims fabricated - Moscow

    Date: 2013-09-10 12:18:22 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:33 - ID:282366

    Russia-Syria Intl experts have strong proof images of chemical victims fabricated - Moscow MOSCOW, Sept 10 (MENA) - Footage and photos of the alleged chemical attack in Syria, which the US cites as the reason for a planned military ....

  • Roman Catholic patriarch calls on Arab leaders to avoid strike on Syria

    Date: 2013-09-10 11:46:12 GMT - Lebanon - Middle East - SN:30 - ID:282293

    Lebanon/Syria Roman Catholic patriarch calls on Arab leaders to avoid strike on Syria BEIRUT, Sept 10 (MENA) -Roman Catholic Patriarch of Antakya Gregorius III called on Arab kings and presidents to avoid a US strike on Syria, saying it ....

  • 11 killed, wounded in Baquba blasts

    Date: 2013-09-10 11:11:46 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:23 - ID:282209

    Iraq/Blasts 11 killed, wounded in Baquba blasts BAGHDAD, Sept 10 (MENA) – At least 11 people were killed and wounded in two blasts caused by explosive devices in near Baquba, 55 kilometers northeast Baghdad, a security source said. He ....

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