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Catherine Ashton: Israeli settlement products to be labeled in EU by end of 2013

Date: 2013-07-23 14:56:53 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:40 - ID:212561

Palestine/EU Catherine Ashton: Israeli settlement products to be labeled in EU by end of 2013 RAMALLAH, July 23 (MENA) - The European Union plans to label the Israeli settlement products in the occupied Palestinian territories, exported ....

Turkish Customs: Investigations on smuggling arms to Yemen, Egypt completed

Date: 2013-07-23 14:43:41 GMT - Turkey - Middle East - SN:37 - ID:212483

Turkey/Investigations Turkish Customs: Investigations on smuggling arms to Yemen, Egypt completed ANKARA, July 23 (MENA) - Turkish Customs and Trade Ministry announced that it completed an investigation into claims that suggested Turkey ....

Egyptian diplomat: relations with Palestine strong

Date: 2013-07-23 14:28:56 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:35 - ID:212390

Palestine/Egypt Egyptian diplomat: relations with Palestine strong RAMALLAH, July 23 (WAFA) - Relations between the Egyptian and Palestinian people are strong and cannot be affected by any isolated voices who try to undermine those ties, ....

Dutch woman arrested for recruiting Syria fighters

Date: 2013-07-23 09:45:07 GMT - Netherlands - Middle East - SN:15 - ID:212036

Netherlands/Syria Dutch woman arrested for recruiting Syria fighters THE HAGUE, July 23 (MENA) - Dutch authorities have arrested a 19-year-old woman suspected of recruiting jihadists to fight alongside rebels in Syria, France 24 quoted a ....

EU Ministers Welcome Mideast Talks... EU/FMs, Brussels 2 last

Date: 2013-07-22 22:47:17 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:123 - ID:211723

EU Ministers Welcome Mideast Talks... EU/FMs, Brussels 2 last UK Foreign Secretary William Hague described the talks as "an important step forward," and called on the EU to support them "at every stage." "It's important... to show ....

EU Ministers Welcome Mideast Talks

Date: 2013-07-22 22:46:14 GMT - Belgium - Middle East - SN:122 - ID:211683

EU/FMs EU Ministers Welcome Mideast Talks BRUSSELS, July 22 (MENA) - European Union foreign ministers welcomed Monday US Secretary of State John Kerry's announcement that Middle East peace talks would soon resume, Wall Street Journal ....

No date set for Palestinian-Israeli meeting- spokesman

Date: 2013-07-22 21:12:33 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:110 - ID:211608

Palestine/Israel No date set for Palestinian-Israeli meeting- spokesman RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) – No date has been set to resume US-brokered direct negotiations between Palestinians and Israelis, said Palestinian Authority presidential ....

Iraq jailbreaks: Hundreds escape in Taji, Abu Ghraib

Date: 2013-07-22 20:04:18 GMT - Iraq - Middle East - SN:99 - ID:211536

Iraq/Prison Iraq jailbreaks: Hundreds escape in Taji, Abu Ghraib BAGHDAD, July 22 (MENA) - Hundreds of inmates have escaped from two Iraqi prisons after gunmen stormed two jails near Baghdad, the BBC reported. Fighting raged for ....

Israeli government decides to build new 1,500 housing units in West Bank

Date: 2013-07-22 15:52:09 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:68 - ID:210875

Palestine/Israel Israeli government decides to build new 1,500 housing units in West Bank RAMALLAH, July 22 (MEN) - Israel's government has okayed the building of new 1,500 housing units in the West Bank, Israeli news reports said Monday ....

Fatah underlines depth of Palestinian-Egyptian relations

Date: 2013-07-22 15:14:30 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:60 - ID:211066

Palestine/Egypt Fatah underlines depth of Palestinian-Egyptian relations RAMALLAH, July 22 (MENA) - Fatah's Revolutionary Council of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) reaffirmed on Monday the depth of relations between Egypt and ....