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official: forming unified palestinain delegation subject to Israel's approval to ceasefire
Date: 2014-07-30 13:21:14 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:53 - ID:850687
RAMALLAH, July 30 (MENA) - Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Saleh Raafat said on Wednesday that forming a unified Palestinian delegation to Cairo is contingent on Israel's readiness to declare ....
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Lebanon's Maronite Patriarch greets Muslims on Eidul-Fitr
Date: 2014-07-30 13:12:59 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:850867
BEIRUT, July 30 (MENA) - Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi extended greetings to Muslims all over the world on the occasion of Eidul-Fitr (Lesser Bairam). He wished also stability and prosperity for Lebanon and the Middle East. (MENA) NA/AS ....
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Libyan govt calls for immediate ceasefire in Benghazi
Date: 2014-07-30 13:12:24 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:51 - ID:850870
TRIPOLI, July 30 (MENA) - The interim Libyan government has called for an immediate ceasefire in Benghazi. All army units must stop the fighting, the government said in a statement on Wednesday. It urged the Shura Council of Benghazi ....
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Palestinian PM calls on Blair to press Israel to end Gaza offensive
Date: 2014-07-30 13:12:20 GMT - palestine - Middle East - SN:50 - ID:850771
RAMALLAH, July 30(MENA) - Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah called on Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair to step up pressure on Israel to end its offensive on the Gaza Strip. He called on the former British prime minister to ask Israel to ....
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Awqaf ministry lodges compliant against Azhar professor for taking pulpit without permit
Date: 2014-07-30 13:08:29 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:49 - ID:850770
CAIRO, July 30 (MENA) - Awqaf Ministry lodged a complaint against a professor at Faculty of Theology, Azhar University for taking the pulpit in a mosque in New Cairo, without getting a permission from the ministry. In a statement Wednesday, the ....
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Mufti adviser launches campaign to correct vision about Islam in NY
Date: 2014-07-30 13:03:35 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:48 - ID:850768
CAIRO, July 30 (MENA) - The adviser to the Egyptian mufti, Ibrahim Negm, has launched an international campaign in New York to change the negative vision about Islam in the US. The campaign is meant to improve Americans' understanding of Islam ....
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Israel announces brief cease-fire after shelling UN school
Date: 2014-07-30 12:49:01 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:47 - ID:850767
GAZA CITY, July 30 (MENA) - Israel has announced a four-hour humanitarian cease-fire in some areas of the Gaza Strip, in the wake of an Israeli tank attack on a United Nations-run school in the Gaza Strip that killed at least 15 people, the Voice Of ....
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Russian newspaper: New Russian weapons arrive to Iraq
Date: 2014-07-30 12:41:11 GMT - Russia - Middle East - SN:46 - ID:850765
MOSCOW, July 30 (MENA) – Russian Vedomosti Newspaper reported on Wednesday that a fresh batch of Russian weapons has arrived to Iraq. The Iraqi delegation, which paid a visit to Russia last week, signed up to one-billion dollar contracts relating ....
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Shoukry, Kerry discuss Gaza on phone
Date: 2014-07-30 12:39:19 GMT - Egypt - Egypt - SN:45 - ID:850802
CAIRO, July 30 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and US Secretary of State John Kerry discussed over phone Wednesday the latest developments in the Palestinian territories. The top diplomats agreed to have other telephone conversations and ....
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Israel disappointed over Latin America ambassadors recalling
Date: 2014-07-30 12:38:28 GMT - Israel - Middle East - SN:44 - ID:850777
GAZA CITY, July 30 (MENA) - Israel has expressed deep disappointment after Salvador, Chile and Peru recalled their ambassadors in Tel Aviv for questioning about Israeli war on Gaza. In a statement on Wednesday, the Israeli foreign ministry ....