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Lebanon's army arrests 12 gunmen east of Arsal
Date: 2014-08-18 08:39:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:879136
Lebanese army troops arrested 12 gunmen in a checkpoint, east of Arsal, the National News Agency reported. Those arrested are suspected of belonging a group that mounted attacks on the military nearly three weeks ago. ....
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Jordan King says reform drive based on national priorities
Date: 2014-08-18 08:25:39 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:879104
Jordanian King Abdullah II, on Sunday, met with the parliamentary National Accord Bloc at Husseiniyyeh Palace as part of a series of meetings with house members to discuss domestic issues, Petra news agency reported. He said the Kingdom's ....
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Morocco goes on high alert over terror threats
Date: 2014-08-18 08:23:30 GMT - Morocco - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:879101
Morocco has put its security services on high alert while the army expanded military units and missile batteries in strategic sites in some cities. In statements to Sky News, local sources attributed the current security alert to concerns of the ....
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Sisi, Abbas to discuss Palestinian developments Saturday
Date: 2014-08-18 08:19:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:14 - ID:879087
Palestinian Ambassador in Cairo Gamal Shobky said that President Mahmoud Abbas will hold talks with Egypt's President Abdel Fattah El Sisi to discuss the latest developments in the Palestinian lands and ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. Abbas will ....
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Gaza death toll hits 2,016 - Health Ministry
Date: 2014-08-18 08:13:50 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:879057
The Palestinian Health Ministry said Sunday the death toll from the Israeli aggression on the Gaza Strip rose to 2,016 including 541 children and 250 women. Health ministry spokesman Ashraf al-Qadra said more than 10,139 Palestinians were injured ....
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Independent Kurdish state would destabilize region - German FM
Date: 2014-08-18 08:12:51 GMT - Germany - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:879079
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has warned against the formation of an independent Kurdish state, saying this would risk further destabilising the region, DW reported. "An independent Kurdish state would further destabilize the ....
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S. Korea completes evacuation of citizens from Libya
Date: 2014-08-18 07:50:23 GMT - south korea - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:879028
With a South Korean Navy destroyer carrying its last batch of South Korean citizens out of Libya on Sunday, the country completed its evacuation mission in the war-ravaged African country, a foreign ministry official said, Yonhap news agency ....
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Kurds retake key Iraq dam
Date: 2014-08-18 07:02:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:878934
Iraqi Kurdish fighters backed by US warplanes retook the country's largest dam from militants on Sunday, the BBC news reported. The recapture of Mosul dam marks the biggest major prize clawed back from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ....
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3 injured Palestinians arrive in Egypt for treatment
Date: 2014-08-18 06:56:59 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:878918
Three Palestinian injured in the Israeli war on the Gaza Strip arrived Sunday in Egypt via Rafah border crossing to receive treatment at Egyptian hospitals, undersecretary of the Ministry of Health in North Sinai Tareq Khater said. The Egypt-Gaza ....
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Iraqi PM: Effeciency necessary for new ministers
Date: 2014-08-17 14:45:54 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:878373
Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi said on Sunday that he would depend on efficiency, integrity and experience when choosing the ministers of the new cabinet. The minister's platform would be taken into consideration as well, Abadi ....
