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Palestinian consenus govt to be announced Monday
Date: 2014-05-31 08:00:33 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:752792
The formation of the Palestinian national consensus government will be announced on Monday, according to a source with the Palestine Liberation Organization. Obstacles countered the announcement of the government in the past days were removed ....
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Car explodes in Lebanese town
Date: 2014-05-31 07:11:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:752703
A car bombing rocked the eastern Lebanese town of Bekaa in Arsal on Saturday. The explosion only resulted in material damage. The blast was caused by a silver Kia vehicle. ....
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Iran asks Yemen for greater cooperation on fate of kidnapped diplomat
Date: 2014-05-31 06:16:19 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:752610
Iranian foreign minister in a meeting with his Yemeni counterpart asked for Sana’a’s more serious efforts in pursuing the fate of the abducted Iranian diplomat in Yemen, IRNA news agency reported on Friday. Mohammad Javad Zarif in his meeting ....
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Vatican Pope decries suffering in Syria
Date: 2014-05-31 06:12:14 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:752598
Vatican Pope Francis issued another appeal against "the globalisation of indifference," which is growing amid the "daily victims" and "untold suffering" of the Syrian people. In his message, the Holy Father calls on international institutions, ....
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Vatican: Abbas, Peres prayer meeting on June 8
Date: 2014-05-30 10:48:08 GMT - Vatican - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:751630
Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will join Pope Francis for an afternoon prayer at the Vatican on June 8, ABC quoted Vatican sources as saying. In a brief statement, the Vatican said both sides accepted the ....
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Libya PM: Won't be involved in civil war
Date: 2014-05-30 07:08:31 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:751264
Interim Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni asserted Thursday the government would not get involvement in an action leading to a civil war in Libya. Speaking to a local satellite channel, al-Thinni highlighted efforts to combat terrorism despite ....
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Israel nabs 3 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza coast
Date: 2014-05-28 12:18:01 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:52 - ID:748343
Israeli forces arrested on Wednesday three Palestinian fishermen off Rafah shores in the southern Gaza strip. Nizar Ayyash, spokesperson for the Gaza fisherman's union, said Israel's naval forces detained Ibrahim Khamis Murad, Khamis Ibrahim ....
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10 Turkmen killed, injured in Tikrit blast
Date: 2014-05-28 09:05:53 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:747597
Four Turkmen citizens were killed and six others were injured Wednesday after explosive devices targeted their houses in Salahuddin province, 170 km north of Baghdad. A security source said that unidentified people exploded a number of explosive ....
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State Department calls for all US citizens to leave Libya
Date: 2014-05-28 07:31:42 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:747557
The State Department has urged all U.S. citizens to immediately leave Libya due to security concerns, Fox News reported. The evacuation warning came shortly after the USS Bataan, with about 1,000 Marines aboard, sailed into the Mediterranean Sea ....
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House of Libya's new PM under attack: Local TV
Date: 2014-05-27 10:09:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:745993
The house of Libya's new Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq came under attack late Monday, a local television reported on Tuesday. RPG rockets were fired at the house, but no casualties were reported so far, the television reported. Libya's new ....