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Quake measuring 5.1 on Richer scale hits northern UAE
Date: 2014-05-27 09:30:14 GMT - United Arab Emirates - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:745901
The National Center for Meteorology and Seismology in Abu Dhabi said a quake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale occurred near Iran’s Qeshm island at 9.44am. The quake occurred around 120km from Ras Al Khaimah, which is located at the northern tip ....
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Iraq using barrel bombs, hitting Fallujah hospital: HRW
Date: 2014-05-27 06:43:01 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:745441
Iraq's government is dropping barrel bombs and may also be targeting a hospital in its battle with militants in Fallujah, the Human Rights Watch said. The New York-based rights watchdog also said abuses committed by the powerful Islamic State of ....
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Sudanese prosecution issues gag order on al-Sadiq al-Mahdi case
Date: 2014-05-26 17:28:19 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:744957
Reporting on the case of former prime minister of Sudan and the head of the National Umma Party (NUP), al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, is prohibited until investigations end, Sudanese prosecution said. Defending the gag order, head of the state security ....
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Stability in South Sudan to contribute to business contacts - Lavrov
Date: 2014-05-26 16:19:42 GMT - Russia - Arab world - SN:77 - ID:744804
Russia and South Sudan have agreed that lasting peace and stability in South Sudan is a prerequisite for further expansion of relations in the trade, economic and other fields, according to ITAR TASS news agency. The talks with South Sudanese ....
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Israel allows Gazans to visit jailed relatives in Beersheba prison
Date: 2014-05-26 08:36:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:743253
Israeli occupation authorities have allowed scores of Gazans to visit their sons jailed in Beersheba prison in the Negev desert, southern Israel. Some 30 families of Gaza prisoners including, three kids under the age of ten, headed for Beit ....
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Jebril urges Libyans to back Haftar's ani-Islamist operation
Date: 2014-05-26 06:57:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:742880
Former Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jebril urged on Monday the Libyan people to back the Operation Dignity led by retired general Khalifa Haftar to crush Islamists and militants. Jebril, who served as prime minister during the 2011 uprising ....
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Libya's GNC approves Maiteeq's government
Date: 2014-05-26 06:22:47 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:742747
Libya's General National Congress approved on Sunday Ahmed Maiteeq's government by 83 votes from 99 who attended the session. ....
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Palestinian official warns of unilateral action in WB
Date: 2014-05-26 06:19:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:742732
Secretary General of the PLO Executive Committee Yasser Abd Rabu has warned of unilateral action to be taken by Israel in West Bank, the US-funded Radio Sawa reported. In statements, Israeli Prime Benjamin Netanyahu threaten to unilaterally ....
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Sudanese president pledges to release Sadiq al-Mahdi
Date: 2014-05-25 10:45:03 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:741496
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir promised on Sunday to set free head of the opposition National Umma Party (NUP) Sadiq al-Mahdi in the coming few days. He also promised to reconsider the verdict handed down against Doctor Mariam Yahya Ibrahim ....
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Pope Francis: Time ripe to end ME conflict
Date: 2014-05-25 10:39:48 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:741475
Pope Francis of Vatican on Sunday underlined the importance of ending the Middle East conflict which he termed as "increasingly unacceptable". The pope's remarks were made at a press conference held at the Palestinian presidential palace in ....
