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Finland follows up inter-Palestinian rapprochement: FM
Date: 2014-05-12 09:48:09 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:31 - ID:716630
Finland's Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja renewed support for an Arab League initiative for peace with Israel. The initiative envisions comprehensive and just peace in the region, Tuomioja told Okaz of Saudi Arabia in an interview. He said his ....
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Arab League lashes out at 'racial' Israeli bill on prisoners
Date: 2014-05-12 09:44:34 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:716617
The Arab League expressed concern on Monday over a draft law in Israel that bans the release of Palestinian prisoners. "It's very dangerous bill," Mohamed Sobeih, the assistant chief of the pan-Arab body for Palestine, said. The bill grants ....
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Israel allows 290 trucks into Gaza Strip
Date: 2014-05-12 09:40:47 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:716604
Israeli forces decided on Monday to allow 290 trucks into Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem crossing. The trucks are loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors as well as aid supplies, said Raed Fattouh, Chairman of the ....
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Libya court head survives assassination attempt
Date: 2014-05-12 09:39:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:716594
A Libyan court head survived an assassination attempt in Dernah city on Monday, a local spokesman said. Judge Abel-Aziz al-Trapolsy was critically wounded when gunmen opened fire at him near his house in Bab Shehah. He underwent two surgeries ....
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Libyan PM-designate terms foreign interfering in Libya as "unacceptable"
Date: 2014-05-12 09:06:01 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:22 - ID:716487
Libyan Prime Minister-designate Ahmed Maiteeq termed any foreign interference in Libyan affairs as "unacceptable". In statements to Al-Nabaa news channel Sunday, Maiteeq eliminated that the international community would interfere. ....
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Israel allows Gazans to visit relatives in Rimon prison
Date: 2014-05-12 08:11:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:716383
Israeli occupation authorities allowed on Monday dozens of prisoners' relatives in the Gaza Strip to visit them in Rimon prison in Negev, south Israel. Some 77 family members of the prisoners, including 10 children under the age of ten, went ....
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3 MB-affiliated clerics suspended in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-05-12 08:10:16 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:716381
Saudi Arabia suspended three mosque imams for ever for their affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood and their contact with the group members in other Arab countries, Okaz newspaper out Monday reported. The trio will not be allowed to lead ....
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Six Qaeda operatives killed in Yemen
Date: 2014-05-12 08:09:24 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:716379
Six al-Qaeda militants were killed in an air strike over eastern the capital, tribal sources said on Monday. The air raid was carried out by a drone, the sources said as quoted by Radio France Internationale. No further details were available. ....
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79 killed in violent actions Sunday
Date: 2014-05-12 08:05:53 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:716364
Seventy-nine people were killed Sunday in violence in different parts of Syria, said the Local Coordination Committees of Syria. Free army groups targeted an air base in Rif Dimashq, causing human and material losses, activists said. ....
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AL chief to head for Saudi Arabia Monday
Date: 2014-05-11 15:49:16 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:715650
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi will head for Saudi Arabia on Monday to take part in the first Economic Forum and Arab Cooperation with Central Asia and Azerbaijan, slated for Tuesday. This is the first meeting to be held in ....
