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Lebanon parliament fails to elect new president
Date: 2014-04-23 10:24:17 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:683367
Lebanon's Chamber of Deputies failed on Wednesday to elect a new president of the country in the first round of voting with none of the candidates receiving the two-thirds majority needed to win. Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea won 48 votes ....
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Parliament questions FM over Bentiu massacre
Date: 2014-04-23 09:45:09 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:683227
The Sudanese parliament summoned on Wednesday Foreign Minister Ali Kerti to question him over the massacre in South Sudanese city of Bentiu that left many Sudanese nationals dead. MP Mohamed Hamad al-Azreq told Al-Rai Al-Am newspaper out ....
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Syria raids border Lebanese town
Date: 2014-04-23 09:35:57 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:683193
A Syrian warplanes fired three rockets at the border Lebanese town of Arsal, according to a statement by the Lebanese army command on Wednesday. The rocket attack against the Sunni town took place on Tuesday but no casualties are ....
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Three Katyusha rockets shelled at Kirkuk airport
Date: 2014-04-23 09:25:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:25 - ID:683157
Three rockets were fired at Kirkuk airport on Wednesday, while unknown gunmen kidnapped a civilian from southeast Kirkuk and led him to unknown location, a security source in Kirkuk said. The source made it clear that three Katyusha rockets were ....
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Obasanjo leads peace mision to S. Sudan
Date: 2014-04-23 08:22:24 GMT - Nigeria - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:682993
An African Union Commission of Inquiry on South Sudan led by former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo started a 10-day mission to the country amidst renewed violence in parts of the country’s oil rich regions, The Punch newspaper reported ....
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Israeli gunboats open fire at Palestinian fishing boats in Gaza
Date: 2014-04-23 08:11:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:682960
Israeli gunboats on Wednesday opened machine gun fire at Palestinian fishing boats off the western coasts of Gaza and Northern Gaza Strip. Palestinian security sources said the Israeli occupation gunboats showered the Palestinian fishing boats in ....
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ISIL's senior leader killed in Anbar blast - ministry
Date: 2014-04-23 08:02:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:682933
The Iraqi Defense Ministry said Tuesday that a senior leader of the jihadist group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) was killed when an explosive device went off in his house in Al Anbar, about 110 kilometers west of Baghdad. According ....
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Basher eligible for running for presidency- NCP
Date: 2014-04-23 08:00:11 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:682928
Sudan's President Omar Al-Basher is eligible for running for another term of presidency, the ruling National Congress Party (NCP) has said. The NCP's regulations don't contradict with his running for another term in presidency, during the ....
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Fatah official briefs Egypt amb. on Palestinian updates
Date: 2014-04-23 07:56:23 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:682919
Member of the Central Committee of Fatah movement Abbas Zaki briefed Egypt's ambassador to Palestine Wael Nasruddin Attia on the internal situation in Palestine. Zaki discussed with the Egyptian diplomat the policies of the Israeli occupation ....
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Bouteflika thanks supporters
Date: 2014-04-23 07:51:32 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:682903
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika expressed thanks Tuesday to hundreds of thousands of people who cast their votes in the election staged on April 17. Bouteflika made the remarks in a written letter issued after announcing the results of ....
