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Arab League chief asserts importance of next summit
Date: 2014-03-17 10:21:15 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:614117
Arab League chief Nabil el-Arabi asserted on Monday the importance of the next Arab summit in Kuwait. In statements to reporters, Arabi said there is a severe need to set the stage ahead of the summit. Asked about Qatar, he said that the ....
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4 killed, 10 injured in Lebanon blast
Date: 2014-03-17 07:56:28 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:613649
Four people were killed and 10 others were injured when a car bomb went off in a town in Beqaa in northeastern Lebanon on Sunday in a semi-final toll. The booby-trapped car was driven by a suicide man who crossed the border from Syria, said the ....
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3 militants killed in Yemen explosion
Date: 2014-03-17 07:54:11 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:613695
Security officials in Yemen said three alleged al-Qaida operatives have accidentally blown themselves up while outfitting a car with explosives in preparation for an operation in the southern Yemeni province of Shabwa, ABC news reported ....
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Palestinian president holds talks with John Kerry
Date: 2014-03-17 07:33:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:613631
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas held talks Sunday with US Secretary of State John Kerry. The talks are meant to prepare for a planned meeting between Abbas and US President Barack Obama at the White House tomorrow. A number of senior ....
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Sudan to legalize status of rebel movements
Date: 2014-03-17 07:25:26 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:613618
Sudan's presidency has ordered the Defense Ministry to legalize the status of dissident movements and coordinate with any peace-seeking group in Nyala city, the capital of South Darfur state. It also called upon the holding out rebel movements to ....
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Human rights key to peace in Arab world - AL
Date: 2014-03-16 12:38:25 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:612497
Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Araby underlined the importance of protecting and promoting human rights as the key to peace and sustainable development in the Arab world. Addressing a ceremony held Sunday to mark the revival of the "Arab ....
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8 Daash operatives killed in Al Anbar
Date: 2014-03-16 11:02:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:612218
Eight operatives of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, known as Daash, were killed by Iraqi security forces in Al Anbar governorate, the Iraqi Interior Ministry said on Sunday. The forces also destroyed a terrorist hotbed, the ministry ....
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Lebanese military member killed in bomb attack in Tripoli
Date: 2014-03-16 09:15:43 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:11 - ID:611904
A Lebanese army man was killed when a bomb was thrown on a personnel carrier in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli, according to a statement by the Lebanese army. Armed elements from Tripoli threw a bomb at the carrier on Saturday, killing the ....
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Israel reopens Kerm Abu Salem to allow fuel to Gaza power stations
Date: 2014-03-16 09:08:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:611911
The Israeli occupation forces on Sunday reopened Kerm Abu Salem crossing to allow fuel into Gaza power plants. Head of Raed Fattouh, the head of the committee for the import of goods, said the crossing will be opened to allow fuel needed for the ....
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Syria army gains new ground in Yabroud
Date: 2014-03-16 07:46:37 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:611734
he Syrian army has made fresh gains in its battle against foreign-backed militants in the town of Yabroud in Damascus countryside, Press TV reported. Many parts of the southwestern town are now under control of the Syrian forces, but the battle ....