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Saudi Arabia confirms 13 deaths in Madina hotel fire
Date: 2014-02-09 09:55:45 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:15 - ID:545141
Imarat Al-Madina Al-Munawara confirmed that 13 pilgrims died in Ishraq Al-Madina Hotel on Saturday. Egyptian Consul in Jeddah Adel el-Alfi has earlier said that eight Egyptians are among the dead in the fire. The other dead include one ....
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6 Iraqi policemen killed in armed attack in Tikrit
Date: 2014-02-09 09:54:37 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:544851
Six Iraqi policemen were killed in an armed attack on a checkpoint in eastern Tikrit, 170km north of the capital, on Sunday, an Iraqi security source said. Unidentified gunmen driving modern cars attacked the checkpoint then fled away, the source ....
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250 trucks allowed into Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2014-02-09 08:03:19 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:544866
Israeli occupation authorities on Sunday decided to allow the entry of 250 trucks loaded with goods into the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Abu Salem crossing, south east of the strip. Raed Fattouh, the Chairman of the coordination committee for the ....
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Two Palestinians wounded in Israeli bombing of central Gaza
Date: 2014-02-09 07:51:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:6 - ID:544849
Two Palestinians were wounded, one critically, in an Israeli bombing of a motorcycle in central Gaza Strip on Sunday, Palestinian sources said. An Israeli reconnaissance plane fired one rocket at the motorcycle near Al-Aqsa Martyrs hospital in ....
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197 killed in Saturday violence in Syria
Date: 2014-02-09 07:01:51 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:544768
As many as 197 people were killed in different parts of the unrest-hit Syria on Saturday, Sky news reported. Syrian activists said pro-Assad forces bombed Aleppo with barrel bombs, causing loud explosions and killing scores. ....
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UN 'undeterred' by Homs aid convoy attack
Date: 2014-02-09 06:57:51 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:544762
UN humanitarian chief Valerie Amos has insisted that the UN and aid agencies will not be deterred by Saturday's attack on a convoy bringing supplies into the Syrian city of Homs. Baroness Amos said, in a statement, she was sad that a three-day ....
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Complain should be filed to UN Security Council over Syrian border aggression- Rifi
Date: 2014-02-08 16:44:48 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:544201
A defeatist Lebanese government caving in to Syrian aggression must complain instead to the UN Security Council, the National News Agency cited former Internal Security Chief Gen. Ashraf Rifi as saying. The whole length of the borderline ....
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8 Iraqi police officers, Sahwa elements killed, injured in 2 separate incidents
Date: 2014-02-08 15:06:46 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:44 - ID:544058
Eight Iraqi police officers and Sahwa elements were killed and injured in two separate incidents in Baghdad Saturday. A roadside bomb planted in northern Baghdad went on Saturday when a police patrol was passing, a matter which killed a police ....
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Iraqi army officer killed, 11 inured in IED blast
Date: 2014-02-08 13:17:15 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:39 - ID:543836
An Iraqi army officer was killed, while 11 others were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off and targeted a military patrol in northern Babel province, a security source said. The IED, planted on the road, exploded Saturday, ....
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1 killed, 6 injured in twin blasts in Saladin province in Iraq
Date: 2014-02-08 11:57:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:543686
One citizen was killed and six others were injured in two separate blasts on Saturday in the Saladin province, north Baghdad, a security source said. The first explosion has targeted a popular market in Touz District, resulted in one killed and ....
