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Israel allows 1,000 tons of cement into Gaza Strip
Date: 2014-02-04 15:32:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:537442
Israel has approved the entry of 1,000 tons of cement to the Gaza Strip in the wake of bad weather conditions that destroyed several houses on December 11-14, Palestinian sources said Tuesday. The Palestinian and Israel sides held a meeting on ....
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US nationals warned against traveling to Israel, West Bank, Gaza Strip
Date: 2014-02-04 14:47:09 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:40 - ID:537343
The US State Department has warned its nationals against traveling to Israel, the West Bank and Gaza Strip. The Department, in a statement published on its website, warned government officials from using public transportation in Israeli ....
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Curfew imposed on some areas in Anbar province
Date: 2014-02-04 13:11:01 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:537105
Iraqi security forces imposed on Tuesday a curfew on some areas of the city of Ramadi in Iraq’s Anbar province, west of the capital Baghdad. The curfew aims at launching a manhunt in the Sunni heartland of Anbar province to arrest insurgents in ....
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Palestinian minister eyes to promote economic cooperation with Egypt
Date: 2014-02-04 13:04:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:537089
Palestinian Minister of National Economy Jawad Naji has urged to promote economic cooperation with Egypt. "We are looking forward to enhancing economic and trade cooperation with Egypt in the coming period," Naji told MENA reporter here. He ....
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Lebanon suicide bomber "aimed at Southern Beirut suburb" -- minister
Date: 2014-02-04 08:16:37 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:536372
Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said on Tuesday that the suicide bomber who blew himself up in Choueifat area was intended to target the Southern suburb of Beirut of the Shiite majority. Asked if the bomber has links with Salafist ....
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Netanyahu slams Abbas for refusal to recognize 'Jewish state'
Date: 2014-02-03 20:27:14 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:536004
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that it is "absurd" to expect a peace deal with the Palestinians without the recognition of Israel as a "Jewish state", the Haaretz reported. Speaking at a meeting of his Likud party, ....
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UN-AL deputy joint special representative resigns
Date: 2014-02-03 18:41:23 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:535858
United Nations and League of Arab States Deputy Joint Special Representative Nasser al-Kidwa has confirmed to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon his intention to leave his current position, effective this week, the UN News Center said on Monday. ....
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Suicide bomber blows up passenger van in Beirut: minister
Date: 2014-02-03 18:38:11 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:66 - ID:535850
Lebanese Interior Minister Marwan Charbel said a suicide bomber has blown himself up in a passenger van in the Druze-dominant district of Chouifat, southern the capital Beirut, on Monday. Human body parts were found in the scene said to be of ....
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Zebari, Steinmeier probe joint relations
Date: 2014-02-03 17:00:02 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:56 - ID:535730
Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari discussed on Monday with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier over the phone the latest political and security developments in Iraq and the region as well as the repercussions of the Syrian crisis on ....
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Yemeni president leaves Kuwait after several-hour visit
Date: 2014-02-03 16:58:18 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:54 - ID:535728
Yemeni President Abd Rabuh Mansur Hadi and his accompanying delegation left here after a several-hour visit to Kuwait. Earlier today, the Yemeni and Kuwaiti sides held discussions that took up means of promoting brotherly bilateral relations as ....