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  • 56 killed, wounded in Iraq explosion

    56 killed, wounded in Iraq explosion

    Date: 2014-01-07 11:40:18 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:484358

    At least 56 people were killed and wounded Tuesday when a booby-trapped car exploded in Kirkuk, 250 kilometers north of Baghdad. The bombing, which occurred near a police station, left four people dead and 52 others, mostly policemen, wounded, a ....

  • 230 trucks allowed into Gaza

    230 trucks allowed into Gaza

    Date: 2014-01-07 10:00:45 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:484097

    Israeli occupation authorities on Tuesday decided to allow the entry of 230 trucks into the Gaza Strip via Kerem Abu Salem crossing. According to Raed Fattouh, the chairman of the coordination committee for the entry of goods into the Gaza Strip, ....

  • Egyptian citizen killed in armed attack in southern Baghdad

    Egyptian citizen killed in armed attack in southern Baghdad

    Date: 2014-01-07 09:30:10 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:484010

    An Egyptian citizen was killed Tuesday in an armed attack in southern Baghdad, an Iraqi security source said. Security forces immediately cordoned off the scene of the attack. The body was carried to the forensic medicine department. ....

  • Haniya, Abbas discuss disputes settlement over phone

    Haniya, Abbas discuss disputes settlement over phone

    Date: 2014-01-07 07:38:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:483702

    Hamas outgoing Prime Minister in the Gaza Strip Ismael Haniya discussed Monday means of stemming the internal division and reaching a national unity in a phone conversation with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who belongs to Fatah ....

  • Joint troops to be deployed between Sudan, S. Sudan to secure oil fields

    Joint troops to be deployed between Sudan, S. Sudan to secure oil fields

    Date: 2014-01-07 07:31:58 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:483685

    Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Karti said on Monday President Omar Al-Bashir and his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir Mayardit discussed during a summit in Juba the issue of deploying joint forces to secure the oil fields. Karti said that the ....

  • Jordan official: Netanyahu ready for land swap with Palestinians

    Jordan official: Netanyahu ready for land swap with Palestinians

    Date: 2014-01-06 19:20:53 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:75 - ID:483328

    A senior Jordanian politician said Monday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed willingness to a land transfer with the Palestinians, a plan touted Sunday by his foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, Ynet news said. The ....

  • 2 Kuwaiti decrees issued accepting some ministers' resignation, gov''t reshuffle

    2 Kuwaiti decrees issued accepting some ministers' resignation, gov''t reshuffle

    Date: 2014-01-06 16:38:28 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:68 - ID:483028

    Kuwaiti Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah issued two decrees on Monday accepting the resignation of seven ministers and reshuffling the current government, KUNA news agency reported. The ministers who submitted their resignations ....

  • Palestinian president, Kerry discuss Arab Peace Initiative by phone

    Palestinian president, Kerry discuss Arab Peace Initiative by phone

    Date: 2014-01-06 15:20:05 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:482899

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed, over the phone, with US Secretary of State John Kerry a planned meeting the top American diplomat will be having with the Arab Peace Initiative Follow-up Committee. Abbas and Kerry spoke about the ....

  • AL chief receives message from Abbas on talks with Kerry

    AL chief receives message from Abbas on talks with Kerry

    Date: 2014-01-06 15:13:19 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:482882

    Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi received on Monday a message from Palestinian President Mahmmoud Abbas about the outcome of the talks he held with US Secretary of State John Kerry. The message explained a draft framework of ....

  • Sadiq Mahdi: Brotherhood in Egypt failed to handle situation on ground

    Sadiq Mahdi: Brotherhood in Egypt failed to handle situation on ground

    Date: 2014-01-06 12:23:09 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:50 - ID:482406

    Head of the Sudanese National Umma Party al-Sadiq al-Mahdi said although the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt achieved a landslide victory in the elections, it failed to deal with the situation on the ground and committed fatal mistakes. In statements ....

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