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  • PA to resort to int'l institutions if negotiations with Israel fail - minister

    PA to resort to int'l institutions if negotiations with Israel fail - minister

    Date: 2013-10-31 10:36:20 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:363839

    After its successful November UN status upgrade bid, Palestinian Minister of Palestinian Affairs Issa Karka unveiled that Palestine is ready to join more than 60 international organizations but will not go for this option unless the current ....

  • Palestinian youth killed by Israeli gunfire in WB

    Palestinian youth killed by Israeli gunfire in WB

    Date: 2013-10-31 08:28:52 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:363519

    A Palestinian youth was killed in clashes with Israeli occupation forces when they stormed Qabateya town south of Jenin in the north of the West Bank early Thursday. Ahmed Emad Tazaza received a gunshot in his chest and died in the hospital two ....

  • AL chief  meets head of Arab commission for human rights

    AL chief meets head of Arab commission for human rights

    Date: 2013-10-30 17:03:29 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:362822

    Arab League Secretary General Nabil el-Arabi met here Wednesday with head of the Arab commission for human rights Counselor Abdel-Rahman Youssef el-Awadi. During the meeting, the two sides discussed the human rights conditions in the Arab ....

  • Scores of Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque

    Scores of Jewish settlers storm Al-Aqsa mosque

    Date: 2013-10-30 15:18:07 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:57 - ID:362712

    Scores of Jewish settlers stormed Wednesday the precincts of Al-Aqsa Mosque from Bab el-Maghreba gate under the protection of Israeli occupation forces. Media Director of Al-Aqsa for Waqf and Heritage Foundation Mahmoud Abul Atta said some 30 ....

  • Police foil attempt to blow up tomb of former president Habib Bourguiba

    Police foil attempt to blow up tomb of former president Habib Bourguiba

    Date: 2013-10-30 11:32:08 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:361945

    The Tunisian police said Wednesday that they foiled an attempt to blow up the tomb of Habib Bourguiba, the first President of the Republic of Tunisia from July 25, 1957 to November 7, 1987, Al-Arabiya news channel reported, giving no further ....

  • Assad meets UN/Arab League envoy over Geneva 2 conference

    Assad meets UN/Arab League envoy over Geneva 2 conference

    Date: 2013-10-30 10:13:57 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:361917

    Syrian President Bashar Assad met on Wednesday with UN/Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi for talks on preparations for Geneva 2 conference on Syria, slated November 23-24. The conference, to be attended by the Syrian opposition, aims at finding a ....

  • Israeli PM approves 1,500 new housing units in East Jerusalem

    Israeli PM approves 1,500 new housing units in East Jerusalem

    Date: 2013-10-30 09:47:22 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:361845

    Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved tenders for the construction of 1,500 additional housing units in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, The Jerusalem Post newspaper reported Wednesday. He said the current owners of ....

  • Assad forces shell two districts in Damascus

    Assad forces shell two districts in Damascus

    Date: 2013-10-30 09:34:09 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:361808

    The Assad forces attacked Yarmouk and Assali districts of Damascus by warplanes and artillery on Wednesday at a time nearly 2,000 locals were finally allowed to leave besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiya. Supplies in Moadamiya had been running ....

  • Israel allows 300 trucks loaded with goods into Gaza Strip

    Israel allows 300 trucks loaded with goods into Gaza Strip

    Date: 2013-10-30 09:29:12 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:23 - ID:361799

    Israeli occupation forces allowed the entry of 300 trucks laden with commodities into the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom) crossing. In a press release on Wednesday, Head of the Coordination Committee for entry of goods in the Gaza ....

  • Abbas: No agreement with Israel untill all Palestinian prisoners released

    Abbas: No agreement with Israel untill all Palestinian prisoners released

    Date: 2013-10-30 09:17:36 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:19 - ID:361752

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas made it clear that there will be no agreement with Israel as long as there are Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Addressing a crowd on Wednesday on the occasion of the release of the second batch of ....

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