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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....
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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 ....