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Syrian Deputy prime minister fired for meeting US diplomat
Date: 2013-10-30 08:53:33 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:361681
Syria’s Deputy Prime Minister Qadri Jamil met with US Ambassador Robert Ford and appears to have now lost his job because the meeting was unauthorized by the Assad regime, the ABC News reported Tuesday. A U.S. official confirmed to ABC News that ....
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Yemen denies reports on attack on US embassy in Sanaa
Date: 2013-10-30 08:37:19 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:361647
Yemen has denied reports claiming that an attack took place near the US embassy in Sanaa, a well-paced security source said. In a press statement on Tuesday, the source said the sound heard in the area was that of fireworks displayed at a wedding ....
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Army officer injured in bombing in Baghdad
Date: 2013-10-29 16:32:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:360905
An Iraqi military officer was injured in a bomb blast in northern Baghdad. The explosive device was installed to a government vehicle, a security source said, adding that it went off earlier Tuesday as he was passing in Qaha neighborhood in ....
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FP: Baghdad burning ... (It's kind) of our fault
Date: 2013-10-29 16:30:00 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:46 - ID:360903
Two years after the last American combat troops left Iraq, the country is in flames. The violence raging there poses a serious policy challenge for the Obama administration -- and offers a cautionary tale of what could happen in Afghanistan if all ....
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Hamas rejects Palestinian-Israeli negotiations
Date: 2013-10-29 16:24:56 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:45 - ID:360900
The Palestinian people are committed to resistance in the face of Israeli occupation, says Hamas media spokesman in Lebanon Raafat Mora. Hamas rejects the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations and any other step that entails conceding the constant ....
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Plumbly: UN unaware of plan to bury Syria arms in Lebanon
Date: 2013-10-29 14:39:44 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:360750
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Derek Plumbly on Tuesday hailed the efforts exerted to contain the violence in the northern city of Tripoli and denied knowledge of reported plans to destroy Syria's chemical weapons in Lebanon. Following ....
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Israeli troops arrest 8 Palestinians
Date: 2013-10-29 13:58:39 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:32 - ID:360615
Israeli occupation forces arrested on Tuesday eight Palestinians after raiding a number of areas in the West Bank, Israeli security sources said. The sources claimed that all detainees are wanted by security authorities. ....
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7 people killed, injured in car bomb blast in Tikrit city
Date: 2013-10-29 12:10:17 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:13 - ID:360333
Seven persons were killed and injured when a booby-trapped car blast took place in Tuz Khormato neighborhood in Tikrit, in the center of Salahuddine Governorate, situated some 170 kilometers north of Baghdad, a security source said. The blast ....
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Kurdistan PM to visit Turkey next week
Date: 2013-10-29 10:07:40 GMT - Turkey - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:360014
Prime Minister of the Kurdistan Regional Government Nechirvan Barzani will embark on a visit to Turkey this week at an invitation from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyeb Erodgan, Turkey's NTV reported. During the visit, Barzani will meet with ....
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Ban says Syria to meet key chemical arms deadline
Date: 2013-10-29 06:06:12 GMT - United Nations - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:359588
Syria is on target to meet a looming deadline to destroy its chemical weapons production equipment, even though inspectors have yet to visit all sites, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Monday. "The functional destruction of the declared capacity of the ....
