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71 killed by pro-Assad forces on first day of Eid - coordination committees
Date: 2013-10-16 08:37:31 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:5 - ID:340198
At least 71 people were killed by Assad loyalists on the first day of Eidual Adha, according to the Syrian coordination committees. A number of mortar shells fell on al-Hama area in the capital while Qaboon neighborhood in eastern Damascus was ....
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IMF urges Yemen to help itself
Date: 2013-10-16 08:36:09 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:4 - ID:340195
Yemen needs to do more at home to support its political transformation because donor support is slow to develop, the International Monetary Fund said. Yemeni President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi took power in 2012 after longtime President Ali ....
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US urges probe into Sudan deaths of UN peacekeepers
Date: 2013-10-16 08:25:36 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:1 - ID:340181
The United States on Tuesday called on Sudan to investigate the killings of three UN peacekeepers in an ambush in the troubled western Darfur region. Three Senegalese troops died, and a fourth was wounded, when a water convoy they were escorting ....
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Bag of explosives wounds many in Benghazi
Date: 2013-10-15 16:27:36 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:339822
Scores of Libyans were injured on Tuesday when a bag full of explosives went off near a medical unit in Benghazi city. According to a security source, the explosives bag was planted by unknown insurgents near the medical unit. ....
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Palestine urges intl agencies to protect refugees in Syria
Date: 2013-10-14 17:35:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:65 - ID:338727
Spokesman for the Palestinian government Ihab Bseiso called on international human rights organizations to shoulder their responsibilities in protecting Palestinian refugees in Syria. The government is following up the tragedy of the ....
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Iran's Zarif leaves Tehran to attend Geneva talks
Date: 2013-10-14 17:33:40 GMT - Iran - Arab world - SN:64 - ID:338723
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has left Tehran for the Swiss city of Geneva to take part in negotiations with six major world powers over the country’s nuclear energy program. The top Iranian diplomat is leading a high-ranking ....
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Kerry calls for holding peace conf. on Syria as soon as possible
Date: 2013-10-14 17:26:22 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:338715
US Secretary of State John Kerry has said a peace conference should be held in Geneva as soon as possible to set up an interim government. "There has to be a transition government in Syria to permit the possibility of peace," the BBC quoted ....
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Syria chemical weapons: OPCW plea for short ceasefires
Date: 2013-10-14 17:23:47 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:338713
The head of the body tasked with destroying Syria's chemical weapons says fighting is preventing access to some sites through rebel-held areas. Ahmet Uzumcu, of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, called for local, ....
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Libya PM promises to reveal names of 5 lawmakers involved in his abduction
Date: 2013-10-14 11:52:06 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:49 - ID:338273
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan promised on Monday to uncover the names of five legislators who were implicated in his kidnap last week. In statements, he said he will reveal their names before the parliament. He said the armed group that ....
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Mufti of Saudi Arabia warns of Islamic nation division
Date: 2013-10-14 11:44:25 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:338252
Mufti of Saudi Arabia Sheikh Abdel Aziz ben Abdullah warned on Monday of the division of the Islamic world, saying Islam's enemies are trying to drive a wedge among Muslim countries to spread chaos and instability. Abdullah, at hajj sermon in ....