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EU stresses refusal of Israeli settlements
Date: 2013-08-12 14:34:03 GMT - Belgium - Arab world - SN:42 - ID:238103
The European Union (EU) expressed its refusal of the continuing Israeli settlement building in the West Bank. In statements Monday, the spokesman for the EU high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, Michael Mann, said that ....
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Israel's list of Palestinians set for release devoid of Quds, Arab 48 prisoners
Date: 2013-08-12 14:29:34 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:41 - ID:238093
Palestinian Authority Minister of Prisoners Affairs Issa Qaraqe said Israel's list of Palestinian captives set to be released did not include veteran prisoners of Quds and Arab 48. In press statements Monday, he said the Palestinian Authority ....
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Libya denies Egyptian workers entry for having no valid visas
Date: 2013-08-12 13:09:56 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:34 - ID:237971
The Libyan authorities denied on Monday a large number of Egyptian workers an access to the North African country for having no valid visas and residence permits. Workers were angry of the Libyan measure, saying these are not good reasons for ....
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Israeli forces arrest 12 Palestinians in West Bank
Date: 2013-08-12 12:55:16 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:29 - ID:237931
Israeli forces arrested 12 Palestinians in different parts of the West Bank including el-Khalil, Bethlehem and Nablus, after cracking down on many houses. The Israeli forces arrested two young men from el-Khalil, another one from south ....
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Turkish Airlines denies relocating its employees at Beirut Airport
Date: 2013-08-12 12:53:07 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:28 - ID:237925
Turkish Airlines denies moving its employees from its central Beirut bureaus to Beirut Airport after the abduction of its two pilots on Friday. In a statement Monday, the airliner said three months ago the company sent a number of its employees ....
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Jumblatt to MENA: MB didn't understand that Egypt comes first, then int'l organization
Date: 2013-08-12 12:50:12 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:27 - ID:237921
Leader of Lebanon's Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) Walid Jumblatt said that the Muslim Brotherhood did not understand that the Egyptian state comes first and then the international organization and the party come next. In an interview with ....
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170 trucks to enter Gaza Strip via Karm Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2013-08-12 12:29:04 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:237882
Some 170 trucks will enter Gaza Strip on Monday through Karm Abu Salem commercial crossing, said Raed Fatouh, Chairman of the coordination committee for entry of goods into the Gaza Strip. The trucks, including 20 loaded with gravels, are ....
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Fatah movement appoints spokesman in Gaza
Date: 2013-08-12 11:58:43 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:21 - ID:237820
The higher authority of the Palestinian faction Fatah appointed Hassan Ahmed as the movement's spokesman in the Gaza Strip. Ahmed will succeed Diab al-Louh, who will soon assume his duties as the Palestinian ambassador to Yemen, the authority ....
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Fierce clashes between army, police, gunmen in Yemen; two soldiers killed, others injured
Date: 2013-08-12 11:17:57 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:18 - ID:237753
Fierce clashes erupted between the army and police and gunmen in central Al-Hawta city, the capital of restive Lahij Province, leaving two soldiers dead and others injured. In a press release on Monday, a military source said clashes ensued ....
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Al-Qaeda in Iraq claims responsibility for Eid blasts
Date: 2013-08-12 11:06:21 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:237741
Al-Qaeda in Iraq claimed on Monday responsibility for the blasts that hit Baghdad and other Iraqi areas during the third day of Eidul Fitr holiday. In a statement, aired by the BBC, the group said the blasts came in retaliation for the arrests ....