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Construction of 500 housing units in East Jerusalem approved
Date: 2014-11-03 17:28:37 GMT - Israel - Arab world - SN:124 - ID:1258145
GAZA CITY, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry's District Committee for Planning and Construction in Jerusalem approved on Monday the construction of 500 new housing units in the East Jerusalem, which is located beyond the Green Line, Ynet ....
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3 rockets land in Lebanon's Hermel
Date: 2014-11-03 17:27:18 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:1258157
BEIRUT, Nov 3 (MENA) – Three rockets landed successively on the outskirts of the Shiite dominated Hermel city in northeastern Lebanon on Monday. No casualties were reported. No group has claimed responsibility for firing the missiles. ....
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Iraqi forces bombards Daesh sites in Tikrit
Date: 2014-11-03 16:25:05 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:108 - ID:1257709
BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - Iraqi air forces on Monday bombarded sites of the terrorist Daash gangs north of Tikrit, Salahuddin province, a security official said. Three Daeash sites have been completely destroyed, he added. Meanwhile, Anbar security ....
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2 new corona cases in Saudi Arabia
Date: 2014-11-03 16:23:06 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:1257733
RIYADH, Nov 3 (MENA) - The Saudi health ministry said Monday two new cases of the corona virus were detected in Riyadh. According to the ministry statement, the number of infections rose to 791 people, including 338 deaths. The ministry said that ....
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Egyptian worker in Jordan dies of electrocution
Date: 2014-11-03 14:42:53 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:1256865
AMMAN, Nov 3 (MENA) - An Egyptian worker, identified as Hatem Ahmed Mohamed, and a Jordanian national died of electrocution on Monday, while repairing an electronic fault in a suction water pump. The two were rushed to a nearby hospital but they ....
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Saudi FM, British envoy to Yemen discuss issues of mutual interest
Date: 2014-11-03 14:38:30 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:1256841
RIYADH, Nov 3 (MENA) - Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs Saud Al-Faisal on Monday received British Envoy to Yemen Alan Duncan and British Deputy National Security Adviser McGuinness. During the meeting, they discussed a number of issues of common ....
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Isis fighters capture second Syrian gas field in a week
Date: 2014-11-03 14:32:05 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:86 - ID:1256877
LONDON, Nov 3 (MENA) - Islamic State (Isis) fighters in Syria claim they have taken control of a gas field in the central province of Homs, the second it has seized in a week after battles with government forces. The hardline Sunni Islamist group ....
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First Canadian air raids on Daesh in Iraq
Date: 2014-11-03 14:19:53 GMT - Canada - Arab world - SN:84 - ID:1256893
OTTAWA, Nov 3 (MENA) - Canadian fighters have executed their first air raids on Daesh in Iraq, said Canadian minister of National Defense Robert Nicholson. Canada first joined the international coalition against Daesh last month. The four-hour ....
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Essebsi praises Egypt's role in ME
Date: 2014-11-03 14:18:59 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:1256421
TUNIS, Nov 3 (MENA) - Leader of Nidaa Tunis Party Beji Caid Essebsi has met Egypt's ambassador in Tunis Ayman Musharraffa. During the meeting held Monday, Essebsi, whose party came winner of the parliamentary elections on October 26, conveyed his ....
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12 killed, injured in explosive charge blast in Iraq
Date: 2014-11-03 13:48:27 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:1256173
BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (MENA) - At least 12 people were killed and injured when an explosive charge went off in el-Nahrawan, southeast of Baghdad, a source at the Iraqi Interior Ministry said. In statements, the source said that the explosive charge ....