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Fire breaks out in water waste facility in Kuwaiti Ahmadi refinery -- KNPC
Date: 2014-08-17 14:02:37 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:877856
KUWAIT CITY, Aug 17 (MEN) - A fire has broken out in a water waste treatment facility at Al-Ahmadi refinery, Kuwait National Petroleum Company (KNPC) announced Sunday. The fire was brought under control by the refinery's firefighting department ....
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Iraqi PM: Effeciency necessary for new ministers
Date: 2014-08-17 13:06:13 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:878051
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - Iraq's Prime Minister-designate Haidar al-Abadi said on Sunday that he would depend on efficiency, integrity and experience when choosing the ministers of the new cabinet. The minister's platform would be taken into ....
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Israeli gunboats open fire at Gaza fishermen
Date: 2014-08-17 08:02:18 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:877418
GAZA CITY, Aug 17 (MENA) - Israeli gunboats on Sunday opened fire at fishermen off the coasts of Gaza City in a new breach of the five-day truce ending on Monday midnight. Palestinian sources said the Israeli gunboats opened machine gun fire at ....
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Iraqi army controls surroundings of Haditha Dam in western Iraq
Date: 2014-08-17 07:35:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:17 - ID:877367
BAGHDAD, Aug 17 (MENA) - The Iraqi Armed Forces continued air and land operations against terrorist gangs affiliated to the Islamic State in the surroundings of Haditha Dam in western Iraq. A reliable Iraqi security source said the Iraqi army ....
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Kurds rally before White House denouncing ISIL aggression in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-17 06:29:24 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:12 - ID:877282
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - Scores of Kurds rallied in front of the White House denouncing the ISIL aggression in northern Iraq. The Kurds thanked US President Barack Obama for launching air strikes to the militant hideouts, said the US-funded ....
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U.S. strikes Islamic State targets in northern Iraq, Central Command says
Date: 2014-08-17 06:07:40 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:10 - ID:877278
WASHINGTON, Aug 17 (MENA) - U.S. aircraft struck armored vehicles and other militant targets on Saturday in a second day of U.S. air strikes against the Islamic State, an extremist group threatening minorities in northern Iraq, U.S. Central Command ....
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Abbas: Palestinian leadership keen on Egyptian role, initiative
Date: 2014-08-16 19:51:24 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:877116
RAMALLAH, Aug 16 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas asserted that the Palestinian leadership is keen on the Egyptian role and initiative that aims to stop the Israeli aggression on Gaza. Speaking at a meeting at the Palestinian ....
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At least 80 killed in northern Iraq ‘massacre’
Date: 2014-08-16 17:47:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:89 - ID:876973
BAGHDAD, Aug 16 (MENA) - Militants from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) carried out a “massacre” in the northern Iraq village of Kocho, killing dozens of people, most of them members of the Yazidi religious minority, Al-Arabiya quoted ....
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Key ISIL terrorist killed in Iraq
Date: 2014-08-16 17:29:14 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:83 - ID:876983
BAGHDAD, Aug 16 (MENA) – Iraqi security forces have killed Abu Anas al-Joulani, a prominent leader in the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Tal Afar city of Nineveh province, the al-Sumaria TV has reported. "Based on ....
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Gaza's Interior Ministry reopens offices
Date: 2014-08-16 17:25:38 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:82 - ID:876982
GAZA CITY, Aug 16 (MENA) - The Interior Ministry offices in the Gaza Strip reopened Saturday after being closed throughout the Israeli offensive, an official said. The manager of the ministry's administration and finance departments Ahed Hamada ....
