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500 Israeli raids on Gaza, 35 martyrs including children, women
Date: 2014-07-09 17:21:26 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:118 - ID:819649
GAZA CITY, July 9 (MENA) – Israel launched as many as 500 raids on the Gaza Strip in the past 48 hours, killing 35 martyrs, including 16 children and five women, the Gaza Interior Ministry said Wednesday. The ministry said the aggression also ....
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Britain condemns violence in Yemen
Date: 2014-07-09 16:40:51 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:112 - ID:819749
LONDON, July 9 (MENA) - The British government condemned violence in Yemen and reiterated full support for all efforts to fight terrorism. "I strongly condemn yesterday’s fighting in Amran involving the Houthis, other armed groups and Army ....
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Arabs stage rally in Austria against Israel
Date: 2014-07-09 16:11:42 GMT - Austria - Arab world - SN:106 - ID:819537
VIENNA, July 9 (MENA) - Hundreds of Arab nationals staged on Wednesday a rally in Austria protesting the Israeli raids on Gaza. Several Arab and Austrian associations advocating human rights have partaken in the rally. They chanted slogans ....
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Fifty bodies found south of Baghdad
Date: 2014-07-09 16:01:32 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:102 - ID:819262
BAGHDAD, July 9 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces have found bullet-riddled bodies of 53 men in a mainly Shia area south of Baghdad, BBC reported. The men, who were bound, blindfolded and had wounds to the head or chest, were found in a field ....
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Abbas says he asked Sisi to call for abding by 2012 truce
Date: 2014-07-09 15:45:55 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:97 - ID:819535
RAMALLAH, July 9 (MENA) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Wednesday that he made a phone call to Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and asked him to call upon the parties concerned with the Palestinian cause to abide by the 2012 ....
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Maliki accuses Kurds of turning Irbil to Daash military base
Date: 2014-07-09 15:36:45 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:96 - ID:819474
BAGHDAD, July 9 (MENA) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki accused on Wednesday Kurds of turning Irbil to a Daash military base. Iraq will not stand silent while Irbil, which is under the Kurdish control, is being turned to a military base ....
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AL keen to back Libya: FM
Date: 2014-07-09 15:30:15 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:819405
TRIPOLI, July 9 (MENA) – Libya's Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdulaziz has assured that the Arab League (AL) is keen to back Libya and pays particular attention to the situation in Libya. Abdulaziz said that the visit of the Arab League’s special ....
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Egypt FM's visit to Jordan successful -- ambassador
Date: 2014-07-09 15:19:50 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:90 - ID:819343
AMMAN, July 9 (MENA) - Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shokri's visit to Jordan yesterday was very successful and asserted the depth of bilateral relations, Egypt's Ambassador here Khaled Tharwat said Wednesday. He said Shokri's beginning his ....
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Abbas, Marzouki discuss holding urgent Arab summit in phone call
Date: 2014-07-09 13:53:21 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:79 - ID:819150
RANALLAH, July 9 (MENA) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas received on Wednesday a phone call from Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki. Abbas briefed Marzouki on the latest developments on Palestinian soil including the ongoing Israeli ....
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AL urges UN to criminalize Israel's 'Separation Wall'
Date: 2014-07-09 13:44:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:78 - ID:819270
CAIRO, July 9 (MENA) – The Arab League has called on the United Nations to put pressure on the Israeli occupation to implement the advisory opinion issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) which criminalizes the Expansion and Annexation ....