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ISIL attack police station in Iraqi city of Baquba
Date: 2014-06-17 12:14:03 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:63 - ID:782538
BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) - Militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) attacked a police station in the central Iraqi city of Baquba on Tuesday, a security source said. He said 38 inmates were killed in the attack. Insurgents ....
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Israeli search for kidnapped youths turns into push against Hamas: Independent
Date: 2014-06-17 12:13:36 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:62 - ID:782563
LONDON, June 17 (MENA) - The Israeli military has signalled that its search operation for three youths abducted in the occupied West Bank has expanded into a broader push against Hamas movement that it blames for the kidnapping, The Independent ....
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Arab environment ministers agree on sustainable development goals
Date: 2014-06-17 12:12:47 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:61 - ID:782708
GOUNA, Egypt, June 17 (MENA) - Arab environment ministers have agreed on a document of goals meant to achieve sustainable development. Those are top priority goals for the Arab world, the council of Arab environment ministers said after a ....
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6 persons killed in Baghdad blast
Date: 2014-06-17 11:58:33 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:59 - ID:782707
BAGHDAD, June 17 (MENA) - Six people have been killed in a bomb blast in central Baghdad, a security source said Tuesday. A roadside bomb went off in Sheikh Omar area near Rasafa town in central Baghdad as a van carrying passengers was passing ....
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Sudan Consensus coalition supports Sisi
Date: 2014-06-17 09:55:50 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:36 - ID:782412
KHARTOUM, June 17 (MENA) - Sudanese National Consensus Forces coalition asserted Tuesday its support for the Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, wishing Egypt development and stability. A delegation representing the coalition paid a visit on ....
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U.N. says ISIS rebels carried out ‘cold-blooded executions’ in Iraq
Date: 2014-06-17 08:36:31 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:782164
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) - U.N. human rights chief Navi Pillay said in Geneva that the Sunni jihadists have carried out an “apparently systematic series of cold-blooded executions” near the northern city of Tikrit in recent days that “almost ....
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President Obama deploys 275 troops to Iraq
Date: 2014-06-17 03:49:15 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:781926
WASHINGTON, June 17 (MENA) – US President Barack Obama has notified Congress that about 275 U.S. military personnel could deploy to Iraq, the New York Post reported. Obama says the forces are going to provide support and security for U.S. ....
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Hamas: Israeli recent escalation "cowardly act, absurd reaction"
Date: 2014-06-16 19:19:03 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:142 - ID:781701
GAZA CITY, June 16 (MENA) – Palestinian Hamas movement said recent Israeli escalation after the disappearance of three Jewish settlers is considered a violation to all international laws and norms, describing the escalation as a "cowardly act and ....
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Azhar official, Lebanese scholar discuss Azhar role
Date: 2014-06-16 19:16:11 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:141 - ID:781699
CAIRO, June 16 (MENA) - Al-Azhar Deputy Imam Abbas Shuman held a meeting Monday with Lebanon's Sheikh Abdul Latif Durban Fayez, head of the Supreme Sunni Sharia Court, to discuss Al-Azhar role. During the meeting, Shuman stressed that Azhar, the ....
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Libyan interim government devises plans to secure parliamentary elections
Date: 2014-06-16 18:43:12 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:781645
TRIPOLI, June 16 (MENA) - The Libyan interim government convened Monday under Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thanay to probe preparations for the Lower House election scheduled on June 25. The meeting was attended by President of the Supreme ....
