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Kerry phones Palestine pres. ahead of new gov't formation
Date: 2014-06-01 20:15:27 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:755626
RAMALLAH, June 1 (MENA) - US Secretary of State John Kerry phoned President Mahmoud Abbas late Sunday to discuss the newly formed Palestinian government and the future of peace talks in the Middle East. Abbas asserted that the new cabinet would be ....
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Hamas refuses dissolving prisoners ministry
Date: 2014-06-01 20:13:46 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:154 - ID:755583
GAZA CITY, June 1 (MENA) – The dissolution of the prisoners' ministry would postpone the formation of the national unity government, said Hamas senior official Khalil Al-Hayya. "The determination of President Mahmoud Abbas to remove the ministry ....
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2 Iraqis killed, 3 others injured in Baghdad
Date: 2014-06-01 20:10:30 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:153 - ID:755621
BAGHDAD, June 1 (MENA) - Two Iraqi civilians were killed and two others were injured in two separate attacks in Baghdad, a security source said. A roadside bomb went off in Abu Ghraib district in western Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding ....
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37 terrorists killed in Iraq's Fallujah
Date: 2014-06-01 19:54:39 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:148 - ID:755560
BAGHDAD, June 1 (MENA) - Iraqi security forces have killed 37 members of a terrorist group in Fallujah, said a well-placed security source on Sunday. Clashes occurred between the troops and the terrorists in various areas of Fallujah, said the ....
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707 people cross Rafah terminal
Date: 2014-06-01 19:26:08 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:143 - ID:755524
RAFAH, Jan 26 (MENA) - As many as 703 Palestinians crossed Rafah Terminal on Sunday on both directions, a well-placed source at the terminal said. Some 288 Palestinians crossed the terminal into the Gaza Strip, while 419 Palestinian pilgrims ....
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Libya takes measures to combat MERS virus
Date: 2014-06-01 18:58:20 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:137 - ID:755437
TRIOPLI, June 1 (MENA) - Libya's tourism ministry ordered travel agencies to organize an awareness program to illustrate ways to avoid contracting coronavirus MERS among pilgrims. The ministry said that the ministry of health has been addressed ....
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Syrian warplanes raid Deraa
Date: 2014-06-01 17:22:32 GMT - Syria - Arab world - SN:129 - ID:755408
DAMASCUS, June 1 (MENA) - Many Syrians were killed and wounded as Syrian warplanes hit Bosra Al-Sham in Deraa province, Sky News Arabia reported. Syrian war jets rained the western district in Bosra Al-Sham with bomb barrels. Meanwhile, at ....
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Education in Palestinian territories targeted by occupation: Sobih
Date: 2014-06-01 17:16:44 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:128 - ID:755412
AMMAN, June 1 (MENA) - Education institutions in the occupied Palestinian territories are still targeted by the Israeli occupation, said Mohamed Sobih, head of the Palestinian affairs department at the Arab League. The remarks were addressed ....
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Libya's renegade general forces launch airstrikes in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-01 17:13:32 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:126 - ID:755442
BENGHAZI, June 1 (MENA) - Warplanes belonging to Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar launched Sunday three airstrikes targeting military bases in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi, the Global Post quoted a military spokesman as saying. The jets ....
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Pro-Hafter air force raids military areas in Benghazi
Date: 2014-06-01 17:07:09 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:123 - ID:755373
TRIPOLI, June 1 (MENA) – Air force planes, affiliated to Libyan renegade general Khalifa Haftar, launched Sunday missile strikes against many areas in Benghazi. The aerial strikes targeted a military barracks and tanks camp 204 in Benghazi, a ....