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230 trucks cross into Gaza via aram Abu Salem crossing
Date: 2014-05-27 07:47:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:745526
GAZA CITY, May 27 (MENA) - Israeli authorities re-opened Karam Abu Salem crossing Tuesday. As many as 230 trucks loaded with goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors were allowed via the crossing. (MENA) MS/RG ....
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Iraq using barrel bombs, hitting Fallujah hospital: HRW
Date: 2014-05-27 05:37:20 GMT - United Kingdom - Arab world - SN:7 - ID:745327
LONDON, May 27 (MENA) - Iraq's government is dropping barrel bombs and may also be targeting a hospital in its battle with militants in Fallujah, Sky News Arabia quoted Human Rights Watch as saying Tuesday. The New York-based rights watchdog also ....
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321,929 displaced from Darfur Since Jan 2014 - OCHA
Date: 2014-05-26 17:54:12 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:192 - ID:744826
KHARTOUM, May 26 (MENA) - As many as 321,929 Sudanese citizens have been displaced from Darfur Since January 2014, United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported on Monday. This includes both the number of ....
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Kuwaiti cabinet says education minister's resignation accepted
Date: 2014-05-26 17:33:48 GMT - Kuwait - Arab world - SN:185 - ID:744847
KUWAIT CITY, May 26 (MENA) - The resignation of Minister of Education and Minister of Higher Education Ahmad Al-Mulaifi has been accepted, the cabinet announced on Monday, according to KUNA News Agency. A decree has been consequently issued ....
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Sudanese prosecution issues gag order on al-Sadiq al-Mahdi case
Date: 2014-05-26 17:09:02 GMT - Sudan - Arab world - SN:178 - ID:744855
KHARTOUM, May 26 (MENA) – Reporting on the case of former prime minister of Sudan and the head of the National Umma Party (NUP), al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, is prohibited until investigations end, Sudanese prosecution said. Defending the gag order, head ....
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Palestinian foreign ministry informed about Egypt's approval to nominate Shobki as its ambassador - Egypt diplomat
Date: 2014-05-26 16:40:06 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:162 - ID:744735
GAZA CITY, May 26 (MENA) - The Egyptian Foreign Ministry informed, at the end of March, its Palestinian counterpart about its approval to nominate Ambassador Gamal el-Shobki as Palestinian ambassador to Egypt in succession of Ambassador Barakat ....
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Egypt plays active role in NAM: official
Date: 2014-05-26 16:31:12 GMT - Algeria - Arab world - SN:155 - ID:744636
ALGIERS, May 26 (MENA) - Egypt plays an active role in the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in face of the major challenges besetting its member states, Deputy Assistant Foreign Minister Sherif Refaat has said. The current NAM meeting in Algeria will ....
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Syrian warplanes raid eastern Lebanon, no causalities reported
Date: 2014-05-26 12:26:38 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:98 - ID:743631
BEIRUT, May 26 (MENA) - Syrian warplanes raided on Monday the outskirts of the border town of Arsal in northern Bekaa, eastern Lebanon. Bakr al- Hajeery, Future Current official in Arsal, told MENA that Wadi Hmeid and Wadi Ajram areas in Arsal ....
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Fahmi receives AL observer mission chief
Date: 2014-05-26 12:05:09 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:94 - ID:743871
CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) - Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmi met here on Monday with Arab League Assistant Secretary General for Information Affairs Dr Hayfaa Abu-Ghazala, who leads the league's observation mission. The Arab League followed up the ....
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UAE will not spare any effort for siding with the Egyptian people -- Minister
Date: 2014-05-26 11:50:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:85 - ID:743994
CAIRO, May 26 (MENA) – Minister of State in the United Arab Emirates Dr. Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber asserted that his country will not spare any effort for siding with the Egyptian people. In an interview with the UAE's Al-Khaleej newspaper on Monday, ....