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AL laments Palestinian UN bid failure
Date: 2014-12-31 17:23:22 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:38 - ID:1652005
Arab League (AL) Secretary General Nabil el Arabi lamented on Wednesday the failure of the Palestinian proposal calling for ending the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories in a Security Council vote. The AL chief called on the UN member ....
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Beji Caid Essebsi sworn in as president
Date: 2014-12-31 11:21:47 GMT - Tunisia - Arab world - SN:24 - ID:1649033
Beji Caid Essebsi has been sworn in as Tunisia's new president, becoming the country's first freely elected leader since it gained independence from France in 1956, according to Voice of America. Essebsi took the oath of office Wednesday at a ....
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Royal Court: Saudi King undergoes medical chekups in Riyadh
Date: 2014-12-31 10:39:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - Arab world - SN:20 - ID:1648665
Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz carried out some medical check-ups at King Abdulaziz Medical City of National Guard here on Wednesday. A statement to this effect was released by the Saudi Royal Court. ....
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Palestinian leadership holds emergency meeting over UN rejection of ending Israeli occupation
Date: 2014-12-31 09:43:14 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:1648025
The Palestinian leadership will hold an emergency meeting later on Wednesday to discuss steps to be taken after the Security Council turned down a draft resolution to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands, Palestinian top negotiator Saeb ....
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Israeli settlers carry out sabotage acts in Hebron, Bethlehem, Nablus
Date: 2014-12-31 08:46:41 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:9 - ID:1647353
Israeli settlers on Wednesday carried out sabotage acts in Hebron, Bethlehem and Nablus. In Hebron, settlers set a blaze a house in Yata town, south Hebron, after they threw molotov cocktails at it. In Bethlehem, a settler run over a young boy ....
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Israel lets 450 trucks into Gaza
Date: 2014-12-31 08:43:10 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:8 - ID:1647293
Israeli occupation forces allowed on Wednesday 450 trucks loaded with goods into the Gaza Strip via Karam Abu Salem crossing. The trucks carry goods for the commercial and agricultural sectors along with aid supplies and transportation, Raed ....
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Blast hits Ain Helwa camp in South Lebanon
Date: 2014-12-31 08:16:04 GMT - Lebanon - Arab world - SN:2 - ID:1647061
A blast took place at Ain Helwa camp of Palestinian refugees in South Lebanon late on Tuesday but no casualties were reported. The blast took place when a dynamite was thrown near a Fatah barricade. ....
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Foreign militants responsible for delaying Benghazi liberation – official
Date: 2014-12-30 13:31:02 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:33 - ID:1642861
A Libyan military spokesman said on Tuesday that the foreign militants coming from the training center of Derna are responsible for delaying the liberation of Benghazi city. "After killing those militants and the other wanted criminals, the city ....
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Two Yemeni soldiers killed, wounded in robbery on banks
Date: 2014-12-30 13:14:56 GMT - Yemen - Arab world - SN:30 - ID:1642825
One soldier was killed and another wounded in an attack by suspected robbers on two banks in the country’s troubled southeastern province of Hadhramaut on Tuesday. Sources said about 25 gunmen in three cars with heavy and medium weapons attacked ....
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Jordan officially submits Palestinian amended draft resolution to UNSC
Date: 2014-12-30 13:01:03 GMT - Jordan - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:1642677
Jordan has officially presented the final Arab draft resolution on the Palestinian issue to the UN Security Council after being amended by the Palestinian side, the Jordanian Petra News Agency reported on Tuesday. Arab representatives at the UN ....
