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Hamas, Islamic Jihad praise Egypt's efforts to reach Gaza truce
Date: 2014-08-27 06:38:49 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:3 - ID:893151
Palestinian resistance movements Hamas and Islamic Jihad expressed thanks to Egypt Tuesday over its efforts to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip. According to a statement Tuesday, Hamas and Islamic Jihad highlighted Cairo's role to halt the ....
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Palestine militants fire more rockets at Israel
Date: 2014-08-26 17:21:09 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:73 - ID:892819
Palestinian al-Quds Brigades, Islamic Jihad's armed wing, said Tuesday it fired a Boraq70 missile at Tel Aviv. The Brigades also said they launched rockets and mortar shells at Israeli cities of Eshkol and Ashdod. The latest attacks came as ....
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Number of casualties in Baghdad bombing up
Date: 2014-08-26 16:59:48 GMT - Iraq - Arab world - SN:26 - ID:892114
The number of victims of a booby-trapped car bombing in a Shiite neighborhood in central Baghdad hit 11 deaths and 31 wounded. According to the US Fox News network, the car went off earlier on Tuesday with no party claiming responsibility so ....
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UN helicopter shot down in South Sudan
Date: 2014-08-26 16:38:58 GMT - South Sudan - Arab world - SN:67 - ID:892758
The UN mission in South Sudan says one of its helicopters has crashed, and a UN official said that it appears the aircraft was shot down, ABC News reported. The UN mission said on Twitter that an Mi-18 cargo helicopter crashed Tuesday near ....
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Jarwan urges rights groups to work for stopping crimes against Palestinian women, children
Date: 2014-08-26 15:13:28 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:60 - ID:892618
President of the Arab Parliament Ahmed Al-Jarwan on Tuesday urged all human rights groups and feminist organizations worldwide to work for stopping crimes against Palestinian women, children and elderly. In his speech at the inaugural session of ....
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Moussa slams federalized Iraq proposal
Date: 2014-08-26 14:58:06 GMT - Egypt - Arab world - SN:58 - ID:892582
Former Arab League chief Amr Moussa criticized the calls for dividing Iraq into independent Shiite, Sunni and Kurdish regions. He added that any calls for a federalized Iraq on sectarian and ethnic basis would hurt all parties, and would further ....
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Biden phones Iraqi parl't speaker
Date: 2014-08-26 14:55:06 GMT - USA - Arab world - SN:48 - ID:892514
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden phoned on Tuesday Iraqi parliament speaker Salim al-Jabouri Salim al-Jabour to discuss the latest political and security developments in Iraq. According to a White House statement, the two sides stressed the ....
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Unidentified gunmen kill Libyan security element
Date: 2014-08-26 14:07:58 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:47 - ID:892497
Unidentified gunmen killed on Tuesday a Libyan security element after opening fire at him in Sidi Hussein city in Benghazi. The body was moved to hospital. The authorities were notified to launch a probe. ....
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170 corpses of migrants found off Libya shores
Date: 2014-08-26 13:37:51 GMT - Libya - Arab world - SN:16 - ID:892023
As many as 170 bodies of immigrants have been found washed up on shores 30 miles east of Tripoli, the Libyan coastguards said on Tuesday. The small vessel - which was crammed with men, women and children - sank late on Friday, according to the ....
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7,000 Palestinians held captive in Israeli jails -- report
Date: 2014-08-26 13:30:13 GMT - palestine - Arab world - SN:35 - ID:892293
Up to 7,000 Palestinians are held captive in Israeli jails, according to a report issued by the Palestinian Ministry of Captives and Released Prisoners Affairs. The report indicated that the figure could increase on the backdrop of daily ....
