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October 02, 2008
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Algeria floods kill 30, injure dozens dead
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Flash floods following torrential rain south of Algiers have killed at least 29 people, injured 48 and left one person missing, the interior ministry said Thursday, warning of higher casualties. Interior Minister Noureddine Yazid Zerhouni described them as the worst floods in a
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Bahrain MPs slam FM call for grouping with Israel
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Lawmakers and opposition activists in Bahrain on Thursday slammed the foreign minister of the Gulf state, a staunch U.S. ally, after he called for a regional grouping of Arabs and historic foe Israel. "The minister should revoke his remarks... If he doesn't, he will have to answer members
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Syria blocks distribution of Saudi-owned daily
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Syria is blocking distribution of the Saudi-owned pan-Arab daily Al-Hayat, the paper's Beirut bureau chief Zuhair Qusaybati told AFP on Thursday. "The censorship authorities at the information ministry in Damascus asked Al-Hayat's bureau in the Syrian capital on Monday to stop sending its
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Israeli commander says settler violence rising
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The Israeli military commander in the occupied West Bank said settler violence against Palestinians and Israeli soldiers was on the rise in what he called a "grave phenomenon." "There has been a rise in Jewish violence in Judea and Samaria," Major General Gadi Shamni said in
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Iraq attacks kill 22, wound 40 as Shiites mark Eid
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Suicide bombers struck two Shiite mosques in Baghdad on Thursday as worshippers marked the Eid al-Fitr prayers, killing 16 people and wounding 40, police said. Police said a car bomber slammed his explosives-filled car into an Iraqi military armored vehicle at a checkpoint near a mosque in the
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One injured in grenade blast in northern Lebanon
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A grenade blast in an area of the northern city of Tripoli early Thursday has injured one person, , a security official said. The same restive northern Lebanese city has seen bloody clashes between two rival factions. The grenade was thrown in the Jabal Mohsen and Bab al-Tebbaneh region
October 01, 2008
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Iraq takes control of anti-Qaeda fighters
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The U.S. military on Wednesday transferred control of 100,000 Sunni Arab anti-Qaeda fighters to Iraq's Shiite-led government, a military spokesman told AFP. The transfer of responsibility and payments for all "Sons of Iraq" begins with 54,000 men in the province of Baghdad. The
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Iran drops IAEA board seat in favor of Syria
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Iran has given up its wish to win a seat on the board of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in favor of Syria, Iran's ambassador to the IAEA was quoted on the website of the state-run al-Alam TV on Tuesday. "The Islamic republic has officially abstained from pursuing its right
September 30, 2008
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Rival Palestinian leaders pledge unity talks
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Leaders of the rival Palestinian groups Fatah and Hamas marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan on Tuesday with pledges to seek unity at talks in Cairo in the coming weeks. Healing the deep rift between them is seen as a vital step towards an eventual peace deal with Israel. But
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Israel cuts off US cluster bombs, buys local
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Israel has cut purchases of U.S.-made cluster bombs, defense officials said on Tuesday, stocking up on supplies from a state-owned Israeli company rather than heeding calls for an outright ban. Israel's armed forces want to avoid a repeat of civilian casualties from cluster bombs during and