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June 17, 2014

Tunisia sets date for legislative and presidential elections

Tunisia’s legislative and presidential elections will take place in October and November, the Independent High Electoral Commission (ISIE) announced. Tunisian parties have resolved a longstanding dispute and agreed to...

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June 17, 2014

French arms sales rise by 42%

Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Monday that French arms sales increased by 42 per cent or €6.7 billion in 2013 compared to 2012 and are expected to...

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June 17, 2014

Palestinian administrative detainees tell Israel: We will not end our hunger strike

A senior official from the Israel Prison Service has met with Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike, the Ahrar Centre for Detainees Studies and Human Rights said. The prisoners told...

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June 17, 2014

Iraq tightens security at oilfields in the south

A senior Iraqi security official said that Iraq has enforced security measures and deployed more troops guarding oil infrastructures and crude oil fields to help protect this vital sector...

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June 17, 2014

ISIS is less than third of Sunni rebels in Iraq

A senior Sunni leader in Iraq has claimed that ISIS fighters make up less than one-third of the rebels in the country. Major General Montasir Al-Anbari said that the...

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June 17, 2014

Scholars accuse Al-Maliki of Iranian agenda to ignite civil war in Iraq

The Association of Muslim Scholars in Iraq has accused Nouri Al-Maliki of following an “Iranian agenda” to ignite civil war in the country. The group also holds the prime...

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June 17, 2014

Egypt: Court ruling on Al-Jazeera journalists to be issued on Monday

The court in which Al-Jazeera journalists are being tried said yesterday that the ruling will be issued on Monday, AFP reported. In a case that has been ongoing for...

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June 17, 2014

Israeli Occupation destroys shops in Hebron

Israeli Occupation Forces this morning began to demolish shops in Hebron, in the south of the occupied West Bank. Sources in the city said that military vehicles raided the...

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June 17, 2014

Lieberman: Arab MP Hanin Zoabi is a ‘terrorist’

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman accused the Arab Member of Parliament for the National Democratic Alliance Party Hanin Zoabi of being a terrorist. Lieberman said via his Facebook account:...

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June 17, 2014

EU, Turkey talk about trade and customs union

Turkish Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekci said Tuesday that Turkey should be included in the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership talks between the United States and the EU. Zeybekci met...

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