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June 3, 2014

Palestinian families torn between the territories

Eight years ago, Mostafa Easariaj set off on a summer vacation to visit his father. His father, Hachem, still lives in the tiny, impoverished Gaza Strip, where Mostafa was...

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June 3, 2014

Tunisia drops legal charges against participants in the revolution

The board of the Tunisian Constituent Assembly yesterday approved a new law to win over the revolutions’ youth, victims and the wounded, by cancelling the trials and prosecutions against...

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June 3, 2014

Tunisians sue their president for defamation

A number of Tunisian citizens have filed a lawsuit against their country President Moncef Marzouki accusing him of describing Tunisians as “ignorant”, AFP reported a Tunisian judicial source as...

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June 3, 2014

Turkey welcomes Palestinian unity government and plans official visit

The Turkish presidential office has welcomed the formation of a Palestinian national consensus government in Ramallah in the West Bank. A senior adviser to Turkish President Abdullah Gul said...

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June 3, 2014

Egyptian court postpones ruling on case accusing Qatar of supporting terrorism

An Egyptian court on Monday postponed until 16 June an appeal against the decision by the Court of Urgent Matters that it lacked jurisdiction to rule in a lawsuit...

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June 3, 2014

Occupation forces lay siege to Al-Aqsa while settlers storm it

Hundreds of settlers entered the holy grounds of Al-Aqsa Mosque to perform religious rituals under the protection of occupation authorities which had imposed a siege on the area and...

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June 3, 2014

Israel furious over US and EU response to new Palestinian unity government

Israel is “deeply disappointed” with the Obama administration’s announcement that it would work with the Palestinian unity government sworn in by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday, Israeli...

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June 3, 2014

Egyptian comedian cancels TV show citing ‘pressures’

Egyptian comedian and TV satirist Bassem Youssef said Monday his show has been cancelled, citing pressures faced by the Saudi-owned MBC group to suspend his show. According to producers...

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June 3, 2014

$4.3bn: Cost of supporting Syrian refugees in Jordan

The cost of supporting Syrian refugees in Jordan is expected to reach $4.295 billion dollars of the next three years, news reports said today. According to the Jordanian newspaper...

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June 3, 2014

Egypt: Two students disappear after being tortured in a police camp

Two Egyptian university students have disappeared since Sunday after being abducted by police and tortured in a central security camp in Zagazig, spokesman of a student group said. According...

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