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March 22, 2014

Hundreds freed after Syrian opposition seizes Aleppo prison

Syrian rebel fighters seized parts of Aleppo’s central prison located in the north of the city and released hundreds of prisoners, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported in...

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March 22, 2014

Rabat and Tehran agree to restore diplomatic relations after five-year freeze

Rabat and Tehran decided on Wednesday to resume diplomatic relations, which had been severed since March 2009. The Moroccan press linked the decision to Iran’s improving relations with Western...

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March 22, 2014

Iranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman slams US Secretary of State’s anti-Iran remarks

Iran’s Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham has strongly criticised US Secretary of State John Kerry for his remarks on Wednesday saying “the US is trying to impose a negative...

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March 22, 2014

Mubarak: Morsi is innocent

Deposed President Mohammed Morsi is innocent and deserves better treatment, the ousted Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak is said to have said. Following his visit to see Mubarak, actor Talaat...

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March 22, 2014

Israeli forces injure and arrest activists while evacuating a Jordan Valley village

Israeli army forces have injured and arrested tens of Palestinian activists on Friday following a raid on the Ein Hejleh village in the southern Jordan Valley. The Palestinian and...

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March 22, 2014

Turkish PM meets Tunisia’s Ennahda party leader

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party Leader Rashid Ghannouchi met with Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday. Following their meeting Ghannouchi told the Anadolu news agency the two leaders discussed...

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March 22, 2014

Women detained and tortured illegally in Iraq

Thousands of Iraqi women have been illegally detained, tortured and sexually abused by Iraqi authorities, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said. The watchdog’s report said: “Iraq’s weak judiciary, plagued by...

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March 22, 2014

NGOs: Israel excluding Palestinians from their lands in the West Bank and Gaza

Israeli policies have been severely criticised this week by human rights NGOs, with a particular focus on the exclusion of Palestinians from their land in both the West Bank...

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March 22, 2014

Head of Danish parliament’s planned visit to Palestine angers Israel

Israel is angered that the head of the Danish parliament, Mogens Lykketoft, has scheduled a visit this weekend to Ramallah and the Gaza Strip, an itinerary that does not...

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March 22, 2014

Construction of 558 new homes in East Jerusalem approved

Plans to build 558 new housing units in three settlements in East Jerusalem have been approved by Israel’s Planning and Building Committee. These include 386 units in Jabal Abu...

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