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April 12, 2014

PA applies to join international UN conventions

The UN Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process Robert Serry has confirmed receiving requests made by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to join 13 international UN agreements and...

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April 12, 2014

Hamas denies seeking to open offices in Jordan

Hamas has denied claims that it requested to open offices in Jordan, describing this allegation as “baseless”. “Hamas categorically denies reports that it asked to open offices in Jordan,”...

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April 12, 2014

Egypt: Tourist numbers drop by 27% in 2014

There has been a 27 per cent reduction in tourist numbers in Egypt between February 2013 and the same period in 2014, the Egyptian Central Agency for Public Mobilisation...

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April 12, 2014

NATO holds first meeting with ICI since it was launched in 2004

The foreign ministers of NATO and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative (ICI) met on Tuesday and Wednesday in Brussels for the first time since the initiative was launched in 2004....

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April 12, 2014

Arab ministers to meet to discuss Palestine

An emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers will be held next week to address the latest developments in the Palestinian issue in light of Israel’s refusal to release a...

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April 12, 2014

Algeria accuses Morocco of plotting to harm the country's stability

Tension has resurfaced between Algeria and Morocco on the eve of US Secretary of State John Kerry’s visit to the region, after an Algerian security report was leaked warning...

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April 12, 2014

Israel threatens to annex parts of the West Bank

Israel has threatened to annex parts of the occupied West Bank if the Palestinians insisted on joining 15 UN agencies and international treaties. Israeli media quoted Tourism Minister Uzi...

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April 12, 2014

UN human rights group: Executions in Egypt, a travesty of justice

Abolish the 529 death sentences that were handed out last week and give defendants a fair trial ensuring respect for international human rights law; a group of human rights...

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April 12, 2014

UN: One million Syrian refugees registered in Lebanon

The number of Syrian refugees who fled the conflict in their country and moved to Lebanon has exceeded one million, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees announced today. UNHCR...

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April 12, 2014

Washington accuses Israeli housing minister of deliberately sabotaging peace talks

US officials have accused Israeli Housing Minister Uri Ariel of deliberately sabotaging the Palestinian-Israeli peace talks after he unexpectedly announced a tender to build 700 new settlement units in...

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