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Israel issues warning over fire from Gaza, Golan

03 Apr 2013
Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon warned on Wednesday that Israel would respond to any attacks on its territory and not allow its people to come under fire "in any form." His warning was issued after militants in Gaza fired a rocket...
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Rights activists criticize law separating sexes at Gaza schools

Children are on their way to school, to start new academic year, Luxor, 15 September 2012.
03 Apr 2013
Palestinian rights organisations operating in Gaza criticised a law issued by the Hamas-led government that would prevent mixing between the sexes starting from the age of 9 on Wednesday. The law, comprised of 60 articles, sets new...
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UN approves first global arms trade treaty

A Sunni gunman fires his weapon during a clashes, in the northern port city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Sunday, 13 May 2012. Gunfire broke out in the city Saturday and continued through the night primarily between a neighborhood populated by Sunni Muslims who hate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and another area with many Assad backers from his Alawite sect. Lebanon's national news agency NNA said one soldier was shot dead by a sniper in the city early Sunday. Another man was found dead on the side of a road while a third died after a shell landed in a residential neighborhood. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)
02 Apr 2013
The 193-nation UN General Assembly overwhelmingly approved on Tuesday the first-ever treaty on global arms trade that seeks to regulate the $70 billion international business in conventional arms ranging from light weapons to battle tanks...
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Hamas re-elects Meshaal as leader: official

01 Apr 2013
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Hamas re-elected its veteran exiled leader Khaled Meshaal in Cairo on Monday, said an official of the Palestinian Islamist movement that rules Gaza. "The leaders of Hamas chose Meshaal,...
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Libya’s sub-Saharan refugees face post-conflict uncertainty

01 Apr 2013
BENGHAZI, LIBYA — Word made its way around the Libyan Red Crescent camp in Benghazi that an outsider was present and asking questions. Men and women who lived there, each with a unique story, quickly sought to have their voices...
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Novartis loses Indian patent fight on cancer drug

01 Apr 2013
NEW DELHI — India's Supreme Court rejected Monday a patent bid by Swiss drug giant Novartis in a landmark ruling that activists say will protect access to cheap generic drugs and save lives in developing nations. Novartis fought...
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Jordan king, Abbas ink deal to 'defend' Jerusalem

Palestinians arrive to attend weekly Friday prayers at the Dome of the Rock at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem's old city
31 Mar 2013
Jordan's King Abdullah II and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas signed an agreement Sunday confirming their "common goal to defending" Jerusalem and its sacred sites against attempts to Judaize the Holy City. A statement by...
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North Korea vows to strengthen nukes amid tensions

Kim Jong-un
31 Mar 2013
North Korea vowed Sunday to strengthen its nuclear weapons, a day after announcing it is in a "state of war" with South Korea, and said it would never trade its atomic deterrent for aid. Tensions have risen sharply on the...
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Palestinians commemorate Land Day

30 Mar 2013
Palestinians on Saturday commemorate Land Day, an annual series of demonstrations marking the deaths of six Arab Israeli protesters at the hands of Israeli police and troops during mass protests in 1976 against plans to confiscate Arab...
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North Korea readies rockets after US show of force

A North Korean soldier stands in front of the country's Unha-3 rocket, slated for liftoff between 12-16 April, at a launching site in Tongchang-ri, North Korea on Sunday, 8 April 2012. North Korean space officials have moved a long-range rocket into position for this week's controversial satellite launch, vowing Sunday to push ahead with their plans in defiance of international warnings against violating a ban on missile activity.(AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
29 Mar 2013
North Korea put its missile units on standby on Friday to attack US military bases in South Korea and the Pacific, after the United States flew two nuclear-capable stealth bombers over the Korean peninsula in a rare show of force. North...
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