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10,000 Arab Israelis commemorate Nakba Day with protests

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10,000 Arab Israelis on Tuesday rallied in northern Israel to demand the right to return for all Palestinian refugees. The rally took place in the village Lavi, built on the wreckage of the Palestinian village Lubya, which was, until 1948, home to 2,726 Palestinians. During the Arab Israeli conflict in 1948  about 400-500 Palestinian villages were depopulated, destroyed, occupied and …

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Egypt: pro-Morsi supporters continue demonstrations in the country, two dead in clashes with security personnel in Helwan

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On Friday, clashes between security forces and the Islamists south of Cairo led to the deaths of two people. Eyewitness reports suggest that a woman was shot in the stomach by a birdshot pellet during a protest in the governorate of Fayoum by Islamists. Reportedly, several others have been injured in the clashes, which have erupted in other parts of …

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Reporters Without Borders: Algeria delaying visas for foreign journalists covering elections

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France-based international Media organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday hit out at Algerian authorities for delaying the issue of visas for foreign journalists who want to cover the Presidential elections in the country. Many journalists were “issued visas late in the day accompanied by drastic restrictions”, the Paris based organization said in its statement, issued on the eve of …

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