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30 October 2018
Protests and low turnout in Israeli local elections
Local elections took place on Tuesday 30 October in Israel, and in Jerusalem, first results point to the defeat of Netanyahu's candidate for the Mayor's Office, Zeev Elkin. ...
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30 October 2018
Author of critical book on Egypt’s economy freed
A court in southern Cairo has released the author of “Is Egypt Really a Poor Country?” and the owner of the print shop that published it, more than a week after they were arrested on charges of publishing false news....
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30 October 2018
Palestine to head the “G-77 and China” group next year
UN General Assembly's voted on 30 October to allow Palestine to head the Group of 77 and China in 2019....
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30 October 2018
Millions missing from Gaddafi’s supposedly frozen assets in Belgium
Against the UN mandate, about 3-4 billion euros of interest payments on Gaddafi’s assets have been legally transferred from his Belgian bank accounts to Libyan authorities, and could have been directed to illegal armed groups to fuel Libya’s civil war....
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29 October 2018
Attack in Tunisia: a suicide bomber targets 15 policemen
At least 20 people have been wounded after a 30-year-old woman blew herself up near the busy shopping Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, with a hand-made grenade....
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29 October 2018
France and Algeria seek closer ties at Joint Economic Committee
French Ministers in charge of Foreign Affairs and Finance met with their Algerian counterparts in Paris ahead of the 5th Franco-Algerian Joint Economic Committee to discuss further economic cooperation....
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29 October 2018
3 children killed in Gaza this week, 50 so far this year
After an Israel air strike killed three Palestinians children in the Gaza strip, the PLO called the International Criminal Court to investigate these killings and to hold those who committed it accountable....
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29 October 2018
Israel approves the construction of over 20.000 housing units near Jerusalem
Israeli government has allowed the construction of housing units in the settlement of Maaleh Adumim, near Jerusalem. The first 470 units to be constructed will be followed by additional 20,000, a project with a total budget of $756 million....
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29 October 2018
Israel sells spy systems to Saudi Arabia under a $250 million deal
Saudi Arabia and Israel, whose diplomatic ties have been rather limited, have reached an estimated $250-million deal, according to which Israel will supply the kingdom with espionage technologies....
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