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OIC condemns Terrorist Attacks in Iraq
Jeddah, May 18th (BNA) -Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) condemned the continued terrorist attacks that aimed places of worship in Kirkuk, Baquba, and worshipers in the cities and residential areas in Baghdad, which resulted in numerous deaths and injuries of innocent civilians. In its statement issued today, the (OIC) General Secretariat condemned these terrorist attacks, and renewed ...
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Egypts opposition attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law
leftist opposition parties , said the draft law submitted to the Shura Council, which for now has legislative powers, was more restrictive than laws under deposed ...
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Interview Bashar al-Assad on Syria and the international community – video
Bashar al-Assad speaks to Argentinian newspaper Clarin about the ongoing civil war in Syria. The president says the country's crisis has become so deadly because of international interference. Assad claims Barack Obama's reluctance to intervene further is not down to principles but less finance and a lack of opportunity for America to benefit from Syrian peace. When asked if he would ...
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Israel Women and the Wailing Wall
There was this Israeli man who, from time to time, put a slip of paper in the cracks between the stones of the Western Wall, asking God for favors -- as Jews have been doing for centuries. They believe that the gates of heaven are located directly above the Wall, making it easy for their missives to arrive quickly. The man always wondered what all the other petitioners were requesting from the ...
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Head of Arab League Nabil el-Araby announced the names to represent Assad regime at International Syria Confer…
Head of Arab League Nabil el-Araby announced the names to represent Assad regime at International Syria Conference CAIRO - Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el-Araby announced the names of the attendees to represent the Assad regime at the International Syria Conference to be held at the end of May.Nabil el-Araby held a press conference in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and stated that ...
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Confrontation with Salafists looms in Tunisia Who will blink first
There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of Kairouan where the Salafists have vowed to hold Sunday's gathering, correspondents ...
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Russia Denies S-300 Plans
MOSCOW [MENL] -- Russia has denied plans to export an advanced long-rangeair defense system to Syria. The Kremlin said Russia would not deliver the S-300PMU2 to the regime ofSyrian President Bashar Assad. Officials said Moscow has completed all airdefense projects with ...
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This is why Jordan cant be trusted on torture
If Home Secretary Theresa May thinks the Jordanian government can be trusted not to torture its prisoners, she needs to look a little harder at the ...
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PA continues crackdown on Palestinian journalists in W.Bank
In past week Palestinian Authority security forces interrogated, detained two journalists, despite promises to honor freedom of media; interrogators forced reporter to provide them with email and Facebook ...
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Iraq violence kills eight police kidnapped
Violence in Iraq on Saturday killed eight people including a police officer, his wife and two children, and gunmen also kidnapped five police officers, officials ...
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The Bahrain Olympic Committee launches its strategy and brand mark Shaikh Nasser bin HamadThe BOC is on verge of a new era of development and prosperity
Manama, May 18 (BNA) -- The Bahrain Olympic Committee has launched its new strategy for the next electoral cycle 2013/2017 and revealed its all-new brand during a huge gala ceremony, which was held last night at the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation Gym at Isa Town Sports City. The ceremony was held under the auspices of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme ...
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Russia’s General Staff Rejects Intervention in Syria
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s General Staff is opposed to military intervention in Syria, saying this would be meddling in the war-torn country’s domestic affairs, Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov said. Russia’s Defense Ministry "fully supports" the stance voiced by President Vladimir Putin that Russia is ...
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Row sparks sectarian violence at Alexandria in Egypt
It started as a row between two young men in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria. It then became a family feud and finally mushroomed into clashes between Christians and Muslims that left at least one dead and dozens injured. The violence happened outside a Coptic church late at night after the two men – one Christian, one Muslim – began quarrelling. The two sides threw ...
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Untold stories of Iraq war photographers
NEW YORK - A new book presents eye witness accounts from photojournalists covering the Iraq war in an anthology of stories, individuals and acts of heroism that didn't make ...
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Renewable energy drive gains pace in Morocco Africa largest wind farm to open in 2014
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in ...
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Gunmen seize elderly father of Syrias deputy FM
DAMASCUS, Syria -; The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa ...
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Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
CAIRO -; Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart ...
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Gloomy Friday in Iraq
Baghdad, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Dynamite attacks against residential areas of Sunni Muslims on Friday claimed nearly 60 lives, according to official sources. The two deadliest consecutive actions occurred in Saria Mosque, Baquba city, and killed 41 people as they left the temple after ...
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Iran proposes to hold meeting of friends of Syria in Tehran
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran proposes to hold an alternative meeting of friends of Syria in Tehran, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...
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Iran ready to let IAEA observers in Parchin after protocol signed
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran is ready to let IAEA observers in Parchin only after a special protocol is signed, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...
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President of Iran to visit Moscow from Jul 1-2
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Moscow from July 1-2, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...
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Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama activists
Bashar al-Assad hails from the Alawite community, which is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while the rebels are predominantly Sunni Muslims. "Late on Friday night, the rebels took complete control of Tlaissiyeh, Zoghbe, Shaata and Balil, after the withdrawal of the army following several weeks of fighting," the Observatory said. "The residents abandoned the villages at the ...
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Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban
Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of Kairouan where the Salafists have vowed to hold Sunday's gathering, AFP correspondents reported.Police were singling out for checks the private minibuses that ply between Tunisian towns.Ansar al-Sharia had urged ...
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Turkey softens opposition to Syria conference press
Syria following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's trip to the United States, local media said Saturday."Erdogan has appeared to soften his stance ...
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Bahrain Bayan’s exhibit wins entrepreneur competition
Manama, May 1 8 (BNA) -- The Bahrain Bayan School with its product "My tray" was declared the winner of the Company of Year Competition held at the Moevenpick. Sheikha Hessa School was adjudged the first runner up and Ahmed Al Omran became the second runner up in the competition which had 13 teams participating in the final round. The theme of the competition was ...
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Israel and Palestine as one country?
Peace in the Middle East, it’s as illusive now as it was ten years ago and ten years before that. For many commentators, peace in the Middle East has become a myth, something local and international governments strive for or claim to support without any real hope of realization of the goal. With the current impasse between Israel and the Palestinian Authority ongoing, an old theme is being kicked around again, that of a single state that incorporates Israel and Palestine.
A single state solution is an idea that grew up in the 1920s and then died with the Six-Day War when divisions between the newly-founded Israeli state and the rest of the region were too entrenched for the idea to retain any traction. The political landscape after the war and even today is what many Jewish groups feared when Jewish Zionists were calling for a return to the biblical homeland to develop a Jewish state. Read more
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