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With massive protests planned against Islamist leader Egypts polarization risks violence
FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, An Egyptian protester shouts anti-President Mohammed Morsi slogans as he holds an application for "Tamarod", Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist ...
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Egypt Ethiopia Egypt Meet to Ease Nile Dam Tensions
ADDIS ABABA - Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam. The ministers of foreign affairs from both countries held talks in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday. At issue: the tensions that rose after Ethiopia began diverting part of the Blue Nile to advance construction the Great Ethiopian ...
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Russia to West Ease Iran sanctions to keep hopes of breakthrough alive
Russia on Tuesday urged the West to consider relaxing sanctions against Iran, saying there was unprecedented hope of a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff as Tehran was ready to make a major concession on uranium ...
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For impatient art lovers Louvre Abu Dhabis completion date approaches
ABU DHABI - Tourism Development and Investment Company (TDIC), master developer of major tourism, cultural and residential destinations in Abu Dhabi, has announced that work has begun to waterproof the Louvre Abu Dhabi's ...
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Learning a Lesson from Libya Iraq Reconciliation Not Revenge
Even as Syria’s nightmare continues, policy makers should consider the country’s future once hostilities end. Those planning for Syria’s "day after" should learn a lesson from the past and avoid an approach just adopted in Libya, and before that in Iraq, that will widen divisions rather than heal the wounds. Libya’s parliament recently voted to bar many ...
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Can fragmented Egypt find 15 million who want President Morsi out
The key to the success of Egypt's 'Rebel' campaign may be its modest scope: Collecting signatures on a petition calling for early elections to replace President ...
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Tel Aviv-based group threatens Australian professors over Israel
Tel Aviv-based group threatens Australian professors over Israel boycott Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center June 13, 2013: A Tel Aviv-based civil rights group warned Australian supporters of a proposed boycott against Israel on Thursday that their activities were racist, and in violation of Australian Federal anti-discrimination laws. Recently, faculty and students at Sydney University ...
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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors
CAIRO (AP) -- Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are ...
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Video Harper praises shift in Russias attitude on Syria
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is praising the outcome of the G8 summit in Northern Ireland, saying it was "very different" from what he expected. Harper says the countries, including Russia, are all on the same page about ...
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Fifa World Cup Australia Iran and South Korea qualify
"It's amazing for the country," captain Lucas Neill said in a pitchside interview. "Three World Cups [in a row] now. I'm sorry, guys, it wasn't pretty but we beat what was in front of ...
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Secretary Kerry Briefs Senate Intel Members on Syria Plans Cost Still Unknown
Secretary of State John Kerry went into a closed briefing with Senate Intelligence Committee members Tuesday afternoon to discuss the Obama administration's plans to provide small arms to Syrian rebels. Senators ...
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The End of Hezbollah in the New Middle East
The Priority of Principle Any movement or political organization is defined by its principles. It's very essence and identity is constituted by its distinct platform. Policies, and strategies employed by the movements are based primarily on these principles, and its socio-political outlook and philosophy. However, a movement ceases to exist as a distinct group of people with shared ...
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Palestinians ‘aiding US peace drive’
JERUSALEM - The Palestinian administration in the West Bank has tried to help the latest US peacemaking drive by quietly cutting off funds for grassroots campaigners against Israel's occupation of the territory, a senior Israeli general said on ...
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Don’t prolong Iran talks Netanyahu
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned world powers on Tuesday against holding ';drawn out'; negotiations with Iran on its nuclear programme following the election of a more moderate president in ...
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Brazil here we come Iran fans sing
Iran .Footage aired on state television showed similar outpourings of joy around the country.In Tehran, residents waved the green-white-red national flag while motorists honked their horns and bikers sped through the capital to join the ...
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Irans new leader offers softer tone same key policies
TEHRAN--Newly elected president Hassan Rowhani struck a diplomatic chord in his first news conference but offered little real change in key policy areas, especially on the long-running dispute over Iran's nuclear ...
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Jordan advance to World Cup play-offs after beating Oman 1-0
Ahmad Hayel Ibrahim scored the winning goal with a superb diving header into the bottom corner (57).Jordan will face Uzbekistan in the fifth-place home-and-away play-off on 6 and 10 September.Jordan or Uzbekistan will then play the fifth-placed side in South America in an intercontinental home-and-away play-off on 15 and 19 ...
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Syria crisis World leaders appeal to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power
World leaders appealed to allies of Bashar al-Assad to force the Syrian President to surrender power at the close of their two-day summit in Northern ...
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Weak G8 agreement on Syria hailed as victory
Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron (4th L) arrives for a group photo with (L-R) European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, U.S. President Barack Obama, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, France's President Francois Hollande, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Italy's Prime Minister ...
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IFC Making Water Loans for Projects in Middle East North Africa
International Finance Corp., the World Bank's Washington-based lending arm, is arranging as much as $70 million in financing for water-efficiency and wastewater projects in the Middle East and North Africa. The IFC will provide $50 million in loans to Metito and arrange a $20 million loan as well to the private Dubai-based water company from the German development finance institution ...
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World Cup Success a Lift for Troubled Egypt
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Israeli general says Palestinians quietly aiding U.S. peace drive
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinian administration in the West Bank has tried to help the latest U.S. peacemaking drive by quietly cutting off funds for grassroots campaigners against Israel's occupation of the territory, a senior Israeli general said on ...
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G8 announces agreement on Syria
British Prime Minister David Cameron is claiming a remarkable set of agreements for the latest G8 summit, especially on Syria, where he said the leaders had been able to bring to the table a number of issues that had previously been thought to be off limits. Importantly, the G8 declaration will also carry Russia’s signature. ';It’s no secret that there were very different ...
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Tehran correspondent answers questions about Iran’s election
Tomorrow Iran will elect its new president. As the candidates make their last minute bids, NBC's Ali Arouzi gauges the mood on the streets of Tehran. Campaigning in Iran's presidential election ended on Thursday, a day before Iranians head to the polls.The field of candidates has been whittled down to five hardliners – and one moderate.The next president is not expected to ...
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G8 leaders call for political solution in Syria
Group of Eight leaders emphasized the need for a political settlement in Syria in a statement issued Tuesday as the summit in Northern Ireland ended. The communique referred to the Syrian civil war as "an appalling human tragedy" and pledged more aid to refugees and to the countries giving them shelter. It also condemned human rights violations and the use of chemical weapons while ...
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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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