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RPT-U.S. Congress moves to tighten sanctions on Iran
Wed May 22, 2013 4:46pm EDT (Repeats with no change in text to additional subscribers) WASHINGTON May 22 (Reuters) - A U.S. House of Representatives committee approved legislation on Wednesday seeking to impose tighter sanctions on Iran, the latest congressional effort to slow development of the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program. The "Nuclear Iran Prevention Act of 2013" ...
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How to Arm the Rebels in Syria’s Civil War
The options for the United States are narrowing rapidly as the Syrian civil war rages on. Although Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, announced recently that they are arranging an international conference aimed at ending the conflict, their effort may not be any more successful than previous failed attempts to find a diplomatic solution. ...
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Syria rebels in plea for weapons to hold Qusayr
AMMAN // Syrian rebels pleaded yesterday for weapons and ammunition to combat Hizbollah fighters and Assad regime forces in the crucial battle for Qusayr. "If we lose Qusayr, we lose Homs, and if we lose Homs, we lose the heart of the country," said one rebel fighter. George Sabra, acting chief of the Syrian National Coalition, said "forces from outside Syria" were seeking ...
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Video Paris Hilton Sharon Stone attend jewelry designer De Grisogonos party
Swiss jewelry designer De Grisogono celebrated the brand's 20th anniversary with a glamorous party in Cannes. Among the attendees were Paris Hilton, Sharon Stone, and Victoria's Secret model Alessandra Ambrosio. (May ...
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Video Kerry warns Syrias Assad against rejecting political solution
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says western governments are ready to bolster opponents of Syria's Bashar al-Assad if he rejects a political solution to civil ...
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The Tyrant of ash-Sham and the Iranian Regime and its Hizb in Lebanon Repeat Hulagus Destruction of Baghdad in Qusair
Approximately seven centuries ago in the year 656 AH, Hulagu Khan destroyed Baghdad after a severe siege. People were massacred in large numbers, houses and mosques were demolished, books and libraries were burned, and crops and livestock were destroyed. The Tigris River, penetrating Baghdad, was witness to this destruction as its water was diluted with human blood and the ink from books. Today ...
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With Hezbollah coffins Syria now exporting conflict
HERMEL, Lebanon - On a country road in Lebanon's northeast, traffic is heavy; ambulances screech by, sirens blaring, and cars packed with mourners follow coffins as Hezbollah brings wounded fighters home from Syria, and its dead.With the bodies from the battle over the border at Qusair, comes the violence, as civil conflict between Syria's Iranian-backed ruler and Sunni rebels ...
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Syria - Today is Bassel Khartabils second birthday in a Syrian jail
Software engineer and open-source advocate Bassel Khartabil will spend his second birthday in prison today. Palestinian-born Bassel was arrested on 15 March last year by Syrian security forces, and has been in prison ever since. On his birthday and the 799th day of Syria's conflict, Index calls on the Syrian government to release Khartabil.Index CEO Kirsty Hughes said:'Following ...
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New U.N. Atomic Watchdog Report Details Concerns On Iran’s Nuke Program
latest report from the U.N.’s nuclear watchdog shows that Iran continues to process nuclear fuel, it is making sure to keep its total amount low enough to not cross Israel’s so-called ';red-line.'; According to the International Atomic Energy Agency, since ...
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Sharon Osbourne returns to X Factor panel
The X Factor judging panel to replace Tulisa Contostavlos, ITV has confirmed.She will join Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger - who have all signed up - on the ITV series when it comes back to screens later this year.Osbourne, last on the show as a judge six years ago, had been widely expected to return after it emerged she had been in negotiation with programme chiefs. She said she ...
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Nuclear program to sinking economy Issues facing Iran as presidential election looms
In this picture taken on Saturday, May 11, 2013, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, joins hands with his close ally Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, as he flashes a victory sign, at the start of their press conference, after registering the candidacy of Mashaei for the upcoming presidential election, at the election headquarters of the interior ministry, in Tehran, Iran. By now, President ...
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Palestinians have little faith in Kerry effort preparing day after plans if mediation fails
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during a joint news conference with his Jordanian counterpart, Nasser Judeh, not pictured, in Amman Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Secretary of State John Kerry says the United States and its Arab and European allies will step up their support for Syria’s opposition to help them ';fight for the freedom of their country'; if President Bashar ...
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TCA Abu Dhabi opens enrolment for annual Tourism Youth Summer Camp
ABU DHABI - Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) has opened enrolment for this year's edition of its annual Tourism Youth Summer Camp, which aims to introduce the emirate's tourism destination product to Emiratis aged between 15-17 ...
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WRDC stages first Al Gharbia Development Forum
Al Gharbia Development Forum will bring together senior executives from across numerous government entities in Abu Dhabi, will also include open discussions on opportunities available in Al ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed participates in Friends of Syria meeting in Jordan
Amman, 22 May 2013 (WAM) - Foreign Minister H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan took part in the meeting of the 'Friends of Syria' group, held today in Amman. The meeting discussed the current situation in Syria after the Syrian army regained large part of the strategic city of Al Qussair and after a call by Qatar to held an emergency meeting of the Arab League to discuss means ...
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Celebrities at Halloween party
Actor Neil Patrick Harris (L) in costume poses with unidentified guest at Playboy Magazine founder Hugh Hefner's annual Halloween Party at The Playboy Mansion in Los Angeles in this October 27, 2012. ...
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Muslims celebrate Eid Al-Adha in Philippines
Muslims pray during the Muslim festival of Eid Al-Adha in Quezon City, Philippines, Oct. 26, 2012. Muslims around the world celebrate Eid Al-Adha on Oct. 26. (Xinhua/Rouelle ...
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Nurses save time on scooters in hospital
The nurses and doctors at the neonatal department of the MCH Institute in Hubei Province always work at a fast pace. In order to make every second count, the ICU of the hospital's neonatal department has been equipped with devices which may help, such as small scooters and ...
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Middle East to meet a new big wave aft...
As some political experts claim there will be the risk that a new "big wave" in the Middle East could reach its peak after the American presidential elections, and that the region might plummet into the abyss. They say that Israel is ready to attack Iran's nuclear facilities. At the same time the Islamic Republic, whose economy is on the verge of collapse due to the sanctions, is ...
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Lake Geneva risks being hit by tsunami
By Yuan Yue, Sina English Lake Geneva is at risk, for a giant tsunami could possibly hit the Swiss metropolis in the future, scientists say. Researchers analysed sediment at the bottom of Lake Geneva and uncovered "one big mass of sediment that was deposited in one event," said Katrina Kremer, an environmental scientist at the University of Geneva who co-authored the study, published ...
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President Hu extends condolences to US...
Chinese President Hu Jintao today extended condolences to the U.S. President Barack Obama over the heavy casualties and property loss caused by hurricane Sandy. President Hu said he believes that the U.S. people can overcome the difficulties and rebuild their homes, Xinhua reported on ...
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HTC releases new smartphones with Wind...
Two models display HTC's new smartphone "8X" (L) and "8S" in Taipei, southeast China's Taiwan, Oct. 30, 2012. HTC released two new products, which feature Windows Phone 8 system and Beats Audio, in Taipei on Tuesday. (Xinhua/Wu ...
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Interview ECB cannot solve root causes...
MILAN, Italy, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- The European Central Bank can ease some pressure on banks struggling amid capital shortfalls and funding strains, but broader measures are necessary to tackle structural problems, ECB chief economist Peter Praet said here on Friday. In a keynote speech delivered at Bocconi University in Milan, Praet said the ECB has adopted a series of non-standard measures ...
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USS Ohio docks in S. Korea to flex mus...
By Yu Runze, Sina English When Sino-Japanese relations is still strained amid the Diaoyu Islands dispute, the Ohio-class guided missile submarine USS Ohio, the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines, sneaked into Busan, port of South Korea. The nuclear-powered missile submarine's arrival in Far East obviously has something to do with the on-going ...
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China recalls Nongshim instant noodles
By Mei Jingya, Sina English China has ordered a recall of S.Korean Nongshim CO.'s instant noodles and asked importers to carry out the decision, Li Yuanping, spokesman for China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, said on Tuesday. Li said as soon as reports surfaced that those products used materials containing cancer-causing benzopyrene, ...
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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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