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KKK man makes death ray against Israels enemies
A KKK member from upstate New York was arrested on Tuesday after he allegedly designed a "death ray" that is meant to kill Muslims and other "enemies of ...
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Report Irans Rohani tied to AMIA 1994 bombing
'Washington Free Beacon' cites indictment by the Argentine government prosecutor accusing the Iranian government of directing the bombing; says Iranian president-elect connected to decision to launch ...
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SNBs Jordan says Swiss franc should weaken in coming quarters
BERNE, June 20 | Thu Jun 20, 2013 4:07am EDT BERNE, June 20 (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank expects the Swiss franc to weaken further in coming quarters, chairman Thomas Jordan said after the central bank's rate-setting session on Thursday. "Overall, the value of the Swiss franc remains high and should fall further over the next few quarters," Jordan said in prepared ...
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Iran springs a promising surprise
/enpproperty--> The victory of moderate leader Hassan Rouhani in the June 15 presidential election in Iran - in which he routed hard-line conservatives by garnering more than 50 percent of the votes - reflects Iranian people's strong desire for change. The United Nations and the world's major powers, including the United States and the European Union, have responded ...
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Israeli occupation forces arrest five Palestinians from West Bank provinces today
Bethlehem: June 20 -- (BNA)-- Israeli occupation forces arrested this morning five Palestinian citizens from Bethlehem, Jenin, Nablus and Hebron provinces. In Bethlehem, the occupation forces arrested in the wee hours of dawn today a Palestinian youngster after raiding and inspecting his home in Khadir Town. Also, another Palestinian youngster from Bait-Jala Town sustained bone fractures as a ...
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2013 Lions Tour Israel Folau named to make Wallabies debut against tourists
Brisbane 4000 Former rugby league international Israel Folau is one of three debutants named in Australia's starting XV to face the British and Irish Lions at Lang Park on Saturday night.Folau, playing his first season of professional rugby union following an unsuccessful stint in the AFL, has been named to make his Wallabies debut on the wing in the first Test.He will be joined by ...
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US-Taliban talks in Qatar not expected on Thursday Source
Asked if the meeting would happen on Thursday, the source replied: "There is nothing scheduled that I am aware of." Asked if that meant they would not happen today, the source added: "Yes that's correct." A senior US official said on Wednesday that talks with the Taliban were likely to be held within the next few days in Qatar, after delays caused by tensions over the ...
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Yak-130 Jets For Syria Waiting Political Decision - Source
Yak-130 combat trainer jets for Syria as part of a deal signed in 2011, but no final decision on delivery has yet been made, a Russian official source said on Thursday. An unspecified number of the aircraft have been produced by aircraft-builder Irkut as part of the $550 million deal for 36 Yak-130s. "They are standing outside the factory waiting for a political decision," a source ...
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Yemens displaced families yearn for home – video
Conflict in the Houthi-controlled areas of north-west Yemen has been devastating for Qasim and his family, who now live in a camp for internally displaced people. About 300,000 people have been displaced and are struggling to cope with water shortages and poor services. Authorities are encouraging people to go home, but renewed fighting, damaged houses and the lack of opportunities are a ...
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Obamas proxy war in Syria not likely to end well
In Syria, the Obama administration seems to be stumbling back to the future: an old-fashioned proxy war, complete with the usual shadowy CIA arms-running operation, the traditional plan to prop up ostensible "moderates" whose prospects are doubtful and, of course, the customary shaky grasp of what the fighting is really ...
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Egypts tourism minister quits in protest ICTP President Geoffrey Lipman releases statement
Tourism is one of the major industries in Egypt and Luxor is a ctiy visited by millions of tourists every year. The newly appointed Luxor governor is a member or is close to a terror group that killed 58 tourists in 1997. Egypt's current minister of tourism Hisham Zaazou is resigning because of this appointment. The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) through his President ...
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Spreading shakedowns and distrust of authorities embolden al-Qaida in Iraqs restive Mosul
FILE - In this file photo taken on Jan. 16, 2012 Iraqi security forces inspect bombs at the scene of a car bomb attack outside the northern city of Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad, Iraq. Al-Qaida's Iraq arm is gaining strength in the restive northern city of Mosul, reviving its fundraising efforts through gangland-style shakedowns, feeding off anti-government anger ...
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Rohani tops early Iran election results interior ministry says
By Yeganeh Torbati, Reuters DUBAI - Moderate cleric Hassan Rohani took a commanding lead over conservative rivals in Iran's presidential election, according to initial results, but it was unclear whether he could avoid a second-round run-off on June 21.The vote is unlikely to radically alter ties between Tehran and the West, but if Rohani wins he has indicated he would pursue a less ...
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30 Egyptians Emiratis charged over Brotherhood cell
ABU DHABI - A group of 30 Egyptians and Emiratis have been charged by the UAE authorities for allegedly setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, a prosecutor said on ...
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Mali inks ceasefire accord with Tuareg rebels
Mali's government signed a ceasefire accord with Tuareg rebels Tuesday, paving the way for presidential elections in the troubled west African state next ...
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Special Report - How Syrias Islamists govern with guile and guns
Reuters © Military uniforms are displayed for sale among Islamists and Syrian opposition flags at a street in the souk of Raqqa province in east Syria in this April 24, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Hamid ...
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Video Shelling between Syria’s Sunni Shi’ite villages
A series of amateur videos posted on the Internet on Wednesday purport to show tit-for-tat shelling between Syria's Sunni and Shi'ite villages north of Aleppo, near where President Basher al-Assad hopes to stage a ...
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Iran GC confirms pres. poll results
Guardian Council confirms Iran presidential vote results. The Guardian Council, Iran’s highest electoral supervisory body, has confirmed the validity of the country’s June 14 presidential election results. The Iranian Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday that the Council has declared the results of the 11th presidential election valid, officially announcing Hassan Rohani as ...
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Bahrain University College CEO praises the Kingdom of Bahrains Higher Education Council
Manama: June 20 --(BNA)-- The University College of Bahrain (UCB)'s Administrative and Financial Affairs CEO, Shaikh Ibrahim bin Khalid Al Khalifa, praised the Bahrain Higher Educational Council's signing of a Services Agreement with the British Accreditation Board regarding the setting up of academic standards for accreditation of higher educational institutions in the Kingdom of ...
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Kuwaits KFH says 20 capital rise oversubscribed
Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the Gulf Arab state's largest Islamic bank, said on Thursday its 20 percent capital increase had been oversubscribed by shareholders, without providing specific ...
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Qatar said to mull new $23bn UK investments
Qatar is planning to invest another 10-15bn ($15-23bn) in the UK in the next few years, bringing its total investment to nearly $57bn, it has been ...
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Syria no-fly zone would cost billions say analysts
The cost of implementing a no-fly zone in Syria would run into the billions of dollars, would be a lot more complex to manage than the previous one introduced in Libya and Gulf governments would be required to burden some of the cost, military analysts have told Arabian ...
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Syria President Assad’s grip on Damascus suggests David Cameron’s ‘coup’ is little more than fantasy
The government of President Bashar al-Assad is tightening its control of Damascus, encircling and bombarding the remaining rebel strongholds in or near the city. There was only the sound of a few distant explosions today that appear to come from the south where the Syrian army is seeking to drive rebels from around the golden-domed Shia shrine of Sayida Zeinab 10 miles from the centre of ...
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Afghanistan threatens to boycott US-backed peace talks in anger at Talibans Qatar office
The United States was racing to gather up the pieces of its always fragile relationship with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan after he broke off security talks with Washington and denounced plans for the start of peace negotiations with the ...
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Syria war gives US-Jordan war games a sharp edge
The US and Jordan have ended annual joint military exercises in the Arab country, with the drills taking on heightened significance due to the war raging in neighbouring Syria. The US is reportedly increasing its military presence in Jordan. Earlier this month it said it would deploy Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and F-16 fighter jets there, drawing swift criticism from Moscow. Nineteen Arab ...
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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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