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Iran and Egypt Old Foes New Competitors
Demonstrators storm the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in protest of President Morsi's expansion of powers in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23. (Photo: Mohamed Hanno, ...
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Obama Again Backs Off On Syria
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- President Barack Obama, less than a week afterapproving U.S. military aid to Sunni rebels, has backed away from proposalsmeant to oust Syrian President Bashar Assad. Obama, in his first interview on the subject, acknowledged that he wasskeptical over measures to restrain Assad's military amid its offensiveagainst the rebels. The president dismissed the prospect of a ...
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Israel Reports New Arms Deals
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel has reported a series of arms export deals. The state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries reported a series of newcontracts with unidentified foreign militaries. IAI said the contracts,awarded in 2013, exceeded $100 ...
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Twin suicide bombings More blood drenches streets of Iraq
Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious centre in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian ...
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Erdogan demonizes opposition like all dictators do
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday claimed victory over anti-government protesters after a heavy crackdown, as police raided homes and arrested dozens of demonstrators in a bid to stamp out nearly three weeks of ...
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UN Gathafis move to Oman in breach of sanctions
UNITED NATIONS - A daughter and son of late Libyan dictator Moamer Gathafi have moved from Algeria to Oman in breach of UN sanctions, a UN ambassador said ...
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Hamas Follows Hizb In Tunnel Rockets
GAZA CITY [MENL] -- The Hamas regime in the Gaza Strip has been directed byHizbullah on the use of tunnels for missile and rocket fire toward ...
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Hawks doves and pipeline politics in Syria
By Peter Dale Scott Like President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, United States President Barack Obama's Syrian policy is being tugged strenuously in Washington by hawks and by doves. On June 13, Obama handed two limited but ominous victories to the hawks: a finding of fact that the troops of Syria's president Bashar al-Assad "have used chemical weapons [i.e. Sarin] against rebel ...
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Modernity makes a mark in Iran vote
if you are interested in contributing. The June 14 election in Iran has not only shattered many prejudgments about the supposedly predetermined results of the 11th Iranian presidential poll on the international level, but it has also taken many inside Iran by surprise. The reformists, who have been subject to the most severe media criticism and sabotage ...
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IAEA should avoid political stance Iran says
Iran questions IAEA's political stance, says committed to NPT. Iranian Foreign Ministry has called on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) chief to avoid politicizing Tehran’s nuclear issue. "If the International Atomic Energy Agency’s expectations are beyond Iran’s obligations [under the Non-proliferation Treaty], this will require the definition of a ...
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Turkeyss Erdogan welcomes Hamas leaders
Even as the EU canceled a parliamentary visit to Ankara scheduled for Wednesday, and UN Secretary-General Ban Kimoon criticized Turkey for its handling of the recent protests, embattled Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday welcomed Hamas leaders Khaled Mashaal and Ismail Haniyeh for meetings in the Turkish capital.It was not immediately clear if the arrival of the Hamas leaders ...
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Gunmen briefly kidnap farmer in Lebanon’s Baalbek
BEIRUT: Unidentified gunmen briefly kidnapped early Wednesday a farmer after blocking the path of two vehicles in Baalbek, east Lebanon, security sources ...
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Bahrain to clamp down on bars nightclubs
Bahrain's parliament unanimously voted to deny any more building permits for nightclubs and bars in the residential and commercial district of Juffair, a move which could be the start of a clampdown across the whole of the island state, it was reported on ...
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Lebanese March 14 coalition call for Hezbollahs Syria withdrawal
The March 14 coalition called Tuesday for an immediate withdrawal of Hezbollah from the fighting in Syria and the deployment of the Lebanese Army along the tense border to prevent recurrent attacks on Lebanon.In a memorandum delivered to President Michel Sleiman, the coalition also called for ...
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Middle East investors now more active in managing capital
More than half (55 per cent) of respondents said they invested locally rather than internationally While other markets are busy finding ways to stem capital flight, there is a growing trend of Middle Eastern investors keeping their money at home and taking control of their assets.Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar are now being seen as safe havens for investors to park their wealth. This trend became ...
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World Cup 2014 Josh Kennedy coming to terms with scoring match-winning goal against Iraq
Sydney 2000 Josh Kennedy says the impact of his match-winning goal in the World Cup qualifier against Iraq is only just "starting to sink in".Kennedy confirmed Australia's passage to the 2014 World Cup in Brazil with his 83rd-minute header at the Olympic stadium on Tuesday night.The lanky striker was still coming to terms with being the toast of the nation as he joined his ...
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Israel celebrates 90 years of Shimon Peres
Celebrations have been taking place to mark the 90th birthday of Israel’s President Shimon Peres, although his real birthday is on August 2. Some 3,000 guests ...
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Syria peace talks delayed after Putin unyielding
Syrian peace talks will be delayed after Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed to boycott talks that assume President Bashar Assad will resign, officials said. The international peace conference in Geneva, Switzerland, proposed by Washington and Moscow six weeks ago to be held as soon as May is now likely to be delayed until September, a Western official told several news organizations after ...
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New Wave Poll 62.720.1 Attack Syria to stop weapons shipments despiteAssad threats
New Wave Poll: 62.7%:20.1% Attack Syria to stop weapons shipments despite Assad threats Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA 14 June 2013 The survey of 500 Jewish Israeli adults was conducted by New Wave for Yisrael Hayom 12 June 2013 and published on 14 June. Statistical error +/- 4.4 percentage points. Should Israel attack Syria in order to stop weapons shipments, despite threats from Assad to ...
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Wealth creation is faster in Middle East HNWIs
A majority of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the Middle East believe wealth creation is faster today than in the past, more than any other region globally, according to the latest report by of Barclays Wealth Insights.Over half (60%) of respondents in the Middle East agreed that wealth can be created faster today than in the past, in comparison to 43 per cent in Europe and 31 per cent in ...
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Abbas Palestinians want Kerrys efforts to succeed
Kerry is expected to return to the region next week as part of his efforts to revive stalled peace talks, the Palestinian Authority and Israeli officials said Tuesday.PA President Mahmoud Abbas emphasized that the Palestinians were keen on making Kerry's mission ...
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The best books on Egypt start your reading here | Pushpinder Khaneka
Egypt as the country attempts to emerge from British occupation and forge its own identity. Palace Walk tells the story up to the 1919 revolution against the ...
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New Dreamliner too small for us says Emirates
Emirates president Tim Clark threw cold water on Boeing's launch of the new improved and bigger 787-10 version of its flagship Dreamliner, saying the new model may not be big enough for the fast growing Dubai carrier, it has been ...
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Emirates takes home 2013 World’s Best Airline’ Award
Emirates Airlines Emirates Airlines was awarded the highly coveted 'World's Best Airline' award, presented by Skytrax at the 2013 World Airline Awards yesterday.In addition to winning 'World's Best Airline' Emirates scooped up a further two awards including; 'Best Middle East Airline' and for a record ninth year in a row, ?World's Best Inflight ...
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Israeli president Shimon Peres 90 says he expects peace with Palestinians within his lifetime
Weeks away from his 90th birthday, Israel's president Shimon Peres, has said that he expects to see peace with the Palestinians within his ...
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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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