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Iraq bombs kill scores as violence spreads
At least 70 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in Iraq, raising concerns the country may slip back into civil war. NBC's Annabel Roberts and Richard O'Kelly ...
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Russia Delivers Enhanced Yakhont
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Russia has delivered to Syria an enhanced variant of acoastal defense system meant to repel any sea-based offensive against the regimePresident Bashar Assad. Officials said the U.S. intelligence community has determined that theKremlin approved and oversaw the deliveries of an upgraded variant of theYakhont coast-to-sea missile in 2013. They said the enhanced ...
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Deployment comes hours after police camp came under fire with heavy weapons in dawn attack that further heightened tensions.
CAIRO - Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp on Monday in the wake of the kidnapping of seven security personnel in the lawless peninsula, officials ...
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The Sad Lesson of Alan Hart
Sailing against a strong prevailing wind is not easy, certainly not like breezing along with the wind to your back. Author Alan Hart discovered that truth in criticizing ...
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Shurat HaDin Arrest France 2 bureau chief in wake of al-Dura report
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: In response to question from IMRA if Nitsana Darshan-Leitner plans to file a complaint herself with the police, Shurat HaDin responded that: "There are many victims of the second Intifada who would be willing to file a complaint against him, and indeed this may prove to be the case as a result of this development." ] Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center ...
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NGO Monitor US Govt Funding for Mideast Political NGOs Undermines US
PRESS RELEASE May 20, 2013 Contact: Lenny Ben-David NGO Monitor 054-216-8155 lenny.bendavid@ngo-monitor.org Report: U.S. Government Funding for Mideast Political NGOs Undermines U.S. Policy Jerusalem - A report presented to Members of Congress today by NGO Monitor shows that U.S. Government funding of several political NGOs in the Palestinian Authority and Israel contradicts U.S. ...
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Iran election overseers may bar former president
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election overseers say they will bar candidates who are physically weak from running in next month's presidential election, a clear nod toward a former ...
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51 die in 2 South Sudan clashes army retakes town
JUBA, South Sudan -; Twenty-four people died in a battle between South Sudan's military and rebel fighters the government believes to be supported by neighboring Sudan, while a tribe-on-tribe cattle-raiding attack elsewhere in the country killed 27 people, officials said ...
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Egypt boosts Sinai forces amid hostage crisis
EL-ARISH, Egypt - The Egyptian army sent reinforcements into the Sinai Peninsula on Monday after President Mohamed Morsi said there would be no talks with militant Islamists ...
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Irans electoral watchdog may ban Rafsanjani
DUBAI - Iran's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani from the race.Rafsanjani, if he is allowed to run, would be a significant challenge to conservative hardliners who are ultra-loyal to Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
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Car bomb blast kills at least 12 in Bagdad
Baghdad , wounded 26.Earlier on Monday, at least 43 people were killed in a wave of car bomb explosions targeting Shi'ite Muslims in Baghdad and the southern oil hub ...
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Two wounded as gunmen attack Libya gas site report
Police vehicles are seen next to a gas pipeline after an explosion, 18 km (11 miles) south of the city of Ajdabiyah April 3, 2013. REUTERS/Esam ...
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Syrias Raqqa opposition chief kidnapped activists
The flag of the Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra flies over the main square of the city of Raqqa, east Syria in this May 1, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Hamid ...
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Syrian opposition meets in Madrid over conflict
Former leader of the Syrian National Coalition (SNC) Moaz al-Khatib (R) listens during a conference of Syrian opposition groups in Madrid May 20, 2013. REUTERS/Susana ...
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Israel backs Kerry peace moves despite internal debate
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks as he welcomes Prime Minister of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan during a luncheon at the State Department May 16, 2013 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty ...
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Israel calls off UNESCO mission to Jerusalem official
Jewish settlers (top R) observe from a rooftop as a Palestinian man waves his national flag in the mostly Arab neighbourhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem on May 17, 2013. AFP PHOTO/MARCO ...
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Tunisia Salafist leader says group cannot be defeated
Tunisia has been rocked by waves of violence blamed on militant Islamists since its January 2011 revolution, and Larayedh reacted angrily to the latest unrest, which erupted after the authorities banned the group's annual congress.At least one protester was killed and 15 police hurt, with victim due to be buried later on Monday in Ettadhamen, the ...
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Car bombs target Iraqi Shiites killing 43
Civilians inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Hadi ...
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Will U.S. Designate Egypt Pakistan Iraq and Nigeria As Religious Freedom Violators
Pakistani Christians protest against the country's blasphemy laws and violence targeting their minority community. An independent U.S. watchdog has urged the executive branch every year since 2002 to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" over religious freedom violations. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - As the State Department prepares to release its annual report on ...
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Communication Minister receives Kuwaits Information Minister
Manama, May 20 (BNA) - The Minister of State for Communications Affairs, Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa today received Kuwait's Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah who is visiting the Kingdom of Bahrain to participate in the 27th meeting of GCC Youth and Sport ministers. The meeting reviewed the outstanding ...
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Dubais Damac begins work on first Iraq project
Dubai-based property developer Damac Properties has begun construction on its first residential complex in Iraq, several years after it first announced its intention to expand into the Middle East ...
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Things are jazzin up in da Cairo club every Tuesday til the 4th of June
Errybody in 'da Cairo Jazz Club gettin' crunk El-Fusion is a series of two-part concerts, where first set is played by Egyptian contemporary musicians, followed by a band from another country in the Middle East/North Africa every Tuesday between 14 May - 4 June ...
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Bank of London and The Middle East opens first overseas representative office in Dubai
Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME), the largest Islamic Bank in Europe, announced the opening of its representative office in the Dubai International Financial Centre ...
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Syria Kurdish Women Fighters Battle In Aleppo
A helicopter gunship passes overhead, soon followed by the "crump crump" noise of weapon systems firing. On the ground nobody moves, staying in the shadows waiting for the danger to pass. A soldier waves me forward and I enter a building. It is totally black inside apart from the bright beams of sunlight streaming through sniper holes driven into the ancient rock of this hilltop ...
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Baghdad car bomb kills 13 raises death toll to 70
Shia neighborhood in Baghdad has killed 13 people. The blast pushed the day's death toll from a deadly wave of bombings and shooting attacks across Iraq to 70. The officials say the latest blast struck on Monday afternoon in a busy market in the Shaab Shia neighborhood of the Iraqi capital. A police officer says 25 people wounded in the explosion. A medical official confirmed the casualty ...
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Iran will have men in space within ten years
Iran will have astronauts in space within the next ten years, according to government officials who recently revealed to Iran news media the Iranian Space Agency’s long-term space objectives.
Iran has pursued an ambitious space program in recent years, entering the so-called ‘Asian Space Race’ and launching the country’s first rocket in 2004, followed in 2009 by the launch of an entirely domestically-built satellite, thereby becoming the 9th country in the world to have achieved orbital-launch capability. Read more
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