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Israel warns Syria after attack near border
Israeli soldiers march during a military exercise in the Israeli controlled Golan Heights, near the border with Syria. Syria claimed it destroyed an Israeli vehicle that crossed the ceasefire line in the Golan ...
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Middle East Trade Logistics
It's been a year of upheaval in the Middle East, and the outcome -- regime change -- is sparking optimism among trade analysts that some markets will become major growth markets for global trade. Nowhere is that more true than in Egypt, where the country's new leaders are pursuing a more populist approach than their predecessors, whoenacted a series of reforms that deregulated foreign ...
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Credit ratings moves in Middle East N. Africa
May 21 (Reuters) - Standard & Poor's cut Egypt's rating to CCC+ with stable outlook on May 9, saying Cairo had yet to come up with a plan to control its finances, leaving the country vulnerable to a balance of payments crisis. Below is a list of long-term foreign currency ratings and outlooks for Middle Eastern and North African countries. COUNTRY S&P MOODY'S ...
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Emirates SkyCargo Wins Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East Award ... Again
Emirates SkyCargo, the freight division of Emirates, one of the fastest growing international airlines, has cemented its position as a leading global player in air cargo industry by winning the 'Best Air Cargo Carrier Middle East' award for the 18th consecutive year at the annual Asian Freight & Supply Chain Awards (AFSCA) Organized by the market leading transport and logistics ...
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Top figures may be barred from Irans June ballot
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's election process slipped into a tense holding pattern Tuesday amid speculation that candidates blocked from the ballot include a top aide of outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and a former president who revived hopes of ...
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Muhammad al-Dura and Israels obsession with the propaganda war | Rachel Shabi
If Israel's government is to be believed, Palestinians have sunk so low as to be capable of faking their own deaths. Or wait, maybe the Israeli accusation of fakery is itself the indication of a horrifying new nadir. An Israeli report has concluded that Muhammad al-Dura, the 12-year-old Palestinian whose death in 2000 in Gaza was captured by a French public TV channel, was not killed by ...
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America has a fundamental problem with people who hate gay people | Sharon Stapel
mourn the brutal death of Mark Carson , a 32-year-old, shot and allegedly taunted with homophobic slurs by the shooter. The killing happened in Greenwich Village, one of the city's most famous gay friendly neighborhoods.In recent years, we at the New York City Anti-Violence Project have seen an increase in reports of anti-lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer hate violence ...
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Ozzy Sharon Osbourne Back Together After Split
Ozzy Osbourne used his Facebook page to address rumors about his family. He admitted that he had relapsed for the past year and a half, drinking and doing drugs. Though he emphasized that he and his ...
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Egypts army blocks roads in Sinai in hunt for kidnappers
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on ...
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Chaldean Catholic Patriarch Says Recent Violence Aimed at Dividing Iraq
The "morale of Christians in the area is down" Sako said, adding that "it seems a step aimed at the division of Iraq."In recent months, violent attacks have increased across Iraqi cities with the worst occurring on May 20 in Baghdad. Nine explosions were detonated in mainly Shiite areas, leaving at least eight dead in one attack.The patriarch added, in an interview to ...
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Michael Jordan Changing Bobcats to the Hornets A Tricky Situation
Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team name back to the Hornets and it could take effect as early as the 2014-15 season albeit some confusing ...
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Three killed during Syria-related clashes in Lebanese city
Lebanon (Reuters) - Three people were killed in further sectarian fighting in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli on Tuesday, security sources said, raising the death toll from four days of sporadic conflict related to ...
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Oman proposes Gulf ban on women wearing full-face niqab veils from driving
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi online newspaper says Oman is proposing that women be banned from wearing face veils when driving. Al-Watan said Tuesday Oman made the proposal at a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council police traffic department heads. It singled out the niqab, a mask that covers a woman's face, leaving only a slit for her eyes. The Oman delegate said that wearing a niqab ...
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Lebanon reportedly stopping Syria refugees at border
GENEVA U.N. officials said Tuesday there has been a sudden fall in the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan, amid reports that Jordan's government has clamped down on the relentless influx of people escaping Syria's civil war. Panos Moumtzis, the top U.N. refugee official for Syria, said the usual flow of up to about 3,000 refugees daily had "dropped to almost zero" ...
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Assad regime confirmed carrying out artillery firing into Israel
Assad regime confirmed carrying out artillery firing into Israel JERUSALEM - Syria fired artillery into Israel damaging a military vehicle Monday night, said Israeli administration.Israeli army said in a written statement that Syria fired shells into Golan Heights adding "Israel fired missiles at a target inside Syria in response to Syrian fire."The United Nations Disengagement ...
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Egypt gears up for possible rescue operation with large security sweep
CAIRO - Egyptian troops and policemen began sweeps of north Sinai on Tuesday ahead of a possible showdown with heavily armed gunmen who abducted seven security personnel, officials ...
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UAE film industry in Cannes
DUBAI - The Emirati flag will be flying high at the Cannes film festival this year as the ...
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Saudi nabs 10 more Iran spy suspects
RIYADH - Saudi authorities have arrested 10 more suspects in an alleged Iranian spy ring unveiled two months ago, an interior ministry spokesman said on ...
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Concern for President Peres after meets Lithuanian FM Linkevikius
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: If President Shimon Peres genuinely believes that "today it is clear to everyone that there is no better option than two states for two peoples" - emphasis "everyone" - then there are grounds for very serious concerns regarding his health. It is one thing for him to assert that "most" share his views, but to claim that ...
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PM Netanyahu Meets with Student Leaders from Around the Country on the
PM Netanyahu Meets with Student Leaders from Around the Country on the Occasion of National Student Day (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, on the occasion of National Student Day, today (Tuesday, 21 May 2013), in his Jerusalem office, met with student leaders from around the country, including National Union of Israel Students ...
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The government approves the Budget and the Arrangements Law
The government approves the Budget and the Arrangements Law At the end of a long evening meeting, the government approved the economic program for 2013-2014 with a majority vote of 21 to 1. (Communicated by the Ministry of Finance Spokesperson) The program includes numerous accomplishments, including a historic decision imposing the teaching of core subjects in the entire education system, ...
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Diplomats Iran Acts to Expand Sensitive Nuclear Capacity
VIENNA, AUSTRIA -- A U.N. nuclear agency report due this week is expected to show Iran further increasing its capacity to produce material that its adversaries fear could eventually be used to develop atomic bombs, Western diplomats said on Tuesday. But they said it also is likely to indicate that growth in Iran's most sensitive nuclear stockpile has been held back because some of it has ...
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Obama Administration Needs a Definitive Red Line for Syria
In January 1950, Secretary of State Dean Acheson gave a speech on U.S. East Asia policy at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Acheson spoke about the American "defensive perimeter" on the far Pacific Rim, from the Aleutians to the Philippines. Unfortunately, he left South Korea outside of his red ...
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Ryanair mulls Poland-Israel route for Auschwitz trips
LONDON (AFP) - Low-cost European airline Ryanair is looking at introducing flights between Israel and Poland to cater for Israeli schoolchildren visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz."It seems that every Israeli child has to go to Poland to go and see Auschwitz. We can help them with that," said the carrier's deputy chief executive, Howard Millar.Although Ryanair is ...
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Iran agency says it heard Rafsanjani and Mashaie barred from vote
Reuters © Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani attends Iran's Assembly of Experts' biannual meeting in Tehran March 8, 2011 file photo. REUTERS/Raheb ...
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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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