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Kuwait suspends executives over Dow Chemical payment
KUWAIT CITY - Kuwait's cabinet suspended on Thursday several senior oil executives over a $2.2 billion penalty paid to Dow Chemical for scrapping a joint venture and ordered a judicial investigation into the matter, an official statement ...
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Dubai successfully foils smuggling of 259 African ivory tusks
International Wildlife Fund for Animal Welfare says Dubai authorities discovered tusks in container shipped from Kenya and labelled as wooden ...
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In Iraq pointing a finger at others will not help says paper
WAM ABU DHABI: Pointing a finger at others will not help in Iraq as Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki says that it is a plot to destabilise the country and sow sectarian and ethnic discord, a local newspaper remarked today. "As far as objectivity is concerned, he is right," said the Khaleej Times in an editorial comment on the new trend of violence which is "a deja vu of 2006-07 ...
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6 killed 27 wounded in Lebanons Tripoli
WAM BEIRUT: Six people have been killed and 27 were wounded during clashes that erupted yesterday in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli. Mortar bombs and various kinds of shells and weapons were used in the heavy fighting in the Jabal Mohsen area and the Bab al-Tabbaneh district, Lebanon's National News Agency (NNA) reported. The fighting in the Lebanese port city is fueled by ...
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Would-be suicide bomber killed in Yemens Aden
ADEN, Yemen, May 12 (Xinhua) -- Troops of the Yemeni anti- terrorism forces foiled a terror attack and shot dead a would-be suicide bomber on Sunday morning in the southern port city of Aden, a government official told Xinhua. The troops launched a storming campaign against an al-Qaida- held house in Aden's neighborhood of Mansoura, the local government official said on condition of ...
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Friends of Syria to press for peace talks
BACKERS of the Syrian uprising are set to meet in Amman to discuss a US-Russian proposal for peace talks, as the brutal two-year conflict escalates close to the border with Lebanon. "This meeting in Amman is to bring together all of the key players in the region as well as the key partners in Europe and the United States to talk about strategy," a senior US State Department official ...
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Irans Ahmadinejad denounces election decision
TEHRAN, Iran -; Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says a decision by election overseers to disqualify his top aide from an upcoming presidential race is an act of "oppression" and he will take the case to the country's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali ...
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Kerry praises $2.1 billion Raytheon deal in Oman
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Oman's Sultan Qaboos bin Said at Bait Al Baraka in Muscat, Oman, Tuesday, May 21, 2013. (AP Photo?Jim ...
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Egypts EFG Hermes says Q1 net profit jumps 27 pct
CAIRO | Wed May 22, 2013 4:40am EDT CAIRO May 22 (Reuters) - EFG Hermes, Egypt's biggest investment bank, saw net profit jump 27 percent in the first quarter from the same period a year earlier, the bank said on Wednesday. Net profit for the period increased to 98 million Egyptian pounds ($14 million) from 77.0 million pounds in the first quarter of 2012, the bank said in a ...
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Indias April Iran oil imports drop 34.2 pct vs March -trade
Wed May 22, 2013 4:37am EDT * Iran 7th biggest oil supplier to India in Jan-Apr vs 3rd yr ago * Should bolster case for fresh waiver from sanctions on Tehran * Oil imports from Latin America doubled in Jan-Apr vs yr ago * Total crude imports in April at 3.9 mln bpd, up about 8 pct y/y By Nidhi Verma NEW DELHI, May 22 (Reuters) - India's oil imports from Iran fell 34.2 percent in April from ...
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Israel Railways improves punctuality
Israel Railways says that its punctuality improved to 94.78% of all trains in the first quarter of 2013 from 92.11% in the corresponding quarter of 2012 and 86.45% in the corresponding quarter of 2011. It added that punctuality during rush hour rose to 94.77% of all trains in the first quarter from 91.84% in the corresponding quarter of 2012 and 84.91% in the corresponding quarter of 2011. ...
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AP condemns Irans interference in Bahrains internal affairs
Cairo, May 22 (BNA) - The Arab Parliament denounced the remarks said by Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hussain Amir Abdullahyan on the Kingdom of Bahrain, considering the same as unacceptable interference in the internal affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and uncharacteristic behavior in international relations and contrary to all international laws and ...
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Duo barred from Iran election
Ex-president Akbar Hachemi Rafsanjani and former chief of staff Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei barred from running in June's presidential ...
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Top US official in Oman for $2.1bn arms deal signing
US Secretary of State John Kerry flew to Oman on Tuesday for Raytheon Co's signing of an estimated $2.1bn arms deal and to consult on Syria and Iran, US officials ...
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Why have Syrian refugees stopped entering Jordan
The number of Syrian refugees entering Jordan has almost ground to a halt over the last four days, with conflicting reports coming from the border as to ...
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Palestinian child shot in West Bank by Israeli troops
Israeli forces have seriously wounded a child in the West Bank. AFP Photo Israeli troops shot and seriously wounded a 12-year-old Palestinian boy who was walking with his friends in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday, Palestinian security and medical officials told AFP.They said that Atta Mohammed Sharadeh was hit during one of what have become almost daily attacks against Palestinian youths by ...
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Seven Egyptian hostages freed in Sinai en route to Cairo
After almost a week in captivity, seven soldiers held hostage by unidentified militants in Sinai have been released and are en route to Cairo confirmed Egyptian Armed Forces Spokesperson Ahmed Mohamed Ali, early Wednesday morning. The officers, who are being flown back to the capital, are free thanks to the efforts ...
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Kerry hails tentative Raytheon arms sale to Oman
MUSCAT (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry hailed on Wednesday what U.S. officials said was an estimated $2.1 billion deal for Oman to buy a ground-based air defense system from U.S. defense contractor Raytheon ...
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Syria crisis Iranian troops join battle for Qusair
o US says Iranians fighting alongside Syria and Hezbollah o Friends of Syria set to discuss arming rebelso Kidnapped Egyptian police freed in ...
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Rafsanjani Ahmadinejad aide cut from Iran presidential race
Out: Two-term former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (left) and incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide, Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, have been disqualified from Iran's June 14 presidential election. | ...
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MP Kabbara urged Lebanon president PM to defend Tripoli
Tripoli's Future MP Mohammad Kabbara called on President Michel Suleiman and caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati to defend the city of Tripoli Lebanon’s northern ...
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West Bank Businesses Seek Growth Amid Uncertainty
heads back to Israel and the West Bank Thursday for more talks on restarting peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. When he was there last month, he walked away with at least one agreement - to improve the West Bank economy. ...
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EMERCOM sends more relief for Syrian refugees in Lebanon
MOSCOW, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - The Russian Ministry for Emergency Situations has sent another batch of humanitarian aid for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, EMERCOM spokeswoman Irina Rossius told Tass on ...
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Islamists release seven Egyptians kidnapped in Sinai
kidnapped by Islamist militants in the Sinai Peninsula last week were released on Wednesday, the army said.Security sources said they were freed following talks mediated by local Bedouin tribal leaders. The men were handed over to the army in an area south of Rafah, near the border with ...
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More attacks across Iraq leave 7 people dead
BAGHDAD--New attacks in Iraq killed seven people and wounded dozens on Tuesday, officials said, after a bloody day that claimed more than 100 lives across the ...
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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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