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Hezbollah ups the ante helps rout Syrian rebels near Lebanons border
Members of Lebanon's Hezbollah carry the coffin of their comrade Fadi Mohammed al-Jazzar during his funeral in southern Beirut on May 20, 2013. At least 23 members of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been killed fighting alongside regime troops in the Syrian town of Qusayr, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. (STR/AFP/Getty ...
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95 killed in Syrias al-Qussair battles report
A total of 95 people, including 23 Hezbollah members, have been killed in an intense fighting in Syria's central city of al-Qussair over the past 48 hours, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ...
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India opens exit door for workers in Saudi Arabia
DUBAI: India on Monday started verification and issuance of emergency certificates allowing its citizens to leave Saudi Arabia following concerns over a new labour policy in the Gulf kingdom. The schedule announced is for the delivery of the first batch of 12,000 emergency certificate applications received at the Indian embassy in Riyadh and nearly 3,000 in Saudi's Eastern Province. The ...
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Egypt Sends Show of Force to Sinai After Kidnappings
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Israel questions Gaza boy’s death
The father of Muhammad el-Dura, a Palestinian child killed in Gaza in 2000 during an exchange of fire between Israeli troops and Palestinian police, says he is willing to exhume his son's body to refute Israeli claims that he was not shot by ...
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Palestinians in Syria caught in the middle
The UN agency aiding Palestinians gives 3,000 Syrian pounds ($2.15) to every registered refugee family, "but this is not enough. A kilo of tomatoes is 100," she ...
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Bobcats owner Michael Jordan changing team name to Hornets report
Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team's name to the Hornets, said a person familiar with the situation. The person said Jordan will detail the timetable for the change to be completed at a press conference the Bobcats have scheduled for Tuesday. The person spoke to The Associated Press Monday on condition of anonymity because the name change has not been publicly ...
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Raytheon to sign $2.1 billion arms sale to Oman U.S. officials
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK - Yahoo Inc will buy blogging service Tumblr for $1.1 billion cash, giving the Internet pioneer a much-needed social media platform to reach a younger generation of users and breathe new life into its ailing brand. ...
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95 killed in Iraq’s spiral of violence
BAGHDAD -- Iraq's wave of bloodshed sharply escalated on Monday with more than a dozen car bombings across the country, part of attacks that killed at least 95 people and brought echoes of past sectarian carnage and fears of a dangerous spillover from Syria's civil war next ...
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CU Buffs signing Jordan Gehrke adds drama to QB situation
"He's very athletic, extremely accurate, can make all the throws and is a bright young man in regards to football and in the classroom," CU coach Mike MacIntyre, above, said of Jordan Gehrke. (Denver Post file) Jordan Gehrke has a message for all those Division II and III schools he turned down out of high school. Only he knows what that will say but the most important part will ...
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Church Leaders Beg for Peace in Syria
As Much as 25% of Christian Population Displaced or GoneLONDON, April 15, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Melkite Greek Catholic Patriarch Gregorios III Laham is begging for peace in Syria, saying the country's "suffering has gone beyond all bounds."The Damascus-based patriarch estimates that, since the conflict broke out two years ago, up to 400,000 Syrian ...
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Oceaneering Bags Saipem Gig Offshore Egypt
Oceaneering International, Inc. announced that it has secured a contract from Saipem to supply umbilicals for the Burullus West Delta Deep Marine Phase IXa development located offshore Egypt. The order consists of ten subsea production control umbilicals totaling approximately 52.2 miles (84 kilometers) in length and two electrical power cables totaling approximately 55 kilometers (34.2 miles) ...
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Father of shot Gaza boy disputes Israel report
The father of a Palestinian boy shot dead in Gaza in 2000 said Monday he was willing to have his son exhumed to disprove an Israeli report denying he was killed by Israeli ...
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Iran Will Let Argentina Question Suspects in Anti-Semitic Attack
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has approved a deal with Argentina that clears the way for an investigation of an attack that killed 85 people at a Jewish cultural centre in Buenos Aires in 1994, an Iranian diplomat said Monday. Ali Pakdaman, charge d'affaires at the Iranian Embassy in Argentina, told Argentine radio station Del Plata that the deal will not go through the ...
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Gemayel speaks to Qatar emir on regional issues
Amin Gemayel discussed domestic and regional issues Monday with Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani. The two officials spoke of the situation ...
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Lebanon praised for efforts to enhance French relations
BEIRUT: An international general assembly of "Legion d’Honneur" recipients commended the Lebanese club for its efforts to enhance Lebanese-French relations. During a meeting in Paris, the French chapter of the club, which brought together figures who were honored with the prestigious French Legion d’Honneur decoration, expressed its readiness to collaborate with the ...
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Palestinian refugee counsels Syrians
Lebanon for the next several weeks. "I know what it’s like to feel like the ‘other’ and be different in the world. This gives me compassion for people who don’t feel at home," says Ashtan, a warm and outgoing woman who takes an immediate interest and empathy in those around her – an invaluable trait for someone who is working with refugee children as well ...
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Egypt KSA to sign joint power line deal
Egyptian electricity and energy minister Ahmed Imam is expected to sign an agreement with his Saudi counterpart for the construction of an electrical power line between the two countries, Daily News Egypt has reported. The total cost of the project is set to reach $1.6bn, with each side to bear the cost of construction on its own side of the border, which for Egypt is estimated at $600m. The ...
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Qatar establishes $1bn energy fund
Three Qatari state-backed entities, including the Gulf country's sovereign wealth fund, have announced plans to set up a $1bn fund to invest in overseas energy infrastructure assets, Reuters has reported. The new fund, which will be run by Qatar Holding, Qatar Petroleum International and Qatar Electricity and Water Co (QEWC), will invest outside Qatar "in the fields of power ...
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Total buys Shells fuel network in Egypt
France's Total has acquired the fuel retail network of Royal Dutch Shell in Egypt, as the oil and gas major seeks to boost its distribution position in the country and across the region, Daily News Egypt has reported. Total currently owns 70 fuel stations in Egypt, which represents 4% of the market share. "Through this acquisition, we reaffirm our ambition to pursue our development in ...
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Saudi Arabias MMG picks advisor for debt restructuring
The investment banking arm of Gulf International Bank has been appointed by Saudi contractor Mohammad Al Mojil Group (MMG) to advise it on a restructuring of its debts, Reuters has reported. MMG Group has been in financial difficulty for some time, with shareholders rejecting a plan to liquidate the company in November after its accumulated losses exceeded 75% of its capital at the end of the ...
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Concern over Hezbollahs growing role in Syria after fierce fighting in al-Quasir
Mourners carry the coffin of 18-year-old Hezbollah member Hasan Faisal Sheker after the fiercest fighting this year in the rebel stronghold of ...
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Emirates Airlines introduces shisha lounges up in the sky.
Emirates has started to trial new shisha lounges aboard its A380 fleet.Last week the airline revealed that the lounges would be available to business and first class passengers on several of its long-haul routes flown using ...
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Wave of attacks hits Shiite and Sunni areas of Iraq killing at least 95
An Iraqi police officer inspects the site of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. Two car bombings in the southern city of Basra, killing and wounding dozens of people, police said. Iraq has seen a spike of attacks, including bombings hitting both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the last week. (AP Photo/ Nabil ...
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Israel and Palestine Consequences of Deterrence
"Deterrence has to be maintained," said Gabi Siboni, a colonel for strategic affairs at the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv. "It was only a question of time until this moment arrived." It seems the Palestinians are of like mind. As things stand, this latest round of conflict between Israel and the Palestinians was probably inevitable. Escalation and ...
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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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