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Russian pays $1.5M to go to space with DiCaprio at Cannes auction
Leonardo DiCaprio arrives at a photocall for the film "The Great Gatsby" during the 66th annual Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France on May 15, 2013. UPI/David ...
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Syria fight rages amid pressure for talks
The Syrian rebels are in a crucial fight for the city of Qusayr as pressure mounts on the opposition to form a united front and accede to peace ...
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Abbas Two states side by side still possible
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that peace with Israel is still possible, and that the Palestinians "want to have two states living side by side," Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.Speaking at the opening session of the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa at the King Hussein Convention Center at the Dead Sea, Abbas referred to ...
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EU must urge Israel to curb settlements in W. Bank
RAMALLAH, West Bank - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West Bank.Not enough action has been taken since EU foreign ministers last May urged Israel to ...
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Niger president says Islamist attackers came from Libya
Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday."The attackers, according to all the information we have received, came from Libya, from the south of Libya," Issoufou told television channel France ...
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Iraq forces strike Sunni militants near Syria
Sunnis heading to fight in neighboring Syria.Some 20,000 troops attacked suspected hideouts of fighters linked to Sunni militant groups, including Al-Qaeda, and looked to secure a key road leading to Syria, top officers said.Troops were also moved to the 600-kilometre (375-mile) border with Syria."The operation is large and backed by the air force," Staff General Ali Ghaidan Majeed, ...
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Assad should not have role in Syria talks Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal attends an emergency meeting with Arab League foreign ministers, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, April 26, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/KHALED ...
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Al-Qaeda gunmen kill two in Yemen attack
Yemen on Saturday, a security official and witnesses said.The two assailants threw a grenade at the police checkpoint in the coastal town of Al-Shihr in Hadramawt province, the sources said, adding that two other policemen were wounded.The security official said the attack bore the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda militants, who are active in the region, without giving further details.Fighters loyal to ...
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Meqdad ends Russia visit returns to Syria
United States are seeking to broker an international peace conference on Syria in an effort to end the more than two-year-old crisis that has claimed at least 94,000 lives. No date has been set for the conference to be held ...
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Palestinian-Israeli peace deal still possible Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the World Economic Forum, held at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention center, in Southern Shuneh, 55 kilometers southeast of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Raad ...
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Rights group urges UAE not to deport strikers
United Arab Emirates not to deport migrant building workers for staging a rare strike to demand better pay and conditions."It would be scandalous if the UAE deported workers who have taken a courageous stand for their basic rights," HRW Middle East ...
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Iran denies it has forces fighting in Syria
FILE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Jordan is hosting 10 other nations Wednesday for a "Friends of Syria" conference in Amman. (AP Photo/Jim Young, ...
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Sunni unity essential for Lebanon Saudi mission
Ali Assiri hosted for dinner caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, Prime Minister-designate Tammam Salam, former prime ministers Omar Karami, Salim Hoss and Fouad Siniora along with caretaker Youth and Sports Minister Faisal Karami."Their excellencies were just as always advocates of moderation, openness, dialogue and principles on which Lebanon is based," said the statement."At ...
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Kerry accuses Sudan leader of repression in war-torn regions
US Secretary of State JohnKerrySaturday accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of repressing the people of the South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions and trying to impose Islamic rule on ...
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Wise Leadership Congratulates King Abdulla II of Jordan
Manama, May 25. (BNA) -- His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today sent a cable of congratulations to the Jordanian Monarch HM King Abdulla II marking his country's Independence day. HM the King wished King Abdulla II continuous good health and happiness and the brotherly Jordanian people further progress and prosperity. HM King Hamad also lauded the steady growth of the solid ...
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Syrian-linked death toll grows in Lebanons Tripoli
security sources said. Residents heard sounds of rocket-propelled grenades and sniper fire throughout the night and into Saturday morning in one of the most violent bouts of fighting so far in the city. Two people were killed on Saturday, according to medical sources. Security sources said 25 had died in the clashes in the past week. The coastal city's Sunni Muslim majority supports ...
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Aid groups urge EU to fulfil commitments to Palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West ...
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Turkish PM blames Syrian regime over twin car bombings on Turkish border
ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's prime minister says Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime is "hopefully nearing its end" and will pave the way for refugees to return home. Recep Tayyip Erdogan was speaking Saturday in Reyhanli, the town on the Syrian border which was hit by two car bombings on May 11, killing 51 people. Turkey blames Syria for the bombings. Addressing Assad, ...
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African Union sets aside myriad problems for one day
ADDIS ABABA - African leaders on Saturday opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc, with Africa's myriad problems set aside for a day to mark the progress that has been ...
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Secular Turkey curbs alcohol sales
ANKARA - Turkey's parliament on Friday passed a controversial law restricting the consumption and advertising of alcohol in the predominantly Muslim ...
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US anxiety grows over rash of sectarian violence in Iraq
WASHINGTON - US Vice President Joe Biden called Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Friday amid anxiety over a rash of bombings and violence in the country and the situation in Syria, the White House ...
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Call for political answer to Syria crisis
KING Abdullah II of Jordan, where about 500,000 refugees from the conflict in Syria are being sheltered, has called for an urgent political solution to the conflict raging north of the border. "In Syria, a political solution is urgently needed to stop that country's dangerous fragmentation and to resolve the dire refugee crisis," the king said on Saturday. "Our Jordanian ...
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India scrambles help for workers hit by Saudi Arabias new stringent work policy
Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is here to discuss matters of bilateral interest, including the Nitaqat law, as the Indian missions in Saudi Arabia scramble to help over 55,000 Indian workers leave the kingdom in adherence to its new stringent work policy.Khurshid, who arrived here Friday, was welcomed by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah.In his ...
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Syrian opposition resumes unity talks key to peace conference
George Sabra (L), a veteran Christian opposition figure and acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul May 23, ...
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Opposition talks aimed at presenting coherent front at international peace conference face prospect of collapse after Assads foes failed to cut internal deal.
ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition talks aimed at presenting a coherent front at an international peace conference to end the civil war faced the prospect of collapse after President Bashar al-Assad's foes failed to cut an internal deal, opposition sources said on ...
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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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