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More attacks across Iraq kill 7 people
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 country.A suicide bomber set off his explosives-laden vest at a military checkpoint in the town of Tarmiyah, 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad. The blast was followed by militants who opened fire at the Iraqi troops, killing ...
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Hezbollah Syrian army renew Qusair offensive
AMMAN - Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Syrian soldiers, backed by air strikes and artillery, renewed an offensive aimed at driving Syrian rebels from the town of Qusair near the Lebanese border on Tuesday, opposition activists said.They said fighting was raging in Qusair, as well as in areas to the east where several army bases are located, and in the Hezbollah-held southern and western ...
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Irans presidential election not to affect nuclear position
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi said Tuesday that Iran's nuclear position will not be affected by the result of the upcoming presidential election."If the P5+1 group prefer to continue the talks after the election, it is their own issue. However, our principled position will not change either before or after the election," said Araqchi in his weekly press ...
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Syria claims it destroyed Israeli vehicle on its territory
Israel denied the report, saying one of its vehicles was hit by gunfire on its side of Golan ceasefire line, but the incident highlighted the potential for renewed conflict along a frontline that has been largely quiet for nearly four decadesIn a statement broadcast by Syrian state ...
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UN team drawing up Syria reconstruction plan
A six-member United Nations team led by a former Syrian planning minister is drawing up a post-war reconstruction plan even as the country's civil war continues with no apparent end in sight. A joint US-Russian push to bring together Syria's political opposition and representatives of President Bashar Assad's regime to negotiate a peaceful transition has given their work new ...
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Cartoons that scare Syrias leader
>Editor's note: John D. Sutter is a columnist at CNN Opinion, covering human rights. E-mail him at CTL@CNN.com or follow him on Twitter (@jdsutter), Facebook or Google+. Oslo, Norway (CNN) -- The masked henchmen grabbed three fingers on each of the Syrian political cartoonist's hands and pulled them back all the way -- so far that they ...
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Israel Syria show teeth Third cross-border shootout in week
Syria Israeli troops opened "retaliating" fire at targets across the Syrian border with Syria later claiming it destroyed an Israeli military vehicle stationed in Golan Heights. This is a third consecutive cross-border shooting in a week, Israeli media say. The Israeli military said their troops had "returned precise fire" after a Syrian soldier allegedly caused damage to ...
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Huawei releases Ascend P2 and Ascend Mate smartphone
Huawei has unveiled its latest series of Ascend smartphones across the Middle East as the company looks to deliver on its new "Make it Possible" consumer platform while advancing its position amongst the top five worldwide smartphone brands. The much anticipated Ascend P2-the world's fastest 4G LTE smartphone-and the Ascend Mate-the world's largest smartphone with a ...
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Five Dead In Bank Robbery In Southern Israel
Five people are dead after an apparent bank robbery in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba went tragically wrong yesterday. Around lunchtime yesterday, an armed man entered a branch of Bank Hapoalim in a residential area. In the ensuing standoff with police, two bank employees and two customers were killed before the gunman killed himself. ...
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Middle East’s first online court case registration launched in Dubai
Dubai Courts officially launched three innovative online service programmes. The three programmes provide facility for online case registration, access to archive of case files, and pro bono legal advice. The launch took place in the context of Dubai Courts’ strategic vision towards 'leadership in court performance', which aims to save time and effort, and to aid the facilitation ...
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Tunisia Man back from Saudi Arabia dies from coronavirus 2 children treated and recovered
TUNIS, Tunisia - Tunisia's Health Ministry says a 66-year-old man has died after being infected by the new coronavirus following a visit to Saudi Arabia. The ministry's statement reported that his son and daughter were also diagnosed with the virus but have been treated and since recovered. The cases are the first for Tunisia and indicate that the virus is slowly trickling out of the ...
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Qatars Doha Bank may sell bonds to raise capital - CEO
Tue May 21, 2013 7:06am EDT * CEO says has multiple options for capital raise * Bank focused on regional growth currently * Gulf banks have sold Tier 1 bonds in recent months By David French DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Qatar's Doha Bank could issue a capital-boosting bond instead of shares as planned, although it was evaluating the best route to help raise core capital, its chief executive ...
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US rings alarm bell over rising tide of religious intolerance
The United States on Monday denounced what it called a rising tide of both anti-Muslim and anti-Jewish sentiment around the world as it urged all nations to ensure freedom of ...
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Is Egypt on verge of becoming alcohol-free nation
Like many liquor store owners in Egypt, Aziz says the mood has changed drastically since the 2011 uprising that toppled Hosni Mubarak and brought Islamists to ...
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On Middle East Peace Obama Is Killer of Hope
There has never been an administration as slavish in its support of ...
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Zayed Charity Foundation Emirates Lawyers Association sign MoU
WAM ABU DHABI, May 21st, 2013 (WAM)-- The Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian Foundation and the Emirates Association for Lawyers and Legal Experts, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on cooperation and exchange of expertise between the two parties. The MoU was signed by the Director General of the Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan Charitable and Humanitarian ...
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Sheikha Jawaher visits Lebanon to mobilise aid for Syrian refugees as UNHCR Eminent Advocate
WAM Sharjah, May 21st, 2013 (WAM) -- Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher Bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of the Ruler of Sharjah and Chairperson of the Supreme Council for Family Affairs, has visited Syrian refugees in Lebanon on her first humanitarian visit following her designation as Eminent Advocate for refugee children by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR). The humanitarian ...
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Yemen Denies Need for Foreign Forces to Confront Al Qaeda
WAM SANAA, May 21th, 2013 (WAM) -- The Yemen Ministry of Defense has stated that Yemen does not need foreign forces' support to combat Al-Qaeda terrorism, pointing out that the Yemeni armed forces and security had managed within a short period of time to ward off plans and threats of terrorism in the areas of Abyan, Shabwa and Al Bayda City. An official source in the Ministry of Defense ...
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3 Hezbollah fighters die of wounds from Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Three members of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group died of wounds sustained while fighting for control of strategic Syrian town near the Lebanese border, activists said Tuesday, as the battle in the area raged for the third straight ...
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Wave of Violence Continues in Iraq
New attacks in three Iraqi cities have killed at least seven people and wounded more than 60 others. Officials say a suicide bombing followed by clashes between militants and Iraqi troops left three soldiers dead Tuesday in Tarmiyah, north of the capital, Baghdad. Farther north, two car bombs exploded in Tuz Khormato, killing three people, while car bombs in Kirkuk killed at least one ...
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Qatar National Bank to start India operations in expansion push
Qatar National Bank, one of the most acquisitive Gulf Arab lenders, will start operations in India in the third quarter of this year, the bank said on Tuesday, expanding its reach to Asia's third-largest economy. The state-owned bank, which has a presence in nearly 25 countries, said it had received all regulatory approvals to establish a fully-owned subsidiary under the name of QNB India ...
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After the al Qusayr victory Syria and Hizballah plan war on Israel
the strategic town of al Qusayr, Sunday, May 19, are making no secret of their plans for the "great confrontation," i.e. military confrontaiton withIsrael after they win the Syrian civil war. Israel's military leaders are taking with the utmost seriousness the words of Ibrahim al-Amin, editor of the Hizballah organ Al Akhbar, and a close buddy of Syrian president Bashar Assad, who ...
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Erekat throws his weight behind Kerrys peace bid
The top Palestinian negotiator with Israel on Monday threw his weight behind US Secretary of State John Kerry's bid to revive stalled peace talks, while describing the situation in the West Bank as apartheid worse than that suffered in South Africa.Kerry is due to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah on Thursday and Friday. Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat told a UN committee in New York on ...
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IDF denies Syrian claim Israeli vehicle destroyed in Golan
Syrian military leadership says on state TV that its armed forces destroyed an Israel vehicle, but the IDF says it was just lightly damaged; soldiers return fire; defense source: "The fire was directed at ...
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Israel returns fire after gunshots from Syria
/enpproperty--> JERUSALEM - The Israeli military fired missiles into Syria after its troops got shot on a patrol near the Syrian frontier on the Golan Heights, the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement Tuesday. There were no casualties on the Israeli side but a military vehicle was damaged in the incident, the statement said. Israeli media said an artillery unit fired 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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