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Obama Silent About U.S. Arms For Syria Rebels Praises G8 Peace Plan
U.S. President Barack Obama speaks to the media following bilateral talks with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the Chancellery on June 19, 2013 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Timur Emek/Getty ...
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Child slaughter in Syria as the innocent educate world leaders
As World Refugee Day looms, hundreds of Syrian children forced to flee the fighting in their country have decorated kites with messages for world leaders. At the Zaatari camp in Jordan, currently home to 178,000 people, children scarred by the violence, turmoil and insecurity handed those in power a slice of reality. Marah Ismael a refugee from Hirak said: ';The message I want to send to ...
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Syria has crossed chemical red line says Obama
The US government has "high confidence" that the Syrian government has used chemical weapons (CW). In an apparent policy shift, it says it will now provide military support to Syrian rebels. The decision follows the finding of a breakdown product of the nerve gas sarin in urine samples from ...
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Kuwaits trade surplus with Japan widens for 1st time in 3 months
WAM TOKYO, June 19, 2013 (WAM) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan jumped 26.4 percent in May to JPY 107.7 billion (USD 1.1 billion) from a year earlier, expanding for the first time since February. Kuwait maintained black ink with Japan for the 64th consecutive month, Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, quoted the Finance Ministry as saying on Wednesday. Kuwait's overall exports to Japan ...
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Two killed and 12 injured in suicide bombing in Saada Yemen
WAM SA'ADA, June 19th, 2013 (WAM) -- Two people were found dead and a further 12 suffering from injuries after a suicide bombing in one of the popular markets in the city of Sa'ada in northern Yemen. An official source said that a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew himself up in the market, killing two people and wounding 12 others. The source said that authorities expected ...
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PM Netanyahu meets Canadian FM Baird
We cannot accept anything less than: 1. A total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels. 2. The removal from Iran of all enriched nuclear material. 3. The closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities. PM Netanyahu meets Canadian FM John Baird We cannot let Iran ride out the clock through endless talks. Iran must comply with UN Security Council resolutions. ...
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PMW Bulletin PA TV Terrorist murderers brought honor
PMW Bulletin June 19, 2013 PA TV: Two terrorist murderers brought "honor" and "pride" to "all humanity" PA TV about terrorist who beat 84 year-old to death with a hoe: "Our hero is still writing the finest epics of endurance, heroism and self-sacrifice" Mother of terrorist who killed a 24 year-old taxi driver: "He's never harmed his Muslim ...
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PM Netanyahu meets with Cisco Chairman and CEO John T. Chambers
PM Netanyahu meets with Cisco Chairman and CEO John T. Chambers (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning (Wednesday, 19 June 2013), met with Cisco Chairman and CEO John T. Chambers. Also participating in the meeting were Prime Minister's Office Director General Harel Locker, Israel National Cyber Bureau (INCB) head Dr. ...
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Israel To Seek US-Backed Loan for Mega Arms Deal
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: the idea is to devout incredible resources for a second squadron of F-35Is - a platform whose very justification of existence is predicated on the working assumption that in the coming decades no one is going to come up with a gizmo that facilitates identifying, targeting and shooting down what at this time is hard to pick up using instruments now deployed in the ...
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UPDATE 1-UK top court ruling threatens Western sanctions against Iran
Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:43pm EDT * Echoes EU General Court ruling on Bank Mellat in January * Fifty similar court cases pending at EU court * Washington fears for key EU support in isolating Iran * Iran hard hit by sanctions but finds way to elude them * Sanctions impact helped moderate win Iran presidential vote (Adds comment, context on EU court decisions, Western concerns) By Clare ...
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Israeli intel Hamas using Qatar as base to plot terror strikes
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV -- Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Qatar was serving as an operational base for Hamas. Officials said the intelligence community has tracked an increasing number of Hamas operations to Qatar. They said the Hamas presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate, which included much of the political bureau, has led to initiatives ...
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Qatar said to place large order for tanks artillery from German firm
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON -- Germany has reported a major military order from the Middle East. Germany’s Rheinmetall said it received an order of 475 million euros from an unidentified Arab military. The company said it would supply the L-55 artillery for more than 60 Leopard-2A7 main battle ...
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Putin’s chess move in Syria with an eye on the region at large
Brian M Downing Shortly after Vladimir Putin and Secretary of State John Kerry agreed to seek a negotiated settlement to the Syrian civil war, the Russian president bolstered his support for the embattled Assad government. Putin announced an impending transfer of anti-ship and surface-to-air missiles to the Syrian military. It was a bold move that signals his intent to restore his ...
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British supreme court overturns sanctions on Iran bank
Britain's Supreme Court has eliminated sanctions against an Iranian bank, which was penalized over its alleged links to the nation's nuclear weapons ...
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UK rules in favour of Irans Bank Mellat over sanctions
Bank Mellat appealed against measures imposed by the UK Treasury in 2009, banning any company operating in Britain from dealing with the Tehran-based lender. Jo Yong-Hak / ...
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Entrepreneurs launch initiate for Palestinian future
RAMALLAH - Young Palestinians who are fed up with the existing leaders' attempts to establish an independent Palestinian state launched their own initiative designed to give the young people a voice in determining the Palestinian future.Several Palestinian entrepreneurs launched NEWpal, a youth group based in this city, which got started this week by hosting a full day "Future ...
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Teva exec Israels IP tax regime is costing it billions
"We have not asked for any tax benefit from anyone in the government in relation to registration of intellectual property for Teva. We have had an open dialogue with the government for three years on the tax regime, because we think that the tax rules on intellectual property cause Israel damage in the billions of shekels. This is because it encourages companies, both foreign and Israeli, ...
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Israel marks national science day
Accra, June 19, GNA - The State of Israel has marked its National Science Day with lectures by professors in the most unlikely ...
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Syria wont be another Iraq
David Cameron insisted he had "learned the lessons of Iraq" as world leaders at the G8 summit in Northern Ireland set out an agreed blueprint for the future of Syria. But the British Prime Minister was again warned not to consider arming the Syrian rebels by President Vladimir Putin, who compared them to the killers of Drummer Lee Rigby. Cameron and President Barack Obama persuaded Putin to ...
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Editorial Moderates win raises hopes of new dawn in Iran
By any yardstick, the resounding victory by moderate cleric Hassan Rowhani in the Iranian presidential election was a welcome surprise. It had been widely believed the poll would be won by a hard-line candidate who would be even more difficult to deal with than the outgoing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Yet again, however, the Iranian people seized the opportunity to express their disapproval of their ...
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Lebanon cleric threatens military action against Hezbollah
A controversial Salafist sheikh threatened on Wednesday to find a "military" solution to alleged Hezbollah safehouses in a southern Lebanese town, a day after clashes involving his supporters left one person dead. Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir is known for his vocal opposition to the powerful Shiite group Hezbollah and has accused it of using apartments in a suburb of the town of Sidon to ...
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DOLE DFA officials are hypocrites
Labor and foreign affairs officials are shedding tears over beleaguered overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) in the Middle East who are fed to the wolves by some Philippine embassy officials who should be helping them. C'mon, you hypocrites! Those are crocodile tears. The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) have long known about the wretched ...
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Irans electoral watchdog approves election result
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran's state TV is reporting the country's election overseer, the Guardian Council, has approved Friday's presidential election result, affirming a first-round victory by a relative ...
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Jolie Syria crisis worst aid needed
OSCAR-WINNING actress Angelina Jolie has urged the international community to boost aid to Syrian refugees hit by what she called "the worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century," a UNHCR statement ...
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Cameron Syria’s humanitarian disaster ‘cannot be ignored’ - video
David Cameron discusses the crisis in Syria during PMQs in the House of Commons on Wednesday. The prime minister briefs MPs on agreements made with Britain's G8 partners, including almost $1.5bn (9.6m) of humanitarian support. Cameron also says that G8 leaders reached consensus over the Geneva II process to deliver a transitional governing body with full executive ...
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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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