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Russian peacekeepers on Golan Heights to ensure security of Syria Israel
ST PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian peacekeepers on the Golan Heights could be an excellent variant to ensure security in Syria and Israel where most Russian compatriots live there, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. "The deployment of Russian peacekeepers on the Golan Heights will depend on the readiness of the Syrian government and Israel," the minister said. ...
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Israel has worlds ninth largest home prices rise
Israel has one of the world's hottest property markets according to "Global Property Guide." In the year ending March 31 2013, "Global Property Guide" reports that average home prices in Israel rose 6.34%, the ninth largest rate of home price rises of any country surveyed. Half of the rise - 3.12% - was in the first quarter of 2013, the seventh largest rise of any ...
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Is Egypts military worse than Mubarak
Nearly a year after an 18-day uprising ousted decades-long dictator, Hosni Mubarak, from power, civil society has again become the target of an increasingly repressive military junta (the Supreme Council of Armed Forces, or SCAF) that took control during the revolt and has since shown little tolerance for dissent. Instead of shunning Mubarak's heavy-handed tactics in favor of democratic ...
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Egypt Security in the Sinai Peninsula is getting worse
Palestinian women wave their national flag and shout slogans during a protest near the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on March 20, 2012. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) ...
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Egypt election Its the economy stupid
Egypt -- As Egypt's first free presidential race enters the final stretch, Egyptians say the top contenders have so far offered only meager prescriptions for the issue they worry about most: the economy. Eighty-one percent of Egyptians ranked improving economic conditions -- more than any other political reform -- as "very important" in a poll by the Pew Research Center released ...
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Mohamed Morsi vs. Egypts Press
Egypt's new president, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, sits in the studio of the state television station in Cairo. (AFP/Getty Images) CAIRO, Egypt -- Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's new president, appears to be taking a page from Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's old strongman. A court remanded the editor-in-chief of a local newspaper Thursday on charges of "insulting the ...
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Egypts ongoing revolution takes violent turn
Egypt's protesters, hardened by a series of broken promises and violent crackdowns, have dropped almost entirely the pretense of a peaceful ...
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Egypt protests Can the army keep the peace
Egyptian soldiers stand guard as protestors opposing President Mohammed Morsi chant slogans during a demonstration at the Presidential Palace on Dec. 18, 2012, in Cairo, Egypt. More than 50 people have been killed and hundreds more injured during violent protests this week against the government of President Mohamed Morsi. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images) ...
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Muslim Brotherhood vs. Supreme Council of the Armed Forces in Egypt
Relatives and friends pray over the coffins of soldiers killed during a border post attack in Northern Sinai, during their funeral on August 7, 2012 in Cairo, Egypt. Since then, President Mohamed Morsi has ordered security forces to take full control of the Sinai Peninsula. Yesterday, he dismissed key military officials and nullified a constitutional provision aimed at limiting presidential ...
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Is China buying Egypt from the US
Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) and Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi review an honor guard during a welcoming ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Aug. 28, 2012. (Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images) CAIRO, Egypt -- ...
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Gaza-Israel clash ensnares Egypt
Turkey to also address the Gaza crisis. Earlier in the day, in a televised address, Morsi called the Israeli attacks "unacceptable." On Wednesday --following Israel's assassination of Hamas military commander, Ahmed Al Jabari -- he recalled Egypt's ambassador to Israel, Atef Salem Al Ahl, and called on the United Nations Security Council to meet on the crisis. The ...
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Syrian conflict a proxy war against Iran
Syria's national flag flies during the flag raising ceremony at the Olympic village in London on July 25, 2012. The Syrian conflict appears to have devolved into a proxy war among world powers. (Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images) CAIRO, Egypt -- The 17-month-old ...
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West not sure it can bring Syria rebels to peace meet Russia
United States proposed putting together a peace conference in a bid to try to find an end to the civil war in Syria but the date for the talks has repeatedly been pushed back. At ...
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Russia to fulfill Syria missile system contract
Syria advanced S-300 air-defense missiles, which are considered to be the cutting edge in aircraft interception technology.Russia has stood by Syrian ...
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Iraqis vote in delayed provincial polls
BAGHDAD: Iraqis in two Sunni-majority provinces voted under heavy security in delayed provincial polls on Thursday as the country grapples with a surge in nationwide violence and months of angry protests. The elections, postponed for two months in Anbar ...
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Mortar bomb from Syria strikes Israeli-occupied Golan
Israeli soldiers sit atop a mobile artillery vehicle (front) as they return from a drill near the Quneitra border crossing between Israel and Syria, on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights June 12, 2013. REUTERS/Ammar ...
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Oman Air cockpit window damaged in mid flight
An Oman Air flight with 106 people on board was forced to return to Muscat airport on Monday following damage to one of the cockpit window, the carrier has ...
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Egypt current account deficit shrinks in fiscal year to March
the first three quarters of the fiscal year saw tourism revenue rise to $8.08 billion Egypt's current account deficit narrowed in July-March, supported by stronger tourism revenues and a shrinking trade deficit, data showed on Wednesday.The current account deficit shrank in the nine months to end-March to $3.9 billion compared to $7.1 billion in the nine months to March 2012, the central ...
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Qatar Development Banks TASDEER promotes Qatari export companies in Morocco
Qatar Development Bank TASDEER supported 12 Qatari plastic export companies, who showcased their products and services to over 2,800 delegates and 150 exhibitorsQatar Development Bank's export development agency TASDEER "is pressing ahead with promoting Qatari non-oil export companies by paving the way for 12 local exporters to showcase their unique products and services to over 2,800 ...
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Ancient Syria sites listed as endangered on UNESCO world heritage list
Syrian Arab Republic More than two years of civil war has inflicted heavy damage on Syria's world heritage sites, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) says.UNESCO has added Syria's six ancient sites, including the fortress of Saladin and a Crusader castle, to the endangered World Heritage list."Due to the armed conflict situation in ...
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US talks with Taliban in Qatar expected to be delayed
A senior US official said yesterday that talks with the Taliban were likely to be held within the next few days in Qatar after delays caused by tensions over the naming of a new Taliban office in the capital, ...
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Nick Clegg warns over Syria intervention
Nick Clegg, who claims Barack Obama described him as the better-looking half of the coalition, has urged caution over Syria. Photograph: John ...
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Daoud Kuttab Jordanians Unprepared for Worst Possibilities re Syria
President Mohamed Morsi that his country will cut off all diplomatic relations with Syria do not bode well for a quick and peaceful solution to the civil war that has been raging on in Syria for the past two years. Some Jordanian officials and members of ...
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Oman Air passengers flew through scare
One hundred passengers and a crew of six were unharmed on Monday when the cockpit window of their Muscat-Salalah flight was damaged minutes after take-off, according to a statement issued by the company on Wednesday. "Oman Air flight WY3905, Muscat to Salalah departing 18.25, returned to Muscat International Airport shortly after take-off at 18.30 on Monday, following damage to its cockpit ...
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Post-presidency whats next for Irans Ahmadinejad
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who has denied the Holocaust existed, holds up copies of the Koran and the Bible as he addresses the 65th United Nations General Assembly at the U.N. headquarters in New York in this Sept. 23, 2010 file ...
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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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