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No exodus of Indians from Saudi Arabia Officials
Kingdom has increased "significantly" in the last few months. "There is no exodus of people. The number of Indians who have come to Saudi Arabia in the past three months have risen significantly according to Saudi authorities," said Sibi George, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at ...
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Peace Action Maine Mainers Unite to Prevent War With Iran
Delegates to the Democratic National Convention Will Propose a Platform Emphasizing Diplomacy, Not War PORTLAND, Maine - August 15 - Peace Action Maine, Pax Christi Maine, Military Families Speak Out/ Maine, the Peace and Justice Center of Eastern Maine, and other Maine based organizations are circulating a statewide petition that opposes preemptive military action, acts of war, a naval ...
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Real News Network Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran
Will Next Israeli Leader Attack Iran? August 8 - The decision by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to step down amid corruption allegations has left many questions in Israel and in the region. What this could mean for the stalled peace process with the Palestinians will depend mostly on the next US president. But on the question of Iran, there is still fear that Israel might act ...
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Physicians for Human Rights Human Rights Groups Petition Iran for Release of HIVAIDS Doctors
www.IranFreeTheDocs.org MEXICO CITY - August 4 - A coalition of AIDS and human rights organizations that includes Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and Human Rights Watch (HRW) has launched a campaign to free two Iranian physicians, Drs. Arash Alaei and Kamiar Alaei. The doctors, who are brothers, are active in HIV/AIDS education, prevention and treatment in Iran. According to ...
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Emirates NBD unveils loan education campaign
Emirates NBD has launched a unique new personal loan education campaign to advise UAE residents to borrow responsibly and within their repayment capacity. This new initiative is in line with the Group's reputation of being a financial institution that cares for its customers, according to a press statement. The initiative will be supported by a sustained media campaign that will advise the ...
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Western Unions new Iraq agent
Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ...
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Still double standards in Egypt justice
Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is ...
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Carter Downplays US Influence on Israel Palestine
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Palestinians Await Ship Attempting to Break Gaza Siege
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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Islamic Jihad No Truce Reached with Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Hezbollah Advances Will Help Palestinian Resistance Brigades
Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah's weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel last weekend.The Gaza-based Al-Mujahideen Brigades described Hezbollah's operation as "unprecedented" and said it proved that ...
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Drone Downed by Israel Sent by Hezbollah
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Palestinian Resistance Factions Warn Israel Not to Invade Gaza
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Abbas Seeks Upgrade of Palestinian UN Status
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will seek to have the Palestinians' UN status upgraded to a sovereign country and cautioned that Israeli settlement expansion meant time was running out for a two-state solution.One year after his emotional bid for full membership of the United Nations, Abbas returned to the UN General Assembly to warn that Israel's tactics were a sign ...
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Israeli PM Sets Red Line over Nuclear Iran
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Palestinian Delegation Working Quietly at UN
In stark contrast to 2011, the Palestinian delegation to the UN General Assembly is working quietly and limiting its remarks to the media.Since Friday, few details have emerged of President Mahmoud Abbas' visit to New York for the UN's 67th General Assembly, or his plan to seek an upgrade to Palestine's status at the world body.In 2011, Abbas submitted a request to the UN for a ...
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Israel and PA Discuss Gaza Offshore Gas Plans
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Hamas Leader Abbas Should End Security Coordination with Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Deaths in Israel-Egypt Border Shootout
One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a very big terror attack", an Israeli military spokeswoman said on Friday. The incident took place on the Israeli side of the frontier at a place called Har Harif, ...
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Protesters storm Libyan congress
Dozens of protesters stormed Libya's national congress on Tuesday as it voted on a proposed government, saying they were unhappy with some of the ministers, a witness said. Fewer than 100 people, including civilians and former rebel fighters, charged into the hall as the congress voted on Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's proposed cabinet line-up, which he had named earlier on Tuesday. ...
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Largest US-Israel military drill under way
The US and Israel simulated rocket attacks during their largest-ever joint military drill on Wednesday, just as as real ones fired from Gaza exploded in southern Israel. US military officials insisted the joint exercise, called Austere Challenge 2012, was planned long before the latest flare-up between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza and a long-running debate over how to deal with Iran, unrelated ...
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UN chief hails Syrias decision to cease fire
Sina English UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon welcomes the Syrian authorities' agreement to cease fire for the duration of the Id al-Adha Moslem holiday. UN representative Martin Nesirki said on Friday that it was paramount for both conflicting sides to declare a truce to give humanitarian convoys a chance to reach areas sealed off by hostilities between the government forces and the ...
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Two NATO servicemen killed in Afghanistan
Sina English Two NATO servicemen were shot and killed by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform Thursday in Uruzgan province, officials of the alliance said. According to reports, they are American servicemen of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. About 3,000 NATO servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan since the alliance launched its military operation in ...
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SyriaCeasefire violated at military base
By Yu Runze, Sina English Fierce clashes between rebels and Syrian government forces broke out Friday around a military base near the northern town of Maaret al-Numan in the "first violation" of a ceasefire, a watchdog said. "Violent clashes started around 10:30 am (0730 GMT) around the Wadi Deif base. The army responded by bombing the neighboring village of Deir Sharqi. It is ...
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Egypt's oil industry is growing rapidly
Egypt has, in recent years, made immense gains in terms of economic performance. The country has long been the economic powerhouse of North Africa and Africa in general (second only to South Africa and Nigeria) and has taken great steps to reverse the highly-centralized economy inherited from President Gamel Abdel Nasser.
The oil and gas sector has long been one of the major strengths in the Egyptian economy, along with other natural resources such as minerals, gold and natural gas. Read more
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