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US Criticizes Russian Missiles Sale to Syria
The remarks by General Martin Dempsey were the first U.S. confirmation that Russia made the sale of so-called ship-killer cruise missiles to Syria. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. The New York Times says the Russian anti-ship cruise missiles are more advanced than previous ...
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Dad deploys to Middle East days before twin sons graduate
BOSSIER CITY, LA (KSLA) - Bossier High School seniors Dustin and Josh Todd's father was suddenly deployed just days ago to the Middle East with the 8th Air Force. He will miss his sons' graduation ceremony in person, but thanks to small group, he won't miss the ceremony at all. Bossier high school's principal has made special arrangements for the family, making sure each ...
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Research and Markets Mobile Internet Survey in the Middle East and Africa 2013 Mobile Device and SIM Purchase and ...
"Mobile Internet Survey in the Middle East and Africa 2013: Mobile Device and SIM Purchase and Usage" report to their offering. One should not assume that because people in MEA are new to the mobile Internet, they are any less demanding than users elsewhere in terms of quality. Analysys Mason's survey of mobile Internet users in 2012-2013 in the Middle East and ...
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Doctor We Truly Are Failing The Syrian People
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Now to the medical crisis in Syria. Stephen Cornish of Doctors Without Borders Canada recently returned from Syria, and he says he cannot overstate the scale and severity of a humanitarian emergency he witnessed there. Stephen Cornish joins us now. ...
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Russia defiant over reports it is supplying ship-killing missiles to Assad
New York Times ' cited US officials saying Russia was delivering anti-ship cruise missiles upgraded with advanced radar systems to the Syrian government, which is engaged in a bloody civil war with Western-backed rebel groups.Military experts told the paper the enhanced missiles would be a "formidable weapon" if Mr Assad's forces wanted to hinder any future international ...
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Syria is now staring into the abyss of unrestrained sectarian slaughter
Damascus is now at the gates of one of the holiest sites for Shia Islam, the resting place of the grand-daughter of the prophet Mohammed.In the abandoned apartment blocks, some less than 100 yards away, fighters from ...
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Caught on video – how rebels executed 11 men
Three rebels, two of them carrying Jabhat al-Nussra flags, are shown standing behind a row of prisoners prior to executing them.A man whose face was covered in a black balaclava then shot each man in the back of the head as they kneeled on the ground.The brutal killings are believed to have taken place in the eastern province ...
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Oman desalination project approaches completion
reports that the Barka reverse osmosis desalination project, being developed by ACWA Power Barka, will make new capacity available to the Omani network by October of this year. The new plant is an expansion of the adjoining Barka I power and desalination project and will add 45,000 m³ per day of water capacity to the facility, taking Barka I’s total potable water output to 136,200 ...
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Kerry Urges Russia to Toughen Stance on Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Tuesday to convince the president he needs to take a tougher stance against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Putin is Assad's most powerful ally. "The United States believes that we share some very significant common interests with respect to Syria -- stability in the region, not having extremists ...
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Russian missiles to Syria upsets US
RUSSIA'S shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war, the US military's top officer ...
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Qatar Airways sued after passenger struck by wayward drinks cart
A wayward drinks cart could cost Qatar Airways a steep damages bill with a passenger alleging serious physical and psychological trauma after being struck by a trolley nearly two years ago. It's the latest in a string of legal actions to be launched against international air carriers in the last year alleging injury and mistreatment of customers by ground staff and air crew. John ...
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Soccer emerges as focal point of dissent in Saudi Arabia
Soccer, alongside minority Shiite Muslims and relatives of imprisoned government critics, is emerging as a focal point of dissent in Saudi Arabia, an oil-rich kingdom that despite banning demonstrations by law is struggling to fend off the waves of change sweeping the Middle East and North ...
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UN chief regrets experts inability to visit Syria
Moscow, May 18 : UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed regret over the inability of experts, investigating the possible use of chemical weapons in Syria, to visit the ...
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Kerry to visit Middle East Africa in late May
US Secretary of State John Kerry is scheduled to visit the Middle East and Africa later this month, the State Department announced on Friday.On May 21, Kerry will visit Muscat, the capital of Oman, and meet with senior Omani officials on a range of bilateral and regional issues, the department said in a statement.On May 22, the top US diplomat will visit Amman, the capital of Jordan, to meet ...
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IAEA chief says Iran refuses to cooperate
Iran has refused to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) over its controversial nuclear program, Yukiya Amano, director-general of the UN nuclear watchdog, said here on ...
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Iran president escapes attack
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad escaped an assassination attempt on Wednesday when a blast hit one of the vehicles of his cavalcade, a media report said. Iran's Press TV, however, denied the report. Al Arabiya TV reported the blast took place in the western city of Hamadan as the president was about to address a crowd. The attacker was arrested on the spot. The bomb hit a car carrying ...
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Al-Zaatari in Jordan Soon to Become World’s Largest Refugee Camp
Al-Zaatari, Jordan, the second largest refugee camp in the world, is set to become the largest by the end of this year. The camp, already home to 500,000 refugees, receives between 2,000 – 4,000 refugees on days when the violence in Syria is especially dire, and will soon overtake the Dabaab camp near the Somali-Kenyan border as the highest-populated refugee camp in the world. According to ...
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Nuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance – Report
- A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according ...
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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad Talks to State 194 Director Dan Setton
May 5th Interview, Posted on TakePart TV http://youtu.be/f8_TkG04bHU is One of Few Fayyad Has Given since Resigning from Office LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On May 5th, Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad sat down for a short interview with Dan Setton, director of Participant Media's documentary State 194, which opens in theaters today in New York and Los Angeles. Their conversation, ...
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France opposes Syria conference if Iran attends
Iran is invited, clouding the prospect for a U.S.-Russian initiative to end the 2-year-old war. No date has yet been agreed for the international meeting, which appears to face growing obstacles, including the announcement by a top U.S. military officer Friday that a Russian shipment of advanced missiles to Syria could embolden Assad. Western leaders have been cautious about the prospects of ...
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Iran presidential nominees seeking U.S. ties risk ban
Ahmad Jannati announced that some nominees may hope that international sanctions over Tehran’s disputed nuclear program will end if the country restores relations with the United States. "Some hopefuls say, ‘I will hold talks with the U.S. and solve the issue of sanctions," Jannati told worshipers in remarks carried by state TV and other Iranian media. "Indeed, we ...
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Syrias Nusra Front eclipsed by Iraqs Al-Qaeda
Fighters from Islamist Syrian rebel group Jabhat al-Nusra take their positions on the front line during a clash with Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al Assad in Aleppo in this December 24, 2012 file photo. The most feared and effective rebel group battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, the Islamist Nusra Front, is being eclipsed by a yet more radical jihadi force. Al Qaeda's ...
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Egyptians rally in Cairo protesting against Morsi
Hundreds of protesters flocked Friday to central Tahrir Square in Egyptian capital of Cairo to join demonstrations condemning the rule of President Mohamed Morsi and ruling Muslim Brotherhood ...
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Ex-Iran President Seeks Comeback Against Odds
Now, from the fringes of Iran's closed circle of power, Mr. Rafsanjani, 79, is attempting a comeback, entering his name last Saturday for the June 14 presidential elections. Though once widely reviled, his reputation as an economic pragmatist and modernizer -- by Iranian standards, anyway -- seems to be hitting a responsive chord with the ...
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Rights Group Says It Finds Proof of Torture in Syria
CAIRO -- An international human rights group said Friday that visits to two Syrian security centers recently captured by rebel fighters contained proof of widespread, arbitrary detentions and torture by the government of President Bashar ...
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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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