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20 flights without bags after Egypt airport strike
CAIRO -; Egyptian officials say baggage handlers in Cairo's airport have gone on strike to protest a colleague's death, leaving passengers on 20 international flights from Europe and Arab countries waiting several hours for ...
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Bahrain Free From Coronavirus Health Ministry said
Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain has today been declared free from Coronavirus disease-for the time being. The Health Ministry has issued a statement in this regard assuring the public that no cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed to-date in Bahrain. It urged people to abide by hygienic precautionary measures, including washing hands, avoiding touching one's eyes, mouth and ...
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The United States and Britain on Monday pledged to forge ahead with diplomatic efforts to end the civil war in Syria saying they had found common ground with Russia on how to proceed.
WASHINGTON (AFP) The United States and Britain stepped up pressure on Russia over Syria, but President Barack Obama warned old suspicions could trample new "common ground" on the crisis. Obama and Prime Minister David Cameron sought to build momentum behind a new US-Russia sponsored conference on Syria, now expected to take place in June, as they met at the White House. ...
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Turkish interior minister says no al-Qaida involvement in the deadliest attack to hit Turkey-Syria border sinc…
Turkish interior minister says no al-Qaida involvement in the deadliest attack to hit Turkey-Syria border since the beginning of the Syrian uprising HATAY - Turkish interior minister has said there was no al-Qaeda involvement in twin car bomb attacks in a Turkish town near the Syrian frontier, the deadliest cross-border violence in Turkey since Syria`s popular uprising began in March ...
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Qatar Holding Italy fund eying Versace - paper
Reuters © Pedestrians walk past the Versace store on Fifth Avenue in New York October 8, 2009. U.S. retailers posted their first monthly sales increase in more than a year. REUTERS/Lucas ...
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Obama Vows to Work with Britain on Syria
President Obama vowed Monday to work with Britain to pressure the Syrian government to end its bloody civil war, calling the violence there appalling. With Prime Minister David Cameron at his side, Obama said the two allies would work to strengthen moderate opposition against the hardline regime of President Bashar al-Assad. The two also discussed the Mideast peace process and a possible ...
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Syrias Assad Calls Airstrikes Act of Terrorism
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad called last weekend's alleged Israeli airstrikes on a depot of Iranian long-range missiles as "an act of terrorism aimed at Syria." The weapons were destined for Hezbollah. Quoted ...
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Syria Internet Goes Dark as Civil War Rages
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Syria entered its second day of global Internet disconnect Wednesday, raising speculation that President Bashar al-Assad's regime is behind the blackout. Google, Inc., reported the "disconnect," which effectively cut Syria off from communication with the rest of the world, occurred abruptly at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time Tuesday. "We've seen this twice ...
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Illuminations Brings World Renowned Therapist to the Middle East
Dubai (PRWEB) May 19, 2013 Illuminations is proud to present the Inner Child Therapy Seminars with renowned therapist Trisha Caetano. Seminars will take place over the course of four days, on Wednesday, June 5, Thursday, June 6, Friday, June 7, and Saturday, June 8, 2013. Inner Child Therapy is concerned not only with the alleviation of symptoms, but focuses on the attitudes, patterns and ...
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Sheep attack hiker on Israel National Trail
A hiker was hospitalized after a sheep attacked him Saturday on the Israel National Trail, authorities said. The attack occurred near Kfar Qara, south of Haifa, Ynetnews.com reported. The hiker, a 56-year-old man, was conscious and was able to call for help on his cellphone. Paramedics treated the hiker at the scene and he was then transported to the Hillel Yaffa Hospital in Hadeera. He had ...
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Suspected US drone in Yemen kills four al-Qaida militants
al-Qaida militants in the country's south. The officials say the attack took place around dawn on Saturday in an area called Deyfa in Abyan province. Officials spoke anonymously because they were not authorized to brief the media. Yemeni forces battled al-Qaida in Abyan province last year, routing out militants from major cities that al-Qaida had overrun during the country's 2011 ...
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Iraq on the brink as sectarian strife grows
BAGHDAD // Fears of a civil war in Iraq grew yesterday after gunmen killed a police officer and his family in Baghdad and a Sunni imam in the Shiite-majority south. Yesterday's attacks, in which two soldiers were also killed and eight police officers kidnapped, followed three days of bombings and other violence that killed 130 people. A market, a mosque and bus stops in both Shiite and ...
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Syria state TV Powerful blast rattles Damascus
This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices ...
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Bashar Assad A Political Solution In Syria Is Unreal
Syrian President Bashar Assad essentially dismissed attempts by the United States and Russia to bring the civil war in the country to a political ...
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Assad Israel supporting terror groups in Syria
Syrian President Bashar Assad accused Israel of "directly supporting terrorist groups" in Syria, referring to rebels fighting against his regime, in an exclusive interview with Argentinian ...
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Egypt keeps Gaza border closed due to kidnapping
CAIRO - Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said.The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the ...
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US neutral on Iran women barred for vote
WASHINGTON--The United States on Friday steered clear of taking a tough stand on reports that Iran's electoral watchdog appears to have barred women from running in the June 14 presidential ...
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US unaware of Russian missile shipments to Syria – State Department
USA Washington has distanced itself from US media speculation about alleged Russian sales of Yakhont missiles to the Syrian government. A US State Department spokesperson stated they have no "new" information of Russian missiles shipments to Damascus. According to State Department spokeswoman Jennifer Psaki, the alleged arms deliveries reported in a New York Times article on ...
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Israel warns against Russian arms supply to Syria
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel said on Saturday that advanced weapons supplied by Russia to war-torn Syria could end up in the wrong hands and be used against the Jewish ...
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Thirteen killed 10 police kidnapped in Iraq violence
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian ...
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Irans Destabilizing Activities in The Middle East Under Scrutiny
making headlines around the world, Iran is also prominent for its destabilizing activities in the Middle East, according to the United States in America. In her written testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Under Secretary Wendy Sherman says Iran is the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism, which it uses as a strategic tool of its foreign policy. Beyond its ...
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Syrias Assad says he wont step down before election raising new questions about diplomacy
This citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows black smoke rising from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices ...
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AP PHOTOS Palestinians in Egypt village exhibit consequences of 65 years of mass displacement
In this Friday, May 17, 2013 photo, Palestinian refugee Sulaiman al-Namodi, 92, sits outside of his house in Gezirat al-Fadel village, Sharqiya, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) east of Cairo, Egypt. As Palestinians around the world recently marked the 65th anniversary of their mass displacement during the war over Israel's 1948 creation, the refugees in Gezirat al-Fadel say they have it ...
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Engel Cant think of a more complicated situation than Syria
In "Office Politics," NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel shares his thoughts on Syria. After spending years in the region, Richard assesses whether or not there are any options for the United States to pursue in the precarious setting. He situates the diplomatic standing of the United States in the context of ...
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Abu Dhabi Statistics Conference 2013 draws 550 participants
ABU DHABI - Held under the patronage of Sheikh Hazza bin Zayed National Security Advisor and Vice Chairman of Abu Dhabi Executive Council, the first edition of the Abu Dhabi Statistics Conference 2013 opens today bringing together 550 participants and 18 ...
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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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