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Iran blocks ex-President Rafsanjani from election race report
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) arrives to register his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election at the interior ministry in Tehran on May 11, 2013. Reports say Rafsanjani has been blocked from running in the next election. (Behrouz Mehri/AFP/Getty ...
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Rafsanjani a Founder of Irans Revolution Is Rejected as Candidate
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After deadly day new attacks in Iraq kill 13 people and wound dozens officials say
An Iraqi policeman runs his metal detector over the body of Mohammed Adnan, 22, at a checkpoint as the body arrives for burial in the holy Shiite city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, 2013. A wave of car bombings across Baghdad's Shiite neighborhoods and in the southern city of Basra killed and wounded dozens of people, police said. (AP Photo/ ...
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UN says it sees a major drop in number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan unsure why
GENEVA - U.N. officials said Tuesday that the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan has suddenly fallen from an average of 2,500 a day to fewer than 20, and they are trying to quickly figure out why. Millions of people have been displaced in Syria as the civil war there has engulfed large areas, and Jordan has become a main refuge for Syrians who choose to flee their country. U.N. ...
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New Evidence of Iran Support to Assad
May 21, 2013 7:43pm The United States has new evidence that Iran and Hezbollah have direct involvement with the Syrian regime, a senior State Department official told reporters traveling with Secretary of State John Kerry in Oman. The official said that, according to the Free Syrian Army, Hezbollah and Iranian fighters have been helping the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad in Qusayr, ...
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Russia opposes the initiatives of the west to create a no-fly zone over Syria the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday. Unfortunately these destructive ideas keep popping up over time but no one ever bothered to think a
Russia opposes the initiatives of the west to create a no-fly zone over Syria, the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said on Tuesday. "Unfortunately, these destructive ideas keep popping up over time, but no one ever bothered to think about the consequences," said Gatilov. It is worth mentioning that on March 19, the Supreme Commander of the North Atlantic Treaty ...
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Two Key Candidates Barred From Seeking Irans Presidency
Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's candidacy for the country's presidency was rejected Tuesday by the powerful Guardian Council. He's seen here on May 11 registering his candidacy for the June 14 ...
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Third Time Wasn’t The Charm John Kerry Returns To The Middle East For A Fourth Go-Round
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry , embarking on yet another trip to the Middle East, where he has already been three times since assuming office at the end of ...
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UNICEF donates school kits to Palestinian refugees
Toulkarem School in the Palestinian camp of Burj al-Barajneh, in the presence of students, parents and teaching staff. "Education is a priority for both UNRWA and the Palestinian refugee community and this will remain so, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis of Palestinian refugees from Syria," said Roger Davies, the deputy director of UNRWA affairs in Lebanon. Davies thanked ...
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Protesters condemn Hezbollah’s Syria role
Beirut Tuesday to condemn Hezbollah’s role in the Syrian conflict, after the party’s widely publicized intervention in the battle of Qusair claimed the lives of dozens of fighters. Around 30 people, mostly students, held signs decrying Hezbollah’s actions while calling for the country’s leaders to make a stand against the party. "We condemn Hezbollah’s ...
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Saipem awards Oceaneering Egypt offshore deal
Italian oil and gas industry contractor Saipem has awarded Oceaneering International the contract to supply umbilicals for the Burullus West Delta Deep Marine Phase IXa development located offshore Egypt. The order includes 10 subsea production control umbilicals totalling approximately 84km in length and two electrical power cables totalling around 55km in length. The project is set to be ...
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DSI awarded $460m contract in Saudi Arabia
Dubai-based Drake & Scull International has announced its general contracting unit has won a SR1.73bn ($460m) contract from Lamar Investment and Real Estate Development Co in Saudi Arabia, Zawya Dow Jones has reported. DSC Saudi Arabia will oversee and undertake construction work on the Lamar Towers project in Jeddah, the company said. The project, halted in 2009, was restructured and ...
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Chevron close to offloading downstream assets in Egypt
Chevron Corp is in advanced talks to sell its downstream assets in Egypt and Pakistan, with the planned disposals seen raising around $300m for the US energy firm, Reuters has reported. The energy firm has received at least three non-binding bids for the assets from interested parties, which include regional and international energy companies, one of the sources said, declining to provide ...
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Oman warns firms against violating midday break rule
Oman's manpower ministry has warned of legal action against private sector companies who are found to be flouting norms regarding the midday break for construction workers during the months of June, July and August, Muscat Daily has reported. "Work should be stopped for three hours, from 12.30pm to 3.30pm, during these three months," said the director general of labour welfare at ...
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Jordan says Bobcats to become Hornets in 2014
A side-by-side look at jerseys for the Charlotte Bobcats (left) and Hornets. (Dan Lippitt & Andy Hayt / Getty Images & NBA E) Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan announced Tuesday that the franchise has officially submitted paperwork to the NBA to change its name to the ';Hornets'; for the 2014-15 season. ';Let’s bring the buzz back,'; Jordan said at a press ...
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Two Portraits Of Post-Revolutionary Life In Iran
Credit: rlygur Hnefill/ flickr ByMaryam Elika Ansari In recent years, there has been a surge in Iranian women's diaspora writing about life in post-revolutionary Iran. I will draw your attention to two such accounts, which portray two very different activities with distinct results, both taking place in Tehran. One entails a private book club with predominantly female students who get ...
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US’ diminishing influence in the Middle East
The United States, previously dubbed a key player in shaping events in the region, is displaying weakness and indifference at a time when the Middle East has found itself in turmoil not witnessed in decades, which threatens to alter the Sykes-Picot borders.Despite efforts by Secretary of State John Kerry to revitalize dormant peace talks between Israelis and Palestinians or engage more ...
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Israel Snipes warned to keep budgets lean
The budget outlook is brighter, but it's not time for a taxpayer-funded spending spree, county commissioners told the sheriff and other top county leaders Tuesday.Property tax money has started flowing back in, thanks to rising property values. But county commissioners said they still want to run the kind of lean government they pared down to during the Great Recession. And they said ...
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As U.S. struggles with Syria policy Senate panel backs arming rebels
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate panel voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to send weapons to rebels fighting Syria's government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the ...
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Iran bars candidates for presidential election
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a protg of the current president, leaving mainly hardliners left to contest the ...
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SF Officials Demand City Donate Money From Anti-Israel Bus Ads
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS/AP) – Several San Francisco supervisors want the city transit agency to donate revenue from an anti-Israel bus ad campaign to the city's Human Rights Commission after the agency did the same for an ad campaign that targeted Muslims. The city's Municipal Transportation Agency donated revenue made ...
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Anglican Catholic Leaders Appeal for Peace in Syria
"Our prayers also go with the ancient communities of our Christian brothers and sisters in Syria"LONDON, April 26, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is a joint statement from Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Catholic archbishop of Westminster, and the leader of the Anglican Communion, Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury, regarding the violence in Syria. The statement was released Thursday.* * ...
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Without much effort imagine the world reaction if Jews were in the situation of the Palestinians with them having a large army building a wall of shame and forcing the people to live in ghettos Thus the boycott of Israel is valid and I agree with it
As for the Jewish people, who are always on the lookout for any news that is broadcast on international media whose intent is critical to their behavior on this sensitive issue with Palestine, they deserve to be reprimanded, yes. Without much effort, imagine the world reaction if Jews were in the situation of the Palestinians, with them having a large army, building a wall of shame, and forcing ...
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Cannes Fashion-Photos Matt Damon and Sharon Stone Storm the French Riviera
Today, the Cannes Film Festival saw two of its most glamorous red carpets yet courtesy of a pair of star-studded screenings: one unveiling the Michael Douglas and Matt Damon Liberace biopic Behind the Candelabra and the other celebrating the 60th anniversary of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's epic Cleopatra. For the former event, Damon and Douglas opted for classic tuxes, while Sharon ...
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Iran Bars Two Contenders From Presidential Race
Two well-known candidates who had submitted their registration papers for Iran’s June presidential election won’t be on the ballot. That includes former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, and current President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s former Chief of Staff, Rahim Mashai. Iranian journalist Shirin Jafaari says the decision might mean that some Iranians stay away from the ...
Egypt Digest
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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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