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Saudi Foreign Minister Condemns Iranian Threats Against Bahrain
Manama-May-25(BNA)The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal has today slammed Iranian threats against the Kingdom of Bahrain. He was speaking during a press conference held with his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. HRH Prince Al-Faisal urged Iran to promote peace and bolster relations with its neighbours instead of using the ...
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Israeli expert says Syria hackers tried to access Haifas water system in failed cyberattack
JERUSALEM - An Israeli security expert says Syrian hackers tried to break into the computers of the water system of the city of Haifa. Speaking at a lecture on Saturday in the southern city of Beersheba, Yitzhak Ben Yisrael, Israel's former cyber security adviser, said that a group calling itself "The Syrian Electronic Army" had launched the failed attack two weeks ago. In ...
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Hezbollah admits it has joined fight in Syria
By Bassem Mroue, The Associated Press The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah says his Shiite militant group will not stand idly by while its chief ally Syria is under attack. Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah says Hezbollah members are fighting in Syria against Islamic extremists who pose a danger to Lebanon. Nasrallah's comments Saturday marked the first time he has publicly confirmed his men were ...
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Palestinians under pressure to resume talks with Israel
Mahmoud Abbas is under pressure to reopen peace talks without any guarantees from Israel, a senior Palestinian official said Saturday. In recent visits by foreign ministers, the official said, most have urged Abbas to comply with a request by U.S. Secretary of ...
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Alize Cornet wins Strasbourg International
Alize Cornet of France dominated the second set Saturday to defeat Lucie Hradecka in the championship match at the Strasbourg International. Cornet, who was runner-up at Strasbourg last year, won 24 of the 31 points played in the second set and ended the day with a 7-6 (7-4), 6-0 triumph heading into next ...
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Hezbollah chief says group is fighting in Syria
In this image from amateur video obtained by a group which calls itself Ugarit News, shows rebel fighters celebrating after purportedly capturing an army base in Nairab, northwestern Syria, Thursday, May 23, 2013. The video is consistent with independent AP reporting. Rebel fighters captured an army base late Wednesday, a rare victory after a series of battlefield setbacks, the Britain-based ...
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Prosor blames Syria at UN for destabilizing Golan
In the aftermath of a Syrian firing on a Israeli military vehicle in the Golan Heights earlier this week, Israel's ambassador to the UN, Ron Prosor blamed the government of Syria of undermining regional stability in the Golan Heights in a letter to the UN Security Council on Saturday, AFP reported. "This week's events are part of a disturbing pattern of events intended to spark ...
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Official Israeli-Palestinian Talks to Resume Soon
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Secretary of State John Kerry plans to return to Israel in two weeks to keep the momentum up for restarting peace negotiations with the Palestinian Authority. According to one Israeli official quoted ...
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Bahrain to Host Annual Gulf Construction Conference in June
Manama, May 25. (BNA) -- Bahrain will host the Annual Gulf Construction Conference, to be held at the Gulf Hotel's Conventions and Conferences Centre, under the theme of "Challenges and Future Opportunities in the Construction Sector". The event, organised by the Bahrain Contractors Association in association with the Oregon Consultants Group, will be patronised by the labour ...
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Bahrains Ambassador to Egypt and African Union Takes Part in African Unions Extraordinary Summit
Cairo, May 25. (BNA) -- The Kingdom of Bahrain's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt as well as the African Union (as an observer) Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, took part in the opening session of the extra-ordinary summit on the Golden Jubilee celebration of the African Union. The event, which began this morning at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme ...
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Saudi Arabia warns against Irans nuclear programme
Oracle Financial Services rallies on strong response for OFS The promoters had received bids for 17.34 million shares against 4.43 million shares offered for ...
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Atrocity in Syria Entire families massacred
Smoke and fire rises after explosives were dropped by a Syrian government warplane in Yabroud near Damascus, Syria, on May 20, in this image taken from video obtained from the Shaam News Network, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting. The Syrian regime claims there is no civil war in the country but that the army is fighting foreign-backed terrorists trying to ...
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France rules out Iran joining in Syria peace talks
ABU DHABI - France's foreign minister on Saturday ruled out Iran taking part in a proposed Syria peace conference, saying Tehran was involved in the conflict and had no desire for peace.Laurent Fabius will host Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US Secretary of State John Kerry at a dinner on Monday to discuss how to nudge Syrian President Bashar Assad and the Syrian opposition ...
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West pushes for hard decisions in Middle East
Britain and the US have combined to put fresh pressure on Israeli and Palestinian leaders to kick-start the Middle East peace process by telling them to make ''hard decisions'' soon or face losing the chance of a two-state solution. At the end of a two-day visit to the region, British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Friday lent support to US Secretary of State John Kerry ...
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Soldier secretly returns from Kuwait to surprise daughter at high school graduation
A Georgia high school graduate received more than her diploma Thursday when her Army Reserve sergeant father traveled half way around the world to be present for the ceremony. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Dedrick Clark secretly returned from Kuwait after spending eight months away from his family overseas and collaborated with his wife and his daughter Dia's principal to pull off the ...
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Hezbollah Syrian government forces push for advance in Qusair
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian government forces and the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah launched a fierce campaign to seize more rebel territory in the border town of Qusair on Saturday, sources on both sides of the conflict ...
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Middle East instability means tourism growth for Oman
This year, hotels in Muscat have witnessed the strongest growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR), STR Global said in a statement. Regional instability has caused revenues in the Omani capital's tourism industry to grow by more than 15 per cent in the first four months of 2013, according to data released by STR Global. "Due to various reasons, tourists do not prefer Egypt and ...
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Iraq bombs kill scores as violence spreads
At least 70 people have been killed in a wave of car bombs in Iraq, raising concerns the country may slip back into civil war. NBC's Annabel Roberts and Richard O'Kelly ...
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Some 20000 troops attack hideouts of fighters linked to Sunni groups including Qaeda as they look to secure key road leading to Syria.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces mounted a massive operation on Saturday to better secure the country's western desert amid concerns it is being used by Sunnis heading to fight in neighbouring ...
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Repatriation of Yemen detainees removes key hurdle in Guantanamo closure
Weakened by a prolonged hunger strike, Yemeni detainees who have languished at Guantanamo Bay for years see growing hope of finally returning home after a ban on transfers to Yemen was ...
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Qatar surrenders in battle for relocation of UN aviation authority
MONTREAL - Qatar has dropped its bid to move the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organization from Montreal to Doha, Canadian Foreign Minister John Baird said ...
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Cameroon plans Egypt-like protests
Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ...
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NGO Monitor US Govt Funding for Mideast Political NGOs Undermines US
PRESS RELEASE May 20, 2013 Contact: Lenny Ben-David NGO Monitor 054-216-8155 lenny.bendavid@ngo-monitor.org Report: U.S. Government Funding for Mideast Political NGOs Undermines U.S. Policy Jerusalem - A report presented to Members of Congress today by NGO Monitor shows that U.S. Government funding of several political NGOs in the Palestinian Authority and Israel contradicts U.S. ...
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Shurat HaDin Arrest France 2 bureau chief in wake of al-Dura report
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: In response to question from IMRA if Nitsana Darshan-Leitner plans to file a complaint herself with the police, Shurat HaDin responded that: "There are many victims of the second Intifada who would be willing to file a complaint against him, and indeed this may prove to be the case as a result of this development." ] Shurat HaDin - Israel Law Center ...
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Jordan economy set to grow 3.5 pct in 2013 - central banker
DEAD SEA, Jordan | Sat May 25, 2013 10:58am EDT DEAD SEA, Jordan May 25 (Reuters) - Jordan's economy is expected to grow around 3.5 percent this year driven by remittances, higher domestic consumption and some pickup in construction activity, the kingdom's Central Bank governor said on Saturday. Ziad Fariz told Reuters on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum (WEF) conference ...
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Cairo leading new wave in literature
The publishing industry in Cairo is undergoing a profound change that may have implications for the day-to-day life of Egyptians for years to come, it is a kind of revolution in literature that may one day put Cairo on the map, nestled among those other publishing powerhouses, New York, London, and Chicago primarily, but also regional publishing centers like Johannesburg, Mumbai, and Sydney.
Cairo is already a literature producing city, but it is more commonly associated with Arabic texts, and these pieces of literature are further associated with sweeping assessments of society, societal change, politics and religion on a macrocosmic level. Traditionally, there has also never been much of a local market for literature in Cairo or wider Egypt, leading to an old saying that books are written in Cairo, but published in Beirut and then read in Baghdad. Read more
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