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Plethora of events Abu Dhabi International Book Fair bustles with visitors
Bookworms including children flock to Abu Dhabi International Book Fair where exhibitors are gathering, piling up their shelves with hundreds of ...
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ADIBF 2013 Abu Dhabi Crown Prince helps students invest in books
ABU DHABI - His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi, Deputy Supreme Commander of UAE Armed Forces and Chairman of the Abu Dhabi Education Council (ADEC), offered a grant worth Dhs3m to encourage students to purchase books during the 23rd Abu Dhabi International Book Fair ...
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Kerrys focus on peace talks not settlements
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry urged Israel's government on Friday to prevent further settlement construction where possible to help revitalize Middle East peace hopes, but stressed that the Jewish state and Palestinians alike should remain focused on the larger goal of restarting direct ...
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Cautious Calm in Lebanons Tripoli
Beirut, May 24 (BNA) - Cautious calm dominated over the various fighting axes between Cautious calm between Bab ElTebbaneh, Jabal Mohsenand Jabal Mohsen in Lebanon's Tripoli on Friday morning, but snipping operations targeted the international road, National News Agency (NNA) reported. The report said that a flare bomb fell at Naji Center in Azmi Street where damages were limited to ...
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Hague Israel Losing Support in UK Over Settlements
Occupied Jerusalem, May 24 (BNA) - British Foreign Secretary William Hague, who is currently visiting Israel, said in an interview with Sky News that Israel has lost some support in Britain and in other European countries due to its settlement construction policy. He warned that the window of opportunity for Israel and the Palestinians to agree to form a two-state solution was closing fast, ...
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Russia Says Syria Will Attend Geneva Peace Talks
MOSCOW -- The Syrian government has agreed to participate in an international peace conference coordinated by Russia and the United States, a spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry said on ...
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Obamas landmark drone speech fairly well-received in Pakistan Yemen but criticism remains
ISLAMABAD - President Barack Obama's speech on the use of drones to kill Islamic militants was well-received in two countries most affected by the strikes -- Pakistan and Yemen -- but criticism of the U.S. policy remains strong. Obama cast the drone program as crucial to U.S. counterterrorism efforts, though he announced more restrictive rules governing the attacks. His advisers said these ...
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Insect invasion Israel battles plague of locusts
By Dave Copeland, Cameraman, NBC News TEL AVIV - Israel’s Negev Desert is alive – with locusts.Huge swarms of the newly hatched critters have begun marching across the sand, devouring everything in their path.With the help of high-tech irrigation methods, much of Israel’s desert has been transformed into lush farmland that supplies supermarkets across the country with fresh ...
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Russia criticises Syrias various opposition groups for presenting tough demands ahead of Geneva 2 conference.
Syria's most powerful ally Russia said Friday that the Damascus regime had agreed "in principle" to attend an international peace conference on the crisis that world powers hope will take place in Geneva in ...
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Deadly clashes in Lebanons Tripoli continue unabated
TRIPOLI, Lebanon - At least 23 people have been killed since Sunday in Syria-linked clashes between Sunni and Alawite residents of the Lebanese port city of Tripoli, a security source said on ...
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Indias Jet Airways shareholders approve Etihad deal
MUMBAI - Shareholders of India's Jet Airways on Friday approved a deal in which Abu Dhabi-based airline Etihad will take a 24 percent stake in the private carrier, media reports ...
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Tunisia Femen activist to face pepper spray charge
TUNIS: A young Tunisian women's rights activist, who was arrested at the weekend while protesting against hardline Islamists, has been charged with possessing pepper spray, her lawyer said on Thursday.The 18-year-old, known by the pseudonym Amina Tyler, who sparked controversy in March by posting topless pictures of herself online, has been summoned to appear in court next Thursday, ...
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Bahrain economic growth seen at 5 this year
Economic growth in Bahrain is expected to rise to more than five percent this year on the back of a rebound in oil production and expansion in non-oil ...
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AUDIO Burberry boss looking to Middle East
The Today programme's Friday Boss is Burberry chief executive Angela Ahrendts. The British fashion brand is one of the UK's most successful luxury exports. Last year it spooked investors with a profit warning because of slowing demand from its key Chinese market. However, this week it reported profits of more than 400m, with sales up 20% in China. Today business presenter Simon ...
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Syria is ready for talks - Russia
Moscow - Russia said on Friday that the Syrian government had agreed in principle to attend an international peace conference proposed by Russia and the United States, and criticised what it called attempts to undermine peace ...
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High court orders new approach to Iraq abuse inquiry
The high court has called for a new approach to an inquiry into allegations that British troops committed "terrifying acts of brutality" following the invasion ...
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Syria opposition struggles to forge transition plan before talks
George Sabra (L), a veteran Christian opposition figure and acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul May 23, ...
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Iran denies it has forces in Syria
Tehran withdraw its fighters from Syrian territory. "The true enemies of Syria make up these accusations to provoke the people of this country," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Araqchi said, quoted by Iranian state television. At a meeting in Jordan on Thursday, the Friends of Syria grouping of Western and Arab governments called for the immediate withdrawal from Syria of Iranian ...
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Russia Syria has agreed in principle to peace talks
proposed by Russia and the United States . Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said in televised remarks that the Syrian government had agreed to attend the conference in Geneva, which is expected within two weeks. Lukashevich said, however, that it was impossible to set the date for the conference yet because there was "no clarity about who will speak on behalf of the ...
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Recruitment firm Archelons to invest $1 mn in Qatar
Archelons has announced it will invest $1 million in Qatar over the coming five years in the field of management solutions. Making the announcement at an event in Doha, Archelons CEO Pankaj Mittal said the company's management solutions include talent identification, talent sourcing, assessment solutions and recruitment. "Archelons seeks to open doors for both recruiters and job ...
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Oil field test from Iraq yields results
Norwegian oil and gas company DNO International said tests from a field in the Kurdish region of Iraq yielded an average flow rate of more than 100,000 bpd. DNO has a majority stake in the Tawke field in the Kurdish region of Iraq alongside Turkish energy company Genel Energy and the Kurdistan Regional Government. DNO said a 72-hour test of from the Tawke field averaged more than 100,000 ...
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Two Mossad CIA spies executed in Iran state TV
TEHRAN, May 19 (Xinhua) -- Two Iranian spies working for the U. S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Israeli intelligence agency Mossad were hanged in Iran on Sunday morning, the state IRIB TV said. Mohammad Heidari, one of the executed men, had prepared information in a number of security issues of the country and had given them to the Israeli Mossad in several meetings outside of the ...
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UK soldier killed in London in reprisal for Afghanistan and Iraq wars
The killing of drummer Lee Rigby, 2nd Battalion Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, near London's Woolwich army barracks on Wednesday was a horrific act. Rigby was first run down by two men in a car, who then set about him with knives and a cleaver.One of the men who carried out the killing was identified as Michael Adebolajo, a 28-year-old British citizen of Nigerian descent. The other has only ...
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Russia Syria Agrees to Participate in Conference
Russia says the Syrian government has agreed in principle to attend aproposed international peace conference on the country's future. A spokesman for the Russian foreign ministry said Friday that Syria has agreed to participate in the conference that Russia and the U.S. have proposed next month in Geneva. But he said it is impossible to set a date yet because it is not clear yet who will ...
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Workers Struggles Europe Middle East Africa
Around 400 drivers of the Veolia bus company have taken part in a walkout since May 14, in protest at a new shift system and the company's personnel management record. Over the past week, Veolia Transport and the union have held talks without results. The strike affects all Veolia routes from the Tuupakka and Hakunila depots. Traffic in central Vantaa has been severely affected, as well as ...
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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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