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Two-day conference in UAE discusses future of Arab-Islamic culture
Jamal Sanad Al-Suwaidi, Tharwat El-Kherbawy, Nabil Abdel-Fattah, Tayyeb Tizini and other Arab researchers and intellectuals examine future of Arab-Islamic culture at ECSSR Office Complex in Abu ...
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Barred from poll ex-president Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant
Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday.Rafsanjani's comments appeared to add to the political conflict between those loyal to the leadership and opposition groups who have been marginalized since ...
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Syria’s civil war combat spilling into Lebanon
Lebanon has been on edge since the uprising in Syria began in March 2011. The country, which still is struggling to recover from its own 15-year civil war, is sharply divided along sectarian lines and into pro and anti-Assad camps. The overt involvement by Iranian-backed Hezbollah Shiite militant group alongside Assad's regime has sparked outrage among many Sunnis in Lebanon, who identify ...
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Syria demands foreign fighters leave or get killed
Syrian Prime Minister Wael al- Halqi said Monday that the armed rebels in Syria have two options "return to where they came from, or to be killed." The minister's remarks came during a session of the ministerial committee tasked with implementing the political program outlined by President Bashar al-Assad recently. According to the state-run SANA news agency, al-Halqi stressed ...
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Egypt tourism recovery forecast for 2014
While tourist numbers to Egypt have risen in the first four months this year, a full recovery would not be likely until at least 2014, according to economist forecasts. The number of travellers visiting Egypt in the first four months of 2013 rose 11.8 percent from a year earlier, after falling by a third in the year after the uprising revolt, Reuters reported. Tourism revenue rose 16.2 ...
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Syrian opposition mulls dialogue with regime
Istanbul Thursday to discuss its expansion, the election of a new president, and whether it will participate in the dialogue proposed by the U.S. and Russia scheduled to take place ...
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Be a fighter not a killer coalition tells rebels
Syria must be investigated. The U.N. report stated that "Government forces and affiliated militias have committed extra-judicial executions, breaching international human rights law. This conduct also constitutes the war crime of murder. Where murder was committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population, with knowledge of that attack, it is a crime against ...
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Opposition 15 executed in Halfaya
BEIRUT: Fifteen Syrians were executed by pro-regime militia in a town in Hama province Thursday after government troops overran the area, the ...
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Syria conflict makes Palestinians refugees for second time
DAMASCUS: Syria’s fighting has uprooted more than half of the country’s 530,000 Palestinians – descendants of refugees from a Middle East conflict more than half a century ago – and their situation is becoming increasingly desperate, the head of ...
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Police crackdown on radical Islamists tests stability in Tunisia
Ansar al-Shariah supporters clash with police Sunday after Tunisia's Interior Ministry banned their annual conference that was to be held in Ettadhamen, near ...
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Peace plan for Syria includes call for Assad to step down and exit country
Former Syrian opposition National Coalition president Moaz al-Khatib yesterday called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down and leave the country as fighting between pro-government forces and rebels continued in the besieged Syrian town of ...
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John Kerry reaches out in effort to restart Middle East peace talks
US secretary of state John Kerry greets workers as he visits a restaurant in the West Bank city of Ramallah yesterday. Photograph: Jim ...
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William Hague Israel Losing Support In UK
Britain's Foreign Secretary has brushed aside an Israeli minister's allegation that anti-Israeli sentiment was growing in the United Kingdom - by agreeing with him. William Hague's comments come after Yuval Steinitz, a close confidant of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said perceptions of Israel were more negative in Britain than in other countries. ...
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World Briefing | Middle East Iraq Seven Soldiers Die in Two Attacks
Iraq on Thursday, officials said. Militants attacked an army checkpoint in the town of Taji, killing four soldiers and wounding four others, two police officers said. Another group of militants exchanged fire with military forces and pro-government Sunni militia in the western village of Karma, two other police officers said. Three soldiers were killed and 18 were wounded, including 7 Sunni ...
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Repatriating detainees to Yemen key to closing Guantanamo
The interior of an unoccupied communal cellblock is seen at Camp VI, a prison used to house detainees at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay March 5, ...
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Pro-Gadhafi soldiers and rebels abuse of detainees
Pro-Gadhafi soldiers and rebels abuse of detainees Libya, Politics, 8/26/2011 Amnesty International reported yesterday that it has gathered powerful testimonies from survivors of abuse at the hands of both pro-Gadhafi soldiers and rebel forces, in and around the town of Az-Zawiya. Amnesty International met on Tuesday with "officials at Bir Tirfas School which is now being used to ...
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legal issues surrounding any capture of al-Gadhafi
legal issues surrounding any capture of al-Gadhafi Libya, Politics, 8/26/2011 Amnesty International yesterday addressed the question of "What should happen to Colonel al-Gadhafi upon his capture?" saying in the report "Colonel al-Gadhafi must be given a fair trial. This is essential so that his victims in Libya can see justice being done. Everyone should be brought to justice, ...
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El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state
El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ...
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Syrian cartoonist beaten savagely
Syrian cartoonist beaten savagely Syria, Politics, 8/26/2011 Reporters Without Borders reported that the famous cartoonist Ali Ferzat's torture while abducted for several hours today in Damascus and the woman journalist Hanadi Zahlout's torture while in detention are typical of the way the regime treats those who challenge its propaganda and express views different from its own. ...
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U.N. Security Council to unfreeze Libyan assets
U.N. Security Council to unfreeze Libyan assets Libya-UN, Politics, 8/26/2011 The United Nations and its diplomatic partners seeking a resolution to the Libyan crisis yesteday urged the U.N. Security Council to release assets frozen under United Nations sanctions to the country's transitional authorities to help them set up a government in the North African nation. "We have ...
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US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time
US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns led the U.S. delegation to the August 25 Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul, where representatives from 28 countries, the UN, EU, NATO, AU, OIC, Arab League and GCC came together to demonstrate the international community's firm commitment to ...
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Hot weather and fast does not keep Iranians from Quds Day established by imam Khomeini
Hot weather and fast does not keep Iranians from Quds Day established by imam Khomeini Palestine-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today Zionist regime's existence "is not merely a threat to the Palestinian and the entire regional nations, rather its establishment and continued survival contrast interests, independence and dignity of all ...
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Ahmadinejad Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq
Ahmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that the Iran fully backs restoration of security and progress in Iraq, in a meeting with visiting Iraqi deputy chairman of Iraqi Kurdistan administration Nechirvan Barzani. IRNA reported saying "Given historical and cultural affinities ...
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Reporters Without Borders condemns mistreatment of Palestinian journalists
Reporters Without Borders condemns mistreatment of Palestinian journalists Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Reporters Without Borders reported Tuesday about what it described as "the complete failure to punish abusive treatment of Palestinian journalists by the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank." It said in a statement that Israel carried out "many arbitrary ...
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US focus on directing money to new Libyan leaders
US focus on directing money to new Libyan leaders Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 Victoria Nuland, Spokesperson for the US Department Of State met with reporters yesterday about the latest developments. Here is what she said: Nuland: Afternoon, everybody. Sorry to be a little bit late today. You will recently have seen the statement that we put out about the participation of Deputy ...
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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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