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Palestinians rally behind Gaza Arab Idol star
GAZA - Palestinian fans and big business are rallying behind a 22-year-old singer from the Gaza Strip in a final push to vote him the next "Arab Idol" in a TV talent contest choosing a winner in Beirut on ...
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Cultural Advisor in Washington delivers a presentation on Education in Bahrain to International Professionals Group
Washington, DC: June 20 -- (BNA)-- The Cultural Advisor in the Kingdom of Bahrain's Embassy in Washington, Mrs. Ayesha Murad, delivered a presentation on the history of public education in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The presentation was delivered during a reception for a delegation from the International Professionals Group, in the presence of the Head of Bahrain's Diplomatic Mission, Mr. ...
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Hamas holding secret meetings with EU US across Middle East
Hamas' political leader, Ghazi Hamad. (AFP) The political leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Dr. Ghazi Hamad, revealed that Hamas officials have been holding secret meetings with European Union ambassadors and with high ranking US officials. Hamad said that the meetings largely focused on taking Hamas off the terror list. Speaking to Arabic Sky News, Hamad said that the ...
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Russia to press ahead with missile delivery to Syria
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov straightens the headphones during a press conference in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 11 (Vanderlei Almeida / AFP) Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday that it will continue with the sale of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian government."We respect all our contracts and are honoring all our contractual obligations," he ...
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Egypt court orders release of Mubarak era PM Nazif
Hosni Mubarak . The court accepted an appeal lodged by Nazif, who was prime minister from 2004 until Mubarak replaced him during the uprising in January 2011. He still faces trial for corruption. It was not clear when Nazif, the highest profile Mubarak-era official to be freed in recent months, would leave ...
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Russia says it will fulfill Syria missile system contract
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said his country will honour its contract to sell Syria advanced S-300 air-defence missiles. (REUTERS/Sergei ...
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Returning to smoldering ruins of Syria’s Qusayr
ousted rebels from the city, which is strategically located near the border with Lebanon and very close to the main highway connecting Damascus to Syria’s coast and to northern cities like Aleppo. ';Of course we want to come back here,'; an elderly man told me. ';We are hoping for government support to make this Qusayr worth living in again.'; The man’s name is ...
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Half of Jordan teenage boys think honour killings justified study
AMMAN // Belief that so-called honour killings are justified is still common among Jordanian teenagers, a Cambridge University study revealed today. The study by researchers from the university's Institute of Criminology found that almost half of boys and one in five girls interviewed in Amman believe that killing a daughter, sister or wife who has "dishonoured" or shamed the ...
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June 20 Ending Syria’s conflict and other letters to the editor
Re Five Reasons To Stay Out Of Syria (June 19): Proponents of quickie "solutions," such as no-fly zones, arms shipments and military intervention, to unseat President Bashar al-Assad reveal a monumental lack of understanding of the complex broader historical, cultural and regional issues that fuel this conflict. If the logic of Derek Burney and Fen Osler Hampson are unconvincing to ...
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Qatar- QCB regulation will boost investments
(MENAFN - The Peninsula) Qatar Central Bank's (QCB) newly announced decision to regulate Qatari banks' investment portfolio is expected to drive more bank investments into the country's capital markets, mostly into government securities.Contrary to apprehensions expressed by a section of investors on the central bank decision, a leading investment bank, which analysed the impact ...
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Kuwait- Guard beaten in failed robbery bid
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Police are looking for unidentified persons for attempting to rob a bank branch in Shuwaikh Industrial Area, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.A security source said the robbers attempted to break the ATM machine after tying the hands and feet of one of the security guards and taking hostage the other who attempted to escape from them.The daily added, security guards of the ...
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Kuwait- 301 held 145 citations issued in Ahmadi raids
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Ahmadi securitymen arrested 301 individuals, issued 145 citations against various traffic violations and recovered five stolen vehicles during intensive campaigns that were launched in various locations within Ahmadi Governorate on Tuesday.Sources revealed that the campaigns were launched based on instructions from Acting Director General of Ahmadi Security Directorate ...
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Kuwait- Syrian bag thief
(MENAFN - Arab Times) A Syrian expatriate who stole the handbags of ladies working at a bank in Sharq area, while they were busy with work, was taken into police custody.Security sources said the suspect was identified and arrested, with the help of surveillance camera, before he could even escape from the bank.They observed he was under the influence of drugs during his arrest, and also ...
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Kuwait- Iraqi woman gets death threat
(MENAFN - Arab Times) An Iraqi woman has filed a complaint with the police accusing a Kuwaiti inmate of the Central Prison of threatening to kill her, reports Al-Watan Arabic daily.In her complaint, the woman said the inmate is serving a life term for the murder of her brother.She alleged the man sent her a text message on her cell phone to drop the case against him. The message also said he is ...
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Kuwait- Over 100 expats arrested in new Jahra and Ahmadi raids
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Jahra securitymen arrested 60 individuals during a security campaign launched in bachelor accommodations at Jahra Industrial Area based on instructions from Jahra Security Director Major General Ibrahim Al-Tarrah.Among the arrested individuals, 50 were violators of residency law and some among them were wanted by law, while the remaining 10 were hawkers.Meanwhile, Ahmadi ...
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Russian marine and air power head for Syria versus Western intervention – “to defend Russian citizens” says Moscow
June 20, 2013 Just one day after the G8 Summit ended in the failure of Western leaders to overcome Russian resistance to a resolution mandating President Bashar Assad's ouster, Moscow announced Wednesday June 19, the dispatch to Syria of two warships carrying 600 Russian marines.They were coming, said the official statement, ';to protect the Russian citizens there.'; Russian ...
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Kuwait- Asian kills self
(MENAFN - Arab Times) An Asian expatriate committed suicide by hanging himself from the ceiling of his room using a rope.According to security sources, when the Operations Room of Ministry of Interior received information about the incident, securitymen rushed to the location and referred the corpse to the Forensics Department.A case was registered and investigations are ongoing to determine the ...
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Kuwait- Wife accused of stealing furniture
(MENAFN - Arab Times) A Kuwaiti citizen filed a case against his wife, accusing her of stealing the furniture of his flat and KD 5,000 while he was admitted in a hospital.According to security sources, when the citizen was discharged from the hospital, he was shocked to find the furniture and cash missing from his flat.Securitymen are carrying out necessary investigations to find the wife and ...
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US-Taliban talks in Qatar suspended indefinitely
CAIRO, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Peace negotiations on the settlement in Afghanistan that were due to have taken place in Doha, the capital of Qatar, have been postponed indefinitely, sources close to the negotiating process said. On Wednesday, the US Department of State said a trip to Qatar of US special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan James Dobbins was postponed. According to local ...
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Russian peacekeepers on Golan Heights to ensure security of Syria Israel
ST PETERSBURG, June 20 (Itar-Tass) - Russian peacekeepers on the Golan Heights could be an excellent variant to ensure security in Syria and Israel where most Russian compatriots live there, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Thursday. "The deployment of Russian peacekeepers on the Golan Heights will depend on the readiness of the Syrian government and Israel," the minister said. ...
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Israel has worlds ninth largest home prices rise
Israel has one of the world's hottest property markets according to "Global Property Guide." In the year ending March 31 2013, "Global Property Guide" reports that average home prices in Israel rose 6.34%, the ninth largest rate of home price rises of any country surveyed. Half of the rise - 3.12% - was in the first quarter of 2013, the seventh largest rise of any ...
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Is Egypts military worse than Mubarak
Nearly a year after an 18-day uprising ousted decades-long dictator, Hosni Mubarak, from power, civil society has again become the target of an increasingly repressive military junta (the Supreme Council of Armed Forces, or SCAF) that took control during the revolt and has since shown little tolerance for dissent. Instead of shunning Mubarak's heavy-handed tactics in favor of democratic ...
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Egypt Security in the Sinai Peninsula is getting worse
Palestinian women wave their national flag and shout slogans during a protest near the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on March 20, 2012. (SAID KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images) ...
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Egypt election Its the economy stupid
Egypt -- As Egypt's first free presidential race enters the final stretch, Egyptians say the top contenders have so far offered only meager prescriptions for the issue they worry about most: the economy. Eighty-one percent of Egyptians ranked improving economic conditions -- more than any other political reform -- as "very important" in a poll by the Pew Research Center released ...
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Mohamed Morsi vs. Egypts Press
Egypt's new president, Muslim Brotherhood leader Mohamed Morsi, sits in the studio of the state television station in Cairo. (AFP/Getty Images) CAIRO, Egypt -- Mohamed Morsi, Egypt's new president, appears to be taking a page from Hosni Mubarak, Egypt's old strongman. A court remanded the editor-in-chief of a local newspaper Thursday on charges of "insulting the ...
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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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