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Iraq violence kills eight police kidnapped
Violence in Iraq on Saturday killed eight people including a police officer, his wife and two children, and gunmen also kidnapped five police officers, officials ...
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The Bahrain Olympic Committee launches its strategy and brand mark Shaikh Nasser bin HamadThe BOC is on verge of a new era of development and prosperity
Manama, May 18 (BNA) -- The Bahrain Olympic Committee has launched its new strategy for the next electoral cycle 2013/2017 and revealed its all-new brand during a huge gala ceremony, which was held last night at the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation Gym at Isa Town Sports City. The ceremony was held under the auspices of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme ...
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Russia’s General Staff Rejects Intervention in Syria
MOSCOW, May 18 (RIA Novosti) – Russia’s General Staff is opposed to military intervention in Syria, saying this would be meddling in the war-torn country’s domestic affairs, Deputy Chief of the Russian General Staff, Col. Gen. Alexander Postnikov said. Russia’s Defense Ministry "fully supports" the stance voiced by President Vladimir Putin that Russia is ...
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Row sparks sectarian violence at Alexandria in Egypt
It started as a row between two young men in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria. It then became a family feud and finally mushroomed into clashes between Christians and Muslims that left at least one dead and dozens injured. The violence happened outside a Coptic church late at night after the two men – one Christian, one Muslim – began quarrelling. The two sides threw ...
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Untold stories of Iraq war photographers
NEW YORK - A new book presents eye witness accounts from photojournalists covering the Iraq war in an anthology of stories, individuals and acts of heroism that didn't make ...
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Renewable energy drive gains pace in Morocco Africa largest wind farm to open in 2014
Morocco is ploughing ahead with a programme to boost wind energy production, particularly in the southern Tarfaya region, where Africa's largest wind farm is set to open in ...
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Gunmen seize elderly father of Syrias deputy FM
DAMASCUS, Syria -; The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa ...
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Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
CAIRO -; Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart ...
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Gloomy Friday in Iraq
Baghdad, May 18 (Prensa Latina) Dynamite attacks against residential areas of Sunni Muslims on Friday claimed nearly 60 lives, according to official sources. The two deadliest consecutive actions occurred in Saria Mosque, Baquba city, and killed 41 people as they left the temple after ...
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Iran proposes to hold meeting of friends of Syria in Tehran
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran proposes to hold an alternative meeting of friends of Syria in Tehran, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...
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Iran ready to let IAEA observers in Parchin after protocol signed
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran is ready to let IAEA observers in Parchin only after a special protocol is signed, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...
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President of Iran to visit Moscow from Jul 1-2
MOSCOW, May 18 (Itar-Tass) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will visit Moscow from July 1-2, Iranian Ambassador to Russia Reza Sajjadi said on ...
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Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama activists
Bashar al-Assad hails from the Alawite community, which is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while the rebels are predominantly Sunni Muslims. "Late on Friday night, the rebels took complete control of Tlaissiyeh, Zoghbe, Shaata and Balil, after the withdrawal of the army following several weeks of fighting," the Observatory said. "The residents abandoned the villages at the ...
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Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban
Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of Kairouan where the Salafists have vowed to hold Sunday's gathering, AFP correspondents reported.Police were singling out for checks the private minibuses that ply between Tunisian towns.Ansar al-Sharia had urged ...
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Turkey softens opposition to Syria conference press
Syria following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's trip to the United States, local media said Saturday."Erdogan has appeared to soften his stance ...
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Bahrain Bayan’s exhibit wins entrepreneur competition
Manama, May 1 8 (BNA) -- The Bahrain Bayan School with its product "My tray" was declared the winner of the Company of Year Competition held at the Moevenpick. Sheikha Hessa School was adjudged the first runner up and Ahmed Al Omran became the second runner up in the competition which had 13 teams participating in the final round. The theme of the competition was ...
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Activists Rebel groups clash in northern Syria
from what rebels say is a helicopter that was shot down at Abu Dhour military airbase which is besieged by the rebels, in the northern province city of Idlib, Syria, Friday May 17, 2013. Rights activists have found torture devices and other evidence of abuse in government prisons in the first Syrian city to fall to the rebels, Human Rights Watch said in a report Friday. (AP Photo/Edlib News ...
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Chidambaram to meet Qatar business leaders
Seeking to enhance bilateral trade and cooperation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will hold discussions with Qatar's Minister of Economy and Finance Yousuf Hussain Kamal and interact with business leaders at Doha on ...
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Qaeda takes no break in Yemen Assassination of intelligence officer
ADEN (Yemen) - Suspected Al-Qaeda gunmen shot dead a Yemeni intelligence officer in a drive-by attack in the southern city of Mukalla, capital of the southeastern Hadramawt province, a police source said on ...
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Obama sways Erdogan on Russia-US brokered Syria conference
ANKARA - Turkey has softened its opposition toward a Russia-US brokered international conference on Syria following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's trip to the United States, local media said ...
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Renowned British physicist joins academic boycott of Israel
JERUSALEM - Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking has decided to pull out of a June conference hosted by Israel's President Shimon Peres, event organisers said on ...
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With conservative Islamists in power blasphemy cases surge in Egypt
Accusations of blasphemy, a criminal offense under Egypt's new Islamist-backed constitution, have been leveled more frequently against writers, activist, and Christians in recent ...
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Blasts targeting Sunnis kill 76 in IraqBombs ripped through Sunni areas in Baghdad and surrounding areas Friday killing at least 76 people in the deadliest day in Iraq in more than eight months.
Iraq in more than eight months. The major spike in sectarian bloodshed heightened fears the country could again be veering toward civil war. The attacks followed two days of bombings targeting Shiites, including bus stops and outdoor markets, with a total of 130 people killed since Wednesday. Scenes of bodies sprawled across a street outside a mosque and mourners killed during a funeral ...
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Syria left without Internet and cellular communication
A number of regions of Syria on Wednesday night was cut off from the Internet and international communications, Egyptian MENA agency reported. According to sources, inbound and outbound traffic from Syria fell sharply. Representatives of Renesys company, which monitors global network traffic, confirmed the fact. According to the portal, all sites registered in the local domain zone ...
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Eight killed 10 policemen kidnapped in Iraqs Sunni heartland
RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - Suspected Sunni Muslim militants killed four state-backed Sunni fighters in Iraq on Saturday, security sources said, apparently viewing them as collaborators with the Shi'ite-led government of a nation plagued by sectarian hatred.Sunni-Shi'ite tensions in Iraq have been amplified by the conflict between mostly Sunni rebels and President Bashar al-Assad's ...
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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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