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Kuwait- Bootlegger run over
(MENAFN - Arab Times) The remains of an Asian man who was run over by a speeding female Kuwaiti motorist, have been referred to Forensics, reports Al-Shahed daily. According to security sources the incident happened on the Fahaheel Expressway. The victim was driving a car and police ordered him to pull over. When police approached the man, he got confused, got out of the car and tried to escape ...
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UAE- Inceif partners with Bank Nizwa in Oman
(MENAFN - Khaleej Times) Inceif, the Global University of Islamic Finance, is partnering with Bank Nizwa, Oman's first dedicated Islamic bank, to provide structured training and development initiatives for Omani nationals working in the Islamic finance industry.The collaboration is in line with Bank Nizwa's efforts aimed at aligning itself with the 'employer of choice' adage ...
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Kuwait- Ban sought on energy drinks - Youth at risk
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Lawyer Mubarak Al-Harbi has filed another lawsuit against the Undersecretary of Health to prevent import and distribution of all kinds of energy drinks in the local markets, reports Al- Nahar daily. Al-Harbi was quoted as stressing on health hazard energy drink poses to humans and the youth in particular, citing high blood pressure, anxiety and sleep disorder, besides ...
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Kuwait- Inmates attack injure seven officials during jail inspection
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Seven officials of the Central Jail sustained injuries and bruises when a quarrel broke out during an impromptu inspection campaign inside the Central Jail on Friday. Reportedly, while the officials were searching the prison cells, they discovered a mobile phone and a prepaid recharge card from one of the cells. This led to a quarrel between four inmates and the officials ...
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Kuwait- Raids in Ahmadi Wafra Eqaila
(MENAFN - Arab Times) Ahmadi traffic officers launched a series of traffic campaigns in various locations within Ahmadi Governorate during which they issued 28 citations against various traffic violations and seized 14 vehicles as well as 24 taxis on Makkah Street.The officers launched the campaigns after receiving instructions from the Assistant Undersecretary for Traffic Affairs at Ministry of ...
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Women cannot contest Iran presidential election
(MENAFN - Arab News) Women can not contest Iran's June 14 presidential election, a member of the Islamic state's electoral watchdog said in media reports yesterday, dashing the hopes of some 30 female candidates."The law prohibits women from being president," said hard-line cleric and former judiciary chief Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, quoted by the Mehr news agency.Yazdi is a ...
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Brazil president says asylum offer to adulterous Iran woman is humanitarian gesture
The decision to give refuge to a convicted Iranian woman should be seen as a humanitarian act without political motives, said Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. "I made the offer for humanitarianism, instead of politics," Xinhua quoted da Silva, as saying while referring to the case of Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, 43, who has been convicted of adultery and sentenced to ...
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Rights groups say disappeared in Syria number in tens of thousands
Syrian detainees who took part in anti-government protests sit in a courtroom before their release in September 2012 in Damascus, Syria. Intelligence agents are grabbing civilians seen as a threat to President Bashar Assad's regime, including human-rights activists and lawyers, and are delivering them to torture dungeons where they vanish. IPTC: FILE - In this September 1, 2012 file photo, ...
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76 killed in Iraqs deadliest day in eight months
Followers of Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr pray during Friday prayers in the Shiite stronghold of Sadr City in Baghdad. Elsewhere, a bomb killed dozens of people at a Sunni mosque in central Iraq, hitting worshipers as they were emerging from Friday prayers, security officials said. The attack in Baqubah comes after two days of attacks, many in Shiite districts, left scores of people dead. IPTC: ...
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After the Damascus Attack Ten Points to Consider
After the Damascus Attack: Ten Points to Consider by Amos Yadlin, Director of INSS INSS Insight No. 424 Sunday, May 12, 2013 One week has passed since the attacks near Damascus, which according to American sources destroyed advanced Fateh-110 surface-to-surface missiles making their way from Iran to Hizbollah in Lebanon. Now that the dust has settled and it seems as if the strike was ...
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Lebanon arrests a network smuggling Syrian antiquities
Lebanese General Security arrested several people and recovered Byzantine and Roman-era artifacts stolen from churches and cemeteries in Syria and smuggled into Lebanon, LBCI reported on Saturday. Sources told LBCI ...
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Report Israel prefers Assad survive Syria conflict
Israeli intelligence officer tells 'Times of London' that Israel prefers a "devil it knows than demons it can only imagine"; another source said Assad's staying power had been ...
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Muslims but not brothers Chilly relations between Cairo and Riyadh
Morsi's looks won't be enough to win Saudi Arabia over. Although the new Egyptian regime immediately displayed its willingness to continue the alliance forged between Cairo and Riyadh in the Mubarak era, Saudi leaders, despite the economic aid offered and the diplomatic formulas used, remain at least cautious ...
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MLB Colorado 10 San Francisco 9
Jordan Pacheco hit a grand slam homer and drove in five runs Friday, giving Colorado enough of a cushion to pull out a 10-9 win over San Francisco. Pacheco's home run came during a five-run fifth and he also drove in a run with a ground out in the second. Colorado took a 10-4 led through six innings and fought off a Giants' rally that ran out of steam ...
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US Criticizes Russian Missiles Sale to Syria
The remarks by General Martin Dempsey were the first U.S. confirmation that Russia made the sale of so-called ship-killer cruise missiles to Syria. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Friday the missiles will embolden President Bashar al-Assad and prolong the suffering in Syria. The New York Times says the Russian anti-ship cruise missiles are more advanced than previous ...
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Dad deploys to Middle East days before twin sons graduate
BOSSIER CITY, LA (KSLA) - Bossier High School seniors Dustin and Josh Todd's father was suddenly deployed just days ago to the Middle East with the 8th Air Force. He will miss his sons' graduation ceremony in person, but thanks to small group, he won't miss the ceremony at all. Bossier high school's principal has made special arrangements for the family, making sure each ...
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Research and Markets Mobile Internet Survey in the Middle East and Africa 2013 Mobile Device and SIM Purchase and ...
"Mobile Internet Survey in the Middle East and Africa 2013: Mobile Device and SIM Purchase and Usage" report to their offering. One should not assume that because people in MEA are new to the mobile Internet, they are any less demanding than users elsewhere in terms of quality. Analysys Mason's survey of mobile Internet users in 2012-2013 in the Middle East and ...
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Doctor We Truly Are Failing The Syrian People
Copyright © 2013 NPR. For personal, noncommercial use only. See Terms of Use. For other uses, prior permission required. MELISSA BLOCK, HOST: Now to the medical crisis in Syria. Stephen Cornish of Doctors Without Borders Canada recently returned from Syria, and he says he cannot overstate the scale and severity of a humanitarian emergency he witnessed there. Stephen Cornish joins us now. ...
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Russia defiant over reports it is supplying ship-killing missiles to Assad
New York Times ' cited US officials saying Russia was delivering anti-ship cruise missiles upgraded with advanced radar systems to the Syrian government, which is engaged in a bloody civil war with Western-backed rebel groups.Military experts told the paper the enhanced missiles would be a "formidable weapon" if Mr Assad's forces wanted to hinder any future international ...
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Syria is now staring into the abyss of unrestrained sectarian slaughter
Damascus is now at the gates of one of the holiest sites for Shia Islam, the resting place of the grand-daughter of the prophet Mohammed.In the abandoned apartment blocks, some less than 100 yards away, fighters from ...
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Caught on video – how rebels executed 11 men
Three rebels, two of them carrying Jabhat al-Nussra flags, are shown standing behind a row of prisoners prior to executing them.A man whose face was covered in a black balaclava then shot each man in the back of the head as they kneeled on the ground.The brutal killings are believed to have taken place in the eastern province ...
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Oman desalination project approaches completion
reports that the Barka reverse osmosis desalination project, being developed by ACWA Power Barka, will make new capacity available to the Omani network by October of this year. The new plant is an expansion of the adjoining Barka I power and desalination project and will add 45,000 m³ per day of water capacity to the facility, taking Barka I’s total potable water output to 136,200 ...
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Kerry Urges Russia to Toughen Stance on Syria
Secretary of State John Kerry met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow Tuesday to convince the president he needs to take a tougher stance against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Putin is Assad's most powerful ally. "The United States believes that we share some very significant common interests with respect to Syria -- stability in the region, not having extremists ...
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Russian missiles to Syria upsets US
RUSSIA'S shipment of anti-ship missiles to Syria will "embolden" the regime and fuel the country's civil war, the US military's top officer ...
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Qatar Airways sued after passenger struck by wayward drinks cart
A wayward drinks cart could cost Qatar Airways a steep damages bill with a passenger alleging serious physical and psychological trauma after being struck by a trolley nearly two years ago. It's the latest in a string of legal actions to be launched against international air carriers in the last year alleging injury and mistreatment of customers by ground staff and air crew. John ...
Cairo Discussed
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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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