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Luzon names Israel squad for home finals
"This is a hard day for me," said coach Guy Luzon after naming his final 23-man squad for this summer's UEFA European Under-21 Championship on home ...
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Bahrain finds Iranian drone
Bahrain said it has found an Iranian drone in the kingdom's north near Saudi Arabia and called for increased cooperation between regional security services to face "threats" from Tehran. The unmanned aircraft "was found in the sea in north Bahrain, mainly between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, two weeks ago", government spokeswoman Samira Rajab said on Wednesday. "It ...
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Kerry detours for Palestinian shwarma
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Secretary of State John Kerry says he's all in for Palestinian shwarma.Kerry chomped one of the meat sandwiches after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank.Asked what toppings he wanted, Kerry said, quote, "I want everything. I'm all in."After the first bite, Kerry declared, "Fantastic."Kerry has been promoting ...
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Palestinian protests greet Kerry in Ramallah
resuming the peace talks with Israel.As Kerry arrived in Ramallah, dozens of Palestinians staged a protest outside Abbas's office, condemning Washington's "bias" in favor of ...
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Iran - In Iran news coverage stifled amid election controversy
Internet access has slowed, critical websites have been blocked, and several journalists have been summoned back to prison in Iran as the country's Guardian Council made a key decision today barring two leading candidates from the presidential election. The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the broad efforts to deny Iranian citizens information in the run-up to the June ...
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Oman Cement Co confirms quality probe
Oman Cement Co has confirmed that it is the company at the centre of a probe initiated by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection over the quality of cement being sold. Earlier this week, A report in Oman said that a cement company was being investigated for importing 30,000 tonnes of low quality cement from a neighbouring company and the repackaged it as a higher-grade product. The ...
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A High-Level Delegation to Take Part in World Economic Forum in Jordan
Manama, May 23. (BNA) -- A high-level Bahrain delegation, led by Transportation Minister Kamel bin Ahmed will arrive in Jordan tomorrow, Friday, to take part in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2013, to be held in the Red Sea from May 24 to 26 under the theme: "Advancing Conditions for Growth and Resilience". In this regard, Mr. Kamel Ahmed said that ...
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Russian S-300 Deliveries to Syria ‘Destabilizing’ - Kerry
TEL AVIV, May 23 (RIA Novosti) – The sale by Russia of S-300 air defense systems to Syria would be "destabilizing" for the region, US Secretary State John Kerry said on Thursday. "S-300 missiles coming from Russia, or other countries, Iranian missiles, are destabilizing to the region," Kerry said. "The United States is committed, not only in its defense of Israel, ...
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Cartoon campaign to tackle human rights abuse in Syria
"Fighter, not Killer" campaign , which involves TV and YouTube ads, and a comic strip booklet, covers the main human rights violations currently causing most concern in Syria: the use of human shields, child soldiers, chemical weapons and sexual ...
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AP Interview Chief of UN aid agency says Syria fighting has uprooted most Palestinians there
FILE - In this Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, Mahmoud, a 21-year-old Palestinian resident of Syria, rests in a field hospital after he was found with three gunshot wounds in the town of Anadan on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. Mahmoud, who would give only one name, described being the only survivor of a massacre in which he and 10 other men were blindfolded, beaten and sprayed with bullets. ...
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France frustrated over Syria joins push to label Hezbollah a terrorist group
PARIS - France has joined the push for the European Union to declare the militant group Hezbollah a terrorist organization, switching tack amid frustration with Hezbollah's support for Syria's military. France's move could prove pivotal, after Germany joined a British effort to name Hezbollah terrorists this week. The U.S. has long pressured Europe add Hezbollah to its terrorist ...
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Syrian refugees head to Libya
MISRATA, Libya - Two years ago Syrians in the relative security of their own country watched the unfolding crisis in Libya descend into a devastating civil ...
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British soldier beheaded in suspected Islamist attack
British counter-terrorism police were Thursday investigating the murder of a man thought to be a soldier, who was butchered and beheaded on a busy London street by two men shouting Islamist ...
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SARS-like virus claims another life in Saudi
RIYADH - A man who had contracted the coronavirus has died in Saudi Arabia, raising the death toll in the kingdom from the SARS-like virus to 17, the health ministry announced on its website on ...
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Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib publishes initiative that would grant Assad safe exit urges dissident factions to adopt his plan.
BEIRUT - Syria's outgoing opposition chief published an initiative for his war-torn country on Thursday that would grant President Bashar al-Assad a safe exit, and urged dissident factions to adopt his ...
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UNHCR Syrian refugees at model school in Lebanon
ARSAL, Lebanon, May 23 (UNHCR) - It’s test day at the Arsal Public Second Shift Middle School and the students in the 8th Grade maths class are engrossed in their exam. They factor numbers, write a series of equations in the form of a single power - all in French, a language they have come to learn only since starting school here in north-east Lebanon two months ...
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1.2 million Syrian Refugees in Lebanon ISF
During a meeting on Thursday with the mayors in Akkar region, acting Director-General of the Internal Security Forces,GeneralRoger Salem, said that Lebanon is facing difficulties in dealing with the influx of refugees from Syria and is being left alone to deal with the burden. He revealed that currently there is more than a million and two hundred thousand displaced Syrians and more than 60 , ...
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How to Arm the Rebels in Syria’s Civil War
The options for the United States are narrowing rapidly as the Syrian civil war rages on. Although Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, announced recently that they are arranging an international conference aimed at ending the conflict, their effort may not be any more successful than previous failed attempts to find a diplomatic solution. ...
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17th Fatality Caused by Coronavirus in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The Saudi ministry of Health reported today the death of the 17th coronavirus'' victim in this country. According to official statistics, there are 35 cases of infected people with the virus, which is similar to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that caused numerous fatalities a decade ago, particularly in Middle Eastern countries where it ...
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Structure at bottom of Sea of Galilee could reveal secrets of ancient life in Middle East
TIBERIAS, Israel - The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated.It's thousands of years old - a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored.The problem is - it's at the bottom of the ...
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Qatar to Invest Serious Funds in Bulgarias Sheep Breeding
Qatar plans to invest serious money in Bulgarian farming, according to the Academy of Agriculture, SSA. BGN 80 M will be invested in creating science-production facilities for sheep breeding in various SSA units. The funds will be invested in the course of three years. Facilities for lamb breeding for export will be built in the Livestock Breeding Institute in the town of Kostinbrod, the ...
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Israeli-Palestinian talks UN envoy urges concerted action
New York, May 23 : While international attention is understandably on the tragedy that continues to unfold in Syria, it is equally important to ensure the resumption of negotiations aimed at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a senior United Nations envoy stressed to the Security Council on ...
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John Kerry in the Middle East Eclipse of a Superpower
Doha, Qatar - Secretary of State John Kerry arrives in the Middle East today with two of the most vexing problems in international affairs at the top of his agenda: a downward spiraling Syrian civil war that continues to draw neighbors into to its bloody vortex and destabilize the entire region; and the slow-rolling death of the two-state solution to an Israeli-Palestinian conflict that remains ...
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Gazans Dying to Enter Israel
- Israel’s crippling blockade of the coastal territory of Gaza is pushing desperate young Palestinians to ever more extreme measures in the search for livelihoods, despite an agreement granting Gazans greater access to their agricultural ...
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U.S. Congress Moves Toward Full Trade Embargo on Iran
- The U.S. Congress moved closer here Wednesday to imposing a full trade embargo against Iran and pledged its support to Israel if it felt compelled to attack Tehran's nuclear programme in ...
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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