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U.S. delegation for Taliban talks arrives in Qatar source
DUBAI (Reuters) - A delegation of U.S. officials has arrived in Qatar for peace talks with Afghan Taliban representatives expected to take place in the capital Doha on Thursday, a diplomatic source said. (Reporting by Amena Bakr, Writing by William Maclean; Editing by Janet ...
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Afghanistan to shun Qatar peace talks until process Afghan-led
Qatar ," Karzai said in a statement, referring to a body he set up in 2010 to seek a negotiated peace with the Taliban. Karzai also said the opening of a Taliban office in Qatar showed the United States had failed to honor promises made to the Afghan state about the role of that office. (Reporting by Hamid Shalizi and Mirwais Harooni; Writing by Dylan Welch; Editing by Robert ...
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Obama says reports U.S. ready for war in Syria are exaggerated
Barack Obama said on Wednesday reports that the United States was ready to go to war in Syria were exaggerated and he also reiterated his view that the Damascus government had used chemical weapons and could not regain legitimacy. "Some of the stories that have been out there publicly have gotten a little overcranked in terms of the idea that somehow the United States is preparing to go all ...
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Party of Egypts Islamist president blames opposition for violence over governors
CAIRO - Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors. A Wednesday statement by the Freedom and Justice party, political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, says the refusal of opposition leaders to talk to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was to blame for the violence in four Nile Delta ...
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Six killed in Shebab attack on UN base in Mogadishu
MOGADISHU - Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents shot and blasted their way into the United Nations compound in Mogadishu Wednesday, the most serious attack on the UN in the troubled country in recent ...
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Miss Algeria contest back after decade of absence
The competition was suspended in 2003 after the death of Cheradi Hamdad, who launched the beauty contest in 1996 during Algeria's devastating civil war and whose son Faycal Hamdad has now taken up the ...
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Emirates NBD unveils loan education campaign
Emirates NBD has launched a unique new personal loan education campaign to advise UAE residents to borrow responsibly and within their repayment capacity. This new initiative is in line with the Group's reputation of being a financial institution that cares for its customers, according to a press statement. The initiative will be supported by a sustained media campaign that will advise the ...
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Western Unions new Iraq agent
Western Union has signed up the Investment Bank of Iraq to offer the complete range of Western Union services across all its 19 branches. The bank has branches in Baghdad, Basra, Karablaa and ...
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Carter Downplays US Influence on Israel Palestine
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Palestinians Await Ship Attempting to Break Gaza Siege
Two Palestinians have been killed in air strikes on the Gaza Strip after they had clashed with Israeli troops crossing into the territory, medical sources ...
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Islamic Jihad No Truce Reached with Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Hezbollah Advances Will Help Palestinian Resistance Brigades
Brigades in Gaza on Friday said advances in Hezbollah's weapons capabilities would benefit the Palestinian resistance. Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Thursday said his movement had sent the reconnaissance drone shot down over Israel last weekend.The Gaza-based Al-Mujahideen Brigades described Hezbollah's operation as "unprecedented" and said it proved that ...
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Drone Downed by Israel Sent by Hezbollah
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Palestinian Resistance Factions Warn Israel Not to Invade Gaza
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Israeli PM Sets Red Line over Nuclear Iran
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Abbas Seeks Upgrade of Palestinian UN Status
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said he will seek to have the Palestinians' UN status upgraded to a sovereign country and cautioned that Israeli settlement expansion meant time was running out for a two-state solution.One year after his emotional bid for full membership of the United Nations, Abbas returned to the UN General Assembly to warn that Israel's tactics were a sign ...
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Palestinian Delegation Working Quietly at UN
In stark contrast to 2011, the Palestinian delegation to the UN General Assembly is working quietly and limiting its remarks to the media.Since Friday, few details have emerged of President Mahmoud Abbas' visit to New York for the UN's 67th General Assembly, or his plan to seek an upgrade to Palestine's status at the world body.In 2011, Abbas submitted a request to the UN for a ...
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Hamas Leader Abbas Should End Security Coordination with Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Israel and PA Discuss Gaza Offshore Gas Plans
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Deaths in Israel-Egypt Border Shootout
One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a very big terror attack", an Israeli military spokeswoman said on Friday. The incident took place on the Israeli side of the frontier at a place called Har Harif, ...
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Two NATO servicemen killed in Afghanistan
Sina English Two NATO servicemen were shot and killed by a man wearing an Afghan police uniform Thursday in Uruzgan province, officials of the alliance said. According to reports, they are American servicemen of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. About 3,000 NATO servicemen have been killed in Afghanistan since the alliance launched its military operation in ...
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SyriaCeasefire violated at military base
By Yu Runze, Sina English Fierce clashes between rebels and Syrian government forces broke out Friday around a military base near the northern town of Maaret al-Numan in the "first violation" of a ceasefire, a watchdog said. "Violent clashes started around 10:30 am (0730 GMT) around the Wadi Deif base. The army responded by bombing the neighboring village of Deir Sharqi. It is ...
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Protesters storm Libyan congress
Dozens of protesters stormed Libya's national congress on Tuesday as it voted on a proposed government, saying they were unhappy with some of the ministers, a witness said. Fewer than 100 people, including civilians and former rebel fighters, charged into the hall as the congress voted on Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's proposed cabinet line-up, which he had named earlier on Tuesday. ...
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Largest US-Israel military drill under way
The US and Israel simulated rocket attacks during their largest-ever joint military drill on Wednesday, just as as real ones fired from Gaza exploded in southern Israel. US military officials insisted the joint exercise, called Austere Challenge 2012, was planned long before the latest flare-up between Israel and Hamas-ruled Gaza and a long-running debate over how to deal with Iran, unrelated ...
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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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