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Top opposition candidate barred from Irans presidential election
Chairman of the Expediency Council and hopeful presidential candidate, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani (C) waves to the media while registering his candidacy for Iran's upcoming presidential election on May 11, 2013 in Tehran, Iran. Iran's presidential candidates must be vetted for qualifications by the Guardian Council, the country's top electoral supervisory body. UPI/Maryam ...
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Emirates and JetBlue to expand partnership agreement
WAM DUBAI, May 22nd, 2013 -- Emirates, and JetBlue Airways today announced their intent to expand their current partnership to include bilateral code-sharing, pending FAA and DoT regulatory approval and subject to receipt of relevant foreign government operating authority. Under the expanded agreement, JetBlue will place its "B6" airline code on all flights currently operated by ...
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PM Netanyahu Meets with German FM Westerwelle
PM Netanyahu Meets with German Foreign Minister Westerwelle (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, today (Friday, 17 May 2013), in Jerusalem, met with German Foreign Minister Dr. Guido Westrwelle. Prime Minister Netanyahu said at the start of the meeting: "It is always a pleasure to host you here in Jerusalem. You are a friend of ...
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ExcerptsEgyptian depression most severe since 1930s 17 May 2013
Excerpts:Egyptian depression most severe since 1930s 17 May 2013 +++SOURCE: Egypt Daily News 17 ...
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Poll Likud Beiteinu 32 Yesh Atid 18 DM get highest marks
Poll: Likud Beiteinu 32 Yesh Atid 18 DM get highest marks Dr. Aaron Lerner Date 17 May 2013 Poll carried out 12 May, 2013 by Dialogue under the supervision of statistics professor and pollster Camil Fuchs of a representative sample of 518 adult Israelis (including Israeli Arabs) Published in Haaretz on 17 May 2013. If elections held today (expressed in Knesset seats) Current Knesset seats ...
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Britain Iran Hezbollah increasing support for Assad
In Friends of Syria meeting in Amman, UK's foreign secretary Hague says Iran and its militant Shi'ite Lebanese ally Hezbollah are "propping up" Assad, whose regime is "increasingly dependent on external ...
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Turkey shuts Syria border crossing after deadly bombings
Fifty-one people were killed when twin car bombs ripped through the Turkish border town of Reyhanli in the southern province of Hatay on May 11, heightening fears ...
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ITV bosses finally confirm Sharon Osbournes X Factor return following Tulisas exit
She will join Louis Walsh, Gary Barlow and Nicole Scherzinger - who have all signed up - on the ITV series when it comes to back to screens later this ...
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Ladbrokes moves UK jobs to Israel following Playtech deal
UK gambling giant Ladbrokes plc (LSE: LAD) is laying off as many as 100 employees involved in digital operations in Britain. "A number of key tasks" will be transferred to its newly opened Tel Aviv offices, the company said. Ladbrokes Israel office began operating on May 1 following a partnership agreement with gambling software ...
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Iranian drone spotted in Bahrains airspace
Bahrain's Interior Minister on Wednesday said an Iranian drone was spotted in Bahrain's airspace in the northern part of the country near Saudi Arabia.Lieutenant-General Shaikh Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa said that Iran is increasingly meddling in the internal affairs of both Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, adding that Bahrain has uncovered a terror cell linked to Iran."Iran's ...
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Kerry hails tentative $2.1bn arms sale to Oman
US Secretary of State John Kerry hailed on Wednesday what US officials said was an estimated $2.1bn deal for Oman to buy a ground-based air defence system from US defence contractor Raytheon ...
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Iraq to assemble Iranian cars IKCO
Samand Soren is a new family saloon created by Iran Khodro Industrial Group in 2007. Iranian carmaker Iran Khodro will establish an assembly line with the capacity of 30,000 units per year in the Iraqi city of Iskandariya by the next month.Preliminary agreements were made three years ago, IRNA quoted Iran Khodro deputy director for exports Abdol'azim Sa'dian as saying. Iran Khodro has ...
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EURCHF hits a new high this year pushed by SNBs Jordan
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Atiq Rahimi In Iran just as well as in Afghanistan in actual fact words defy tyranny
From the Edinburgh world writers' conference in Saint-Malo, a speech on art, writing and reality from the French-Afghan author and film-maker Atiq ...
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Ultra-orthodox Jewish wedding in Israel - in pictures
Tens of thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic dynasty gather at the wedding ceremony of Rabbi Shalom Rokach in Kiryat Belz, in Jerusalem. Around 25,000 ultra-orthodox Jews took part, making it one of the biggest weddings of the past few ...
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Syria opposition calls for reinforcements in embattled Qusair
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria's leading opposition group called on Wednesday for rebels across the country to send reinforcements to the strategic border town Qusair, where heavy fighting has drawn in fighters from Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah ...
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Iran Ahmadinejad challenges ally Mashaeis election ban
11/05/2013 17:35 CET Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is challenging the ban of close aide Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the presidential election on June 14. Ahmadinejad said he would take the issue up with Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei. The President described Mashaei, his former chief of staff, as a ';righteous person, beneficial for the country,'; according ...
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Michael Jordan summons Hugo the Hornet to Charlotte
NBA franchise's application Tuesday to re-claim the name of the city's original basketball team : the Hornets. A name change requires approval from the 30 members of the NBA board of governors. The league will vote on the name change in July. If approved, Charlotte would play one more season as the Bobcats and become the Hornets for the 2014-15 season. Until last month, New Orleans ...
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Britain requests EU to blacklist Hezbollah
Ending months of hesitation, the European Union opened the door Tuesday to adding the military wing of Lebanon's Hezbollah to its list of international terrorist groups, EU diplomats ...
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At least 10 killed in Lebanon in Syria-related violence
At least 10 people were killed in four days of clashes in Tripoli, Lebanon, between supporters and opponents of the Assad regime in Syria, officials said. Violence escalated overnight Tuesday with at least 47 mortar shells and rocket-propelled grenades fired over a 1-hour period, the Lebanese newspaper The Daily Star reported Wednesday. Intermittent sniper fire was heard in the morning, the ...
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Arab Parliament Decries Iranian Foreign Ministrys Bahrain Statement
WAM CAIRO, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM)-- The Arab Parliament expressed its objection to what it called blatant Iranian intervention in Bahraini domestic affairs. The statement made recently by Hussain Amir Abdallahyan, Iran's Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs, was deemed "a brazen intervention" and an "unusual behavior " that contradicts all international ...
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Oman confirms they are free of Coronavirus
WAM MUSCAT, May 22nd, 2013 (WAM) -- Oman has confirmed that the country is free of the Coronavirus. The Oman News Agency (ONA) quoted from an official source at the Ministry of Health, saying it has not recorded any cases of the virus so far. The Ministry of Health formed a clinical technician working group to deal with any cases of severe acute respiratory syndrome caused by infections of ...
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Lebanon leaning toward parliament term extension
Lebanon Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri is making contacts with key politicians in the country to negotiate a formula to extend the Parliament's term between six months to two years after parliamentary subcommittee meetings to devise a new electoral law for next month's elections reached a dead end, according to local media reports ...
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Emirates NBDs set to price Tier 1 bond issue
Emirates NBD plans to price its first core capital-boosting bond on Wednesday, arranging banks said, amid strong demand for the imminent deal. Price guidance for the perpetual bond, meaning it has no fixed maturity date but cannot be redeemed before six years at least, was set at 6 per cent on Wednesday morning, after indications of the low 6 per cent area released on Tuesday. There is a 50 ...
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SNC urges world to stop Hezbollah Iran invasion of Qusair
Iran invasion of Qusair.In a statement, Acting SNC chief George Sabra called on the U.N. Security Council to convene an emergency meeting to address the "violations" of Syrian's sovereignty and the lives of its ...
Israel Focus
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Biggest construction project in Israeli history
The Port of Ashdod is the gateway to the economy of Israel, it has played a central role in the development of the state and will play a central role in future development, hence the reason for an ambitious $500 million expansion project currently underway in two stages (in the picture, green represents stage 1 and brown stage 2).
The Port of Ashdod is currently undergoing the largest construction project ever undertaken in the history of Israel. In 1999, Israel news media reported that the government wanted to double the cargo capacity of Ashdod, an ambitious construction project was therefore envisioned, involving the building of new piers, new docks, warehouses and cargo handling equipment. It was to take place in two stages, with the total project costing around $500 million. Read more
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