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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 ...
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Tensions rise in Iraq as seven soldiers killed in clashes
Saddam Hussein , Sunni, Shi'ite and ethnic Kurdish factions have yet to find a stable power-sharing deal and security is deteriorating.More than 300 people have been killed in violence over the past week. More than 700 died in April, according to ...
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The Challenges For Irans Next President
Iran's Guardian Council, the powerful vetting and oversight committee of the Islamic republic, announced Tuesday its list of eight approved candidates for the June 14 Iranian presidential election. A total of 686 presidential hopefuls had submitted their names for approval, though in recent days dozens of politicians and clerics had withdrawn their candidacies in support of better-known ...
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Gunmen kill four Iraqi soldiers
Iraq might slide back into bloody sectarian strife.Ten years after the U.S.-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, Sunni, Shiite and ethnic Kurdish factions have yet to find a stable power-sharing deal and security is deteriorating.More than 300 people have been killed in violence over the past week. More than 700 died in April, according to the United Nations, the highest monthly toll in ...
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Khatib Assad should hand over power leave
Bashar Assad to step down and leave the country without legal immunity as part of a political transition plan to end the Syrian crisis.Khatib's political plan was posted on ...
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Netanyahu Putin to Discuss Syria Weapons Sale
JERUSALEM, Israel -- Following reports of the delivery of missiles and advanced anti-missile batteries to Syria, Israel announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu plans to meet with Russian Premier Vladimir Putin soon to discuss the issue. The Prime Minister's Office would not confirm when the visit would take place or any details about it, but one official who spoke on condition of ...
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Rafsanjani critical of incompetent and ignorant leadership in Iran
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani registering as a candidate for the 2013 Iranian presidential elections(AFP) Former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused the current leadership of incompetence and ignorance, days after ...
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Israel gearing up for ‘surprise war’ with Syria if Assad falls – general
War The unrest engulfing the Middle East could result in Israel becoming involved in a "surprise war" with Syria, according to the head of the Israeli air force. "When you look [around] today I think that a surprise war can be born in very many configurations," Major General Amir Eshel said at a conference near Tel Aviv.In particular, the general stressed that if rebels ...
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Huaweis Middle East revenue rose 18 pct in 2012 -executive
* Huawei's Middle East revenue was $2.08 bln last year * 4G take-up, outsourcing and network gains drive growth By Matt Smith DUBAI, May 23 (Reuters) - China's Huawei Technologies Co's Middle East revenue rose 18 percent to $2.08 billion in 2012 and the roll-out of 4G mobile networks and IT outsourcing will be among its main regional growth drivers, the firm said. The ...
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International Fragrance Company MG Gulcicek Will Present new Fragrances in Beautyworld Middle East Exhibition in Dubai
ISTANBUL, Turkey, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Turkey's leading International Fragrance Company, MG Gulcicek is participating in Beautyworld Middle East, the largest international trade fair in the Middle East for beauty products, hair, fragrances and wellbeing. MG Gulcicek will unveil its new creations at the MG Gulcicek Fragrance Experience Studio in Beautyworld Dubai from May ...
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Brian Urlacher No athlete since Michael Jordan symbolized Chicago more
Chicago middle linebacker Brian Urlacher watches from the sideline during the second half of their Oct. 7 game against the Jacksonville Jaguars in Jacksonville, Fla. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File) CHICAGO -- Whenever Brian Urlacher does something to confirm he hates attention as much as he loves football -- grunt through a news conference, breeze by adoring fans, retire via Twitter -- my ...
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Report Israel pays $127K for bedroom on PMs jet
A public flap has erupted after the Israeli government spent more than $127,000 to build a bedroom for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and his wife Sarah on a flight to attend the funeral of British former prime minister Margaret Thatcher in ...
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Egypt Defuses Sinai Crisis
CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt has employed negotiations and heavy military pressureto defuse an insurgency crisis in the Sinai Peninsula. The regime of President Mohammed Morsi has won the release of sevenEgyptian soldiers and security officers held in Sinai. Officials saidBedouin gunmen released the seven unharmed on May 22 in a move that halted amajor counter-insurgency ...
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British FM Mideast peace process urgent priority
JERUSALEM - Peace between Israel and the Palestinians is a "priority," British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on a visit to the region on Thursday, as he met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ...
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Amman meeting on Syria emphasizes need for a political solution of the crisis
WAM AMMAN, 23 May, 2013 -- The "Friends of Syria" meeting in Jordan has supported the finding of a political solution in Syria on the basis of the Geneva Communique of June 30th 2012, agreeing to strengthen cooperation and coordination among themselves and with international partners. The meeting also reviewed the outcome of the Rome meeting of February 28th, 2013, and the joint ...
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Excerpts Israeli archeological mystery. Flagrant intervention in
Excerpts: Israeli archeological mystery. Flagrant intervention in Syria by Hizbullah and Iranian fighters May 23, 2013 +++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 23 ...
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Israel and Britain signed Today MOU on Science Cooperation
Israel and Britain signed Today Memorandum of Understanding on Science Cooperation Ministry for Science, Technology and Space May 23, 2013 Foreign Secretary William Hague and ...
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Bosnia may offer road map to Syria
The international community needs a better strategy for the intractable war in Syria. Washington and Moscow are jointly pushing for an international conference that would bring representatives of the Assad regime and the opposition to the table. The question is, if the sides show up - which is not clear at the moment - how likely is it that they will agree on a deal? And if they do agree on a ...
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Assad foe tells leader to cede power to officials
BEIRUT - A Syrian opposition leader urged President Bashar Assad on Thursday to hand power to his deputy or his prime minister and then go abroad with 500 members of his entourage, without immunity from prosecution.Assad is likely to reject or ignore the 16-point peace plan proposed by Moaz Alkhatib, who resigned as head of the Western-backed opposition National Coalition in March, particularly ...
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17 deaths now reported from SARS-like virus in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia has announced another death from the SARS-like novel coronavirus (nCoV) in its central al-Qassim region, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to ...
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Rafsanjani hits at Irans rulers
Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has strongly criticised the policies of the country's ruling clerical establishment, days after a constitutional watchdog banned him from running in the June 14 ...
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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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