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Egyptian troops mistakenly fire on Sinai funeral in sweep against militants behind kidnapping
An Egyptian Army vehicle with a tank heads to the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Monday, May 20, 2013. Security officials said 17 military and more than 20 police armored vehicles were deployed in northern Sinai Monday as a response to the kidnapping by suspected militants of six policemen and a border guard there last ...
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Tunisia radical Islamists engage in trial of strength with Ennahda
TUNIS - Radical Salafist group Ansar al-Sharia, which Tunisian authorities have branded a terrorist organisation, has called for a protest in the city of Kairouan on Friday against the arrest of its ...
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Eight candidates win approval to stand five conservatives close to supreme leader as well as two moderate conservatives and one reformist.
TEHRAN - Iran's moderate ex-president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and a former government official Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie have been barred from contesting the June 14 presidential election, the interior ministry said ...
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UAE court readies verdict in secret organization case
DUBAI - An Abu Dhabi court will announce on July 2 its verdict in the trial of dozens of Emirati Islamists accused of plotting to seize power in the Gulf country, state news agency WAM reported ...
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Oman to buy $2.1B Raytheon missile system
Raytheon Co. as part of a U.S. drive to install a coordinated air-defense system linking the region's Arab monarchies to counter Iran. Details of the contract, including the type of system involved, have not been disclosed, but Oman has been in the market for a medium-range surface-to-air missile system for some time. Raytheon executives are expected to sign a letter of intent -- the ...
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Amidst Political Chaos In Cairo Artists Seize the Moment and Blossom
In Egypt, the Muslim Brotherhood, its opponents, and the old regime continue to jockey for power. In the midst of a security vacuum, a looming economic crisis and a political stalemate, no one is paying much attention to culture. When and if they do, artists don’t expect much encouragement from the new Islamist government. But for the moment, they are taking advantage of a new margin of ...
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How Iraq can pull back from the brink
The Samarra terror attack in February 2006 sparked more than a year of sectarian violence that threatened to rip Iraq apart. Last month violence erupted between troops and demonstrators in the northern town of Hawija. Many now ask if history is about to repeat itself. There is certainly much to worry about. Violence increased after Hawija, with more bombings and firefights between security ...
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Syrian and Israeli forces exchange fire over the Golan Heights as conflict spreads
Syrian and Israeli forces exchanged fire over the Golan Heights on Tuesday and the Lebanese militant group Hizbollah sent more reinforcements to help the Assad regime attack a key border town as the conflict spilled further to the country's ...
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Iran candidate list for presidential race
COMBO - This combination of eight pictures shows eight candidates approved Tuesday, May 21, 2013 for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits, clockwise from left: Mohammad Gharazi, Mohsen Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Hasan Rowhani, taken between May 9 ...
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Eleven Palestinians have died under PA Hamas detention
Eleven Palestinians have died in Palestinian Authority and Hamas detention centers during 2012, according to a report released Tuesday by the Palestinian Independent Commission For Human Rights [ICHR].Two of the Palestinians died in PA detention centers in the West Bank, while the nine others died in Hamas custody in the Gaza Strip. Seven of the Palestinians who died in detention had been ...
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Report Top politicians banned from Iranian election
DUBAI - Iranian authorities have barred two prominent politicians from running for president, Iranian media reported on Tuesday, leaving the June 14 election to be contested between mostly hardline conservatives loyal to the country's supreme leader.Former President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, a close aide to president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, failed to make it ...
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Iran qualifies 8 candidates for presidential election media
Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution, the high legislative body of the country, has approved the qualification of eight presidential candidates, semi- official Mehr news agency reported on Tuesday.Reportedly, among the qualified candidates, Iran's nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili, Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf, former foreign minister Ali-Akbar Velayati, senior lawmaker Gholam- ...
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New Zealand Football confirm Jordan clash
Source: Neil Emblem New Zealand Football has confirmed that a New Zealand selection coached by Neil Emblen will play Jordan at North Harbour Stadium on June 4. Jordan - ranked 77 in the world - is set to play Australia in an Asian World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on June 11, and will use the match against New Zealand 'A' at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland as preparation for the ...
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Top figures barred from Irans presidential election
Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani and Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei, a close confidant of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, have been barred from running in next month's presidential election by the Guardian Council. (Ebrahim Noroozi/Associated ...
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Exclusive Irans frontrunner for president speaks of his life battling US power
Saeed Jalili, Iran's top nuclear negotiator, has declared his candidacy for the June 14 presidential election. The forever revolutionary is fiercely loyal to hardliner Ayatollah Ali ...
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World Brief | Middle East Israel Extends Zone for Fishing Off Gaza
JERUSALEM -- Israel said Tuesday that it would permit Palestinians to fish up to six nautical miles off the Gaza coast, canceling the limit of three nautical miles that was imposed after Gaza militants fired rockets into Israel in ...
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World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees Africa
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President Jim Yong Kim said on ...
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Iran Employs Thousands Of Sea Mines
ABU DHABI [MENL] -- Iran has stockpiled thousands of mines to shut down theStrait of Hormuz. Gulf security sources said Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps hasoverseen the production of a range of mines to stop shipping in the Gulf.They said IRGC has stockpiled thousands of mine that could be dumped intothe Strait of Hormuz within ...
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Israel Intel Divided Over Syria
TEL AVIV [MENL] -- Israel's intelligence community has been divided over thecivil war in Syria, a report said. The Institute for National Security Studies asserted that Israel'smilitary and intelligence community was divided over the Sunni revoltagainst Syrian President Bashar Assad. In a report, the institute said manyin the community prefer that Assad remain in power rather than be ...
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Egypt Sends Troops Into Sinai
CAIRO [MENL] -- Egypt has begun sending thousands of troops into theturbulent Sinai Peninsula. Officials said the Egyptian Army was sending scores of combat units inSinai for another counter-insurgency offensive. They said the armyreinforcements were searching for seven officers abducted on May 16 near theborder with Israel and the Gaza ...
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Qusayr battle reveals widening scope of proxy war in Syria
MUSCAT - Iranians are working alongside Hezbollah fighters to back Syrian troops battling to retake the rebel stronghold of Qusayr amid fears of a civilian massacre, a US official said ...
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Syria Terrorists attempt to murder PM
Monday April 29, Damascus. The Syrian terrorists, backed by the FUKUS Axis (France, UK, US) have perpetrated a failed bomb attack against the Syrian Prime Minister, Wael al-Halaqi. Until what point will the West continue to cavort with murderers, rapists and torturers? Is this an "ethical" foreign ...
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UPDATE 1-Chevron nears sale of Egypt Pakistan downstream assets -sources
Tue May 21, 2013 2:59pm EDT By Dinesh Nair DUBAI May 21 (Reuters) - Chevron Corp is in advanced talks to sell most of its downstream assets in Egypt and Pakistan, three sources said, with the planned disposals seen raising around $300 million for the U.S. oil major. Chevron, the second-largest U.S. oil company, is conducting a separate sale process for its assets in both countries, the banking ...
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Iranians joining Hezbollah in Qusayr Syria battle US
Iranians are working alongside Hezbollah fighters to back Syrian troops battling to retake the rebel stronghold of Qusayr amid fears of a civilian massacre, a US official said Tuesday. ';It is the most visible effort we have seen by Hezbollah to engage directly in the fighting in Syria as a foreign ...
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Kerry Visits Oman Seeking Syria Peace Consensus
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has held talks in Oman on his latest stop in a campaign to help arrange an internationally-sponsored Syrian peace ...
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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