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Three car bomb attacks leave 8 dead 50 wounded in southern Iraq
BAGHDAD, April 29 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed and 50 others injured when three car bomb attacks hit two cities in southern Iraq on Monday, an interior ministry source said. Two car bombs exploded in a market in Amarah, some 300 km southeast of Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 30 others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Another car bomb struck ...
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Syrian activists Shelling near Lebanon kills 16
A Syrian supporting the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad, holds a placard with his picture and the national flag as he participates in a protest outside the US Embassy in central London, Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...
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PM Israel will keep stopping weapons transfer to Hezbollah
Sunday Times , reconnaissance satellites have revealed preparations made by the Syrian army to deploy surface-to-surface Tishreen missiles. Syrian President Bashar Assad, the report said, is ready to use these missiles should Israel decide to conduct a strike on ...
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Kuwait deports hundreds for traffic offences
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait has deported hundreds of expats for traffic offences in the past month, a report said on Sunday, drawing condemnation from a human rights group.The Al-Anbaa newspaper cited a senior interior ministry official as saying that as many as 1,258 foreigners have been deported for traffic violations since a crackdown began about a month ago.Foreign residents caught driving without a ...
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EU to delay labelling West Bank settler goods report
A picture taken on May 17, 2013 shows houses in the Mitzpe Lachish Israeli settlement outpost in front of house belonging to Palestinians (background) in the West Bank village of Beit Awwa. AFP PHOTO / HAZEM ...
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Syria military pounds rebel town killing 13 activists
Syrian troops patrol the village of Haydariyah, some seven kilometers outside the rebel-held city of Qusayr, after taking control of it, on May 13, 2013. AFP PHOTO/JOSEPH ...
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29 killed in South Sudan cattle raid local official
Refugees coming from the Nuba Mountains, in Southern Kordofan, cue for registration at UNHCR offices in Yida, Unity State, South Sudan on May 31 2012. (AFP PHOTO/Giulio ...
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Kuwait deports 1258 expats in a month
The deportations have been criticised by the Kuwait Labour Union and former MP Abdullah Al-Turaiji, who claim they are a violation of human rights and are ...
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Irans Revolutionary Guard warns against possible post-election turmoil in June
TEHRAN, Iran - Several Iranian newspapers are citing a senior Revolutionary Guard commander as warning his forces will be on watch for possible unrest after the June 14 presidential election. Col. Rasool Sanaeirad says a "possible riot in Tehran could spread" to other regions. He claims chances for turmoil are heightened because Iran is for the first time holding both presidential and ...
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Aoun defends Hezbollah’s involvement in Syria civil war
Change and Reform bloc leader MP Michel Aoun defended during a dinner on Saturday evening Hezbollah’s siding with the Syrian regime in its crackdown against the pro democracy uprising, citing the protection of the Lebanese people in Syria as the main cause of the intervention. "Hezbollah's intervention in fighting only started when towns inhabited by Lebanese people fell in the ...
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Assad Syrias future is up to Syrian people
Syrian President Bashar Assad says he won't step down before elections and the United States has no right to interfere in his country's politics. Assad has raised new doubts about a US-Russian effort to get him and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country's civil war. Assad says Syria's future is up to the Syrian people and a decision on his political future must be ...
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Oman floats tenders for Sharqiya road projects
Oman’s Ministry of Regional Municipalities and Water Resources (MRMWR) has issued eleven tenders for the design and construction of internal roads in North and South Sharqiya. Six tenders were floated for the design and construction of internal roads in North Sharqiya governorate in the wilayats of Al Qabil, Bidiyah, Dima Wa Al Tayeen, Ibra, Mudhibi, Wadi Bani Khalid. The ministry also ...
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Jewish Settlers Throw Molotov Cocktails at Palestinians Cars
Ramallah, May 19 (BNA) - Jewish settlers from Bethel settlement attacked citizens' cars by Molotov cocktails on the Ramallah-Nablus road near Jalazone Camp, burning a civilian vehicle. No injuries were reported. According to Palestinian media reports this morning, a group of settlers threw stones and Molotov cocktails at passing cars and burned a vehicle after being directly attacked by ...
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Conference on Syria Settlement to Take Place ‘Very Soon’ – UN Chief
MOSCOW, May 19 (RIA Novosti) - After consultations with UN Security Council permanent members, a conference on the Syrian settlement will take place "very soon," possibly, at the beginning of June, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said on Sunday. "As I have been asked by the parties to convene this conference on the auspices of the United Nations, I'm now actively engaging ...
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Anti-government anger in Turkey after Syria border bombings
Authorities in southern Turkey say they have detained four more suspects in connection with twin car bomb attacks last weekend. It means the total number of arrests after the bombs has risen to 17. Turkish media also say a car has been found which it is suspected was due to be used for a third attack. The announcements followed clashes with police in Reyhanli near the Syrian border where the ...
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Kuwaits KPC suspends top officials after Dow payout
State-run Kuwait Petroleum Company (KPC) appointed a new chief executive and suspended other top officials after the country paid $2.2bn in damages to Dow Chemical Co over a scrapped plastics joint ...
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Arab Parliament condemns surge in terrorist attacks in Iraq.
WAM CAIRO: The Arab Parliament on Saturday condemned the recent sharp rise in terror blasts in Iraq and emphasised that these attacks are unjustifiable and not acceptable in any heavenly religion as they seek to kill peaceful innocent people. The Speaker of the Arab Parliament, Ahmed Al Jarwan, in a press release, termed the bombings as "vicious, coward and sordid." On Friday, one ...
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Twin blasts target military checkpoints in central Syria 2 killed
Two car bombs went off separately at military checkpoints in Syria's central province of Homs on Sunday morning, killing at least two people and injuring many others, the pro-government Sham FM radio said.The first car targeted an army checkpoint near a factory on the Homs-al-Masharfe road, killing one soldier and a civilian, the report said.The second one targeted another checkpoint on the ...
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Al Quds Al-Arabi S-300 already delivered to Syria
Al Quds Al-Arabi: S-300 already delivered to Syria Al Quds Al-Arabi May 13, 2013 http://www.alquds.co.uk/?p=43881 Google translation Damascus - Al Quds Al-Arabi: ...A Syrian military source reports that Moscow delivered missiles to the Syrian army after the outbreak of the Syrian crisis and Syrians experts have completed their training on the missile system, which is now under full Syrian ...
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Baroud lists 4 scenarios that may take place in Lebanon
Commenting on the Lebanese Parliament electoral subcommittee’s failure so far to reach consensus over an electoral law for use in te upcoming elections, former Interior Minister Ziad Baroud told LBCI on Saturday that one out of four scenarios may take place . "The first scenario is holding the elections according to the 1960 electoral law, the ...
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Three Palestinians Arrested in West Bank
Occupied Jerusalem, May 19 (BNA) - Israeli occupation forces stopped three Palestinian men, claiming they were 'wanted', in the West Bank during Saturday night, an IOF spokesperson confirmed on Sunday. The arrests all took place in different parts of the West Bank and it was unclear if the arrests were connected to one another, Israeli daily (The Jerusalem Post) reported. The three ...
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Police officers hurt in Kuwait prison brawl
Four inmates - a Saudi and three stateless residents - are accused of using "sharp edged objects" to attack the officers during a surprise raid on a ...
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RPT-New Egypt central bank ruling a blow for local money market funds
Sun May 19, 2013 3:00am EDT (Repeats story that ran on May 15, with no changes) * Limits fund investments to only 2 pct of a bank's capital * C.bank concerned that funds lie outside its supervision * Investment bank Beltone could be among those hardest hit By Patrick Werr CAIRO, May 15 (Reuters) - Egypt's central bank, worried that banks are investing too much of their cash in local ...
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Egypt Suez Canal Development Project Will Raise Revenues 20 Folds - Official
The Suez Canal development project aims at turning the canal into "a global centre for industry and logistics" since 10 percent of the world's merchandise and 20 percent of all ships pass through the canal, said an advisor to President Mohamed Mursi. The project which is expected to raise the canal's revenues 20 folds will involve three phases, presidential advisor Ahmed ...
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Iraq needs deep change to avoid sectarian war says paper
WAM ABU DHABI: What Iraq needs desperately is a system of more decentralised governance, where Baghdad is not calling all the shots - and targeting political opponents. There is reason to believe that a system drawing on the principles of federalism, with stronger regional administrations, is one way that Sunnis, Shias and Kurds could find common cause, according to a local newspaper. ...
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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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