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Israel cancels UNESCO mission
ISRAEL on Monday announced it was cancelling a United Nations delegation scheduled to begin an investigative mission in Jerusalem's Old City, due to Palestinian "politicisation" of the mission. "The Palestinians were not respecting the understandings. The visit was supposed to be professional, (but) they were taking measures that showed they were politicising the event and not ...
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One dead in police clashes with Islamists in Tunis
TUNIS - Security forces and hardline Islamists fought street battles in Tunis on Sunday, with one protester killed and 15 policemen wounded, after the authorities banned the Salafists from staging their annual ...
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Emir of Qatar Arab world is witnessing the most important stage in its history
WAM DOHA, May 20th, 2013 (WAM) -- H.H. Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar affirmed that the world has witnessed fast-paced changes, not only in the fields of politics, but also in the fields of economy, society, culture and humanitarianism. The Qatar news agency (QNA) stated that Sheikh Hamad, during his speech at the opening of the "Doha Forum and the Conference of ...
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Senegal breaks with Iran over arms smuggle
Senegal today has broken all ties with Iran, following the January seizure of an arms shipments destined to its Casamance rebels. The move could spell a large setback for Iran all over ...
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New York City timelapse
Thrash Lab's "Empty America" timelapse travel series takes you to New York City. All the bridge and tunnel people have been sent home and Manhattan has been wiped empty! Penn Station, Wall Street, Central Park, Times Square, The Met and Fifth Avenue have never looked so ...
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Gunfire from Syria hits Israeli-controlled Golan
Israel has found itself in a difficult position as clashes from Syria's civil war rage near its frontier with the Golan Heights, a strategic plateau captured from Syria in the 1967 ...
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Activists Say 23 Hezbollah Militants Killed in Syria Fighting
Citizen journalism image provided by Qusair Lens which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrians inspecting the rubble of damaged buildings due to government airstrikes, in Qusair, Homs province, Syria, May 18, ...
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Tarek Al Ghoussein to represent Kuwait at the 55th Venice Biennale
Tarek Al Ghoussein's K Files consists of eight photographs, where Al Ghoussein has shot himself inside the stock market, a dilapidated palace, a football field, an old school and besides Kuwaits first oil well with the famous water towers spiking the horizon in the distance. CREDIT: courtesy Tarek Al Ghoussein/The Third ...
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Qatar to establish new overseas energy infrastructure fund
Three Qatari state-backed entities, including the nation's sovereign wealth fund, are to establish a new overseas fund which will look to invest in energy infrastructure, a statement said on Monday. The new fund will be run by Qatar Holding, Qatar Petroleum International and Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC), with a formal agreement to set up the vehicle to be signed later on ...
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Egypt Appoints New Chief of State Oil Firm
Egypt's oil ministry Monday named Tarek El-Barkatawy chief executive of state-owned Egyptian General Petroleum Corp., or EGPC, at a time when the country is facing a severe fuel shortage and needs to negotiate favorable rates with oil producers. Mr. El-Barkatawy replaces Sherif Haddara, who was appointed oil minister in a cabinet reshuffle earlier this month. Mr. El-Barkatawy served as ...
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Thirty Hezbollah fighters killed in Syrian town
AMMAN - About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to President Bashar Assad were killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said on Monday.Opposition sources and state media gave sharply differing accounts of the outcome of Sunday's ferocious battles in the town, long used by rebels as a supply ...
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Real GDP grows 3.9 in Bahrain oil sector shrink
Non-oil GDP rose to an expected 6.7pc in 2012 Bahrain's real gross domestic product (GDP) is estimated to have expanded 3.9 per cent last year from the 1.9pc growth seen in 2011.Even as the oil sector shrank by around 8.5pc in 2012 due to a temporary technical disruption at the country's main Abu Sa'afa oilfield - expected to return to full capacity this year - strong growth in ...
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Egypt sends army into Sinai after soldiers kidnapped last week
Egypt's army sent dozens of armoured vehicles and personnel carriers across the Suez Canal into North Sinai early on Monday, a security official has told Al-Ahram Arabic news website. The move comes as speculation grows that force could be used to rescue seven Egyptian ...
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Up to 30 Hizbullah fighters killed in Syria
About 30 fighters from the Lebanese militant group Hizbullah and 20 Syrian soldiers and militiamen loyal to president Bashar al-Assad have been killed in heavy fighting with rebels in the town of Qusair, Syrian activists said ...
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Wave of car bombings across Iraq leave at least 30 dead
At least 20 people were killed by a series of car bombs in mainly Shia districts of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, today and 11 others were killed by attacks in the southern city of Basra, police and medics ...
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Tensions over Syria convulse Lebanese city again 3 killed
Syria . Rocket-propelled grenades and heavy gunfire shook the city overnight but the exchanges had tapered off into sporadic sniper fire by daytime. Four of the wounded ...
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Newpark Resources Announces Middle East Contract Award
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, May 20, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --Newpark Resources, Inc. ( ) today announced that it has been awarded and has entered into a contract with the Kuwait Oil Company to provide drilling fluids and related services for land operations. The agreement has an initial term of up to five years, and subject to the customer's activity levels the Company estimates that revenues of up to ...
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Wave of Bombings Kills Dozens in Iraq
BAGHDAD -- A wave of car bombs hit Baghdad and oil-rich Basra in southern Iraq on Monday, killing at least 48 people and injuring 170, security and medical officials said, deepening concerns that sectarian violence is pushing the country toward a conflagration recalling the widespread fighting of 2006-2007 before the withdrawal of American ...
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Egypts Morsi rejects negotiations with Sinai kidnappers
CAIRO - Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online ...
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African dreams of Egypt-like revolt
All over Africa, the dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt are followed, with opposition groups and dissidents hoping the same could happen in their country. Mostly, these are only dreams, but some could come ...
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IDF protective gear against rocks considered riot dispersal equipment
[Dr. Aaron Lerner - IMRA: "This suit provides a wider possibility for the soldier to approach and even to run, and it gives the soldiers more confidence". Along with this we have "thousands of individual riot shields that are capable of linking up to create a defensive wall". Is the idea to stand around until the Arabs get tired of throwing rocks etc. under the ...
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Iraq BombingMore than 30 people dead hundreds wounded series bomb blasts Breaking News
A series of bomb blasts across Iraq has left at least 34 people dead. 24 were massacred in a series of car bombs across the predominantly Shi'ite city of Baghdad on Monday ...
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Dozens die in Iraq bombing attacks
The attacks are the latest in a recent spike of bombings that has hit both Sunni and Shiite civilian targets over the past week. The bloodshed has raised fears of a return to the widespread sectarian violence of 2006-2007 that brought the country to the edge of civil war.In the Iraqi capital, nine car bombs went off, striking at bus stops, market places and in the streets of Shiite areas during ...
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IHG Announces First Staybridge Suites for Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Priority Club® Rewards, the loyalty program for IHG, InterContinental® Hotels Group, and its Family of Brands, is changing its name to IHG® Rewards Club. You'll still receive the same great benefits you have today, plus new ones like free Internet for members globally in 2014, starting with Elite members in July ...
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Will U.S. Designate Egypt Pakistan Iraq and Nigeria As Religious Freedom Violators on Monday
Pakistani Christians protest against the country's blasphemy laws and violence targeting their minority community. An independent U.S. watchdog has urged the executive branch every year since 2002 to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" over religious freedom violations. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - As the State Department prepares to release its annual report on ...
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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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