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With massive protests planned against Islamist leader Egypts polarization risks violence
FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, An Egyptian protester shouts anti-President Mohammed Morsi slogans as he holds an application for "Tamarod", Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist ...
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Egypt Ethiopia Egypt Meet to Ease Nile Dam Tensions
ADDIS ABABA - Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam. The ministers of foreign affairs from both countries held talks in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday. At issue: the tensions that rose after Ethiopia began diverting part of the Blue Nile to advance construction the Great Ethiopian ...
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Can fragmented Egypt find 15 million who want President Morsi out
The key to the success of Egypt's 'Rebel' campaign may be its modest scope: Collecting signatures on a petition calling for early elections to replace President ...
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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors
CAIRO (AP) -- Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are ...
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Taliban Opens Office For Talks with US Afghan Government
Muhammad Naeem (L), a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan, speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha, June 18, ...
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Arabian Gulf League Ivan Jovanovic to script Al Nasrs path
UAE football . The Serbian was introduced on Tuesday at Al Maktoum Stadium having signed a two-year contract following his decision last month to conclude a hugely prosperous relationship with Apoel Nicosia, the Cypriot champions. Jovanovic, 50, appeared relaxed throughout the news conference, answering questions via an interpreter, and was flanked by Ahmed Khouri, the Nasr vice-chairman. The ...
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The End of Hezbollah in the New Middle East
The Priority of Principle Any movement or political organization is defined by its principles. It's very essence and identity is constituted by its distinct platform. Policies, and strategies employed by the movements are based primarily on these principles, and its socio-political outlook and philosophy. However, a movement ceases to exist as a distinct group of people with shared ...
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Jordan advance to World Cup play-offs after beating Oman 1-0
Ahmad Hayel Ibrahim scored the winning goal with a superb diving header into the bottom corner (57).Jordan will face Uzbekistan in the fifth-place home-and-away play-off on 6 and 10 September.Jordan or Uzbekistan will then play the fifth-placed side in South America in an intercontinental home-and-away play-off on 15 and 19 ...
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World Cup Success a Lift for Troubled Egypt
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Final Statement From Arab Christian Media Conference
At the Service of Justice, Peace and Human RightsROME, June 13, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Here is the final statement from a conference on Arab Christian Media, held this week in Jordan.* * *The Catholic Center for Studies and Media in Jordan in cooperation with the Pontifical Council for Social Communications in the Vatican held their first joint conference in Amman from 10-11 June 2013, under the ...
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15 injured in clashes with Muslim Brotherhood over Morsi appointed govenor
The new Gharbiya governor, Ahmed al-Baily, was appointed by Morsi earlier this week. He is a former high ranking Brotherhood official. Image courtesy of Egypt Independent. 15 people were injured outside the Gharbiya governorate headquarters Tuesday afternoon during violent clashes between members of the Muslim Brotherhood and those who oppose the appointment of new governor Ahmed al-Baily.The ...
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Fears of violence as Egypt nears June 30 protests
The date is shaping up as the culmination of polarization that has sharpened throughout the year. Protests erupted repeatedly the past year - frequently leading to clashes with Islamist supporters of Morsi - but often they were fueled by particular issues like political maneuvers by Morsi or police ...
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Jordans World Cup Dream Alive as Win Sets Up Uzbekistan Playoff
(Reuters) - Jordan's hopes of a first World Cup finals appearance remain alive after they beat Oman 1-0 at home on Tuesday to book a qualifying playoff against Uzbekistan in September. Striker Ahmad Ibrahim scored the winning goal in the 57th minute, stooping low to head home a cross from Khalil Bani Ateyah that drew wild celebrations at the King Abdullah Stadium in Amman. The ...
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China ramps up Mideast peace efforts
China's point man on Middle East affairs Tuesday said the country's new administration is adopting an active approach in supporting the Palestine-Israel peace process, but has no desire to compete with the US for influence in the region.Wu Sike, China's special envoy to the Middle East, made the remarks on the sidelines of the UN International Meeting In Support of ...
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Suicide bombs kill 31
Twin suicide bombings killed 31 people after midday prayers at a Shiite Muslim religious center in Baghdad on Tuesday, the latest in violence sparking fears of a revival of full-blown sectarian bloodshed.Tuesday's attacks struck at the Habib ibn al-Mudhaher husseiniyah, or Shiite Muslim religious hall, in north Baghdad. It lies next to Imam al-Sadiq University, a private teaching ...
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Syria regime in push to crush rebels near Damascus activists
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said troops battled rebels in Zamalka and Mleiha east of Damascus, maintained a siege on Douma, also in the east, and fired ...
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Syrians protest in Damascus backing Turkey demos
Damascus on Tuesday for a rare demonstration in support of Turkish protests against the government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan."Erdogan leave," the demonstrators chanted, waving Syrian flags and pictures of ...
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Jordan endorses extradition treaty with Britain
View Photo AFP/AFP/File - Jordan's King Abdullah II, pictured here on April 25, 2013, has endorsed a treaty with Britain expected to pave the way for the extradition of radical cleric Abu Qatada who has resisted ...
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Afghan Taliban opens Qatar office in search of political solution
14/11/2012 18:17 CET The Afghan Taliban has announced its opened an office in Qatar to help restart talks on ending the 12-year-old war. Speaking at a news conference its representative Mohammed Naeem said the Islamist insurgency wanted a political solution that would bring a just government and end foreign occupation. It also wants good relations with Afghanistan’s neighbouring ...
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Egypts Muslim Brotherhood supporters clash with opposition over new Islamist governor
CAIRO - Clashes have erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood over the recent appointment of an Islamist governor in a northern city. Security forces fired tear gas to separate the two groups on Tuesday in the Nile Delta city of Tanta, an anti-Brotherhood stronghold. The fighting broke out after opposition protesters chained up the gate to the new ...
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Arab village in Israel targeted in racial attackVandals daubed Arabs out graffiti and punctured tyres in an Arab village near Jerusalem on Tuesday targeting a community widely seen in Israel as a showcase for Jewish-Arab coexistence.
Jewish-Arab coexistence . Unlike similar attacks that have damaged Arab mosques, homes, vehicles and olive groves, the vandalism took place in an Arab village in Israel popular with Jewish visitors, rather than in a Palestinian community in the occupied West Bank. Abu Ghosh, where the tyres of 28 cars were punctured and anti-Arab slogans scrawled on walls, is located along the main Tel ...
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Hamilton pilot school chosen for Qatar deal
A Hamilton aviation training school is offering aspiring pilots the chance to fast-track their way into jets at fast-growing Gulf carrier Qatar. CTC has been selected to train six recruits every two months as part of the Qatar programme but they will have to pay their way. Qatar Airways will provide a conditional offer of employment to trainees who will train in Hamilton for about eight months ...
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US to start talks with Taliban in Qatar on Thursday
USA US officials will meet this week with Taliban representatives in Doha, Qatar, to kick off peace talks, senior officials said. The US is expected to call on the militant group to renounce violence and break ties with Al-Qaeda. The new talks were authorized by Taliban leader Mohammed Omar and will begin in the Qatari capital on Thursday, a Reuters cites US officials as saying. Senior ...
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EU mismanaging €1bn Egypt aid - report
The European Union is failing to ensure that hundreds of millions of euros in aid to Egypt is used effectively and to make the Islamist government tackle corruption and human rights abuses, a European Court of Auditors report ...
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EUs 1 bn euro aid to Egypt ineffective
Catherine Ashton of the EU with Egypt's Mohamed Kamel Amr at an aid deal signing ceremony in Cairo last November. A billion euros of EU aid channelled to Egypt before and after the January 2011 uprising that ended Hosni Mubarak's reign failed to improve human rights and governance, or reduce corruption, auditors said ...
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Palestine is a potential eco-friendly hub
Palestine, occupied Palestine, the Palestinian Territories or the Occupied Territories, call it what you will, this patch of land in the Middle East has many different name according to political opinion, but what many don’t realize about it is the ingenuity that takes place on a daily basis.
Palestine is one of the poorest regions in the world and certainly in the Middle East, the territory which is loosely made up of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, is a large refugee camp because none of the inhabitants have sovereignty and therefore do not have a centrally strong government to provide basic services. Much of the areas income is derived through donations and money earned by day laborers within Israel. Read more
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