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Hunger poverty rates in Egypt up sharply over past three years - UN report
21 May 2013 – Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years, according to a joint reports released today by the United Nations food agency and partners. An estimated 13.7 million Egyptians or 17 per cent of the population suffered from food insecurity in 2011, compared to 14 per cent in 2009, according to the report by UN World Food Programme ...
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Horse racing Purebred Arabian horses are racing onto world stage
Female jockey Marta Pisarek, right, rides Altesse Kossack to a win in the British leg of the HH Sheikha Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies World Championship on Saturday at Newbury Racecourse in England. ...
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Hamas to close tunnels if Egypt will open border
Hamas said it would be willing to close all smuggling tunnels under the Gaza-Egypt border upon opening of a commercial crossing, Palestinian news agency Ma'an cited Ghazi Hamad, Hamas undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as saying Tuesday. Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues Thursday by Islamist ...
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Bahrain Attends Arab League Meeting
Cairo-May-21(BNA) Bahrain Ambassador to Egypt and Permanent Representative to the Arab League Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al-Khalifa today attended an urgent meeting to discuss the developments of the Syrian crisis, in the aftermath of the atrocities perpetrated in Al-Qassir . Egyptian delegate Amro Abul-Ata chaired the session in the presence of Arab League secretary-general Dr. Nabeel ...
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Solar power brightens Oman oil output prospects
Petroleum Development Oman (PDO) and US GlassPoint Solar have commissioned the Middle East's first solar enhanced oil recovery (EOR) project, the project partners said on ...
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Saudi Arabia Five beheaded and ‘crucified’ amid ‘disturbing’ rise in executions
Saudi Arabia must halt a "disturbing" rise in death penalty usage that has resulted in at least 47 state killings in the country already this year, Amnesty International urged after six more people were executed today.Five Yemeni men were beheaded and "crucified" this morning in the city of Jizan, while a Saudi Arabian man was executed in the south-western city of ...
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Saudi Arabia arrests more ‘Iran spy ring’ suspects
Saudi Arabia has arrested 10 more suspects in what it says is a spy ring linked to Iran, state media report. Those detained include eight Saudis, a Turk, and a Lebanese citizen. Eighteen people were arrested in the same case in ...
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Soccer New Zealand A confirmed to play Jordan
New Zealand-based All Whites and fringe internationals will get a chance to stake claims for inclusion in the squad for November's intercontinental playoff when a New Zealand A side take on Jordan at North Harbour Stadium on June 4. New Zealand Football yesterday confirmed the match will take place and that All Whites assistant Neil Emblen will coach the side. Jordan, ranked 77 ...
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Qatar banks size up UAE and global investments
Qatar National Bank and Commercial Bank International, its UAE affiliate, on Tuesday lent US$350 million to Air Arabia, the Sharjah low-cost carrier. Emre Rende for The ...
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New Egypt tax law cuts for poor business hikes
CAIRO -; Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized ...
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Middle East North Africa - Restricting speech restricts Arab freedom
The sight of hundreds of thousands of Arabs marching on the streets of a number of Arab countries, demanding their dignity and rights, will remain among the iconic images of the twenty-first century. The willingness of so many citizens to take such tremendous risks to their own lives, with thousands dying for their freedom, stunned a world long accustomed to the image of the resigned, ...
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Syria claims destroyed vehicle inside its territory
Mount Hermon is seen in the background as Israeli soldiers travel on mobile artillery units after an exercise on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in this February 14, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Baz ...
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Academy forward Jordan Morris on U.S. U-20 roster for pre-World Cup tournament
made the squad. The U.S., grouped with Colombia, Congo DR and host France, will be in action starting May 28 in Toulon, France, as both preparation for this summer’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and one last evaluation toward that final roster. Morris, a Mercer Island native, is one of three academy players nationwide to make the team and had starred in a training camp earlier this year ...
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Kerry in Oman to help ink $2.1b defence deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived inOmanon Tuesday aiming to help finalise an estimated $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defence system to the Gulf ...
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Bahrain-UAE Officials Hold Preparatory Meetings
Abu Dhabi-May-21(BNA) Senior officials' from the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates committee meetings took place today at the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare for the meetings of the Higher Committee. Bahrain's delegation was chaired by Ambassador Hamad Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Amer, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Regional Cooperation and ...
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State Minister for Communication Affairs Lauds Batelcos Role in Developing Bahrains Communication Sector
Manama, May 21 (BNA)-- State Minister for Communication Affairs Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa paid a visit today to Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) Network Operations and Customer Services Complex in Salmaniya where he was received by the company's Chief Executive Rashid Abdullah and a number of Directors General. He toured the complex and got informed about its ...
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Bahrains Reaction to Irans Threats Report
Manama, May 21. (BNA) -- Bahrain's stance vis--vis the recent Iranian statement against it reflects the fact the kingdom will not tolerate any attempt to interfere into its domestic affairs, under whatever pretext, and resolve to ensure security and stability for its citizens. In this regard, the Foreign Affairs Ministry sent official letters to the secretaries-General of the United ...
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In Official Letters to a number of International Organizations .Minister of Foreign Affairs informs the international community of Irans threats to Bahrain
Manama, May 21st (BNA) -Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, sent official letters to: United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, European Union's High Representative for Security and Foreign Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Dr. Nabil Elaraby and to the Secretary General of the Organization of ...
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Research and Markets Fresh Fruit Market in United Arab Emirates Business Report 2013
"Fresh Fruit Market in United Arab Emirates: Business Report 2013" report to their offering. This report is a comprehensive research of fresh fruit market in United Arab Emirates. The report starts with giving brief country profile for United Arab Emirates, including general information and main economic indicators. Further, the report provides in-depth analyses ...
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Egypts army blocks roads in Sinai in hunt for kidnappers
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on ...
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Michael Jordan Changing Bobcats to the Hornets A Tricky Situation
Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team name back to the Hornets and it could take effect as early as the 2014-15 season albeit some confusing ...
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Oman proposes Gulf ban on women wearing full-face niqab veils from driving
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi online newspaper says Oman is proposing that women be banned from wearing face veils when driving. Al-Watan said Tuesday Oman made the proposal at a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council police traffic department heads. It singled out the niqab, a mask that covers a woman's face, leaving only a slit for her eyes. The Oman delegate said that wearing a niqab ...
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Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis and displays corpses
DUBAI // Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis today for robbery and murder, then put their bodies on public display as a further punishment, state news agency SPA said. A sixth man, a Saudi national, was separately executed for murder, the agency said. It was the second time in less than three months that Saudi Arabia executed several convicted criminals at the same time. In February, the United ...
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Muscat the focus of Omans aggressive plan for a tourism push
Muscat is an enticing one for any visitor. Men and women in traditional dress chat and pose gracefully around the souk, one of the oldest marketplaces in the Arab world, often seen with scarcely a guidebook -wielding tourist to get in the way of a camera shot. But all that could be about to change is an aggressive plan ...
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Clashes between Egypt troops and gunmen in Sinai
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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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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