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IDEX 2013 wins the Best Exhibition at Middle East Event Awards 2013
WAM ABU DHABI: The 2013 edition of International Defence Exhibition and Conference (IDEX) has won the Best Exhibition - Trade or Consumer award at the sixth annual Middle East Event Awards held on Wednesday, May 22nd 2013. The award show, which was held at Dubai's JW Marriott Marquis Hotel, recognised outstanding achievements of the Middle East's event industry. Saleh Al ...
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Between 180-200 French militants have fought in Syria Le Monde
al Qaeda -linked Nusra Front. About two dozen have already returned to France, Le Monde said. The newspaper also quoted security sources as saying France was worried about the risk of attacks by those returning home from the conflict. But security sources said they lacked the legal means to monitor returning fighters effectively as too little was known about the Islamist brigades they had ...
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WMD Regulation in the Middle East
"For the Syrian government to utilize chemical weapons on its people crosses a line that will change my calculus and how the United States approaches these issues," President Obama recently said. "So this is not an on and off switch. This is an ongoing challenge that all of us have to be concerned about." Evidently, current methods to control WMD, such as relying on ...
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Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone…
Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone GAZA - Palestinian Government in Gaza announced that the tunnels between Egypt and Gaza were closed, and the border was declared as a military zone."The tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, where the smuggling and shipment of some goods were made, were closed, and the border was declared as a closed military ...
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Israel says Syria seeks to provoke conflict
Ron Prosor, Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations, speaks during a Security Council meeting on the Middle East on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2012 (AP Photo/Bebeto ...
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Israel targeted in Syria cyber attack expert
JERUSALEM: An organization calling itself the "Syrian Electronic Army" has launched a cyber attack against the water distribution system of Haifa, Israel's third largest city, an expert said on Saturday. The attack "by this organization which we don't know exactly who is behind" was carried out two weeks ago and failed, said Professor Yitzhak Ben-Israel, head of ...
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Saudi Foreign Minister Condemns Iranian Threats Against Bahrain
Manama-May-25(BNA)The Saudi Minister of Foreign Affairs His Royal Highness Prince Saud Al-Faisal has today slammed Iranian threats against the Kingdom of Bahrain. He was speaking during a press conference held with his Indian counterpart Salman Khurshid in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. HRH Prince Al-Faisal urged Iran to promote peace and bolster relations with its neighbours instead of using the ...
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Egypt court rules against religious slogans
CAIRO (AP) -- Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court has ruled against parts of an election law approved by the Islamist-led legislature that had lifted a long-standing ban on the use of religious slogans during ...
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Growth is Arab regions top priority
Reviving economic growth in the Arab region should be the priority to aid the transition from instability, the deputy managing director of the IMF said yesterday. Min Zhu also called upon the international community to make good on billions of dollars in support funds pledged more than two years ago to ...
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Bahrain to Host Annual Gulf Construction Conference in June
Manama, May 25. (BNA) -- Bahrain will host the Annual Gulf Construction Conference, to be held at the Gulf Hotel's Conventions and Conferences Centre, under the theme of "Challenges and Future Opportunities in the Construction Sector". The event, organised by the Bahrain Contractors Association in association with the Oregon Consultants Group, will be patronised by the labour ...
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Bahrains Ambassador to Egypt and African Union Takes Part in African Unions Extraordinary Summit
Cairo, May 25. (BNA) -- The Kingdom of Bahrain's Ambassador to the Arab Republic of Egypt as well as the African Union (as an observer) Shaikh Rashid bin Abdulrahman Al Khalifa, took part in the opening session of the extra-ordinary summit on the Golden Jubilee celebration of the African Union. The event, which began this morning at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, under the theme ...
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Saudi Arabia warns against Irans nuclear programme
Oracle Financial Services rallies on strong response for OFS The promoters had received bids for 17.34 million shares against 4.43 million shares offered for ...
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France rules out Iran taking part in Syrian peace talks
John Kerry at a dinner on Monday to discuss how to nudge Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and the Syrian opposition into the talks in Geneva. Speaking aboard a French aircraft en route to Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, Fabius said there was no "magic wand" to get warring parties to the negotiating table even though it appeared Assad's government had agreed to attend. ...
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Christians in the Arab world A guide
How many Christians live in the Middle East? Between 10 million and 12 million. The Middle East is the birthplace of Christianity and home to some of its oldest communities, but the Christian population has dropped dramatically over time, especially over the last decade. When Christianity was founded 2,000 years ago, it spread rapidly across the Roman Empire, ...
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Soldier secretly returns from Kuwait to surprise daughter at high school graduation
A Georgia high school graduate received more than her diploma Thursday when her Army Reserve sergeant father traveled half way around the world to be present for the ceremony. Army Reserve Sgt. 1st Class Dedrick Clark secretly returned from Kuwait after spending eight months away from his family overseas and collaborated with his wife and his daughter Dia's principal to pull off the ...
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Middle East instability means tourism growth for Oman
This year, hotels in Muscat have witnessed the strongest growth in revenue per available room (RevPAR), STR Global said in a statement. Regional instability has caused revenues in the Omani capital's tourism industry to grow by more than 15 per cent in the first four months of 2013, according to data released by STR Global. "Due to various reasons, tourists do not prefer Egypt and ...
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Cameroon plans Egypt-like protests
Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ...
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Jordan economy set to grow 3.5 pct in 2013 - central banker
DEAD SEA, Jordan | Sat May 25, 2013 10:58am EDT DEAD SEA, Jordan May 25 (Reuters) - Jordan's economy is expected to grow around 3.5 percent this year driven by remittances, higher domestic consumption and some pickup in construction activity, the kingdom's Central Bank governor said on Saturday. Ziad Fariz told Reuters on the sidelines of a World Economic Forum (WEF) conference ...
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Visit of U.S. Special Envoy to the OIC Rashad Hussain to Bahrain
Manama, May 25. (BNA) -- U.S. Special Envoy to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) Rashad Hussain met with senior Bahraini Government officials, political leaders, and religious leaders in Manama, Bahrain on May 23, the US Embassy to Bahrain announced. In its statement, the Embassy said he underscored U.S. encouragement of unity and reform through the ongoing National Dialogue. He ...
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Jordans king makes new plea to solve Syrian crisis
Jordan's King Abdullah II has privately asked the US to intervene in the Syrian conflict and help bring to an end that country's war and the flow of refugees into the ...
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Jordan plans major exercises with 18 countries
AMMAN - More than 15,000 soldiers from 18 different countries will take part in a joint military exercise in Jordan in the coming weeks, a military official said on Saturday.Jordan’s armed forces will host the exercise, "Eager Lion 2013", with troops from "friendly countries", including the United States, taking part, the official Petra news agency cited the official as ...
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Niger president says Islamist attackers came from Libya
Mahamadou Issoufou said Saturday."The attackers, according to all the information we have received, came from Libya, from the south of Libya," Issoufou told television channel France ...
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Iraq forces strike Sunni militants near Syria
Sunnis heading to fight in neighboring Syria.Some 20,000 troops attacked suspected hideouts of fighters linked to Sunni militant groups, including Al-Qaeda, and looked to secure a key road leading to Syria, top officers said.Troops were also moved to the 600-kilometre (375-mile) border with Syria."The operation is large and backed by the air force," Staff General Ali Ghaidan Majeed, ...
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Turkish PM blames Syria over twin bombings
Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan greets his supporters as he visits the town of Reyhanli in Hatay province near the Turkish-Syrian border May 25, 2013. REUTERS/Umit ...
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Assad should not have role in Syria talks Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia's Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal attends an emergency meeting with Arab League foreign ministers, at the Arab League headquarters in Cairo, April 26, 2012. (AFP PHOTO/KHALED ...
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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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