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Syria receives advanced cruise missile batteries from Russia
WASHINGTON - Russia has sent advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria in a move that underscores its support to the beleaguered regime of President Bashar Al Assad in the war-torn Arab nation, officials citing credible intelligence reports said here. The New York Times reported Friday that the new missiles sent to Syria have an advanced radar system that makes them "more effective". ...
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Raha Moharrak makes history as the first Saudi Arabian woman to summit Mt. Everest
This photograph taken from an aircraft shows an aerial view of Mount Everest (C) and The Himalayan mountain range, some 140kms (87 miles) north-east of Kathmandu on April 3, 2013, on the 80th anniversary of the first manned flight over Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain. This year is the 60th anniversary of the first summit of the 8848-meter peak. (Prakash Mathema /AFP/Getty ...
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Why a Middle East role is essential for the nuclear nonproliferation regime
CAMBRIDGE --The meeting of the preparatory committee (PrepCom) for the2015 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conferencepredictably ended in failure to lay the ground for the event earlier this month. The core reason was the inability to convene a meeting in Helsinki last December on the establishment of a Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone (WMDFZ) in ...
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Gaza tunnel collapse kills Palestinian
A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken to be delivered through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt, on May 13, 2013 in Rafah. AFP ...
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Kerry returns to region after Israelis snub Arab Peace Initiative
TEL AVIV // Never in its 65-year history has Israel had such an offer: normal relations with every Arab state and a possible claim to land inside the Palestinian territories. The US secretary of state John Kerry travels to the Middle East this week with stops in Jerusalem and Ramallah for talks on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. His trip comes after he convinced the Arab League last month to ...
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Arab Regional Implementation Meeting for the Twentieth Session of the Commission for Sustainable Development ...
The Arab Regional Implementation Meeting (RIM) for the 20th Session of the Commission for Sustainable Development (CSD-20) will meet from 29-30 May 2013 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The meeting is convened by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) together with the League of Arab States (LAS) and the UN Environment Programme Regional Office for West Asia (UNEP ...
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Chloe Johnson death Family of five-year-old British girl who died in a pool at in Egypts Sharm el-Sheikh resort angry that more wasnt done to save her
Chloe Johnson, from Forest Hill in south east London, died in a waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld Hotel in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Friday.Speaking to Sky News, her grandmother April Johnson claimed that her son and two holidaymakers had tried to resuscitate her.She said lifeguards had not been on hand and also claimed that an ambulance had taken four hours to ...
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Opposition groups protest proposed law regulating NGOs in Egypt
Egypt's opposition parties and human rights groups say a proposed bill requiring NGOs to be vetted and receive special permissions by the government would restrict their ...
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Egypts opposition attacks Brotherhood-backed NGO draft law
leftist opposition parties , said the draft law submitted to the Shura Council, which for now has legislative powers, was more restrictive than laws under deposed ...
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Head of Arab League Nabil el-Araby announced the names to represent Assad regime at International Syria Confer…
Head of Arab League Nabil el-Araby announced the names to represent Assad regime at International Syria Conference CAIRO - Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil el-Araby announced the names of the attendees to represent the Assad regime at the International Syria Conference to be held at the end of May.Nabil el-Araby held a press conference in the Egyptian capital of Cairo and stated that ...
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This is why Jordan cant be trusted on torture
If Home Secretary Theresa May thinks the Jordanian government can be trusted not to torture its prisoners, she needs to look a little harder at the ...
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The Bahrain Olympic Committee launches its strategy and brand mark Shaikh Nasser bin HamadThe BOC is on verge of a new era of development and prosperity
Manama, May 18 (BNA) -- The Bahrain Olympic Committee has launched its new strategy for the next electoral cycle 2013/2017 and revealed its all-new brand during a huge gala ceremony, which was held last night at the Bahrain Disabled Sports Federation Gym at Isa Town Sports City. The ceremony was held under the auspices of His Highness Shaikh Nasser bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Chairman of the Supreme ...
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Row sparks sectarian violence at Alexandria in Egypt
It started as a row between two young men in Egypt’s second city of Alexandria. It then became a family feud and finally mushroomed into clashes between Christians and Muslims that left at least one dead and dozens injured. The violence happened outside a Coptic church late at night after the two men – one Christian, one Muslim – began quarrelling. The two sides threw ...
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Gunmen seize elderly father of Syrias deputy FM
DAMASCUS, Syria -; The office of Syria's deputy foreign minister says gunmen have abducted his elderly father in the southern Daraa ...
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Egypt Muslim-Christian clashes leave 1 dead
CAIRO -; Egyptian security officials say clashes between Muslims and Christians in the Mediterranean port city of Alexandria left one man dead of a heart ...
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Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama activists
Bashar al-Assad hails from the Alawite community, which is an offshoot of Shiite Islam, while the rebels are predominantly Sunni Muslims. "Late on Friday night, the rebels took complete control of Tlaissiyeh, Zoghbe, Shaata and Balil, after the withdrawal of the army following several weeks of fighting," the Observatory said. "The residents abandoned the villages at the ...
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Tunisia ups security as Salafists vow to defy ban
Islamist supporters to defy a government ban on its annual congress.There was a heavy police presence at tollbooths along the main highway from the capital to the central city of Kairouan where the Salafists have vowed to hold Sunday's gathering, AFP correspondents reported.Police were singling out for checks the private minibuses that ply between Tunisian towns.Ansar al-Sharia had urged ...
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Turkey softens opposition to Syria conference press
Syria following Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's trip to the United States, local media said Saturday."Erdogan has appeared to soften his stance ...
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Bahrain Bayan’s exhibit wins entrepreneur competition
Manama, May 1 8 (BNA) -- The Bahrain Bayan School with its product "My tray" was declared the winner of the Company of Year Competition held at the Moevenpick. Sheikha Hessa School was adjudged the first runner up and Ahmed Al Omran became the second runner up in the competition which had 13 teams participating in the final round. The theme of the competition was ...
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Armed Tuareg and Arab groups clash in northern Mali
Tuareg separatists and local Arab-led gunmen, only days after the African country won a $4.2 billion aid pledge to help it recover from a conflict with Islamists affiliated ...
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Chidambaram to meet Qatar business leaders
Seeking to enhance bilateral trade and cooperation, Finance Minister P Chidambaram will hold discussions with Qatar's Minister of Economy and Finance Yousuf Hussain Kamal and interact with business leaders at Doha on ...
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With conservative Islamists in power blasphemy cases surge in Egypt
Accusations of blasphemy, a criminal offense under Egypt's new Islamist-backed constitution, have been leveled more frequently against writers, activist, and Christians in recent ...
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Light From the Middle East exhibition highlights Arab talent
The Yemeni photographer Boushra Almutawakel's Mother, Daughter, Doll series explores the use of the veil by placing Fulla, the Middle Eastern version of Barbie, in various real-life scenarios. Courtesy Boushra ...
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Enraged by kidnapping Egypt police keep Gaza border closed
Policeman says crossing will remain closed until the seven remaining kidnapped hostages who were taken by Islamic militants are freed and the Interior Minister comes to listen to security ...
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Emirati photographer part of exhibition that explores Arab identity in political funny and unforeseen forms
An image from the Emirati photographer Lamia Gargash's series Through The Looking Glass, which is a collection of portraits showing people with and without prosthetics. Courtesy Lamia Gargash / Third Line ...
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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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