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Egypt and European Union Study Dispute with Ethiopia
Cairo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi welcomed today Catherine Ashton, vice-president of the European Union (EU) and high representative for foreign affairs, and talked to her about the dispute for the construction of the Ethiopian super-dam, according to the official media. In the meeting, they talked about the opening of communication channels between Cairo and Addis ...
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Teenagers in Jordan support ‘honour killings’ research finds
A new generation of teenagers in the Middle East believe honour killings to be 'justified', according to a new study of young people in ...
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Arab Israeli village shocked after hate crime
View Photo AFP/Ahmad Gharabli - An Arab Israeli man points to Hebrew graffiti that reads "Arabs out" (L) and "assimliation" (R), a negative reference to Jews and non-Jews mixing, on the wall of a house in the Arab ...
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U.S. Presses Taliban on Qatar Office in Bid to Save Talks
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Kuwaits trade surplus with Japan widens for 1st time in 3 months
WAM TOKYO, June 19, 2013 (WAM) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan jumped 26.4 percent in May to JPY 107.7 billion (USD 1.1 billion) from a year earlier, expanding for the first time since February. Kuwait maintained black ink with Japan for the 64th consecutive month, Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, quoted the Finance Ministry as saying on Wednesday. Kuwait's overall exports to Japan ...
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Israeli intel Hamas using Qatar as base to plot terror strikes
Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV -- Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Qatar was serving as an operational base for Hamas. Officials said the intelligence community has tracked an increasing number of Hamas operations to Qatar. They said the Hamas presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate, which included much of the political bureau, has led to initiatives ...
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Qatar said to place large order for tanks artillery from German firm
Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON -- Germany has reported a major military order from the Middle East. Germany’s Rheinmetall said it received an order of 475 million euros from an unidentified Arab military. The company said it would supply the L-55 artillery for more than 60 Leopard-2A7 main battle ...
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Qatar says Taliban office not for Islamic Emirate
Guests arrive for the opening ceremony of the new Taliban political office in Doha on June 18, 2013. The Taliban office opened in Doha to facilitate peace talks does not carry the name of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," as it appeared earlier, Qatar said on ...
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Friends of Syria to meet Saturday in Doha France
PARIS (Reuters) - The main nations making up the Friends of Syria will meet on Saturday in Doha to discuss assistance for the Free Syrian Army following recent successes by government forces, a French foreign ministry official ...
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Taliban in Qatar says no clear definition of terrorism
Qatar , addressing a key issue in upcoming Afghan peace talks, said on Wednesday there was no clear definition of terrorism but suggested the Islamist group would one day clarify what it understood by the term. Speaking in brief remarks to Reuters, Mohammed Naeem, the group's spokesman in Qatar, was asked whether it would comply with a U.S. demand that it renounce al Qaeda during impending ...
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Qatar set to buy stake in Germanys SolarWorld
Qatar is poised to invest into Germany's Solarworld, a loss-making company that could provide valuable technology and sales infrastructure. Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec), a subsidiary of the Qatar Foundation, could reportedly spend close to US$50 million on a 30 per cent stake in the ailing producer of photovoltaic (PV) panels. It is also said to be ready to buy a EUR200m (Dh983.9m) ...
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Correction Jordan-Syria-War Games story
ZARQA, Jordan -; In a June 18 story about U.S.-led war games in Jordan, The Associated Press reported erroneously the organization that employs Tawfiq Hennawi. He works for the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, not the International Committee of the Red ...
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Egypt top cleric Protests against Morsi permitted
FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 file photo, Ahmed el-Tayeb the grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent theological institute of Sunni Islam, talks to the media in Cairo, Egypt. El-Tayeb said on Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist hard-liners that those behind protests planned for June 30 are heretics. (AP ...
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Iran Begins Diplomatic Offensive in Persian Gulfs Arab States
Tehran, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Iran started today a diplomatic offensive in three of its Persian Gulf neighbouring nations, led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. According to a announcement released by IRNA news agency today, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister is scheduled to meet with his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman. ...
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Egypts Muslim Brotherhood braces for future trouble
CAIRO - For the Muslim Brotherhood, running Egypt has been like crossing a minefield. As President Mohamed Morsi ends his first year in office, fortifications being erected at his group's headquarters suggest a looming war.Behind a reinforced wall and a five-inch thick iron gate, the Brotherhood's Cairo compound bears scars of a divisive year that has triggered frequent protests and ...
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Jolie says Syria crisis worst calls for more aid
View Photo AFP/UNHCR/AFP/File - Angelina Jolie (centre) meets refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan near the Syria border last December. Jolie has urged the international community to boost aid to Syrian ...
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Afghanistan threatens to boycott peace talks in anger at Talibans Qatar office
MrKarzaisaid that his High Peace Council would "neither attend nor participate in the talks" until the process is "completely" in the hands of ...
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Latest blow to Egypts tourism Luxors governor
President Morsi has enraged residents in Luxor, one of Egypt's main tourism destinations, by appointing as governor a former member of Al Gamaa ...
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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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Excerpts Egypt risks 30 June protest violence. 3000 jobs in Saudi
Excerpts: Egypt risks 30 June protest violence. 3,000 jobs in Saudi for Egyptians. Russia urges softening Iran sanctions. Fiji offers 500+troops for Golan June 19, 2013 +++SOURCE: Fox News 19 ...
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Taliban confirms talks with U.S. in Qatar on Thursday
DUBAI (Reuters) - The Taliban's spokesman in Qatar said representatives of the Afghan insurgency would meet U.S. officials for preliminary peace talks on Thursday but no time had been set.The spokesman, Mohammed Naeem, told Reuters by telephone that no Afghan government officials would be at the meeting. A team of U.S. negotiators arrived in Qatar earlier on Wednesday and held a meeting ...
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Qaddafis move to Oman breached sanctions UN
UNITED NATIONS // A daughter and son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi moved from Algeria to Oman in breach of UN sanctions, a UN ambassador said yesterday. The United Nations and international police organisation Interpol may soon issue a global alert over members of the Qaddafi family and other Qaddafi associates who are on the run and face UN sanctions. Aisha Qaddafi and Mohammed ...
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Indiabulls plans move into Saudi Bahrain markets
One of India's largest listed real estate developers has announced plans to launch offices in some Gulf countries as part of an overseas expansion. In December, Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd, which has delivered 3.3m ...
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Qatar France set to discuss Rafale jet deal
Qatar is likely to launch an international tender to renew its fleet of ageing fighter jets soon and is interested in France's Rafale, a French official said ahead of President Francois Hollande's state visit this week to the Gulf Arab ...
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UPDATE 6-Oil supported by Middle East worries all eyes on Fed
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:00am EDT * Fed could stem asset purchase programme in H2 -poll * EIA crude stocks post unexpected rise (Adds EIA weekly oil stocks data, updates prices) By Simon Falush LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Brent oil rose on Wednesday supported by fears that violence in Syria could spread elsewhere in the region, disrupting supply, while investors looked to a meeting of the Federal ...
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Aqaba taking Jordan along for the ride
Aqaba is now officially the site of one of the largest infrastructure developments in the Middle East region, and certainly the largest development ever undertaken in Jordan’s history. Marsa Zayed is a mammoth project worth $10 billion and on its own is expected to more than double Jordan’s tourist revenues. Marsa Zayed is one in a long list of significant developments taking place in Aqaba, which is set to become the premier tourist destination of the country and a leading destination in the Gulf, but this project is notable for its sheer size.
Marsa Zayed envisions a marina development with room for 300 yachts and a cruise ship terminal all surrounded by a mixture of hotel, resort and luxury apartment complexes. The entire project is slated for completion in several years time, when Jordan first signed the development deal with Al Mabaar, a UAE-based real estate firm, in 2008, Jordan news media reported that it would be completed in 2013. Read more
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