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Mass anti-Morsi June 30 protests permitted - Egypts top Muslim cleric
Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, Egypt's leading Muslim cleric. (AFP file photo, courtesy of dailynewsegypt.com) Egypt's top Muslim cleric says that peaceful protests against the president are ...
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FDI inflows to Arab states grow by 9.8 pct pct
(MENAFN - Arab News) Foreign direct investment into Arab states rose by 9.8 percent last year despite unrest in some of them but remained well below its level in 2010, when the Arab Spring erupted, Dhaman annual report said on Tuesday. Arab states attracted FDI worth 47.1 billion (35.4 billion euros) in 2012 compared with 42.9 billion the previous year, the Arab Investment and Export Credit ...
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Angelina Jolie Visits Syrian Refugees in Jordan for World Refugee Day
Sent by the UNHCR Special Envoy on Tuesday, Jolie's visit was "to show support for Syria's refugees, to call on the world to address their plight, and to better understand needs in Jordan and other countries in the region most directly affected by this devastating conflict," Us Magazine reported."The worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century is unfolding in the ...
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Kerry calls Karzai to allay Afghan presidents anger over opening of Taliban office in Qatar
WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry called the Afghan president twice in the past 24 hours to ease Hamid Karzai's anger over the way the Taliban announced the opening of their political office in Qatar. The rift delayed the announced visit to the region this week by the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Karzai was upset that the Taliban used its formal name ...
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Two budding UAE filmmakers in final of Arab Film Studio contest
Emirati Saleh Al Shunnar is among the two filmmakers from the UAE to reach the final of the annual Arab Film Studio competition. The top prize is Dh50,000 filmfund. Pawan Singh / The ...
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Arab Spring Islamist leaders support Turkeys Erdogan
Recep Tayyip Erdogan , flew to the Maghreb for meetings and trade agreements in Morocco, Algeria and Tunis. Through letters published on activist websites, Turkish protesters urged Tunisians, who overthrew the autocratic Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in an uprising more than two years ago, to demonstrate against the Turkish prime minister. As Mr Erdogan assured leaders in Morocco that everything was ...
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Video Jordan US hold military exercise in desert across border from Syria
Tanks zoom across the desert while helicopters carry out an air assault as part of a joint U.S., Jordan military exercise just across the border from ...
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Bahrain Sickle Cell Society Chairman Hails Premier
Manama-june19(BNA) Bahrain Society for Sickle Cell Anaemia Patient Care chairman Zakareya Ebrahim Al-Kadhem today hailed His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa for ordering the re-examination of the Health Ministry's protocols related to sickle cell patients. He hailed HRH the Premier for issuing directives to set up an efficient system and ensure ...
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National Dialogue Ramadan Recess
Manama-june19(BNA)The participants in the National Consensus Dialogue have today agreed to observe a recess during the holy month of Ramadan. They decided to hold the 23rd session on Wednesday - June 26 - before recessing for one month. The parties engaged in the National Consensus Dialogue also agreed to resume sessions on August 28. This came as they convened today for the 22nd session at ...
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Egypt’s tourism minister resigns over appointment of new governor of Luxor province
Egypt's tourism minister has resigned over the government appointment of an Islamic fundamentalist associated with the group behind the Luxor massacre as governor of Luxor ...
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If Egypt can we can do it too - Swazi opposition
"Tunisia and Egypt are a big 'we can do it too,' not just for Swaziland, but for the rest of the African continent and the repressed Arab world," according to the Swazi ...
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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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Syria troops fight rebels near major Shiite shrine
BEIRUT (AP) -- Hezbollah fighters joined Syrian forces in battling rebels in a Damascus suburb that is home to a revered Shiite Muslim shrine, in a push to secure the area around the ornate, golden domed ...
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Arabian Gulf League Money not behind Quique Sanchez Floress exit from Al Ahli
There had been speculation Quique Sanchez Flores had requested a significant increase to his salary to remain at the Rashid Stadium. Pawan Singh / The ...
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Arabian Gulf League Jorge da Silva to bring winning ways to Baniyas
Baniyas have confirmed Jorge da Silva always represented their first choice to lead the club next season as they prepare to formally introduce him as their new manager. The Uruguayan, 51, will meet members of the Baniyas board Thursday to finalise a one-year contract, although there is an option to extend the deal until 2016. Da Silva, who earlier this month guided Penarol, the ...
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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
KABUL, Afghanistan ...
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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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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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