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Kuwaits acting oil minister says prices fair
Kuwait's acting oil minister said on Wednesday current oil prices were "fair" and that the Gulf Arab state was producing around 3 million barrels of crude per ...
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Pagasa chief Servando resigns to take on teaching job in Qatar
MANILA, Philippines -- Brain drain has claimed another ranking official of the state-run weather bureau. Vicente Malano, officer-in-charge at the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration told INQUIRER.net on Wednesday in a phone interview that he received a text message from Pagasa administrator Nathaniel Servando Tuesday night informing him of his decision to ...
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2 killed 16 wounded in shell explosion in Egypts Assiut
Two people, including an army recruit, were killed and 16 others wounded Tuesday after a shell hit a military unit in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, the state-run Al-Ahram Online reported.A soldier and a civil servant were killed, Assiut Security Chief, Maj. Gen. Abul Qassim Abu Daif said.He added that the wounded have been sent to ...
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Suicide bomber kills pro-govt tribal leader 3 others in northern
A suicide bomber killed a government-backed Sunni tribal leader and three people, and wounded six in a town in south of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, a local police source said Wednesday.The attack occurred late Tuesday night when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest near the tribal leader Sheikh Younis al-Rammahi while he was receiving his brothers and cousins at his house in the ...
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HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of Jordan departs from Amman to London today
Amman: June 19 -- (BNA)-- HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan departed from Amman today embarking on an official visit to the British Capital, London. The Jordanian News Agency (Petra) reported that HM King Abdullah II is expected to hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Minister William Hague. The Jordanian King is also expected ...
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Egypts Mubarak interview I quit power to save lives
Former Egyptian President waves from the dock (File photo: AFP) Toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that his decision to step down was his own, adding that he could have remained in power if he had wanted to, in an interview ...
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Blast hits Syrian port city of Latakia
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday, opposition groups and state media said, but the cause of the blast was unclear. Explosions in Latakia, part of President Bashar al-Assad's stronghold on the Mediterranean coast, have been rare during Syria's two-year-old conflict. State television said the blast was ...
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Egypt tourism minister resigns over Luxor governor
The ancient temple in Luxor, Egypt. Egypt's minister of tourism has resigned following the appointment of a new governor in the temple city of Luxor who belongs to an Islamist party linked to a deadly attack on tourists, state TV said ...
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Arab Fashion Finds Place on International Runways
The fashion of the Arab world is characterized with its unique culture and traditions. But although designers from the Middle East have been getting a lot of attention lately, Arab fashion is still missing exposure to international runways and fashion events. In the rare cases in which fashion weeks include something from the region, it is usually shadowed by more mainstream and commercial ...
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Three people killed in northern Yemen bombing official
SANAA (Reuters) - Three people were killed and eight wounded in a town in northern Yemen on Wednesday when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in a busy market, a security official said. The attack occurred in Saada, a town near the border ...
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Will the Switzerland of the Middle East revive ever again
After the war, Lebanon experienced a period of economic prosperity. Revenues from tourism in that period increased ten-fold. Lebanon is often called the "Switzerland of the Middle East." However, after the outbreak of the Civil War (1975-1983) the country faced difficult ...
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Eleven Russian seafarers rescued in Arabian Sea after wreckage
NEW DELHI, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Eleven Russian seafarers were rescued from the MOL Comfort container ship that wrecked in the Arabian Sea, the Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday. They will be delivered to Colombo on Friday. After this a decision on restoring seafarers’ documents and their return to Russia will be taken. The Mol Comfort flying the flag of the Bahamas broke into two ...
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Chinas renewed effort to restart Mideast peace talks
China hosted an international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace this week in a fresh attempt to relaunch the long-stalled talks between the two sides.Although it is widely recognized that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the core issue in the Middle East, the strenuous and painful steps toward peace have stoked deep skepticism. In the last three years, when most of the world's ...
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Qatar Signs Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products
New York, June 19 (BNA) - Qatar signed last night the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. The signing ceremony took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN Shaikh Mishaal bin Hamad Al Thani signed the Protocol. The signing ceremony was attended by Representative of UN Secretary General and Head of the ...
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Kuwait telco Viva signs $270m financing deal
Kuwaiti telecoms operator Viva, part-owned by Saudi Telecom Co (STC) and the Kuwaiti government, has secured $270m to help fund plans to upgrade its network and expand in ...
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Iran and Egypt Old Foes New Competitors
Demonstrators storm the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in protest of President Morsi's expansion of powers in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23. (Photo: Mohamed Hanno, ...
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Rockets fired from Gaza Strip toward southern Israel
A rockets barrage was launched by militants from the Gaza Strip early Wednesday toward southern Israel, a military source told Xinhua.The barrage included three rockets which were launched toward the Ashkelon coast area. According to a scan carried out by the Israeli military, none of the rockets made their way into Israel and they all exploded within the Gaza Strip territories.No damages or ...
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G8 members compare notes on Syria at summit
The G8 summit closed here on Tuesday amid consensuses, compromises and differences over various issues, in particular the Syria crisis this time.Whatsoever, all the G8 members hoped the Syria issue could be solved, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, the host of this summit, called on all parties to implement their consensus to help Syria end its domestic ...
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BA Muslims attend Ramadan conference
Japekrom (B/A), June 18, GNA - Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, has appealed to Muslims to prioritize the education of their children as it was the bedrock for ...
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Bahrain to clamp down on bars nightclubs
Bahrain's parliament unanimously voted to deny any more building permits for nightclubs and bars in the residential and commercial district of Juffair, a move which could be the start of a clampdown across the whole of the island state, it was reported on ...
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Middle East investors now more active in managing capital
More than half (55 per cent) of respondents said they invested locally rather than internationally While other markets are busy finding ways to stem capital flight, there is a growing trend of Middle Eastern investors keeping their money at home and taking control of their assets.Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar are now being seen as safe havens for investors to park their wealth. This trend became ...
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Wealth creation is faster in Middle East HNWIs
A majority of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the Middle East believe wealth creation is faster today than in the past, more than any other region globally, according to the latest report by of Barclays Wealth Insights.Over half (60%) of respondents in the Middle East agreed that wealth can be created faster today than in the past, in comparison to 43 per cent in Europe and 31 per cent in ...
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The best books on Egypt start your reading here | Pushpinder Khaneka
Egypt as the country attempts to emerge from British occupation and forge its own identity. Palace Walk tells the story up to the 1919 revolution against the ...
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Netanyahu vows to crack down on price tag attacks
Unknown assailants vandalized vehicles and sprayed grafitti in an Arab village near Jerusalem overnight Monday, unleashing a wave of condemnation by Israel's top leadership. Residents of Abu Ghosh, located 10 kilometers west of the capital, woke up early Tuesday to find nearly 30 vehicles with slashed tires and graffiti on walls that read "Arabs go home," in what police suspect ...
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Arabs in the Outback Australia Arab Film Festival heats up on June 27th
Babel, english company filming about tourism in arab countries. Iraq, 1961, Ani, Latif el - Professional photographer, Ani, Latif el Collection, Copyright Arab Image Foundation (Photo from the event's Facebook ...
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