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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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Al-Qaeda gunmen kill two in Yemen attack
Yemen on Saturday, a security official and witnesses said.The two assailants threw a grenade at the police checkpoint in the coastal town of Al-Shihr in Hadramawt province, the sources said, adding that two other policemen were wounded.The security official said the attack bore the hallmarks of Al-Qaeda militants, who are active in the region, without giving further details.Fighters loyal to ...
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Meqdad ends Russia visit returns to Syria
United States are seeking to broker an international peace conference on Syria in an effort to end the more than two-year-old crisis that has claimed at least 94,000 lives. No date has been set for the conference to be held ...
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Palestinian-Israeli peace deal still possible Abbas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaks at the World Economic Forum, held at the King Hussein Bin Talal Convention center, in Southern Shuneh, 55 kilometers southeast of Amman, Jordan, Saturday, May 25, 2013. (AP Photo/Raad ...
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Rights group urges UAE not to deport strikers
United Arab Emirates not to deport migrant building workers for staging a rare strike to demand better pay and conditions."It would be scandalous if the UAE deported workers who have taken a courageous stand for their basic rights," HRW Middle East ...
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Iran denies it has forces fighting in Syria
FILE - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Jordan's Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, May 22, 2013. Jordan is hosting 10 other nations Wednesday for a "Friends of Syria" conference in Amman. (AP Photo/Jim Young, ...
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Kerry accuses Sudan leader of repression in war-torn regions
US Secretary of State JohnKerrySaturday accused Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir of repressing the people of the South Kordofan and Blue Nile regions and trying to impose Islamic rule on ...
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Wise Leadership Congratulates King Abdulla II of Jordan
Manama, May 25. (BNA) -- His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa today sent a cable of congratulations to the Jordanian Monarch HM King Abdulla II marking his country's Independence day. HM the King wished King Abdulla II continuous good health and happiness and the brotherly Jordanian people further progress and prosperity. HM King Hamad also lauded the steady growth of the solid ...
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Aid groups urge EU to fulfil commitments to Palestinians
RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - A group of 80 international aid agencies urged the European Union on Saturday to follow through on pledges it made last year to back Palestinian communities seen as vulnerable to Israeli settlement expansion in the occupied West ...
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Syrian opposition resumes unity talks key to peace conference
George Sabra (L), a veteran Christian opposition figure and acting President of the Syrian National Coalition, speaks during the opening session of a meeting by members of the Syrian opposition in Istanbul May 23, ...
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Egypt to return taxes collected from Qatar bank deal
CAIRO | Sat May 25, 2013 7:34am EDT CAIRO May 25 (Reuters) - Egypt will refund taxes collected from Qatar National Bank 's acquisition of National Societe Generale Bank to shareholders on Sunday, an official from a clearing company told Reuters on Saturday. The clearing company will return 10.2 million Egyptian pounds ($1.5 million) total in taxes it collected from NSGB ...
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Qatars Nakilat set to enter luxury yacht business
Qatar Gas Transport Company (Nakilat) is to diversify from its primary operation of overseeing the world's largest fleet of LNG vessels and start building luxury yachts, the company's managing director told Arabian ...
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Qatar drops bid to host UN aviation body
Qatar has dropped a bid to move the headquarters of the International Civil Aviation Organisation from Montreal to Doha, Canadian and ICAO officials said on ...
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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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Jordan king says extremism grown fat on Israel-Palestinian conflict
SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan - Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the Palestinians. "Good faith talks must get going," he said in Saturday remarks at the opening of a two-day meeting of the Geneva-based World Economic Forum on the shores of the Dead Sea. He pointed to an Arab peace initiative that ...
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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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No exodus of Indians from Saudi Arabia Officials
Kingdom has increased "significantly" in the last few months. "There is no exodus of people. The number of Indians who have come to Saudi Arabia in the past three months have risen significantly according to Saudi authorities," said Sibi George, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at ...
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Still double standards in Egypt justice
Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is ...
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Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel
Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...
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Arab Lawmakers Say Early Vote Boosts Netanyahus Chances
Some Arab members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Netanyahu's call for early elections was a simple political calculation. Netanyahu called on Tuesday for an early election, seeking to strengthen his political position after signaling that any military action against Iran could be months away.Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu's right-wing Likud ...
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