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Another 4 die in Saudi Arabia from SARS-like coronavirus
A health worker walks out of a hospital in the eastern Saudi Arabia city of Khobar, on June 17, 2013. Four more people have died in Saudi Arabia from SARS-like coronavirus, Saudi Arabia's Health Ministry said, bringing to 32 the number of death from the desease in the kingdom, 49 the number of infection. (Xinhua/Wang ...
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Russian US presidents agree to push for Syria talks in Geneva
Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama on Monday held here face-to-face talks on Syria on the sidelines of the G8 summit in Lough Erne, Britain.At a press conference after their two-hour talks, the two leaders admitted they had big differences on Syria, but they agreed to push for a summit in Geneva, Switzerland."Our positions do not fully coincide, but we are united ...
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Qatar chief ponders winter 2022 World Cup
Qatar's World Cup bid has come under scrutiny Since Qatar was awarded the right to host the 2022 World Cup, debate has raged over temperatures which many consider will be a hinderance to players, officials and spectators, despite air-conditioned stadia.However, Al Thawadi insists the tournament will be held at the most appropriate time, and in accordance with the wishes of the game's ...
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World Briefing | Middle East 15 Die in Iraq Bomb Attacks
Three bombings in Iraq killed 15 people on Monday, officials said. A bomb left inside a restaurant in Taji, which serves travelers on the highway linking Baghdad to several northern Sunni-majority cities, killed eight people, including two women and a 12-year-old child, the police said. Twenty-four others were wounded. Also in Taji, a bomb placed inside a minibus killed two commuters and wounded ...
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UN envoy calls for dialogue to address challenges Iraq faces
The UN envoy in Iraq on Monday strongly condemned the latest wave of car bomb attacks across the country, calling on the leaders to "sit together" to address the current problems."Martin Kobler, the Secretary-General's Special Representative for Iraq, has strongly condemned the latest wave of car bomb attacks that targeted crowded areas in several Iraqi cities during rush ...
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Confusion arises among Syrians after accelerating drop in
In all the hubbub over the dramatic devaluation of the Syrian pound that has declined by roughly 40 pounds against the US dollar in a single day in the black market, top Syrian officials are still determined that the economy is stable and capable of facing all challenges.Following the steep depreciation of the pound over the past 24 hours -- the dollar soared from 170 pounds to around 210 pounds ...
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Israeli minister pushes for organ donor initiative
Israeli Health Minister Yael German is pushing for a new measure under which Israeli citizens would become potential donors by default after their deaths, the Ha'aretz daily reported on Monday.The initiative is aimed at addressing the increasing need of organs for transplantation.Dvora Szerer, spokesperson for the National Transplant Center, told Xinhua that the minister and the Center are ...
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South Africa urges Iran to resolve issues with IAEA
South African President Jacob Zuma on Monday urged Iran to give priority to resolving all outstanding issues with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).Zuma was speaking while congratulating Hassan Rouhani for being elected as Iranian president succeeding current president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, according to the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRC).Resolving the ...
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Doubts in Israeli about Rouhanis ability to change
Israeli analysts are doubtful that Iran's president-elect, Hassan Rouhani, a moderate cleric, can bring any changes to the country's foreign policy, mainly its nuclear stance.The experts believed in Iran, the person in charge is not the president but Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, so even if Rouhani claims to be a moderate, it will not affect the country's core ...
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Europe to pay the price for arming Syria rebels al-Assad
Europe will "pay the price" if it sends arms to Syrian rebel forces, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned on Monday in an interview with a German newspaper."If the Europeans deliver weapons, then Europe's backyard will become terrorist and Europe will pay the price for that," the Syrian president said in the interview with Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung ...
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US Russia able to overcome differences on Syria
Despite disagreements on the Syrian crisis, the United States and Russia are expected to reach at least "minimum consensus" on ways to overcome the obstacles facing the Geneva peace conference likely to take place in July, analysts said.US President Barack Obama and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin are meeting Monday on the sidelines of a G8 summit in Northern Ireland and the ...
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Irans president-elect urges end of foreign intervention in Syria
Iran's incoming president Hassan Rouhani said Monday that foreign intervention should be stopped in Syria.Talking to reporters after his election as the president, Rouhani said "the Syrian people should solve their own problems," and "other countries should cooperate for the peace to be restored " in the Arab state."We are against terrorist acts in Syria; we are ...
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G8 summit gets underway focusing on Syria economic issues
The summit of the Group of Eight (G8) industrialized nations is taking place at the Lough Erne resort with the focus on Syria and economic issues.The leaders attending the summit include US President Barack Obama, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, French President Francois ...
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Iraqi PM warns of arming conflict in Syria statement
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Monday warned of consequences on Syria and the entire region in case of arming the conflicting parties in Syria.Maliki's comments came as he received European Union (EU) foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton in his office in Baghdad's Green Zone, which houses a number of Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies."There is a risk in going ...
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Rouhani holds fast on Iran nuclear issue offers transparency
Hassan Rouhani ruled out Monday any halt to the nuclear activity that has drawn U.N. sanctions but said he hoped an early deal could be reached to allay the concerns of major powers.Rouhani said his new government, to be formed after his inauguration in August, would "revive ethics and constructive interaction with the world through moderation.""I hope that all countries use this ...
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The femme fatale who toppled the Czech PM
File - Feb. 29, 2012 file picture, head of Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas' office Jana Nagyova, is photographed in London as she listens Necas speech at London School of Economics (LSE). (AP Photo,CTK/Jakub Dospiva) Jana ...
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Egypt Gas opens new branch in Iraqs Kurdistan eyes expansion abroad
) announced that company's BOD approved to establish a new branch in Kurdistan region of Iraq. Moreover, it approved to sign a deal with Reem Albar Trade and Contracting in the light of its intentions to open new business scopes ...
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Video U.S. holds joint military exercises with Jordan
The civil war in Syria is starting to impact neighboring countries. The United States is sending the Assad dictatorship a message by holding joint military exercises with Jordan. Clarissa Ward ...
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Recognizing nuclear rights precondition for U.S. talks Irans president-elect
Recognizing Iran's nuclear rights is a precondition for direct talks with the United States, Iran's president-elect Hassan Rouhani said Monday. "In order for the negotiations to be resumed, U.S. officials should not interfere in Iran's internal affairs; they should recognize all Iranian rights including the nuclear ones; and the United States should give up unilateral ...
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Porsche-Piech family buys Qatar’s 10 pct stake in holding firm
Qatar Holding LLC's 10-percent stake in Porsche Automobil Holding SE to regain full control of the investment company whose only asset is a majority stake ...
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Guest Turkey is not another ‘Arab spring’ chapter
It would be wrong to think of the events in Turkey as another chapter in the "Arab spring" movements, writes guest columnist Resat ...
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Streisand gets doctorate calls for gender equality in Israel
Barbra Streisand picked up an honorary doctorate at Hebrew University Monday and used the podium to call for equality for Israeli women. After expressing her gratitude for being honored with the degree and saying her late father would be proud, Streisand, 71, pressed for gender equality in Israel. "It's distressing to read of women in Israel being forced to sit in the back of the ...
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Michael Jordan skipping Tahoe celeb golf in July
Tournament officials announced in a statement Monday a scheduling appearance will prevent the NBA hall of famer from playing in the 24th annual American Century Championship at Edgewood Tahoe Golf Course July 19-21. No other details were ...
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New poll shows growing Arab trust in regional press
the Arab world " has improved in the last two years. But while regional media basks in goodwill, less than half of respondents (48 percent) consider their own country's media credible and only 43 percent say the media can report without ...
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Ethiopia and Egypt in the Eyes of EU Official
Cairo, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) The conflict between Egypt and Ethiopia for the construction of a dam in the Blue Nile heads the agenda of the visit of the Commissioner of Foreign Policy of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, who will visit Egypt starting Tuesday. The arrival was announced by European Union Ambassador James Moran, who said AShton will meet President Mohamed Morsi and Foreign ...
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