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2013/06/18 09:06
2013/06/18 09:06
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Turkish police raided homes in Istanbul and Ankara, detaining dozens suspected of violence against police during recent protests, as a series of meetings with the European Union, which has criticized...
2013/06/18 09:06
2013/06/18 09:06
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2013/06/17 14:06
2013/06/17 14:06
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Iranian President-elect Hassan Rohani said he will make the country’s nuclear program more transparent as he seeks to ease “brutal” international sanctions that have crippled the economy. Rohani, in...
2013/06/17 03:16
2013/06/17 03:16
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Allegiances are proving costly for Islamic militant group Hezbollah as the war in Syria deepens the sectarian divide in the Middle East. Days after the town of al-Qusair fell to President Bashar...
2013/06/16 20:16
2013/06/16 20:16
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Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi cut ties with Syria and sent his foreign minister to Ethiopia over a dam dispute as the Islamist leader flexed political muscle two weeks before he faces mass rallies...
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2013/06/15 19:16
2013/06/15 19:16
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An EgyptAir plane carrying more than 300 people to New York from Cairo made an emergency landing in Scotland after a note was discovered containing a threat to the aircraft, Egypt’s state-run Middle...
2013/06/15 17:19
2013/06/15 17:19
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Hassan Rohani, the lone reformist-backed candidate in Iran’s election, was announced president-elect today after winning enough votes to avoid a runoff. Rohani won 50.7 percent of the about 37...
2013/06/15 17:06
2013/06/15 17:06
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Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad captured a suburb of Damascus near the international airport, the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported. Syrian troops killed rebels and destroyed...
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2013/06/14 16:16
2013/06/14 16:16
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In a secret jail in the toilets of an Islamist militia base in the Libyan city of Benghazi, a detainee scratched the number of days he was held illegally into the white plaster of the wall. The...
2013/06/13 09:41
2013/06/13 09:41
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Lebanon’s investor risk surged to the highest level in 10 months amid concern that sectarian violence in the most indebted Arab country may escalate after Hezbollah openly joined the war in...
2013/06/13 06:16
2013/06/13 06:16
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Iran’s next president is about to find out that economics is not just for donkeys after all. Decades after Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini dismissed it as an asinine matter following the Islamic...
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2013/06/12 21:22
2013/06/12 21:22
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The push for central banks to devalue their currencies and protect exporters is fading as rising Treasury yields diminish the allure of assets in emerging markets, Bank of Israel Governor Stanley...
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2013/06/11 09:16
2013/06/11 09:16
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Dubai’s inflation rate of less than 1 percent doesn’t capture the surging cost of living in the desert emirate, especially for the expatriates who make up most of its population. The government...
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2013/06/10 17:19
2013/06/10 17:19
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The first men-only soap opera is set to be screened in Egypt during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan with the aim of introducing “a cleaner and more conservative version of art,” the show’s director...
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2013/06/09 10:45
2013/06/09 10:45
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Turkish police and anti-government protesters clashed in Ankara overnight after Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s party ruled out early elections to defuse the worst political turmoil in at least...
2013/06/06 11:06
2013/06/06 11:06
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Bassam al-Habr recalls the days when his 420-seat restaurant in Lebanon’s Aley mountain resort town was so crowded he had to turn away diners. That was before the two-year uprising against Syrian...
2013/06/05 20:06
2013/06/05 20:06
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Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have recaptured the strategic central town of al-Qusair, the latest in a series of setbacks for rebel forces who said their defeat could lead to...
2013/06/05 01:16
2013/06/05 01:16
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When Saudi recruiter Tariq Alkahily interviews female job applicants, one of the first questions they usually ask is: Will I be required to mix with men at work? In a country where the sexes are...
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2013/06/02 19:06
2013/06/02 19:06
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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas today named Rami Hamdallah, president of an-Najah National University in the West Bank city of Nablus, to form a new government and replace Salam Fayyad as prime...
2013/05/30 17:19
2013/05/30 17:19
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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad signaled that an agreement with Russia to supply S-300 anti-aircraft missiles has been partially fulfilled, a claim that drew skepticism from military analysts. “All...
2013/05/29 05:16
2013/05/29 05:16
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Saeed Jalili, the face of Iran’s nuclear ambitions as the Islamic republic’s chief negotiator, is running for president on his record of defying global pressure to curtail the program. Iran is...