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| GCC rails at Iranian threats to Bahrain |
The Gulf Cooperation Council yesterday condemned Iranian threats to Bahrain as un-Islamic and asked Tehran to reconsider its approach to Arabian Gulf countries...
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| UAE calls for action to stop 'repressive Damascus' |
The UAE yesterday called for political action to stop what it called "the repressive machine" in Damascus, ahead of an international conference aimed at resolving the Syrian conflict...
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| Hezbollah militants step up Syria battle |
Lebanese Hezbollah militants attacked a Syrian rebel-held town alongside Syrian troops yesterday and Israel threatened more attacks on Syria to rein the militia in, highlighting the risks of a wider regional conflict if planned peace talks fail...
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| Kuwaiti MPs warn govt over oil appointments |
A number of MPs yesterday warned the government against what they called "rushed" appointments in the oil sector after the government reshuffled leading posts in the vital sector amid a bitter controversy over a $2.2 billion payment to US’ Dow Chemical..
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| Saudi Arabia, Philippines sign watershed labor pact |
Philippine Labor Secretary Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz and Saudi Deputy Labor Minister Mufarrej bin Saad Al-Haqbani signed a labor agreement Sunday on the hiring of Filipino household service workers (HSWs). Al-Haqbani signed on behalf of Labor Minister Adel Fakeih...
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| Bahrain condemns Iran's interference in internal affairs |
Bahrain Saturday rejected an Iranian foreign ministry official's statement over the Kingdom and considered it an "unacceptable" intereference in Manama's internal affairs...
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| Assad insists he will not quit |
Syrian President Bashar Al Assad insisted he will not resign before the end of his mandate in 2014 as a car bomb exploded in the capital Damascus on Saturday killing at least three people...
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