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| UAE criticised over jail term for tweeter |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| An international media watchdog has criticised a UAE court decision to uphold a 10-month jail sentence for a user of microblogging website Twitter who posted about the trial of 94... |
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| Battered and bloodied |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The six-month campaign waged by Iraqi Sunnis against the Shia fundamentalist government has, since the end of April, been accompanied by rising sectarian violence.... |
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| Syrian refugee influx tax Lebanese economy and nerves |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Abu Faruq, a kiosk owner in an upscale Beirut district, does not hide his opinion about the influx of Syrian refugees: "Lebanon is occupied by foreigners," he grumbled. "They're ruining... |
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| It's my children |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The life of Kuwaiti women who have to constantly worry about their husbands, sons and daughters facing the risk of deportation for not having permanent residency visas (iqamas) can be... |
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| Missions to check prisoners' wish |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Indian missions in the UAE will soon be asking Indian prisoners in jails here about their readiness to serve their remaining sentence period back home.... |
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| Obama struggles to redefine the 'war on terror' |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| US President Barack Obama has conjured the prospect of an eventual end to the perpetual, largely covert, global "war on terror" launched by his predecessor, George W Bush, in response... |
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| Pathetic indifference |
| Source : Oman Tribune |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Myanmar's President Thein Sein is certainly a happy and contented man today. With US President Barack Obama waving the green flag at his reforms, the Myanmar president has got the... |
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| Nerves on edge on Israel-Syria front |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The Israeli take on the Syrian conflict goes like this: the forces of the Syrian regime of President Bashar Al Assad, in more than two years of fighting a civil... |
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| The lessons of Woolwich |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The reprehensible killing of a British soldier in London on Wednesday by Islamic terrorists shows us that the threat of terrorism will not be easily eradicated and Muslim leaders, both... |
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| Guarding against disasters |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The change in weather patterns in the Kingdom has led to torrential rains in recent years. While there has mercifully been little loss of life, there has been considerable destruction... |
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| Mideast peace: Why is Kerry bothering? |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Few people are giving US Secretary of State John Kerry's fourth and latest visit to the Middle East much chance of success in rekindling the fading embers of a Palestinian... |
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| A damning report |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The official Bangladeshi government report into the April 24 Dhaka garment factory collapse in which no less than 1,130 people died and some 2,500 were injured, many of them maimed... |
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| Kerry's Qusayr concern |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The US Secretary of State has officially listed out his concerns over the ongoing mess in Syria.... |
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| The Gitmo slur |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| A renowned US publication, in its cover story last week, remarked that President Barack Obama himself is a "prisoner of Gitmo".... |
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| Majlis panel explores ways to strengthen pension system |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Majlis Ash'shura's Legislative and Legal Committee yesterday hosted officials from the Civil Service Pension Fund (CSPF) with a view to clarifying the mechanism of the fund's work in improving services... |
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| Agricultural projects in Sohar reviewed |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| Dr Fuad bin Jaafar al Sajwani, Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, yesterday visited a number of experimental farms affiliated to the ministry and agricultural projects funded by the Agriculture and... |
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| Arab League seeks Syria ceasefire |
| Source : Oman Daily Observer |
| Date : 2013-05-24 |
| The Arab League will ask the United Nations to arrange a ceasefire in Syria ahead of a proposed international conference designed to end the bloodshed in the country. The move... |
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| Ahmadinejad to fight ally's poll ban |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday he will ask supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to reverse what he branded the unjust disqualification of a close aide from next month's... |
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| Bahrain opposition to boycott talks |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Bahrain's opposition yesterday said it will boycott the national dialogue for two weeks after a crackdown by authorities that has seen "hundreds of citizens" arrested and home of a prominent... |
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| Fighting dislocates 70-80% of Palestinians in Syria, says UNRWA |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| The conflict in Syria has displaced more than two-thirds of Palestinian refugees living in the country, the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees said yesterday.... |
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