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| GCC defers decision on customs union |
The six GCC countries last night agreed to postpone a decision on establishing a single customs union for a few more years. The decision was taken at an exceptional meeting attended by GCC ministers of foreign affairs, finance and economy in Jeddah..
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| Bahrain bars candidates' pre-election sermons |
Religious candidates in Bahrain's October 23 general election will be barred from preaching in the kingdom’s mosques ahead of the vote, the minister of justice and Islamic affairs announced on Tuesday...
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| Don't make stoning rights issue: Tehran |
Foreign countries should not interfere in Iran’s legal system and stop trying to turn the case of a woman sentenced to be stoned to death for adultery into a human rights issue, Tehran said yesterday...
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| US, Iran favour Maliki as PM six months after polls |
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has the backing of Washington and US arch-foe Iran to keep his job, six months after he narrowly lost an election to ex-premier Iyad Allawi, politicians said yesterday...
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| GCC slams terror plot in Bahrain |
Foreign ministers of the GCC have condemned attempts to undermine the security and stability of Bahrain and urged the UK and other countries to expel terror elements from its territories..
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| Iran says it has the right to bar UN inspectors |
Iran's nuclear chief said Tehran has the right to bar some UN inspectors from monitoring its disputed nuclear program, the semiofficial ISNA news agency reported...
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| Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artifacts |
Iraq displayed hundreds of recovered artifacts Tuesday that were among the country’s looted heritage and span the ages from a 4,400-year-old statue of a Sumerian king to a chrome-plated AK-47 bearing Saddam Hussein’s image...
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