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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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| Iran speeds up installation of nuclear equipment: IAEA |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Iran has accelerated the installation of advanced nuclear machines at its Natanz plant in the last three months, the UN atomic agency said in a report yesterday.... |
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| Iraqi PM orders army shake-up after attacks |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Iraq's prime minister has ordered a shake-up of his military command after a weeklong spike of militant attacks that has killed nearly 300 people, by far the highest toll since... |
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| Kerry warns Syria's Assad against rejecting political solution |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Western governments are ready to increase support to opponents of President Bashar Assad if he rejects a political solution to Syria's civil war, US Secretary of State John Kerry said... |
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| Obama discusses Syria with Russian official |
| Source : Kuwait News Agency |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| US President Barack Obama joined National Security Adviser Tom Donilon during his meeting with Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev, and the talks included discussion of the need for a... |
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| Salman, Erdogan discuss Mideast |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Crown Prince Salman, deputy premier and minister of defense, held talks here with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the latest developments in the Middle East.... |
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| Tax hike may not deter smokers |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| An overnight 'tax shock' on cigarettes may promote illicit tobacco trade in the region, according to a white paper published on Wednesday.... |
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| Watchdog decries abuses against expats, women – Amnesty |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Human rights abuses remained widespread last year in the Gulf states, including discrimination against dissidents, migrant labourers, women and religious minorities, Amnesty International said in a report yesterday.... |
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| Bahrain spots Iranian drone in its airspace |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Bahrain said on Wednesday that an Iranian pilotless plane was spotted in its air space recently near Saudi Arabia.... |
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| Dhahi for reducing Salik for doctors, journalists |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-23 |
| Commander in-chief of Dubai Police Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim has called on the Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) to halve the Salik charges for journalists and doctors due to the... |
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