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| Syria refugee numbers top 1.5m: UN |
| Source : Gulf Today |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| More than 1.5 million Syrians have fled their conflict-ravaged homeland, the UN's refugee agency said on Friday, warning that the real figure could be even higher as the tally only... |
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| Bahrain forces 'raid house of top cleric' |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shia cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim yesterday, the opposition said.... |
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| Bombs against Iraqi Sunnis kill 49 |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Two bombs near a Sunni mosque and another against a Sunni funeral procession killed 49 people in Iraq yesterday, officials said, after two days of attacks against Shiites that killed... |
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| China seeks to boost Saudi Arabia ties: Xi |
| Source : Saudi Gazette |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Saudi Arabia Foreign Minister Prince Saud Al-Faisal in Beijing on Friday, saying China has always viewed the Sino-Saudi bilateral relations with a long-term perspective... |
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| Qaradawi upset over Palestinian leader's comment |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Doha-based Muslim scholar Sheikh Dr Yusuf al-Qaradawi yesterday expressed anguish at the comments of Palestinian National Authority on Hamas leader Ismail Haniya's granting him a Palestinian passport.... |
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| Sheikha Moza attends Educate A Child event |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser at an event at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York to raise awareness about the work of the Educate A Child programme which... |
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| UN chief's SOS for Syria talks |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| A proposed international conference to try to stop Syria's civil war should be held as soon as possible, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Friday, but no date has yet... |
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| Insurance for jobless Saudis to be tackled by Shoura |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Draft regulations of an insurance scheme for unemployed Saudis are likely to be debated at the Shoura Council today.... |
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| Hackers sabotage Saudi govt websites |
| Source : The Peninsula |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were sabotaged in a series of heavy cyberattacks from abroad in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government said.... |
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| Nawaz Sharif vows to bolster UAE ties |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Pakistan's prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif has said he will work to develop economic cooperation with the UAE by encouraging investments and motivating businessmen in both countries to play a greater... |
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| Munich security conference to focus on Gulf challenges |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| The Munich Security Conference (MSC) continues its MSC core group meeting series in 2013 with a new regional focus on the Arabian Gulf. On May 21 and 22, the MSC... |
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| Repatriation of Indians in Saudi Arabian prisons proposed |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-18 |
| Riyadh and New Delhi are working on a proposal to repatriate Indian prisoners to India and to allow them to serve their remaining jail terms that adhere to an existing... |
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| 90% of Qataris satisfied with facilities at hospitals |
| Source : Gulf Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| As many as 90% of Qatari nationals are satisfied with the standards of public sector health provision, making the country top the Middle East and North Africa (Mena) region with... |
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| Bahrain govt dispels oppn rumours on campaigner |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Bahrain has denied rumours spread by the opposition that a human right campaigner has gone missing from prison.... |
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| Coronavirus spreads from patient to nurse |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Two health workers in the Kingdom have become infected with a potentially fatal new SARS-like virus after catching it from patients in their care — the first evidence of such... |
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| Emirates ID must for HAAD transactions |
| Source : Khaleej Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Starting June 1, all applicants processing documents or carrying out any transaction with the Health Authority — Abu Dhabi (HAAD) will be required to present their Emirates ID cards.... |
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| Illegal workers use grace period to make money |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Illegal workers here are trying to make as much money as possible before July 3, the end of the three-month grace period, which requires them to either rectify their status... |
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| Iranian cleric says women can't be president |
| Source : Arab News |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| A member of Iran's constitutional watchdog group insists that women cannot be presidential candidates, a report said Thursday, effectively killing the largely symbolic bids by about 30 women seeking to... |
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| Obama, Erdogan meet as Syrian war rages |
| Source : Arab Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| President Barack Obama met Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan yesterday as world leaders scramble to find a way to ease Bashar Assad from power and end Syria's bloody civil... |
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| Rights group blasts Kuwait proposed tough media law |
| Source : Kuwait Times |
| Date : 2013-05-17 |
| Human Rights Watch said yesterday a proposed media law by Kuwait would increase state control and curtail the right to free speech, as authorities suspended a popular talk show program... |
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