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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Security Council session ends without agreement on ceasefire, humanitarian pauses in Yemen
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianAbu Bakr al-Baghdadi is being treated in hideout two months after attack while deputy leader Abu Alaa al-Afri runs terror group intent on revenge The leader of the Islamic State (Isis), Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, remains incapacitated due to ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of IndiaVery little of Abu Shadi Shenbari's family home remains in Beit Hanoun, in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesSaudi's objection has reached its highest level regarding the repetitive insults of the kingdom and its figures in Egyptian media, the ambassador to Egypt said in a televised interview. Saudi Ambassador to Egypt Ahmad Qattan added that t...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaThe United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting on Yemen Friday but failed to agree on a statement on the growing humanitarian crisis there. Russia's U.N. ambassador, Vitaly Churkin, called the closed-door meeting and propo...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Officials say US Navy may assist other countries' vessels passing through the Strait of Hormuz
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesThe UN has denied media allegations about Saudi Arabia setting conditions for its relief efforts in Yemen. It is claimed that Riyadh donated more than $275 million to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen in exchange for the appoint...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelVoters must try to pierce through the "hologram" of American politics. So I'm getting in line behind the Democratic frontrunner even though I personally believe that ideological duels among like-minded partisans is healthy and good; and ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaA protest by Israelis of Ethiopian origin, also known as “Black Jews,” has erupted in violence. At least 13 people were injured, including demonstrators and police. Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews clashed with Israeli police in Jerusalem du...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastUS commander laments loss of counterterrorism presence in Yemen amid al-Qaida gains
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from International Business TimesTwo days after Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, U.S. Navy ships have begun accompanying U.S.-flagged ships through the region. The Maersk Tigris, which remains anchored in Iranian territorial wat...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesMohammad Badie, the spiritual leader of the Muslim Brotherhood, and his deputy, Khairat Al-Shater, have appealed against the recent verdicts handed down to them and 12 other Muslim Brotherhood leaders and members. The defence handed a nu...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesThe room is quiet, dark and still. A woman sits bathed in the glow of yellow light, her eyes downcast as she reads from the single sheet of paper she holds in her hands. "For the moment, we exist in the interstice between the words of ou...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianMany Iranian Kurds working in neighbouring Iraqi Kurdistan are anticipating an economic upturn in Iran so they can return to their families In early April, many Iranians took to the streets of Tehran to celebrate the Lausanne framework a...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East newsIsraeli PM appeals for calm as riot police disperse 1,000 demonstrators marching over video showing officers beating Israeli soldier of Ethiopian origin
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined A number of Egyptian commentators have been increasingly vocal in their criticism of Riyadh
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastThree Saudi troops and "dozens" of Houthi rebels were killed as Saudi forces repelled a major attack from inside Yemen, Saudi officials say.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastAfter Iran seized a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz this week, the United States Navy has accompanied American-flagged vessels to protect against harassment.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of IndiaThe new leader of the terror group is intent on "fighting back" against Europe, according to a new report by Martin Chulov in The Guardian.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastYemen's deadly conflict reflects wider tensions in the unstable Middle East, pitting U.S. allies against militias supported by Iran.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastThe jihadist organization, in control of vast swathes of Iraq as well as Syria, is now under the leadership of Abu Alaa al-Afri, a former physics teacher and al-Qaida veteran.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedBehind the epidemic of global violence is a cascade of food price spikes linked to worsening resource constraints
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastUS Navy accompanies 4 ships in Strait of Hormuz, may assist other nations, amid Iran tensions
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianDespite complex ties to the motherland, expats living in Israel remain wary of Iran’s motivations Few nations have watched the talks over Iran’s nuclear programme more closely than Israel, which views the Islamic republic as an existenti...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastReuters photographer Asmaa Waguih spent time with the women who have taken up arms.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianParvez Sharma’s film A Sinner in Mecca, in which he tries to reconcile his sexuality and his religion, resulted in hate mail and threats A gay Muslim film-maker has said he has received numerous death threats and online abuse before his ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelBritish government tells UN it is aware of active Iranian nuclear procurement network trying to buy nuclear technology through blacklisted firms.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesA group of rights lawyers have filed a legal complaint demanding the arrest of former Israeli President Shimon Peres – who will visit Morocco on 5 May – for war crimes. "An urgent arrest warrant is required ahead of Peres's entry to Moro...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelDeliberationsstill at preliminary stage, no investigation has been opened.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesThe Iranian Navy has deployed two destroyers in the Gulf of Aden to protect its merchant ships at the entrance of the strategic Bab-el-Mandeb Strait between Yemen and Djibouti, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has reported. "We are now in the ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesYemen's former internal intelligence chief Hamoud Khaled Al-Sofi arrived in Egyptian capital Cairo yesterday, sources at Cairo airport said. He arrived in Cairo from the British capital London on board an EgyptAir plane, the sources told...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaSaudi Arabia says it has killed "dozens" of Yemeni Shi'ite rebels who were carrying out a large-scale cross-border attack on the kingdom. In a statement, Riyadh's Defense Ministry said three Saudi soldiers were killed in the late Thursda...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesThe International Criminal Court may investigate and prosecute those holding lower-level positions if they find that they committed war crimes, but not senior officers, Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said. She added: "It is in Israel an...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesSuddenly and without warning, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia announced its decision to suspend "Operation Decisive Storm" around three weeks into the assault. It then said that it intends to launch another military operation known as "Opera...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedIran will use conventional weapons and guerilla tactics to overwhelm its Sunni Arab neighbours, no nukes needed
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastRussia-called UN emergency meeting on Yemen crisis ends without action, agreement
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastOne option would put in writing, but not send to Congress, language agreeing to the defense of Arab allies if they came under attack from outside forces.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Gulf News, News in Gulf, Latest Middle East News, Daily News | World News - Times of IndiaOfficials in Baghdad are blaming displaced Sunnis fleeing fighting for providing cover for militants to conduct a wave of bombings.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalWith the United States struggling to find capable “moderate” rebel forces that it can support in Syria, Washington has secretly started backing brigades that fight alongside al-Qaeda groups against President Bashar al-Assad’s forces.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from JPost.com - Middle EastRebels engage in battle in government-held Latakia, Assad's ancestral home.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedOne of Britain’s leading political commentators excoriates the British party for turning its back on Muslims
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from International Business TimesRussia criticized the United Nations Security Council Friday for not backing its appeal for an immediate ceasefire or a humanitarian pause to hostilities in war-torn Yemen, where a Saudi Arabia-led coalition has been conducting airstrike...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalA Saudi national who murdered his father was among three people beheaded on Thursday, the interior ministry said, bringing the total number of executions in the kingdom this year to 72.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianThe presidential candidate has said his foreign policy sets him apart, but a closer look at his actions makes it hard to detect how he differs from others in his party Shortly after launching his presidential campaign last month, Rand Pa...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianMohammad Javad Zarif is accused of lying after saying during a Charlie Rose interview in the US that Iran does not jail citizens for their opinions Iran’s foreign minister is facing a backlash from his supporters, after claiming in a rec...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesEXCLUSIVE IMAGES Labour Day no longer represents an important occasion for Palestinian civil servant Khaled Salama. Salama is one of thousands of civil servants appointed by the Palestinian Authority (PA), who were barred from going to w...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesThe Tunisian judiciary recently decided to try senior security officials from the Ben Ali regime in a case relating to the torture and abuse of revolutionaries during the 2011 Jasmine Revolution, which overthrew the ousted President Zine...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelUN chief warns humanitarian operations will end in violence-torn Yemen within days unless fuel supplies are restored.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from International Business Times(Reuters) - Istanbul went into a security lockdown on Friday as thousands of police manned barricades and closed streets to stop May Day rallies at Taksim Square, a symbolic point for protests. Citing security concerns, authorities shut ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from LebanonThe Islamic State handed to Lebanese authorities the corpse of a soldier, who was killed in last year's battle in Arsal, and one of a civilian who was killed in the northeastern border town's outskirts, reported the National News Agency ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedIsraeli pride in Nepal: Medical teams were able to treat hundreds of locals hit by the earthquake. Israeli backpackers have also been treated in the hospital and there is also a reason to smile: Three healthy babies were born so far in t...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldUkraine is seeking more than $16 billion from Russia's Gazprom in its appeal to an arbitration court in Stockholm over a long-running gas pricing dispute between Kiev and Moscow, Prime Minister Arseny Yatseniuk said on Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldDemonstrators clashed with Italian police who responded with tear gas Friday as protests against the Milan Expo overshadowed the start of the global fair, which the government had been hoping would lift a gloomy national mood.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastThe Islamic State jihadist group said Friday it carried out a series of deadly car bombings in Shiite districts of Iraq's capital to avenge attacks on displaced persons from a Sunni province. Eleven people were killed and more than 40 wo...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel & the RegionTotal of $474 million designated for short-range and long-range anti-missile systems now awaits Congressional approval
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldAt least seven people have died and 66 others wounded in nearly a week of clashes between police and protesters in the central African nation of Burundi, officials said Friday. Giving an overall toll of those injured in the violence, Bur...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldTurkey on Friday was holding in detention two judges who issued a controversial release order that would have allowed the liberation from custody of dozens of opponents of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the official Anatolia news agency...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from LebanonThe Internal Security Forces announced on Thursday that the second phase of the implementation of the new traffic law will begin on Friday. It said in a statement that fines will be issued against a number of violations that were not inc...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from LebanonJustice Minister Ashraf Rifi held talks in Turkey earlier this week with head of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces Khaled Khoja on the case of the Lebanese servicemen held hostage since August by jihad...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldGerman President Joachim Gauck expressed support Friday for Athens' demands for reparations for the Nazi occupation of Greece in World War Two, even though the government in Berlin has repeatedly rejected the claims.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondNepali ambassador to Israel, head of Asia department at the Israeli Foreign Ministry also atten...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldBritish opposition leader Ed Miliband was in Scotland Friday in a bid to stop support draining away from his Labor party to Scottish nationalists at next week's general election. Miliband's rare campaign stop north of the border came a ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from LebanonSpeaker Nabih Berri revealed that lawmakers from the Free Patriotic Movement had discussed with him on Wednesday the agenda of a legislative session and their aim to include a number of draft-laws to it, reported al-Joumhouria newspaper ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel & the RegionStudents launch campaign after ultra-nationalists disturb presentation by Holocaust survivor
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldThe United Nations Friday criticized the Maldives for jailing its former president after a "vastly unfair trail" as police in the honeymoon destination's capital teargassed protesters demanding his release. The latest U.N. censure came a...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldPresident Barack Obama says it's "absolutely vital" that the truth about what happened to Freddie Gray comes out.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastThe U.N. Security Council on Friday went into closed-door consultations on the crisis in Yemen, where fuel shortages are threatening relief operations as the Saudi-led bombing campaign entered a sixth week. Russia requested the meeting t...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldThe U.N. Security Council on Friday demanded an immediate halt to an upsurge in fighting in Mali and threatened to impose sanctions against those responsible for the violence. The 15-member council said renewed fighting this week "threat...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSTo obtain political quiet and government longevity, Netanyahu is piling his future partners' plates with honors, irrespective of the size of their factions. All except Naftali Bennett.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from LebanonIsraeli gunboats violated Lebanon's territorial waters three times on Friday, according to a Lebanese army statement. “At 8:50 am, a military vessel belonging to the Israeli enemy breached Lebanon's territorial waters off Ras al-Naqoura ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldItalian police clashed with protesters at the Milan Expo on Friday, firing tear gas at the masked demonstrators who had pelted officers with stones. The protesters also set several vehicles and rubbish bins on fire and set off firecracke...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from LebanonHizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah met on Thursday with Free Patriotic Movement leader MP Michel Aoun in a meeting aimed at discussing the latest local and regional developments, announced the two sides in a statement on Friday. The...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC NewsRepresentatives of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC) and partner organizations traveled to Tunis last week, where they participated in the World Social Forum. During the WSF they met with several Palestinian and Tunisian civil society...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSWomen from Femen activist group write 'Heil Le Pen' and 'Stop Fascism' on their breasts to protest party's anti-immigrant policies.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel InsideRehovot’s Rahamim Malul, an ex-Shas MK, accused of using kids as political pawns in battle against non-Orthodox Judaism
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondLeader upstaged by bare-chested activists making Nazi salutes, Jean-Marie striding uninvited onto...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel InsidePrivate co-op aims to provide secular Israelis with bus routes on the Sabbath, challenging a 1947 prohibition
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldUN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon wants to beef up African mediation efforts in South Sudan after 16 months of negotiations failed to produce a peace deal.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel InsideNetanyahu slammed for concessions to Shas and UTJ which will nullify many of Yesh Atid’s reforms
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel InsideRa’anana municipality petitions judiciary over Christian gathering following fears of adherents proselytizing
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondAnkara mayor called US State Dept spokeswoman 'dumb blond' over alleged police brutality 'double...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in the final stretch of talks to form a coalition, hammering out deals that indicate the new government's orientation. Following a March 17 election in which his Likud party won 30 of the parl...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Haaretz.com headlines RSSNotes from a two-day outing with two Gazan friends, including a visit to the ruins of an ancestral village, and to a villa with a pool in Herzliya Pituah.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondDeath toll in the war hits 1,244, with 5,044 wounded
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondDecision hailed as landmark for US; Obama says 'absolutely vital' that truth come out on Gray d...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel & the RegionIn order to garner bipartisan backing, lobbying group urges officials to refrain from divisive provisions
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedA Sea lion swept ashore due to temperature changes was found under a SUV in one of the neighborhoods of SF. Marine Mammal Center workers came to his rescue and encouraged him to come out of his hiding spot....
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Top Stories | i24news - See beyondA solution for the transport problem in the ultra-Orthodox-dominated capital
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldThe U.S. military signaled Friday it may allow warships to accompany other nations' vessels through the Strait of Hormuz, after Iran's seizure of a container ship this week prompted the Navy to start accompanying U.S.-flagged vessels.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastSaudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of drug smuggling on Friday, the 73rd execution in the kingdom so far this year. Shirin Khan Abbas Khan was put to death in Riyadh province after being found guilty of smuggling heroin into the...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastProtesters took to the streets of Tunis Friday demanding to know the truth about the fate of two journalists whose execution-style killing in Libya was claimed by the Islamic State group. "Give us back Sofiene; give us back Nadhir," the ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastKuwait on Friday arrested a former opposition lawmaker for alleging Iran was pressuring the oil-rich emirate to change the crown prince, the government and relatives said. The interior ministry said Waleed al-Tabtabai had been "arrested ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedOr Asraf’s family is swaying between hope and despair while search efforts for their son, missing ever since Nepal’s devastating earthquake last week, resume. “We hope he returns safely, every day that goes by is nerve-racking,” said his...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastIran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif congratulated his newly-installed Saudi counterpart on his appointment, Iranian media reported Friday, even as tensions flare between the rival regional powers over Yemen. Zarif said he hoped ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Times of Israel » Israel & the RegionFact-finding team said ready to look into allegations of chlorine attacks in war-torn country over recent months
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS FeedWhile International Workers’ Day (May Day) in Israel was marked quite peacefully, other places around the world saw violent clashes between the police and protesting groups. The Turkish police used tear gas and water cannons against thou...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle EastThe International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor has said she is weighing opening war crimes investigations into Palestinians as well as Israelis after Palestine joined the tribunal's jurisdiction last month. Fatou Bensouda rejected I...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from JerusalemOnline.com RSS Feed25/04/15 -01/05/15 Week Summary from Israel...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from The Daily Star >> News >> WorldBaltimore's top prosecutor announced criminal charges Friday against all six officers suspended after a black man suffered a fatal spinal injury in police custody, saying "no one is above the law.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeTEHRAN: Zohreh Etezadossaltaneh was born without arms, but that hasn’t stopped her from excelling in many activities, ranging from painting to table tennis. Now 52 years old, the retired Iranian teacher has dedicated herself to helping o...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Most viewed RSSChan and Sukumaran were among seven foreigners executed in Indonesia in the early hours of Wednesday
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishThe laundry list of criminal charges facing Mohamed Morsi are meant to solidify Egypt's new authoritarianism.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle-EastFri, 2015-05-01 23:55 SURUC, Turkey: The battle for the Syrian border town of Kobani was a watershed in the war against the Islamic State group — Syrian Kurdish forces...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaDiscouraged workers, stagnant wages and underemployment mean labor force has less participation than formally indicated
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle-EastFri, 2015-05-01 18:51 ISTANBUL: Turkish police on Friday used water cannon and tear gas to disperse May Day protesters in Istanbul as tens of thousands of labor activists...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldFri, 2015-05-01 23:46 NEW DELHI: An Indian guru defended on Friday his herbal drug, whose name claims to help women conceive sons, amid a row embroiling Prime Minister...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalThe futuristic design and informative features have Italians and tourists in raptures about the pavilion representing the UAE.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeOne of the best part of college days and teenage is the surprises we plan on our friends’ birthday. Even if you did the same thing the previous year, you plan it again with the same zest and enthusiasm, more like you are going to put up ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle-EastFri, 2015-05-01 23:55 BAGHDAD: Officials in Baghdad are blaming displaced Sunnis fleeing fighting for providing cover for militants to conduct a wave of bombings.Baghdad...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by AlJazeeraEnglishHead to Head - Nigeria's future: Failed state or African superpower? Mehdi Hasan challenges Obiageli Ezekwesili, the former World Bank vice president for Africa, Nigerian minister of education, and the woman behind the #BringBackOurG...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeUNITED NATIONS: Britain has informed a United Nations sanctions panel of an active Iranian nuclear procurement network linked to two blacklisted firms, according to a confidential report by the panel seen by Reuters. The existence of suc...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaLong voyage winds from half a world away in search of economic opportunity in North America
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Most viewed RSSBoxers Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao weighed in below the welterweight limit before a packed arena of screaming, singing fans anticipating the landmark bout.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Most viewed RSSMayweather vs Pacquiao blog: From hotels to food and t-shirts, everything gets more expensive as fight nears
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldSat, 2015-05-02 00:46 SYDNEY: Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday it would be best to restore Australia’s relationship with Indonesia “as quickly as possible” as the...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle-EastThu, 2015-04-30 17:53 MADRID: Spain and Egypt have agreed to study the feasibility of a bullet-train link between the Egyptian capital of Cairo and the ancient southern...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishPrimitive heating devices have led to serious burns and deaths, with children particularly at risk, doctors say.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest News Articles from Eyeofriyadh.comDubai-based Rixos The Palm achieved 90 % occupancy rates in the first quarter of this year and it expects business to remain strong with an anticipated tourist influx into the emirate, the main business and tourism hub in the region. &am...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Most viewed RSSTwo more women claim they were sexually assaulted by comedian in the ‘80s
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeCANBERRA: Prime Minister Tony Abbott said on Friday it would be best to restore Australia’s relationship with Indonesia “as quickly as possible” as the bodies of two drug traffickers executed two days before were set to return home. Canb...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle-EastThu, 2015-04-30 22:38 PARIS: Qatar has agreed to buy 24 Dassault Aviation-built Rafale fighter jets in a deal worth 6.3 billion euros ($7 billion), the French government...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Latest News Articles from Eyeofriyadh.comSpeakers Stress the Importance of Reading and its Role in Raising Children's Awareness Participants in a seminar entitled "Children's Libraries between Digital and Print", organized as a part of the Sharjah Children&...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) is participating in Expo Milan 2015, with a delegation headed by Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dewa. Expo Milan 2015 is organised under the theme “Feeding the Planet, Energy for ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Most viewed RSSPilgrims face the heat as peak Umrah season approaches
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from DT News » LOCALManama While driving home one fine day, the victim in a robbery case had no idea what was in store for him. As he reached Hamad Town’s fourth roundabout, he saw his neighbor standing at the sidewalk and so stopped the car beside him. “I ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeABU DHABI: This year’s Ataya Exhibition in Abu Dhabi will launch on Sunday to raise funds for building a maternity and children’s hospital in Iraq’s Kurdistan Region. The hospital will serve underprivileged refugees and internally displa...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeBERLIN: The German intelligence service BND, which is accused of helping the United States spy on EU leaders and companies, had actually “deleted 12,000 requests” targeting European officials, according to Saturday’s edition of the Der S...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeRIYADH: Saudi Arabia said on Friday three of its soldiers and “dozens” of Yemen’s Shiite rebels were killed in overnight clashes after the rebels carried out an attack along the Saudi-Yemen border. Along the Saudi border, a group of Hout...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishThousands expected to attend march, celebrating charges against six police officers over custodial death of a black man.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalCompetitors talk of 'the stoke' of competing in Summer Drop event in Dubai.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeSHARJAH: Considered to be the first of its kind, “T Rex: The Killer Question” – an exhibition currently being held at the Sharjah Children’s Reading Festival in collaboration with London’s Natural History Museum – is witnessing a tremend...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World RSS feed - The NationalResidents hesitant to return after fighting destroyed buildings and left unexploded munitions littering the streets.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeLONDON: Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi, leader of the Daesh militants, has been incapacitated due to suspected spinal damage and he may never again lead the dreaded radical group, a media report said on Friday. The world’s most wanted terrorist, i...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeKIEV: Two Ukrainian serviceman have been killed and two wounded in separatist attacks on government forces in eastern Ukraine despite the Minsk ceasefire agreement, Interfax news agency quoted the Ukrainian military as saying on Friday. ...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaPay what youre paid shop in Pittsburgh charged women 76 percent; in Louisiana that will drop to 66 percent
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: The Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has celebrated the International Workers’ Day, which corresponds to the first day of May each year, with the attendance of more than 250 workers, among others. During the event, which was he...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldSat, 2015-05-02 01:47 KATMANDU: One thousand EU citizens are still unaccounted for in Himalayan Nepal, diplomats said Friday, almost a week after a massive earthquake that...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: An inebriated waiter who intercepted a waitress on a street and tore her jacket during a botched struggle to kiss her was imprisoned on Thursday. The Asian man MS, 25, will spend six months behind bars for the attack and pay a Dhs...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalSpecial Educational Needs Coordinators Network (SENCO) aims to offer teachers a support network to share experiences and expertise.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: French Minister of Justice and Keeper of the Seals, Christiane Taubira, hailed cooperation and coordination with the UAE on fighting terrorism, extremism and organised and emphasised that France considers the UAE as a pillar of st...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaAnalysis: Ethiopian Israelis took to the streets this week, protesting police brutality like their US counterparts
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeDUBAI: Street robbers who flogged a salesman with plastic pipes and tried to steal Dhs65,000 along with some phones must spend one year in jail, the Dubai Appeals Court upheld. The convicted Asian visitor NA, 32, and both labourers ZA, 2...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldFri, 2015-05-01 23:46 YANGON: Ethnic rebel group leaders began meeting Friday in northeastern Myanmar to discuss how to end the current fighting in the region and finalize...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from WorldFri, 2015-05-01 23:47 SYDNEY: Canberra’s National Portrait Gallery has taken down an image of Indonesian President Joko Widodo following the execution of two Australian...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishRace and the media – the debate continues; plus, the politics of reforming Italy's state broadcaster.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Latest news, comments and reviews from The Gulf Today | gulftoday.aeABU DHABI: The Zayed Giving Initiative has opened the door for national administrative and medical staffs at public and private hospitals to volunteer to assist the UAE Voluntary Medical Team, which is providing humanitarian, curative, p...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Al Jazeera EnglishRemote areas in Himalayan nation waiting for aid week after earthquake, as unseasonal rains prompt fear of landslides.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from UAE RSS feed - The NationalHigh occupancy rates gives insight into what Dubai can expect in five years' time.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Middle-EastFri, 2015-05-01 22:38 KABUL: An Afghan delegation is headed to Qatar for “open discussions” with representatives of Taleban insurgents over the next few days aimed at...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerThe woman – called Germaine – said French soldiers offered children biscuits and water in return for sexual favors, noting that the exploited children's ages ranged from ten to 12 years old.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsA total of 203 illegal protesters have been detained in Istanbul as May Day demonstrations were held, the city's governor has said. Istanbul Governor Vasip Sahin said in a written statement on Friday: "During demonstr...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Welcome to Iran FocusBy former Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy (D-R.I.) This past Wednesday could well mark a turning point in the U.S.’s fight against ISIS and other forces of instability and violence in the greater Middle East. The House Foreign Affairs Subcommitt...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from DailySabah - WorldNigeria has freed another 234 women and children from Boko Haram's Sambisa forest, the military said Friday. The defence headquarters said in a statement the hostages were rescued on Thursday through... Click To Continue
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsOn the one hand, violence is re-erupting in Bosnia. On the other hand, Albania and Serbia seem to be at odds. And Serbia still doesn’t accept Kosovo’s independence
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANA report released by the İstanbul Worker Health and Safety Council on the occasion of Labor Day on May 1 has revealed that 351 workers have been killed in job-related accidents during the first three months of 2015 due to insufficient se...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosSyrian troops launch offensive against militants in Latakia province The latest offensive by Syrian troops against foreign-backed militants has claimed some 17 lives in the coastal province of Latakia. A UK-based observatory says at leas...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANThe co-chair of the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) has criticized the Religious Affairs Directorate for obstructing freedom of religion, especially by restricting the language of sermons to Turkish, and for prioritizing the interests of...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANLocal activists, politicians and foreign tourists have criticized the heavy police blockade in İstanbul's Beşiktaş Square on Friday which prevented workers and civil society organizations from marching to Taksim Square, where they hoped ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosIranians Mark National Persian Gulf Day Government officials along with delegates from prestigious Iranian brands have gathered to celebrate the National Persian Gulf day. The day coincides with the anniversary of the expulsion of... Fro...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerLeaked BND paper reportedly reveals German intelligence helped NSA spy on Austrian officials, and European politicians and diplomats.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsUS warships protecting American-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz may extend assistance to other countries’ vessels, officials have said, after reports of Iranian forces harassing shipping.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, May 1, IRNA – Iranian embassy in Denmark in a statement on Friday announced that the ship belonging to Maersk Shipping Line will be allowed to leave Iranian waters after paying its debts and settling its cases with private compla...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANThe former intelligence director of the General Staff, Lt. Gen. İsmail Hakkı Pekin, claimed on Thursday that the Uludere operation, in which 34 Kurds were mistakenly killed by Turkish jets in December 2011, was a plot by the National Int...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from www.irna.irBerlin, May 1, IRNA -- A senior Berlin-based Arab diplomat lambasted Saudi Arabia for its ongoing hostile political campaign against Iran, branding it unacceptable.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerPentagon says reports that 123 US trainers traveled to Turkey last week are 'unfounded and erroneous.'
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineHundreds of demonstrators in Bahrain have taken to the streets across the tiny Persian Gulf country to express solidarity with political prisoners and jailed activists, especially the prominent opposition figure Sheikh Ali Salman.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Somebody should tell US Republican Senator Tom Cotton that Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has served his military service in the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) which is known to be the US Number one e...
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsNumerous protesters were arrested for defying a curfew in Baltimore May 1 night, hours after six police were charged over the death of an African-American man who was in their custody.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsSpanish cyclist Pello Bilbao has won the sixth stage of the 51st Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- At least seven passengers were burnt alive when three civilian vehicles were hit by Saudi airstrikes in Northern Yemen on Friday.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosYemenis receive Saudi shakeup with mixed feelings Mohammed al-Attab Press TV, Sana'a Yemenis have received the news of Saudi Arabia's sweeping political shake-up with mixed reactions. As our correspondent Mohamed al-Attab explain...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANA deputy police chief swore at a journalist and then punched him during a demonstration held by members of the pro-Kurdish Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) to mark May 1 Labor and Solidarity Day in Aksaray province. The police intervened ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Head of the Syrian Journalists Association Elias Morad said Tehran would continue support for Damascus as both the Iranian nation and government believe that Syrians will crush the terrorists that are backed by 60 hostile n...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from World Bulletin / WorldMarilyn Mosby, the state attorney for Baltimore city said that six police officers have been charged in the death of Freddie Gray.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Yeni Safak - NewsTurkish President Recep Tayyıp Erdoğan said on Friday, May 1, that the perseverence to organize rallies in Taksim Square...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Yemeni Red Crescent official warned of an acute shortage of drug and food supplies, saying the situation on the ground have now crown critical for the war-stricken Muslim nation.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANThe arrest of two judges following their recent rulings for the release of a leading media member and dozens of police officers who were in pre-trial detention for months have invoked sharp criticism from the opposition and jurists, who ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineA Palestinian nongovernmental organization (NGO) says Israeli forces killed seven Palestinians and detained hundreds of others in the occupied West Bank as well as the besieged Gaza Strip in the course of last month.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, May1, IRNA – A large number of Iranian workers from different units held a rally on the occasion of the international Labor Day in Tehran on Friday.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsA new simulator lets you play with your own projections to consider scenarios for the June 7 general elections in Turkey.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsEmrullah Efendi, an Ottoman education scholar, became the minister of education in 1910. He was elected to the Ottoman Parliament in 1909 from the Kırklareli province in Thrace
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerPolice and demonstrators clash as global showcase opens in Italian city.
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Saturday, May 2, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsForeign Minister Özdil Nami to lead talks with Greek Cypriot officials, says newly elected President Akıncı
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsThe cancellation due to 'technical reasons' comes after prominent Turkish pianist and composer Fazıl Say said the piece contained sections about 'sex and wine'
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANHundreds of students from a Burundi university shuttered by the government were seeking refuge outside the US Embassy in the capital on Friday, amid unrest and escalating tensions ahead of the June 26 presidential vote. The East African ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News Videos2 Ukrainian soldiers, pro-Russian fighter killed over past 24 hours At least two Ukrainian soldiers have been killed during clashes with pro-Russia militias over the past 24 hours in the restive eastern part of the country. A Ukrainian m...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Tehran's provisional Friday Prayers Leader Ayatollah Mohammad Emami Kashani deplored the Saudi-led airstrikes on Yemen, and called on Arab nations to publicly show their opposition to the Al Saud's aggression.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineThe Tuareg rebels in Mali have reportedly stormed a town in the volatile northern region, killing one person and taking six others hostage.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANPoliticians and legal experts have criticized the raids on five civil society organizations (CSO) in the western province of Manisa claimed to be affiliated with the faith-based Gülen movement, also known as the Hizmet movement and inspi...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANLawyers representing Turkish Islamic scholar Fethullah Gülen dismissed on Friday remarks made by Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that Gülen rejected an invitation from Davutoğlu to return to Turkey on the grounds that “it was not time yet...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Uploads by PressTV News VideosSyrian Defense Minister: Iran's Support Essential to End Crisis in Syria On the second day of his visit to Tehran, Fahad Jasem al-Freij met with his Iranian counterpart Brigadier General Hossein Dehqan at Iran's Ministry of Defen...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from www.irna.irTehran, May 1, IRNA – Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif answered some Iranian critics about his interview with Charlie Rose, but his main complaint in this response is about those who have criticized him about not respecting freedom ...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerMore than 6,300 people have been killed in Nepal, India and Tibet as emergency services continue rescue operations.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerGemma Adana turned over from original kidnappers to al-Qaeda linked Abu Sayyaf.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Secretary-General of Pakistan's Balouchestan province Seifollah Chata underlined his country's determination to cooperate with Iran in arresting the terrorists that hurt security along the border Sistan and Balouchestan pro...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsRussia requested another emergency meeting by the UN Security Council Friday to address the deepening humanitarian crisis in restive Yemen, diplomats told the AFP. © 2000 - 2015 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com) read more
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from TODAYS ZAMANIndonesian police detained a top anti-graft investigator on Friday to question him over his role in the deadly shooting of a thief more than a decade ago, the latest blow to the widely popular law enforcement agency. The Corruption Eradi...
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from iranDailyOnlineThe United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting on Yemen amid the unabated Saudi aggression against its impoverished neighbor.
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Friday, May 1, 2015 from Anadolu Ajansı Güncel HaberlerEighteen people and five policemen injured during demonstrations in Istanbul.
