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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from International Business TimesKing Abdullah II of Jordan arrived in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to meet with King Salman and discuss a number of regional issues, including fighting the Islamic State militant group as it expands across Iraq and Syria.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesThe American administration previously warned against the possibility of the PA collapsing if Israel continues to withhold its tax returns for the second month in a row. The withholding of these funds had led to the PA's inability to pay...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Monitor - Creating New PerspectivesIranian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham responded Wednesday to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's recent claims that Iran has supported the Shiite Houthi militia in Yemen. "The statements made by the U.S. secretary of state...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelLawmaker Myard from UMP party says meeting Syrian President was personal mission to see what is going on.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalIsrael’s ambassador to the US, Ron Dermer, has been busy emailing and calling several Arab ambassadors, asking them to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech before a joint session of the US Congress next week.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastThe FBI arrests three men who allegedly attempted to fly from New York to Turkey in hopes of joining ISIS in Syria, according to a complaint unsealed in U.S. court.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle East
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianAvalanches across four north-east provinces buried homes killing those beneath, with Panjshir province appearing to be the worst-hit Avalanches caused by a heavy winter snow have killed at least 124 people in north-eastern Afghanistan, a...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Amid the massive deadlock in parliament, the new security bill appears to be another sign of the AKP government's draconian measures
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from Middle East newsLondon is bidding to become a leading centre for sharia-compliant finance, according to the UK's foreign minister for the Middle East
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Thursday, February 26, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastIsraeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu accuses world powers of "giving up" on Iran's nuclear programme, amid a row over his planned speech to the US Congress.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelDayri warns growing threat from jihadist groups threatens to turn Libya into another Syria without West's help.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaDays after militants affiliated with the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for a bomb attack on the residence of the Iranian ambassador in Tripoli, a prominent Libyan lawmaker and former rights activist said Iran has taken an in...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Unofficial meeting goes ahead despite Paris breaking off diplomatic ties in 2012
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastOhio man accused of providing computer tablet to terrorists, laundering money denies charges
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastRoger Federer rallies to reach Dubai quarterfinals, Novak Djokovic through with easy win
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from International Business TimesIsrael’s ambassador to the United States has been failing in his attempts to recruit Arab diplomats to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial address to Congress next week, the Atlantic reported Wednesday. Ron Dermer ha...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East0 Four French parliamentarians met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday during a visit that they and the government insisted was a personal initiative. The four, from both the ruling Socialist Party and the opposition, say they wi...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from NPR Topics: Middle EastThe government says free expression can combat radicalization. Yet a military court recently sentenced a man to 18 months in prison for a Facebook post deemed insulting to the United Arab Emirates.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from NYT > Middle EastOne of the men was arrested early Wednesday at Kennedy International Airport, bound for Syria, the authorities said; at least two men threatened to carry out attacks in the United States.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastEx-defense contractor pleads guilty to sending information about US military jets to Iran
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East0 The French government is trying to contact the kidnappers of Isabelle Prime, the French woman kidnapped in Yemen on Tuesday, Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius said Wednesday. He repeated a call to all French nationals to leave th...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastEditorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in the US and abroad
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianThere has been plenty of coverage for British jihadis who have joined the terrorist group, but a handful of UK citizens have travelled to Iraq and Syria to fight against it – leaving them in a legal grey area The focus has been on wester...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Louay Hussein will be tried for 'weakening national sentiment' in Syria
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from NPR Topics: Middle EastMilitants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State swept through several Christian areas of Syria this week, kidnapping scores and causing wider displacement.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from CNN.com - WORLD/Middle EastISIS is holding 150 Assyrian Christians hostage and is expected to release a message Wednesday threatening to kill them, Usama Edward, founder of the Assyrian Human Rights Network, told CNN.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Breaking news from the MIDDLE EASTEfforts intensified Wednesday to find a Frenchwoman and her Yemeni interpreter kidnapped in crisis-hit Yemen, with relatives reaching out to tribal chiefs and the Shiite militia in control of the capital.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from International Business TimesItaly and Tunisia are urging the rival parliaments in Libya to reconcile and quickly reach a political agreement as the country's security situation quickly deteriorates, with competing militias, Islamist factions and tribal groups conti...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaSyrian President Bashar al-Assad met Wednesday with French parliamentarians, the first such meeting since France closed its embassy in 2012 and announced that Syria's leader had lost all legitimacy. The trip was not approved by the Frenc...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianHighly critical report published by state watchdog takes aim at the Israeli government’s inaction over the overheated and dysfunctional housing market Binyamin Netanyahu, Israel’s prime minister, is confronting a second highly critical r...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe United Nations Support Mission in Libya is shuttling between Libya's rival governments to bring them to the negotiating table this week, in a bid to safeguard the country's unity and ability to fight terrorism.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East News: News and Headlines from Iraq, Iran, Israel, Lebanon & More - The Washington PostRAWABI, West Bank — The billion-dollar, five-year gamble to build a new middle-class Palestinian city on a West Bank mountaintop was just about to welcome its first residents when the Israeli government decided this month to withhold a b...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaU.S. authorities on Wednesday arrested three foreign nationals living in New York on charges of plotting to support the Islamic State group in Syria and kill President Barack Obama, police and FBI agents in the United States. The U.S. De...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastBBC correspondent Lyse Doucet visits Shejaiya, a neighbourhood of Gaza City which remains in ruins 6 months after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Intissar al-Hassaeri and her aunt were both found shot dead in the boot of a car in Libya on Tuesday
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East - Voice of AmericaYemeni ex-president Ali Abdullah Saleh is suspected of corruptly amassing as much as $60 billion, equivalent to Yemen's annual GDP, during his long rule, and colluding in a militia takeover last year, U.N.-appointed investigators have to...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East newsThe man who assumed the Kurdish nomme de guerre Bagok was one of dozens of Westerners to have travelled out to the Middle East to join the YPG, the Syrian Kurdish militia
- FRANCE - ISRAEL: Israel court allows hard-right party to hand out Charlie Hebdo in election campaignWednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East0 As French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo published its second issue since the massacre at its offices in January, Israel’s Supreme Court has ruled that Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s hard-right Yisrael Beitenu party...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined The controversial anti-terrorist bill has been criticised as a smokescreen for crushing any forms of dissent
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Eye - RSS FeedLanguage Undefined Almost 1,000 local Assyrian families are believed to have fled their homes in the wake of the abductions
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastThe former president of Yemen, the poorest country in the Middle East, is suspected of amassing $30bn-$62bn in assets, UN investigators say.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from RSS for Middle EastRepresentatives grill Kerry on aspects of Iran nuclear negotiations
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalAccording to Bahraini military public prosecutor, private foreign entities are recruiting citizens to participate in military operations abroad.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianAmbassador and chief executive of Turkish Airlines called before MPs in London after girls apparently flew to Istanbul with intention of joining Isis Turkey’s ambassador to Britain and the chief executive of the country’s national airlin...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Sputnik InternationalThe Iranian nuclear program has brought Saudi Arabia and Israel closer, according to a report in Israeli media.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from BBC News - Middle EastThere is growing concern over the fate of dozens of Christians abducted by Islamic State militants, amid continuing fighting in north-east Syria.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East and North Africa | The GuardianEver since the ceasefire, UK doctors have been travelling to Palestine to treat people who have been hurt in bomb attacks. The things they see every day shock them, but the work they do is too important for them to stop It doesn’t sound ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Middle East Online :: Main English ChannelRice warns Israeli PM’s speech to US congress without White House’s blessing will harm ties with US.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from PNN - Palestine News NetworkPNN/ New York/ New York Federal court accuses Palestinian Authority of the facilitation of "acts of terrorism" which involved US citizens visiting or residing in Israel during 2001-2004, the most critical years of the second Intifada
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelThe American Independent Film Festival comes to Israel, bringing together media and technology to explore social impact
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaJewish Home chairman to speak to 'hundreds' of media outlets, urges Herzog to join him. 'The nuclear issue has no right, no left,' he says.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Daily Star >> Live NewsObama is open to negotiating with Congress on his request for new authorization for military force against ISIS militants, including his proposed three-year time limit on US military action
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelStill seeking to collect a $500 million debt, the Israel Electric Corporation limited the electricity flow to Shechem and Jenin.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaSyria, Iraq, Central African Republic and South Sudan all in dire need of emergency aid, World Health Organization says.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastPerpetrators of deadly Corinthia Hotel attack last month say ISIS presence on border with Italy a springboard for expansion into Europe.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelRepublican Congressman Dennis Ross comes face-to-face with shrieking Muslim extremists during a tour of Judaism's holiest site.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelTop US diplomat questions prime minister’s judgement as rift over nuclear talks deepens
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC NewsChild detainee, Khaled Husam Sheikh, 15 years of age, has been denied family visits, and essential medical treatment, since his abduction by the Israeli army 62 days ago, after the soldiers alleged he threw stones on their vehicles.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaUS Secretary of State's comments follow Netanyahu statement claiming information of looming 'bad deal' which could see Iran go nuclear.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from World Bulletin / PalestineGaza group denies reports that its members had been arrested
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from PNN - Palestine News NetworkPNN / Bethlehem/ Israeli occupation forces by dawn today have shot dead Palestinian teenager Jihad Ja'fari (18) from Deheisha refugee camp south Bethlehem by dawn.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Palestine Chronicle
On Feb 23 the jury found the PA and PLO liable for terror attacks in Israel. Michael Ratner argues the odds were stacked against the Palestine Liberation Organization(PLO) and Palestinian Authority(PA) - The Real News Michael Ratner is P... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelIsrael ranks 9th out of 187 countries in dietary quality, according to a new Lancet medical journal survey
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastIslamists offer a hearty breakfast for free to worshipers on the Temple Mount – in breach of the law.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelNetanyahu states that he 'respects' the White House, but will proceed with address on Iran despite criticism for Israel's sake.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from ynet - NewsWATCH: Members of the Golan Rescue Unit in northern Israel undergo training in frigid river to prepare for strong tidal streams to come after storm's snow melts.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelIranian ‘message of might’ aimed at ‘equivalent of a Hollywood set,’ US commander says; Rouhani demands nuke deal lift all sanctions
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Daily Star >> Live NewsFormer Prime Minister Saad Hariri vowed Monday to assist in the release of 25 Lebanese servicemen being held hostage by ISIS and the Nusra Front on Arsal’s outskirts.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Palestine ChronicleBy Mats Svensson I left Jerusalem early and drove south. Soon I had the wall on my left hand side. The wall is enormous where it confines Palestinians who were born in Bethlehem. As a foreigner, a tourist or diplomat, I can easily go in ...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside Israel4 years since the brutal Fogel family murder, Itamar remains defiant. 'The terrorists want to get rid of us, but we hold tight to the land.'
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelAnnual prizes given to English-speaking immigrants who have had greatly helped Israel since making Aliyah.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from PNN - Palestine News NetworkPNN / Jerusalem Tuesday evening in Silwan village south of the Aqsa Mosque, an Israeli settler hit a 10 years old schoolgirl, Nour Da'na, with a jeep. Bruises can be seen on her body while the ambulance succoured her.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from ynet - NewsHeads of Palestinian campaign to boycott Israeli made products in the West Bank begin bullying Palestinian shop owners; Ynet reporter joins activists as they descend on Ramallah to enforce what they call 'a national duty.'
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Palestine ChronicleTrue, at present, the Middle East region is the ideal incubator for violent militancy and political radicalisation. However, it is difficult to place Daesh even within that context without raising a host of questions. Starting with the f...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelMeningitis outbreaks, inattentive caretakers and unsanitary conditions endanger migrants’ children, according to report
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastVeteran French pilot says burning to death of Jordanian pilot has only made his resolve to defeat ISIS stronger.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelState Attorney’s office accuses Tel Aviv resident Adi Lederman of stealing unpublished music to trade on Internet
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from PNN - Palestine News NetworkPNN / Hebron/ An Israeli settler on Monday ran over Palestinian youngster from Ithna village south Hebron, and fled the scene.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastEgypt’s former mufti claims ISIS photoshopped the images of the burning of a Jordanian pilot to "instill terror in people's hearts."
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelSophisticated underground structure found close to Pan Am Games site
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaShifting blame? After three British girls join jihad in Syria via Turkey like countless others, Turkey says UK didn't tell it soon enough.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from The Daily Star >> Live NewsAfghanistan's chief executive Abdullah Abdullah says that peace talks with the Taliban could begin in the coming days, though the militants swiftly dismissed the idea
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelBillions of shekels in debt not enough to facilitate rolling blackouts in the PA, Defense Minister implies. PMO distances itself as well.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from PNN - Palestine News NetworkPNN / Bethlehem/ Israeli settlers on Wednesday dawn have torched the mosque of the Jaba'a, the village West Bethlehem.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Global AgendaDanish Prime Minister attends funeral of filmmaker murdered by Danish Arab terrorist in attack on free speech event.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Palestine ChronicleA member of the West Bank Liberties Committee has claimed that the Palestinian Authority continues to deny passports to Palestinians living in Gaza. Speaking to Safa Agency on Sunday, Khalil Assaf said that the ban was imposed by the sec...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC NewsEight young Palestinian men were wounded as clashes developed following an Israeli army raid on the Aida refugee camp early Monday morning.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelPM says negotiators seem to have come to terms with an Islamic Republic capable of producing nuclear weapons
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from The Times of IsraelHead of tech giant meets President Reuven Rivlin, opens new R&D center in Herlziya
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC News
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Middle EastUnidentified Australian man the first Westerner to die fighting alongside the Kurds, monitor says.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Palestine ChronicleA large majority of Americans believe that Republican congressional leaders should not have invited Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to speak to Congress without consulting the White House, according to a new CNN/ORC survey. The nationw...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Palestine ChronicleAutopsy results for a young Palestinian man killed by Israeli forces near Bethlehem early Tuesday show that he was shot in the upper body at close range, a forensic expert told Ma’an. Sabri al-Aloul said that the autopsy results sh...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelShapira's report claims Netanyahu's government did little to solve skyrocketing housing, cost of living crises.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelThe shekel fell when the Bank of Israel slashed interest rates - and rose again, when the Federal Reserve didn't do anything.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Palestine ChronicleThe escalating clashes between Israeli settlers and Jerusalemite Palestinians are the harbingers of a major eruption with incalculable consequences. Immediately billed as a “religious war” by the media and Israeli right wingers, they are...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from The International Middle East Media Center - IMEMC NewsAutopsy results for a young Palestinian killed by Israeli forces near Bethlehem, http://www.imemc.org/article/70697 , show that he was shot in the upper body at close range, a forensic expert told Ma'an News Agency.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Arutz Sheva News - Inside IsraelForeign minister hails High Court decision to permit Yisrael Beytenu party distributing copies of Charlie Hebdo.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaDC to legalize possession of small amounts of pot unless Congress makes last-minute move to block law
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaPakistan began executing 'terrorists' in December. But not all of those heading for the gallows are linked to violence
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaISIL staged a dawn raid on 10 Syrian villages, taking 90 Assyrian Christians hostage as thousands fled
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaDOJ says insufficient evidence for hate crime prosecution of George Zimmerman for shooting unarmed black teen
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaGov. Scott Walker could sign 'right-to-work' legislation later this week; unions converge on state capital
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaGreece gets four-month extension on financial bailout
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe six members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) plan to link part of their traffic, business and customs systems in March to provide easier coordination and data exchange.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Vice President, Osama al-Nijaifi, condemned the dual bombings that took place in Jisr Diyala area in Baghdad to result in dozens of the casualties. Nijaifi stated in a press statement received by IraqiNews.com... -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq newsNineveh (IraqiNews.com) On Tuesday, a local source in Nineveh province said, that three ISIS warehouses have been completely destroyed in an air strike by the international coalition in western Mosul. The source informed IraqiNews, “Warp...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaOpenly gay career diplomat Randy Berry will work to promote LGBT rights abroad, protect against violence and persecution
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation NewsThey are charged with putting on record the exit of people on tourist visas from the airport, while in fact they were still in the UAE at the time.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaSecretary of State John Kerry accuses Russia of engaging in the "most extensive propaganda exercise" since the Cold War
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Khaleej Times : International NewsSindh chief minister Qasim Ali Shah has ordered inquiry into the complaint by a medico-legal officer of Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) that he forced to delete police encounter autopsy reports after being 'kidnapped' by police.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe Central Bank of Jordan (CBJ) said Monday it was working on several fronts with various stakeholders to facilitate extending credit to small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which contribute some 40% to the country's gross domest...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaMen who have sex with men were largely protected from HIV if they took antiretroviral drug amid risky behavior
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from www.timesofoman.comSince 2000 we have been building new strategies and, especially, one that can succeed in a new digital future.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Khaleej Times : International NewsThe quake struck at 5.16pm (1616 GMT) with its epicentre at Ossa de Montiel near Albacete, about 220 kilometres southeast of Madrid.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsOil revenues are critical to Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to sustain public expenditures and economic growth; however the impact of recent sharp decline in oil prices can be managed with diligent use of accumulated surpluses and innova...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaThree double-decker train cars overturned in 'multi-casualty' crash during morning rush hour
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaRights groups call for end of criminalization of homeless in wake of video showing officer push, slap man
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Defense Department has expedited $17.9 million in equipment and supplies — some which have already been delivered — to the Iraqi government, Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren told reporters... -
Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsMinister of Commerce and Industry Tawfiq Al-Rabiah has proposed to establish an enterprise credit fund to support small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the Kingdom.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Khaleej Times : International NewsPresiding a meeting of the cabinet, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directed the authorities concerned to take all possible measures against buying and selling votes.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The international prices for the crude oil reached near reach $59 to be $58.90 /End/ The post Oil prices close to $ 59 appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Iraq news . -
Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaInternational soccer tournament scheduled for December 2022 will conflict with European league schedules, clubs say
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaPackage representing climb down from Athens welcomed by creditors, but Greece still pressed to take further steps
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Khaleej Times : Nation NewsThe project aims to alleviate the suffering of the UAE's Somali brothers and to improve humanitarian conditions.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaEmanuel faces an April runoff against Jesus Chuy Garcia
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaThe ruling favors NJ state employees who sued Gov. Chris Christie and state to make required pension contributions
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe highest annual inflation rise was registered in the UAE with 3.1%, followed by 3.04% in Kuwait, according to the latest reports by the Statistical Center for the Cooperation Council for the Arab Countries of the Gulf.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Iraq news, the latest Iraq news
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) The Iranian Foreign Minister, Mohammed Dharif, concluded his visit to Iraq after meeting the Iraqi key officials in one day. /End/ The post Dharif concludes visit to Iraq appeared first on Iraq news, the latest Ir... -
Monday, February 23, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe European Union (EU) is planning to sign new grant agreements for gas, education and rural development sectors worth €120 million (US$163.6 million) at Egypt's economic summit.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Khaleej Times : International NewsCritics of the BJP government say that it failed to pressurise the police to take quick action.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsDevelopment of a track record for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) will help create the right business environment for their growth and success, says an expert in SME training.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaDeath follows incursion by Israeli military into Dheisheh refugee camp, in West Bank city of Bethlehem
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe expected dollar appreciation is likely to have negative implications for the large unhedged dollar positions in many emerging markets (EMs), QNB has said in a report.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaRights groups say lawyers denied access to warehouse where clients are held for hours; police deny allegations
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsThe Lower House on Sunday opened a debate on the draft 2015 state budget and the budgets of governmental units, estimated at JD6.1 billion.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaAn LA-bound commuter train hit a truck apparently stuck on the tracks at an Oxnard railroad crossing injuring 50 people
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsMore lawmakers recorded their observations on the draft 2015 state budget on Tuesday as the Lower House debated the bill and the budgets of independent public institutions for the third day in a row.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaPresident vetoed bill in private, in contrast to televised event Republicans staged when they signed the proposed law
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaTexas jury finds ex-Marine guilty of killing Navy SEAL whose autobiography was basis for 'American Sniper'
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaAlaska becomes third state with legal marijuana on Tuesday but details of the initiative passed in November remain fuzzy
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaUnion leaders say contract negotiations will have broad implications for the U.S. economy
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaChinas one-child policy has been a big driver of US asylum claims, but winning on economic grounds is difficult
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaWhite House to nix pipeline bill as Congress struggles to muster enough support to override the action
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsLeading industrialists warned Monday that the government’s failure to take action to support Lebanese manufacturers would further erode the competitiveness of industrial exports, which declined in value for the second consecutive year, a...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Al Jazeera AmericaHow one former drug dealer is turning his community around, and the challenges he faces while doing so.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsDubai Airport Freezone Authority (DAFZA) contributed AED 109 billion to Dubai’s non-oil foreign trade last year, the government owned entity said.
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Zawya.com - Economy & Politics NewsKuwait's consumer prices index (CPI) or inflation rate rose in January 2015 by 2.81 percent compared with the same month of last year.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsISIL militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria, a monitor that tracks violence in Syria said on Feb. 24.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Syrian Arab News Agency1916 – First animated cartoon film, for American Frank Moser, premieres. 1935 – Louis Lumiere organizes public screening of 3D film at the Academy of Sciences in Paris. 1955 – The Southeast Asia Treaty Organization (SEATO) h...
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyDamascus, SANA – The Central Bank of Syria (CBS) on Wednesday set the exchange rate of the USD against the SYP at 219.87 for the banks and at SYP 219.91 for the currency exchange companies. CBS also set the exchange rate of the USD...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman deplored the United Sates and some regional counties for their continued support for the militants fighting in Syria.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Syrian Arab News Agency
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsThe European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has fined Turkey for violating Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights, on the grounds that an investigation against a Turkish citizen was conducted ineffectively
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsAstrophysicist Stephen Hawking on Feb. 23 congratulated British actor Eddie Redmayne, who won an Oscar for playing him in the film "The Theory of Everything".
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani and Syrian Ambassador to Tehran Adnan Mahmoud laid emphasis on the peaceful settlement of regional crises, particularly in Syria, and called for enhanced bilateral relations.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRIThe government of Sudan has closed all Iranian cultural centers in the capital Khartoum for becoming a threat to national security of the North African country, President Omar al-Bashir said in an interview. “People pointed to things we ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan had promised to be a running, sweating president, unlike his predecessors, who mainly fulfilled their ceremonial duties. However, what we have found over the last seven months is rather a “talking p...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsA British police team is in Turkey to assist in investigations of three missing British girls who left London for Istanbul last week, reportedly to cross over into Syria to join terrorists. According to the British police’s statemen...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTwo Turkish warplanes have crashed during a training exercise in the central Turkish province of Malatya
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsCHP leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu has criticized the government over the recent evacuation of the Tomb of Süleyman Şah within Syrian territory, describing it as an “abandonment.”
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsTurkey did not coordinate with or contact the "terrorist YPG" during its recent military operation in Syria to retrieve the remains of Suleyman Shah, the presidential spokesman said Monday. © Copyright Andolu Ajansi read more
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsIsraeli forces raided the Bawabat al-Quds (Jerusalem Gate) protest camp for the ninth time in two weeks at dawn on Monday, activists said. © Al-Akhbar. All rights reserved read more
- Syria in Last 24 Hours: Kurdish Forces Start Operations to Liberate Strategic Town in Raqqa ProvinceMonday, February 23, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Kurdish fighters started fresh operations to liberate the town of Tal Abyaz in al-Raqqa countryside in Northern Syria after they liberated over two dozen villages in there.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from SyriaNewsAnd the Genocide in Gaza Continues..Israel opens dams forcing hundreds of Gazans out of flooded houses (PHOTOS)rt.comOver 80 houses have been flooded and hundreds of Palestinians forced to evacuate after Israel opened the gates of severa...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsAn apparently unstable armed man burst into a restaurant in an eastern Czech town on Feb. 23, killing eight people before reportedly committing suicide, police and local officials said.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey’s relations with its neighboring regions have strained for the last years. The economic and trade ramifications of these deteriorating ties become more and more visible
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTV ratings for the Oscars' US broadcast fell 16 percent from last year, according to figures published Monday, amid lukewarm reviews and criticism for its first-time host Neil Patrick Harris.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsSyriza’s Western Thracian deputies Ayhan Karayusuf and Hüseyin Zeybek are both hopeful of solving Greece’s minority problems, pledging to tear down the ‘wall of shame’ that was built to prevent immigrants
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Welcome to Iran FocusThe former Special Representative of the UN Secretary General for Iraq, Ad Melkert, expressed his concerns regarding the violation of the rights of Iranians in Camp Liberty by Iraqis and presented a set of recommendations in his report o...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsMHP Deputy Group Head Oktay Vural has vowed to sue his counterpart from HDP, Pervin Buldan, after Buldan claimed that his niece was currently fighting with PKK
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey has issued a commemoration message the first time ever for the Struma tragedy, in which 764 Jews died in the Black Sea while trying to escaping the Holocaust
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsA ceremony to remember the sinking of the Struma vessel, in which 764 Jews died in the Black Sea while trying to escape the Holocaust, was held in Istanbul Feb. 24.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from SyriaNewsTurkey & Alqaeda, ISIS, FSA: Muslim Brotherhood Connection Syrianews.cc was among the very first to highlight Turkish alliance with Alqaeda terrorists in North Syria and was the first to be blocked in Turkey among the victims of Erdo...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsOne worker died on Feb. 23 after falling through an elevator shaft at a construction site in Istanbul
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey’s top soldier has responded to harsh criticism from the nationalist opposition leader over the army’s evacuation of the Tomb of Süleyman Şah
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsAbout 120 weeks after (then foreign minister) Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu accurately predicted that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s days in power were numbered and (then prime minister) President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan promised that ...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey cut it gold holdings for a second straight month in January, a period when the price of the precious metal rose the most in three years, International Monetary Fund (IMF) data showed on Feb. 24
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRISpeech by Gianfranco Fattorini, former Co-Chair of the French NGO “Movement against Racism and for Friendship among the Peoples” (MRAP) at the event entitled 'Right to access to medical care' held at the UN Geneva headquarters on Februar...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey has criticized Britain for taking too long to inform it about three London schoolgirls who travelled to Turkey last week, possibly en route to join Islamist militants in Syria.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRINCRI – Four prisoners hanged in the main prison in the city of Arak on Tuesday, the judiciary’s website in the Central Province has announced. The prisoners were only identified by their first name and last name initials as Mohammad M., ...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Fars News AgencyTEHRAN (FNA)- The Syrian army struck a major blow at the ISIL Takfiri group in nearby areas of Lattakia and Hama provinces, leaving a large number of Takfiri terrorists dead and wounded.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu will meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in New York to discuss the developments in Syria and suspended peace negotiations in Cyprus, the Anadolu Agency reported Feb. 24.
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsTurkey’s Directorate General for Religious Affairs (Diyanet) has included the al-Aqsa Mosque into the religious Umrah program that will be effective as of April 15
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsAre there any Turks aware of what Süleyman Şah’s tomb on the bank of Euphrates, the sole Turkish territory cut off from the mainland, who could say right away that s/he was pleased with the “relocation” of the tomb? Or, are there any Tur...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsA Turkish court issued another arrest warrant for Fethullah Gülen as a part of the probe into the 'parallel state.' Emre Uslu, a columnist and a former police official, has also been issued a warrant
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from SyriaNewsNew York Tribune in a 1921 Article Talks About The Godfather of Turkey.. Enough Said. The post New York Tribune in a 1921 Article Talks About The Godfather of Turkey.. Enough… appeared first on SyriaNews .
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from National Council of Resistance of Iran | NCRIThe Iranian Resistance has uncovered a parallel secret nuclear program in Iran - as the regime is talks with Western governments on curbing its nuclear capabilities. The U.S. Representative Office of the National Council of Resistance of...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsForget the frightening androids of dystopian sci-fi, the future of robots is cute polar bears that can lift elderly people into and out of bed.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsKanal Istanbul, one of the planned giant projects will be a canal 43 kilometers long and 400 meters wide with six bridges
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsFrench authorities dispatched an aircraft carrier to the Gulf Monday as part of the US-led coalition’s military campaign against Daesh in Iraq, AFP reported. “The integration of the Charles de Gaulle in the operation in Iraq begins this ...
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Monday, February 23, 2015 from Al Bawaba - NewsThe Houthi rebels are now threatening to arrest Yemen's prime minister and cabinet members should they not return to work, reports Associated Press. Prime Minister Khaled Bahah and his cabinet members resigned collectively to protest the...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsBritish actress Felicity Jones, who was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar for her role in “The Theory of Everything,” will come to Istanbul
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Wednesday, February 25, 2015 from Syrian Arab News AgencyParis, SANA- Unidentified drones flew over Paris for a second consecutive night, police said on Wednesday. The latest sightings follow a series of incidents at French atomic plants last year and, more recently, drones have been seen over...
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsHSBC has given its four problem businesses in Brazil, Mexico, Turkey and the United States as little as one year to prove their worth before “more extreme” turnaround solutions are proposed, its CEO said on Feb. 23
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsIn a ground-breaking move the United States on Feb. 23 appointed the first US special envoy for gay and lesbian rights in a bid to help eradicate discrimination around the world.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsForeign ministers from Ukraine, Russia, France and Germany were meeting in Paris on Feb. 24 in a bid to salvage a ceasefire deal which has failed to halt fighting in eastern Ukraine
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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 from Hurriyet Daily NewsA cross-party group of French lawmakers held talks with Syrian officials in Damascus on Feb. 24, the first such contacts in the Syrian capital since the closure of France's embassy there in 2012.
