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April 12, 2014

Iran Foreign Minister cancels dinner with Ashton ahead of nuclear talks

Iran’s Foreign Minister and chief negotiator Mohammad Javad Zarif cancelled a scheduled dinner meeting with the EU’s Foreign Policy chief Catherine Ashton yesterday in protest of a meeting she...

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April 12, 2014

Al-Sisi reshuffles army commanders

Egypt’s Defence Minister Field Marshal Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi yesterday reshuffled the commanders of the Egyptian army shortly before his expected resignation to run for Egypt’s presidency. Al-Sisi replaced Major...

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April 12, 2014

Palestinians ordered to pay Israel to demolish their own homes

An Israeli court has not only ruled that a number of Palestinian homes in Haifa have to be demolished but also that the home owners must pay 20,000 shekels...

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April 12, 2014

Ya'alon supports unilateral strike against Iran

Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon yesterday said that he had changed his mind regarding the Iranian nuclear programme and is now supporting a unilateral Israeli action against it, Israeli...

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April 12, 2014

Return to Kufr Bir'im: Like a Wall Upon Your Chest

Standing above an ancient archway on a wall linking an old school house to a church, 86 year old Nakba survivor, To’ameh Maghzal looks down on a crowd of...

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April 12, 2014

Saudi: Al-Maliki is blaming others for his domestic failures

Saudi Arabia slammed accusations by Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki that the Kingdom is supporting terrorism, describing such claims as “aggressive and irresponsible”. The Saudi Minister of Culture and...

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April 12, 2014

Egyptian court turns down Brotherhood request to disqualify judges

The Cairo Appeals Court turned down a request by the vice president of the Muslim Brotherhood’s political wing, Essam El-Erian, to disqualify two judges in the Ittihadiya case, where...

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April 12, 2014

Female Al-Azhar students arrested for holding demonstrations

Egyptian security forces stormed Al-Azhar University campus in the Nile Delta governorate of Dakahliya yesterday and arrested a number of female students who were protesting against the arbitrary detention...

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April 12, 2014

Cyprus investigates Israelis involved in buying stolen Libyan oil

Two Israelis and one Senegalese national are being questioned by police who claim they negotiated the illegal purchase of oil smuggled from a Libyan port by rebels; Cyprus News...

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April 12, 2014

Turkey budget surplus

Turkey’s Finance Minister, Mehmet Şimşek, said on Monday that his country has achieved a budget surplus in January and February. In a press statement following his ministry’s announcement of...

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