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July 15, 2014

Egypt lifts election ban on Mubarak party

The Cairo Appeals Court for Urgent Matters overturned a decision to ban leading members of former President Honsi Mubarak’s dissolved National Democratic Party (NDP) from running in parliamentary elections....

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July 15, 2014

Qatar to buy $11bn worth of US arms

Qatar will buy US patriot missile batteries and Apache helicopters in an arms deal worth $11 billion, senior officials at the US Pentagon said yesterday. According to the US...

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July 15, 2014

Qatari Emir to visit Turkey

Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani will fly to Ankara today to hold bilateral talks with the Turkish president and prime minister, the Qatari news agency reported. The...

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July 15, 2014

Egypt to release Morsi-era prime minister

Former Egyptian Prime Minister Hisham Qandil will soon be released after a court acquitted him of charges of failing to execute a court order during his tenure in office....

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July 15, 2014

Italian aid workers call on media to pay more attention to Gaza assault

Employees of six Italian humanitarian aid organisations that operate in the Gaza Strip have issued an open letter urging the media to give more attention to developments in Gaza...

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July 15, 2014

The fatal Palestinian trinity

There are no concrete military outcomes for what is happening in Gaza. Israel has not eliminated Hamas nor has it obliterated any other resistance forces or liberation movements that...

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July 15, 2014

Hamas rejects ceasefire prior to truce agreement

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement has announced that it rejects a ceasefire with Israel prior to reaching a truce agreement. However, Hamas confirmed that it had not “thus far”...

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July 15, 2014

Egypt: Draft law threatens to stifle free association

A recently-drafted law in Egypt aims to regulate NGOs and give the government and security agencies veto power over all activities of associations in Egypt. “It would sound the...

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July 15, 2014

Erdogan returns $500 donation made by his rival

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned down a financial donation by his rival presidential candidate Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu, his lawyer said. According to Ali Ozkaya, lawyer of presidential...

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July 14, 2014

Israel in shock after Hamas launches drone

Israel is in shock after a drone was launched by Izzaddin Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, on Monday morning. The drone flew from Gaza towards Israel. Yediouth...

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