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UPDATE 2-Egypt tourism minister protests over Islamist governor
Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:30pm EDT * Tourism minister sees "dire consequences" * New Luxor governor is member of ex-militant group * Says proud of pharaonic temples, will protect them * Pledges to welcome and protect tourists (Rewrites with tourism minister resignation) By Tom Perry and Asma Alsharif CAIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Egypt's tourism minister tendered his resignation on Tuesday ...
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CAPTIVE IN KUWAITContract Dispute Leaves 100 Americans Stranded
More than 100 American citizens have been trapped on two U.S. Army bases in Kuwait for months because of a contract dispute. (Wikipedia/public ...
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Cancellation of Arab American Film Festival a Troubling Sign
This is where we are today, as a country and a society. You can't even hold an Arab American film festival in Dearborn, Michigan, a center of the Arab American community in this country. The festival was supposed to run this month, but last month the Arab American Chamber of Commerce pulled the plug on it. What a shame! Young filmmakers from across the US and the world would have come ...
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As Syria crisis roils Middle East Ban says Israeli-Palestinian peace remains urgent priority
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said ';we must not lose sight of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,'; whose resolution was no less urgent. Calling for a ';clear political horizon'; to break the impasse and maximize present momentum, Mr. Ban told the UN Asia and Pacific International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, in ...
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US to talk to Taliban as they open Qatar office
WASHINGTON (AFP) - US envoys will launch talks this week with the Taliban, officials announced Tuesday, in a tentative first step towards finding a negotiated escape from the decade-long Afghan war.The chance to start a dialogue came as the Islamist insurgent group opened a political office in the Qatari capital Doha to act as an embassy to its foes in Washington and President Hamid ...
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Defiant Putin torpedoes G-8 efforts to urge Assad to leave power
Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama wave during a group photo opportunity during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ...
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Saudi Arabia’s role in Syria driven by fear of Shiite ‘full moon’
Gulf Research Center in Jeddah. Since the fall of Syrian rebel stronghold Qusair this month, there has been growing unease in Saudi Arabia’s dusty capital Riyadh about the opposition’s chances. Riyadh has been backing the mainly Sunni rebels with arms, money and political support, while Western countries, above all the U.S., have given mixed signals, calling for Assad’s ...
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Kurds carve out autonomy in chaos of Syrian civil war
File - In this Sunday, March 3, 2013 file photo, A Kurdish female member of the Popular Protection Units stands guard at a check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. Taking advantage of the chaos of the civil war, ...
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Copycats take Turkish silent protester viral
TRT said 13 had been held in Eskisehir.Protests have frequently turned into fierce clashes between police firing tear gas and water cannons and masked demonstrators throwing bottles and other missiles, images that have dented Turkey's reputation for stability in a volatile Middle East.Western countries have expressed concern about the police's handling of the protests against Erdogan, ...
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Russia urges West to soften Iran sanctions
Russia Tuesday urged the West to consider relaxing sanctions against Iran, saying there was unprecedented hope of a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff ...
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U.S. and Taliban to begin Afghanistan war talks at the movements new Qatar office
An Afghan police officer runs at the site of a blast near the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, June, 18, 2013. The large bomb exploded in the Afghan capital on Tuesday as the international military coalition hands over responsibility for fighting the Taliban insurgency to the nascent national army and police they have been training. (AP Photo/Ahmad ...
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AP EXCLUSIVE US supervises war games in Jordan amid fears of spillover from Syrian conflict
An Iraqi Counter Terrorist forces soldier participates in a rehearsal with forces from Jordan and Lebanon as part of Eager Lion, a multinational military exercise in Zarqa, Jordan, Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Maya ...
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FIFA World Cup Qualifying Wrap Ethopia Egypt top groups
They secured a 2-1 success at home to South Africa on Sunday, however, their place in the last phase is under threat following an announcement from FIFA that they are face an investigation for allegedly fielding an ineligible player in a fixture with Botswana on June ...
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Bahrain Delegation Meets Deputy Russian Foreign Minister
Moscow, June 18. (BNA) - A Bahrain parliamentary delegation led by Mp Abdulrahman Boumajeed today met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Russian President's Envoy to the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov and discussed regional and international developments. Talks focused on steps undertaken to implement the recommendations set by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), the ...
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Suspected Islamic terrorist among newly appointed governors in Egypt
Among the 17 provincial governors appointed by Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on June 16, at least 7 are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and one is affiliated with a suspected Islamic terrorist group. The appointments by Morsi show that the Egyptian president is feeling pressure from Islamic groups, notes the AsiaNewes service. The appointment of Adel Asaad el Khayat as governor ...
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Egypt and Ethiopia try to roll back threats of war
CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's foreign minister is in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today to diffuse a diplomatic standoff over access to the Nile River that had led President Mohamed Morsi to threaten his Ethiopian counterparts with the prospect of "war." Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr's visit comes a week after Ethiopia's parliament voted to strip Egypt of its right to ...
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U.N. sees huge need for helping Syrian refugees in Lebanon
A United Nations official says more needs to be done to support the estimated 1 million Syrian refugees who will have fled to Lebanon by year's end. The worsening violence in Syria has prompted an estimated 1.5 million people to flee to neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey with refugee camps already filled beyond capacity in the countries. U.N. High Commissioner for ...
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African nations set negotiations on planned Nile dam
A controversial dam on the Nile River will be the subject of negotiations by Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, foreign ministers of the countries announced Tuesday. The negotiations will deal with the political and technical aspects of dividing the river's waters between the countries, Egypt's Ahram Online reported. The $4.2 billion dam is planned by Ethiopia to power a hydroelectric plant. ...
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Measles epidemic sweeps northern Syria MSF
Syrian children roll used car tyres on a street in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 12, 2013. An epidemic of measles is sweeping through parts of northern Syria, with at least 7,000 people affected because the ongoing civil war has disrupted vaccination programmes, Doctors Without Borders said on ...
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UN says 2 children of Libyas Gadhafi moved to Oman in apparent violation of UN travel ban
A son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban, the committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said Tuesday. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the committee, told the Security Council that Algeria's U.N. Mission confirmed on June 5 that Aisha Gadhafi and Mohammed Gadhafi ...
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With massive protests planned against Islamist leader Egypts polarization risks violence
FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, An Egyptian protester shouts anti-President Mohammed Morsi slogans as he holds an application for "Tamarod", Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist ...
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Egypt Ethiopia Egypt Meet to Ease Nile Dam Tensions
ADDIS ABABA - Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam. The ministers of foreign affairs from both countries held talks in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday. At issue: the tensions that rose after Ethiopia began diverting part of the Blue Nile to advance construction the Great Ethiopian ...
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Can fragmented Egypt find 15 million who want President Morsi out
The key to the success of Egypt's 'Rebel' campaign may be its modest scope: Collecting signatures on a petition calling for early elections to replace President ...
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Clashes erupt in Egypt over Islamist governors
CAIRO (AP) -- Clashes erupted between supporters and opponents of Egypt's president and his Muslim Brotherhood Tuesday over his appointment of new Islamist governors, some in areas where opponents are ...
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Taliban Opens Office For Talks with US Afghan Government
Muhammad Naeem (L), a spokesman for the Office of the Taliban of Afghanistan, speaks during the opening of the Taliban Afghanistan Political Office in Doha, June 18, ...
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Lebanon on the up despite uncertainty over future conflicts
Lebanon has seen strong economic growth since the 2006 war between Israel and Lebanon and the tourism sector, along with construction is experiencing strong signs of confidence from investors. If all goes well, the country may be able to shake off perceptions in the international community of a war-torn and politically unstable country.
The war in 2006 between Hezbollah and Israel had a severe impact on Lebanon. Tourism in 2006 plummeted as international holidaymakers shied away from a country seen as unstable, plagued by an internal lack of security and on the verge of another war, as Israel warned of future military action if the government did not do more to disarm Hezbollah. While some progress has been made in this regard, the greater achievement is the country’s resurgence in the areas of investment, construction and tourism even as the global economy quivers at the edge of a possible second downturn in Europe. Read more
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