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Pertamina eyeing oil and gas acquisitions in Oman
Indonesia's PT Pertamina has said it is considering the acquisition of an oil and gas asset in Oman, as the energy firm seeks to boost production at home and overseas, Muscat Daily has reported. State-owned Pertamina is currently in talks with Omani officials for the takeover of an oil and gas asset, expecting to seal an agreement by year's end, said the firm's chief executive, ...
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Bahrain slams claims about the non implementation of the BICI recommendations
Manama, May 19 (BNA)--Bahrain's Attorney General slammed as untrue a newspaper report that claimed that recommendations by a fact-finding panel on freedom of expression had been ignored by the state's legal authorities. "The report by the local daily about the non-implementation of the recommendations by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI) to drop the ...
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Bahrains Rights Britains Failure
, claimed that "so-called human rights organisations" are "largely administered by ex-ideologists and even terrorists". It continued: "As much as beasts cannot be left to roam freely, so in human society the feral element’s freedom should be under control." In fact, it is well documented ...
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Egypts Morsi rules out talks as hostage video appears
CAIRO: Egypt's President MohamedMorsion Sunday ruled out negotiating with the kidnappers of three policemen and four soldiers who appeared to plead for their release in an online video.The abductions on Thursday in the Sinai Peninsula prompted angry police to shut down border crossings with Gaza and Israel, piling the pressure onMorsito secure the hostages' release."There are no ...
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Culture Minister Opens Arab Tourism Meeting
Manama-May-19(BNA)Culture Minister Shaikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa has chaired the 12th meeting of the Executive Office of the Arab Tourism Ministerial Council , which started today in Manama, in the presence of the Arab League Assistant Secretary-General for economic affairs Dr. Mohammed bin Ibrahim Al-Tuwaijari and the President of the Arab Tourism Organisation Dr. Bandar bin Faheed ...
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FM seeks enhanced bilateral cooperation with Qatar
Indian economy and its vast potential for the gulf country's firms. Chidambaram, who is on an official visit to Qatar, met with the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani and the country's Minister of Economy and Finance Yousef Hussain Kamal in Doha, ...
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Egypt hit with security abductions in Sinai
Security sources identified the abductors as members of the Al Qaida-aligned Tawhid W’al Jihad, which also maintains a presence in the neighboring Hamas-ruled Gaza ...
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14 hurt in Tunis clashes ministry
Clashes between police and Salafist protesters in Ettadhamen, a poor suburb just west of Tunis, on Sunday injured at least 14 people, including 11 policemen, the interior ministry said in a ...
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UAE Foreign Minister Criticises Iranian Foreign Ministrys Statements Regarding Bahrain
Abu Dhabi, May 19 (BNA)-- UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan strongly criticised the statements issued by the Iranian Foreign Ministry regarding Bahrain yesterday. He said the Iranian neighbours have got a real problem which is understanding how to deal with their neighbours. He added it is understood that Iran has local elections but still continues to throw its internal ...
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NZ ready to aid Middle East deal
Foreign Minister Murray McCully will tomorrow offer the US Secretary of State, John Kerry, New Zealand's assistance in the event that he can broker a breakthrough agreement between Israel and Palestine on a two-state solution. Mr Kerry has had an intense focus on the region with three visits there since taking over from Hillary Clinton in February. Mr McCully is scheduled to have his first ...
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Regime in biggest push yet for strategic city
Hezbollah made a huge push to retake the strategic city of Qusair from rebel forces Sunday, killing at least 32 people, opposition activists reported. Fierce shelling began to slam into the city near the Lebanese border around 10 p.m. Saturday and continued unabated throughout the next day, an activist told The Daily Star. "It is the biggest assualt yet, they [the regime] are using all ...
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Abdullah bin Zayed strongly denounces Irans statement on Bahrain
WAM Abu Dhabi, 19th May 2013 (WAM) -- The UAE Foreign Minister, H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, today strongly criticised a statement issued yesterday by Iran's foreign ministry on sisterly Bahrain. ''Our Iranian neighbours have a real problem in understanding and identifying the way in which they deal with their neighbours,'' Sheikh Abdullah told a press ...
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Arab Parliament President meets Somali President
WAM Mogadishu, May 19th, 2013 (WAM)--President of the Arab Parliament Ahmed Mohammed Al Jarwan has met Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mahmoud, during his three-day visit to the Horn of Africa country, Somalia. During the meeting, the Somali President expressed his gratitude regarding the support being received by Somalia from the Arab Parliament, especially in the economic and political ...
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Syrian army Hezbollah enter rebel town
Syrian troops backed by fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah attacked and entered the strategic rebel stronghold of Qusayr on Sunday, a day after President Bashar al-Assad insisted he would not quit.The advance came as opponents warned the Assad regime's "barbaric and destructive" assault on Qusayr could render "meaningless" US-Russian attempts to organize a conference ...
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Egypt police close Israel border crossing to protest kidnapping of 7 colleagues in Sinai
CAIRO - Scores of Egyptian police have blocked a commercial border crossing with Israel to protest the abduction of their colleagues in the volatile Sinai peninsula. The closure Sunday left around 40 trucks stranded at Awja crossing, according to Ahmed Osman, a civil servant there. Suspected militants abducted seven Egyptian policemen on Thursday. Security officials said the kidnappers are ...
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Egypts new Justice Minister Suleiman said he would take Turkish judical system as model…
Egypt's new Justice Minister Suleiman said he would take Turkish judical system as model CAIRO - Egypt's newly appointed Minister of Justice Ahmed Suleiman has said, "I will work for our citizens to ease their proceedings at the courts by taking Turkey as a model."Ahead taking his new office, Suleiman spoke to Anadolu Agency and said that before he was appointed as a ...
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Rising Dubai land values boost worth of Kuwaits IFA
Rising Dubai land values helped the Kuwaiti resort developer IFA Hotels & Resorts almost double the value of its investment portfolio during the first quarter of the year. The company, which owns the recently opened Fairmont on the trunk of the Palm and the under- construction Kingdom of Sheba hotel on the crescent, said the value of the resorts it owns increased from 30.5 million Kuwaiti ...
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Bahrain e-Content Award 2013 Launched
Manama, May 19. (BNA) -- Under the patronage of His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa - Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of the Supreme Committee for Information and Communication Technology (SCICT); Bahrain Internet Society (BIS) in collaboration with the eGovernment Authority (eGA) announces the launch of Bahrain eContent Award 2013. The award, an integrated part of the World ...
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Egypt Police Mistreats Stranded Palestinians - Gaza
A Gazan official has said that hundreds of stranded Palestinians, including members of parliament and patients, were mistreated by Egyptian police during their return from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca). Interior Ministry Spokesman Islam Shahwan told Asharq Alawsat on Sunday that he received complaints from stranded citizens who said they were ...
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Egypt Judges Elect New Constitutional Court Chief
The general assembly of the High Constitutional Court approved Adly Mansour's appointment as Chief Justice on Sunday. Mansour will replace Maher al-Behiery who retires on June 30. A 2011 amendment to the law states that the president chooses the Chief Justice of the HCC from the three top deputies following the approval of the court's general assembly. Before the amendment, ...
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Former settlement to return to Palestinian hands NGO
A Palestinian woman gestures in front of graffiti sprayed on the wall of a mosque in the West Bank village of Burka, near Ramallah. The graffiti reads in Hebrew "War." (REUTERS/Mohamad ...
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Assad says no info on journalists missing in Syria
In this photo, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, right, speaks during an interview with the Argentine newspaper Clarin and the Argentine state news agency Telam, in Damascus, Syria on Saturday, May 18, 2013. (AP ...
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Israel acts to deny Hezbollah Syrian arms Netanyahu
Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday. His remarks came two weeks after Israel carried out air strikes near Damascus, which a senior Israeli source said were aimed at preventing the transfer of sophisticated Iranian arms to Hezbollah, the Lebanese ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Netanyahu said ...
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Al Dussari Condemns Blatant Iranian Threats against Bahrain
Manama, May 19. (BNA) -- The First Deputy Speaker of the Representatives Council Abdulla bin Khalaf Al Dussari has condemned the blatant threats made by an Iranian Foreign Ministry's official against the Kingdom of Bahrain. Al Dussari said the security bodies in Bahrain were fully authorised by the Constitution and the law to take any procedures they deem necessary against any Bahraini ...
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General Motors Celebrates 10th Anniversary of Middle East Parts Distribution Center
Dubai, May 19. (BNA) -- General Motors has passed a major milestone with the 10th anniversary of its Middle East Parts Distribution Center (MEDC) located in the Jebel Ali Free Zone in Dubai. The MEDC was initially leased from DHL, when it first opened in 2003. The center stocks and supplies GM service parts for its lineup of vehicles sold under the Chevrolet, Cadillac and GMC brands. It ...
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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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