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Qatar Airs cargo unit adds three new planes
The new A330s have replaced three Airbus A300 freighters that the airline has phased out of the fleet to make way for the new state-of-the-art ...
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No political crisis in Kuwait claims speaker
The speaker of Kuwait's National Assembly insisted that there is no "political crisis" in the Gulf state, amid moves to question the oil and interior ministers in ...
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World Bank proposes $150m loan to Jordan
The World Bank has proposed a $150m loan for Jordan to help it with the cost of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on ...
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U.S. may arm rebels if diplomacy fails Kerry says
John Kerry said. "In the event that we can't find that way forward, in the event that the Assad regime is unwilling to negotiate in good faith, we will also talk about our continued support and growing support for the opposition in order to permit them to continue to fight for the freedom of their country," Kerry said in Amman, Jordan, before a Friends of Syria meeting with key ...
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Mall of Qatar project set for 2015 opening
Construction has started on Doha's QR3bn ($820m) Mall of Qatar, which will be the largest retail centre in the Gulf state when it is completed in September ...
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Report Saudi bailout of Pakistan energy sector likely
Pakistan may get a bailout worth up to $15 billion from Saudi Arabia for its troubled energy sector, a Pakistani official told Dawn newspaper. The Saudi assistance could consist of supplies of crude and furnace oil on deferred payment at a time when Pakistan's energy sector faces a host of financial and other problems, resulting in constant load shedding or rolling blackouts. The report ...
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Blast leaves 12 killed 17 injured in SW Pakistan
At least 12 people including 10 security men were killed and 17 others injured when a bomb went off near an army vehicle in Pakistan's southwest Quetta city on Thursday morning, local officials ...
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Oman Air boosts fleet with three new A330-300
The aircraft will be operated on long haul routes Oman Air, the national carrier of the Sultanate of Oman, has placed an order for three A330-300s, growing its A330 Family fleet to a total of ten Airbus aircraft, according to a press release on Wednesday.The aircraft will be operated on long haul routes and can comfortably seat close to 300 passengers."The efficiency, reliability and ...
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Morsi appeals to opposition for unified Egypt in face increasingly popular rebellion petition
Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi appealed Wednesday to the opposition for unity, in the face of criticism he is failing the revolution that brought him to power almost a year ...
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Bundesliga chief slams Qatar World Cup scheduling
Bundesliga chief executive Christian Seifert has slammed FIFA's decision to host World Cup 2022 in Qatar during the country's summer.Traditionally, the quadrennial showcase tournament is held during June and July.However, numerous senior football figures have called for FIFA to break with that tradition due to predicted extremely high temperatures in the country during those months.And ...
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Syria as a Game-Changer US Political Impotence in the Middle East
Limitations of US military power became quite obvious in later years. (Photo: Aljazeera) In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should ...
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US allies want transitional govt in Syria to end crisis
The foreign ministers of "Friends of Syria" nations said Wednesday that they want a transitional government in Syria that does not include current Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.At a meeting held in the Jordanian capital Amman, the foreign ministers said that Syrian President Assad should hand over power to a transitional government as a way of ending the cycle of violence in the ...
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Palestine urges UN Security Council to end provocations by Israel
Palestine has asked the UN Security Council to press Israel to end its "provocations," including restricting access to holy sites in East Jerusalem, a Palestinian envoy told reporters on Wednesday."We have sent to the president of the Security Council and to the secretary-general, during the course of the last two weeks, four letters about the illegal policies and practices of the ...
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Lebanese PM warns of state collapse
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Miqati warned Wednesday that the "severe political divisions " in Lebanon will inevitably lead to the collapse of the state.Miqati urged all sides to rise above sectarianism, saying "we must exert efforts to restore trust between the political factions and start serious and responsible dialogue that maintains national and constitutional ...
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Irans nuclear enrichment capability expanded UN report
Iran expended its nuclear enrichment capability by installing hundreds of advanced centrifuges in a uranium enrichment plant, the UN nuclear watch dog reported in a confidential document on Wednesday.The report said Iran continues to install the IR-2m centrifuges, which could promote its uranium enrichment significantly in Natanz enrichment plant."As of 15 May 2013, four cascades had been ...
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Irans nuke power plant to be launched shortly Russias atomic agency
Iran's first nuclear power plant in Bushehr could start working "shortly", Russia's state atomic agency Rosatom said Wednesday."I have never announced the exact timing because our absolute priority is safety and the final decision will be made by the customer," Rosatom chief Sergei Kirienko told reporters.He added that Rosatom completely understands Iran's ...
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Majority of U.S. Senate panel backs arming rebels
U.S. Senate panel voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to send weapons to rebels late fighting Syria’s government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the conflict. ...
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Syria chemical weapons use increasing U.N.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shake hands as they meet at Bocharov Ruchei state residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi May 17, 2013. (REUTERS/Maxim ...
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Kerry Arming rebels on the table if Assad shuns peace talks
This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels firing locally made shells made from gas cylinders against the Syrian forces, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ...
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Little for Kerry to gain from Mideast visit
United States preoccupied with wider regional threats, tackling the deadlock behind the 65-year conflict has been put on the diplomatic back burner. Nonetheless, the U.S. Secretary of State will be landing in Israel Thursday, with the stated aim of resuming long-stalled negotiations. The visit will be his fourth such trip since taking over the State Department from Hillary Clinton in February, ...
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Stagnant development projects imperil Kuwait’s stock market boom
DUBAI: Kuwait’s stock market boom could run out of steam if the government doesn’t push ahead soon with long-delayed infrastructure projects aimed at diversifying the ...
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Egypt boosts FX sale for imports as SP warns on inflation
Egypt’s central bank sold an unspecified amount of dollars after offering a record $800 million to local lenders at a currency auction to finance imports as Standard & Poor’s warned of accelerating inflation. The benchmark Eurobonds fell. The regulator, which normally offers $40 million at each auction, sold the U.S. currency at a weighted average of 6.972 pounds at its second ...
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Egypt factories hit by subsidy cuts highlight Cairo’s fiscal dilemma
AL-SAFF, Egypt: Hundreds of soot-stained factory chimneys dot the horizon in the industrial city of Al-Saff, south of Cairo, but only a few spew black smoke. Two years after the revolution that overthrew President Hosni Mubarak, Egyptian industry is struggling as political instability has scared off foreign investors and hit domestic confidence and the government has started slashing energy ...
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Death toll reaches 13 in north Lebanon city fighting
Gunfire broke the calm in northern Lebanon's Tripoli on Wednesday, a day after fierce battles rocked the port city, bringing the casualties to 13 killed and 126 injured, a security source said.The source added two soldiers were among the dead and that tens of homes were damaged in the fighting.Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati stressed that the army has been authorized to take necessary ...
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Nearly 1000 Tunisians join Arab rebel groups
More than 500 Tunisians are currently fighting within the ranks of al-Nusra, a Syrian Salafist rebel group, while 123 others are engaged in military training in Libya, according to the ...
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Saudi Arabia's massive infastructure drive
Saudi Arabia is in the midst of a major construction boom being implemented and supported by the national government in order to improve infrastructure and living standards in the largest economy in the Arab world.
It was recently announced by the director-general of the Saudi Industrial Property Authority (MODON), Tawfig Fawzan Alrabiah, that a new industrial city would be built in Taif in order to cope with growing demand for industrial land in Saudi Arabia. The Taif Industrial City will in fact be a ‘city within a city’ so to speak, but will measure 11 square miles in size and will function as a fully-fledged industrial city, providing all the infrastructure required in such zones. Read more
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