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New Egypt tax law cuts for poor business hikes
CAIRO -; Egypt's president has signed a new tax law that cuts the amount paid by poorer Egyptians while increasing taxes on small and medium-sized ...
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Middle East North Africa - Restricting speech restricts Arab freedom
The sight of hundreds of thousands of Arabs marching on the streets of a number of Arab countries, demanding their dignity and rights, will remain among the iconic images of the twenty-first century. The willingness of so many citizens to take such tremendous risks to their own lives, with thousands dying for their freedom, stunned a world long accustomed to the image of the resigned, ...
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Syria claims destroyed vehicle inside its territory
Mount Hermon is seen in the background as Israeli soldiers travel on mobile artillery units after an exercise on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, close to the ceasefire line between Israel and Syria in this February 14, 2013 file photo. REUTERS/Baz ...
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Academy forward Jordan Morris on U.S. U-20 roster for pre-World Cup tournament
made the squad. The U.S., grouped with Colombia, Congo DR and host France, will be in action starting May 28 in Toulon, France, as both preparation for this summer’s FIFA U-20 World Cup in Turkey and one last evaluation toward that final roster. Morris, a Mercer Island native, is one of three academy players nationwide to make the team and had starred in a training camp earlier this year ...
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Kerry in Oman to help ink $2.1b defence deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived inOmanon Tuesday aiming to help finalise an estimated $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defence system to the Gulf ...
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Bahrain-UAE Officials Hold Preparatory Meetings
Abu Dhabi-May-21(BNA) Senior officials' from the Kingdom of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates committee meetings took place today at the UAE's Ministry of Foreign Affairs to prepare for the meetings of the Higher Committee. Bahrain's delegation was chaired by Ambassador Hamad Ahmed Abdulaziz Al Amer, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Regional Cooperation and ...
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State Minister for Communication Affairs Lauds Batelcos Role in Developing Bahrains Communication Sector
Manama, May 21 (BNA)-- State Minister for Communication Affairs Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa paid a visit today to Bahrain Telecommunications Company (Batelco) Network Operations and Customer Services Complex in Salmaniya where he was received by the company's Chief Executive Rashid Abdullah and a number of Directors General. He toured the complex and got informed about its ...
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Bahrains Reaction to Irans Threats Report
Manama, May 21. (BNA) -- Bahrain's stance vis--vis the recent Iranian statement against it reflects the fact the kingdom will not tolerate any attempt to interfere into its domestic affairs, under whatever pretext, and resolve to ensure security and stability for its citizens. In this regard, the Foreign Affairs Ministry sent official letters to the secretaries-General of the United ...
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In Official Letters to a number of International Organizations .Minister of Foreign Affairs informs the international community of Irans threats to Bahrain
Manama, May 21st (BNA) -Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, sent official letters to: United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, European Union's High Representative for Security and Foreign Policy, Baroness Catherine Ashton, the Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Dr. Nabil Elaraby and to the Secretary General of the Organization of ...
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Research and Markets Fresh Fruit Market in United Arab Emirates Business Report 2013
"Fresh Fruit Market in United Arab Emirates: Business Report 2013" report to their offering. This report is a comprehensive research of fresh fruit market in United Arab Emirates. The report starts with giving brief country profile for United Arab Emirates, including general information and main economic indicators. Further, the report provides in-depth analyses ...
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Egypts army blocks roads in Sinai in hunt for kidnappers
CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's army and police stepped up roadblocks in an area of northern Sinai as they tried to track down militant Islamists who kidnapped seven security officers last week, a security source said on ...
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Michael Jordan Changing Bobcats to the Hornets A Tricky Situation
Charlotte Bobcats owner Michael Jordan is changing his team name back to the Hornets and it could take effect as early as the 2014-15 season albeit some confusing ...
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Oman proposes Gulf ban on women wearing full-face niqab veils from driving
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - A Saudi online newspaper says Oman is proposing that women be banned from wearing face veils when driving. Al-Watan said Tuesday Oman made the proposal at a meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council police traffic department heads. It singled out the niqab, a mask that covers a woman's face, leaving only a slit for her eyes. The Oman delegate said that wearing a niqab ...
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Saudi Arabia executes five Yemenis and displays corpses
DUBAI // Saudi Arabia executed five Yemenis today for robbery and murder, then put their bodies on public display as a further punishment, state news agency SPA said. A sixth man, a Saudi national, was separately executed for murder, the agency said. It was the second time in less than three months that Saudi Arabia executed several convicted criminals at the same time. In February, the United ...
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Muscat the focus of Omans aggressive plan for a tourism push
Muscat is an enticing one for any visitor. Men and women in traditional dress chat and pose gracefully around the souk, one of the oldest marketplaces in the Arab world, often seen with scarcely a guidebook -wielding tourist to get in the way of a camera shot. But all that could be about to change is an aggressive plan ...
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Clashes between Egypt troops and gunmen in Sinai
An Egyptian Army vehicle with a tank heads to the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Monday, May 20, 2013. Security officials said 17 military and more than 20 police armored vehicles were deployed in northern Sinai Monday as a response to the kidnapping by suspected militants of six policemen and a border guard there last ...
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Kerrys Visit to Oman Seeks to Guarantee Military Contract
Muscat, May 21 (Prensa Latina) The conclusion of a $2.1 billion USD agreement is the focus of the visit of U.S. secretary John Kerry to this capital of the Sultanate of Oman today. The agreement includes the sale of an anti-aircraft defense system produced by the Raytheon firm, which is based in the state of Massachusetts, and which Kerry supported from his position as senator before becoming ...
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Saudi Arabia blocks access to Jpost.com
Commentator article Ahmed Abdel-Raheem is an Egyptian artist and a PhD student who works as a lecturer at Al-Lith College for Girls, Um Al-Qura University, Saudi Arabia, according to his byline on the website of ...
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Jordan refuses entry to thousands of Syrian refugees
AMMAN - Jordan has turned away thousands of Syrian refugees in the past week in the first such clampdown since the crisis in Syria began more than two years ago, diplomats, activists and aid workers said on Tuesday.Jordan, due to host an international conference on Syria on Wednesday, has already taken in 473,587 Syrians out of a total of 1.5 million who have fled the conflict in an exodus that ...
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Oman Project Is A Step Toward The Ikea Of Solar
GlassPoint installation in Oman, with oil rigs in background (Credit: GlassPoint) In the desert of southern Oman, near the border with Yemen, 4 acres of glass houses catch the sun. They sit in the Amal West oilfield, operated by Petroleum Development Oman. But these glasshouses aren't growing tomatoes, or any other crop, rather they are making steam. When it comes to developing its oil ...
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Kerry visits Oman for arms deal talks on Syria Mideast
CORK/DUBLIN - Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S. Senate said it paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish ...
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Qatar should consider more flexible exchange rate
Qatar and other Gulf states should consider moving to a more flexible exchange rate from long-entrenched pegs to the US dollar, to better manage inflation risk in the next decade, a senior Qatar central bank official said on ...
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More troops arrive in Egypts Sinai over hostages
An Egyptian Army vehicle with a tank heads to the closed Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza strip, in Sheikh Zuweyid, northern Sinai, Egypt, Monday, May 20, 2013. Security officials said 17 military and more than 20 police armored vehicles were deployed in northern Sinai Monday as a response to the kidnapping by suspected militants of six policemen and a border guard there last ...
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UN Drop in Syrians reaching Jordan unclear why
GENEVA -- U.N. officials say there has been a sudden fall in the number of Syrian refugees arriving in Jordan, but it's unclear why.Panos Moumtzis , the top U.N. refugee official for Syria, says the usual exodus of up to about 3,000 refugees daily has "dropped to almost zero" over the past four days.Moumtzis told reporters Tuesday in Geneva that his agency is asking if ...
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At least 4 killed in Israel bank robbery
Israeli security officers cordon off the scene of a bank robbery in Beersheva, southern Israel, on May 20, 2013. At least four people were killed in an armed bank robbery that took place on Monday in south Israeli city of Beersheva, Israel channel 2 citing the Magen David Adom emergency services as reporting. During the standoff with police, one of the robbers committed suicide. (Xinhua/Yin ...
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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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