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January 14, 2016

Why is hanging out with dictators wrong?

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is back in Abu Dhabi. Those of you kind enough to read this column regularly might remember that in December 2014, Wales accepted a $500,000...

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January 14, 2016

Israel summons Swedish ambassador over “extrajudicial execution” comments

Israel has summoned the Swedish ambassador over Foreign Minister Margot Wallstrom’s call for a probe into Tel Aviv’s “extrajudicial executions” of Palestinians, Press TV reported. Wallstrom called on Tuesday...

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January 14, 2016

Real Madrid to receive sole survivor of Dawabsheh family

Spanish football club Real Madrid announced on Wednesday that it is ready to receive the Palestinian boy Ahmed Dawabsheh, the sole survivor of an arson attack carried out by...

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January 14, 2016

10 Yemenis freed from Guantanamo arrive in Oman

MUSCAT, Oman (AA) – Ten Yemenis freed from the Guantanamo Bay detention camp arrived in Oman on Thursday, the Omani foreign ministry said in a statement. Oman’s official news...

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January 14, 2016

Red Cross official: Yemen is becoming one of the world’s forgotten conflicts

Yemen is fast-becoming one of the world’s “forgotten conflicts”, International Committee of the Red Cross Regional Director for the Near and Middle East, Robert Mardini has warned. In a...

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January 14, 2016

PA foreign exchange reserve down 15.3% in 2015

Palestinian Authority (PA) exchange reserves dropped by 15.3 per cent in 2015, the Palestinian Monetary Authority announced yesterday. Anadolu reported numbers published by the Monetary Authority showing a decline...

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January 14, 2016

Egypt builds more prisons

Instead of fulfilling his promises to improve the country’s deteriorating economy, provide new job opportunities for thousands of unemployed youth and build at least one million housing units to...

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January 14, 2016

UN: Those responsible for starving Madaya must ‘be held accountable’

All sides responsible for starving the Syrian people must ‘be held accountable’ no matter who they are, UN spokesperson said yesterday. Stéphane Dujarric, spokesman for the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon,...

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January 14, 2016

Why is hanging out with dictators wrong?

Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales is back in Abu Dhabi. Those of you kind enough to read this column regularly might remember that in December 2014, Wales accepted a $500,000...

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January 14, 2016

Qatar calls on Iraq to increase efforts to release its citizens

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Khalid bin Mohammad Al Attiyah yesterday called on the Iraqi government to take responsibility and increase efforts to secure the release of 26 Qataris who were...

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