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September 16, 2014

Sisi: Egypt's population to increase by 40 million in 15 years

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah Al-Sisi said he expects Egypt’s population to grow by 40 million over the next 15 years. During his speech at the 41st session of the...

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September 16, 2014

Top Shia cleric threatens US troops if they entered Iraq

The head of Iraq’s Shia Sadrist movement Muqtada Al-Sadr yesterday threatened the United States’ troops if they decide to return to Iraq. Al-Sadr said, in a statement posted on...

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September 16, 2014

Brotherhood's supreme leader sentenced to life imprisonment for third time

An Egyptian court sentenced the supreme leader of the Muslim Brotherhood Mohamed Badie and 14 others to life imprisonment. The 15 defendants: Mohamed Badie Mohamed Al-Beltagy Essam El-Erian Assem...

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September 16, 2014

Mustafa Barghouti on Gaza, the unity government and Palestinians elections

“Immediately after the war Israel initiated a political and a propaganda campaign, including distributing false information about a coup d’état that was prepared in the West Bank, to divert...
September 16, 2014

ISIS and the 'clash of the civilisations'

If we listen carefully to what the Islamic State (ISIS) and its supporters are saying, we see a vision of the world in a state of ongoing war between...

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September 16, 2014

Who are the Assyrians and what are the Nineveh Plains?

The Iraq conflict is covered by most of the world’s media and the Assyrians are mentioned frequently alongside the Kurds and Arabs. Whilst they are neither Kurd nor Arab,...

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September 16, 2014

Algeria offers to host talks between rival Libyan parties

Algeria yesterday officially offered to host talks between the Libyan rival parties to help resolve the crisis in the North African country, the Anadolu news agency said. Algeria’s Foreign...

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September 16, 2014

Qatar dismisses accusations of arming Libyan Dawn forces

Qatar dismissed allegations by the Libyan Prime Minister Abdullah Al-Thanni who accused the Gulf country of arming Libyan Dawn troops. In a statement to the Qatari News Agency, the...

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September 16, 2014

UN: Rebuilding Syria, Iraq and Gaza will cost $750bn

The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) said yesterday that rebuilding war-torn Syria, Iraq and Gaza will cost around $750 billion. The war in Syria...

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September 16, 2014

The media's failure in Palestine

It is the whistle-blower’s dilemma: follow the official internal complaints’ procedure and risk the truth being buried, or take it straight to the press, and risk improvised prosecution by...

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