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September 11, 2014

Arab League denies ministers plan to visit Gaza

Secretary-General of the Arab League Nabil Al-Araby denied reports of a planned visit by an Arab ministerial delegation to Gaza on October 12. In a press statement issued yesterday,...

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September 11, 2014

HRW probe into Gaza war 'exposed Israel's lies': Hamas

A new report by Human Rights Watch (HRW) – in which it accuses Israel of committing war crimes during its recently-ended military onslaught on the Gaza Strip – has...

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September 11, 2014

Tunisia: Convert part of our debt to Italy to 'investment projects'

Tunisian President Al-Moncef Al-Marzouqi called on Italian authorities to convert part of Tunisia’s debt to Italy into investment projects, a presidential statement said yesterday. Al-Marzouqi met with Italian President...

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September 11, 2014

US embassy in Cairo: Egyptian media spoiling Egypt-US relations

The spokesman of the US Embassy in Cairo Mofid Al-Deek accused the Egyptian media of spoiling Egyptian-American relations by systematically spreading false news about the US. In his opening...

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September 11, 2014

Abbas blocks ICC application. Why?

A curious piece of theatre took place outside the Chief Prosecutor’s Office in the International Criminal Court in The Hague on August 5. This was 28 days into Israel’s...

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September 11, 2014

Alliances against ISIS: where is the region going?

Extreme Islamic groups in the Middle East are on the rise and the most prominent of these is ISIS, otherwise known as the Islamic State. ISIS is an organisation...

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September 11, 2014

Sisi orders formation of Sharia-compliant Zakat House

Egypt’s President Abdel-Fatah Al-Sisi has ordered the formation of an independent Zakat House to be supervised by Al-Azhar Grand Imam with the purpose of raising charity funds in accordance...

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September 11, 2014

Israeli police probe security leak from senior officials' offices

Israeli police are investigating allegations that close aides of the former Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak and Major General Yoav Galant revealed military secrets to people who were not...

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September 11, 2014

Egypt sets up committee to liquidate FJP funds

Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahlab decided yesterday to set up a committee to implement a court decision to seize assets of the Muslim Brotherhood’s Freedom and Justice Party and...

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September 11, 2014

Palestinian leaders help Israel evade ICC, again

In 2009, Palestinian leaders attempted to bring Israel’s actions during “Operation Cast Lead” to the International Criminal Court (ICC). Although the bid was refused by the then prosecutor Luis...

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