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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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January 14, 2016

British MP: Israel has yet to prove Palestinian rock throwers killed Israeli children

British MP Naseem Naz Shah has stirred controversy after she said that Tel Aviv has provided no evidence that Israeli children have been killed or injured by Palestinian minors...

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January 14, 2016

Kuwait’s Shia lawmakers boycott parliamentary session

Kuwait’s Shia MPs have boycotted yesterday’s parliamentary session after a Kuwaiti court sentenced 23 Kuwaiti Shias to prison or death on charges of spying for Iran Hezbollah. Saleh Ahmad...

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January 14, 2016

Ghannouchi and Essebsi together

The presence of the Head of Ennahda Movement Sheikh Rashid Ghannouchi at the opening ceremony of the Nidaa Tounes conference did not go unnoticed but did go without causing...

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January 14, 2016

Israel sails into troubled waters over unprecedented US court action

Trying to get Israel into a court room anywhere in the world to be held to account for its actions is a bit like trying to nail jelly to...

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January 13, 2016

Turkey destroys PKK camps in northern Iraq

Turkey destroyed PKK camps in northern Iraq late yesterday, security sources revealed today. According to the sources, four F-16s and two F-4 combat aircraft belonging to the Turkish Armed...

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January 13, 2016

The Rafah crossing: between logic and interest

Many of Gaza’s inhabitants have taken interest in the meeting that took place in the Gaza Strip between Hamas and a committee of multiple Palestinian factions. The goal of...

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