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July 3, 2014

Egypt to apply for another $1bn loan

The Egyptian government has approved in principle the plan to apply for a loan worth $1 billion from the International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation (ITFC) for the benefit of...

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July 3, 2014

Lebanon fails to elect new president for the 8th time

The Lebanese parliament failed, for the eighth time yesterday, to elect a new president to succeed President Michel Suleiman whose term ended in May, prolonging the power vacuum in...

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July 3, 2014

Prominent Shia cleric supports Sunni revolution

Opposition Shia leader Ayatollah Mahmoud Al-Hassani Al-Sarkhi has announced his support for the revolution of the Sunni tribes in Iraq, insisting they have been “oppressed”. Al-Sarkhi, who opposes outgoing...

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July 3, 2014

Going beyond recruiting Palestinian Christians to the military

It is common knowledge by this point that the Israelis have long been making a sincere effort to make the enlistment of Palestinian Arabs of various Christian denominations mandatory,...

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July 3, 2014

Al-Maliki rejects Kurdish annexation of contested areas

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki said on Wednesday that he rejects Kurdistan’s effort to capitalise on the current crisis in Iraq to extend its control over the contested northern...

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July 3, 2014

Marine Le Pen’s vindictive nationalism and Algerian football

Marine Le Pen has not said if she was among the millions who watched Algeria’s heroic football team narrowly lose to Germany in the World Cup earlier this week,...

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July 3, 2014

Pro-Al Sisi journalist warns a third revolution is on the way

Less than a year after she wrote her column entitled “Al-Sisi, you need only wink with your eye”, which was published in Al-Masry Al-Youm newspaper on July 25, 2013,...

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July 3, 2014

Turkey: The world’s 4th largest humanitarian donor

Turkey has ranked fourth on the list of the world’s largest humanitarian donors, the Turkish Foreign Ministry said yesterday. A statement by the ministry said that the number of...

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July 3, 2014

EU condemns murder of Palestinian boy in Jerusalem

The European Union condemned “in the strongest terms” the killing of a Palestinian child yesterday. The EU statement comes in the aftermath of the murder of 16-year-old Mohamed Abu...

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July 3, 2014

Abbas’ pleas diminish Palestinian suffering

Swiftly implementing rhetoric inundated with revenge, the Israeli Air Force intensified its bombing of Gaza under the pretext of “making Hamas pay” for their alleged involvement in the deaths...

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