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September 20, 2015

Israel to bring in 20,000 Chinese construction workers

AFP reports that Israel plans to bring in 20,000 Chinese construction workers to help build new apartments as part of efforts to lower housing costs, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...

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September 20, 2015

Revealing the invisible: interview with Tunisian-Russian artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke

“I never decide in advance why I want to talk about a subject; it just arises from the context. The wall in particular is a symbol that speaks to...
September 20, 2015

Season of prickly pears in Palestine, the fruit of patience

In Padras, a town in west Ramallah, one can find prickly pears in all houses, the summer fruit of choice for Palestinians and a symbol of steadfastness and patience. Zainab Awad, 37, lives in Padras, a town known for its cultivation of...

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September 20, 2015

Shaker Aamer: The Guantanamo detainee who knows too much

There was great excitement among journalists gathered inside the British parliament a few days ago as the new opposition leader Jeremy Corbyn prepared to face Prime Minister David Cameron...

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September 20, 2015

Egyptians boycott butcher shops amid soaring meat prices

Mohamed Fadl, 44, sat in front of his butcher shop in the northern Giza suburb of Imbaba waiting for a customer to step in to buy meat. “For days,...

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September 20, 2015

Hamas says contacting Egypt to halt Gaza tunnel flooding

Palestinian group Hamas said on Sunday it was holding talks with Egypt in an effort to stop the Egyptian army from flooding the border area between the Gaza Strip and...

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September 20, 2015

US troops arrive for Mosul operation, says lawmaker

US soldiers have arrived at a camp in northern Iraq in preparation for an assault on Daesh-held Mosul, a member of the Iraqi parliament’s security and defence committee said Saturday....

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September 20, 2015

Turkey set to hire thousands of ‘village guards’

Turkey is to hire 5,000 “village guards”, Interior Minister Selami Altinok said Saturday, as violence in the southeast and east of the country shows no sign of easing. Altinok...

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September 20, 2015

US, UK say Assad’s departure needed but not urgent

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must go but the timetable for his departure can be negotiated, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday. In a sign of increased willingness...

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September 20, 2015

Egypt: Second Sisi government sworn in

A new Egyptian government, headed by former Petroleum Minister Sherif Ismail, was sworn in on Saturday. The cabinet of 33 members included 16 new ministers, while some ministries were...

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