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September 2, 2015

Gaza gets a connection: Grooms attend weddings via Skype

In one of the wedding halls in the Gaza Strip, bride Salwa Reziq is sitting alone on stage her groom is nowhere to be seen, he works in Qatar...

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September 2, 2015

Abbas will not run to become president of PLO Executive Committee

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will not run for the position of president of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), he has said. In remarks to Quds Press,...

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September 2, 2015

Egyptian army to flood Gaza tunnels with water

Egypt’s military will flood the area along the border with Gaza with water, in a new bid to destroy underground tunnels between Sinai and the Palestinian territory, a Palestinian...

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September 2, 2015

1,325 people killed in Iraq in August: UN report

At least 1,325 people were killed in August in ongoing violence across war-torn Iraq, according to a monthly report issued Tuesday by the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI)....

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September 2, 2015

Women’s bank deposits in Saudi reach $16bn

The value of women’s bank deposits in Saudi Arabia has reached $16 billion, the president of the Council of Saudi Chambers revealed yesterday. Speaking at the Second Saudi National...

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September 2, 2015

Blair, Gaza and all that gas

Of all the bizarre encounters the Palestinian conflict has generated, Tony Blair’s four meetings in Doha with Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal must surely rank as among the oddest. Here was the...

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September 2, 2015

Dahlan visit raises concerns about foreign control over Egyptian media

The recent visit of Mohammed Dahlan to Egypt has sparked controversy about his role as head of a UAE channel which is funding Egyptian media outlets with the intention...

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September 2, 2015

341 documented cases of human rights violations in the West Bank and Gaza this year

The Independent Commission for Human Rights of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah has said that it has documented 341 human rights violations in the West Bank and the Gaza...

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September 2, 2015

Morocco’s prime minister calls for wide participation in local elections

Morocco’s prime minister called on Tuesday for the people of his country to participate in the local and regional elections to be held later this week. Abdelilah Benkirane made...

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September 2, 2015

Abbas asked us to prepare for his departure, reveals Shaath

Nabil Shaath is a senior member of the central committee of Fatah, the Palestinian National Liberation Movement. He has revealed that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas asked the movement’s...

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