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June 24, 2015

Egypt proposes constitutional change to protect president

Law professors and constitutional experts are opposing a draft law proposed by the Egyptian government to protect the next parliament from being dissolved, saying that it would also grant...

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June 24, 2015

Kavakci triumphs in hijab battle after 15 years

For the first time in Turkey’s political history, 21 female deputies took parliamentary oaths while wearing headscarves. Eighteen of these deputies were elected from the Justice and Development Party...

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June 24, 2015

Egypt demands billions as compensation from Muslim Brotherhood

The Egyptian body in charge of appealing against the Muslim Brotherhood and its allies has prepared a financial compensation memorandum in respect of the alleged losses to the country...

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June 24, 2015

Oil price hikes as Iranian deal in trouble

Prices of crude oil increased by two per cent yesterday ahead of US data which is expected to show strong gasoline demand, Palestinian Al-Resalah newspaper reported. Crude oil prices...

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June 24, 2015

France votes in favour of mutual judicial assistance with Morocco

French National Assembly yesterday voted in favour of a protocol for mutual judicial assistance between France and Morocco signed earlier this year. Both socialist and right-wing lawmakers voted in...

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June 24, 2015

The war on Al-Jazeera

Al-Jazeera appears to be the main target in an ongoing war, the latest episode of which occurred with the arrest and detention of well-known journalist and anchor Ahmed Mansour...

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June 24, 2015

Israel backs bill to allow secret police interrogations to continue

Israeli Knesset is to extend a temporary bill that permits police interrogators not to use audio or video recordings to document interrogations of people suspected of security offences, Arab48.com...

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June 24, 2015

‘Settlers in the West Bank bring an end to two state solution’

Some 651,000 Israeli settlers lived in 185 illegal settlements and 220 unauthorised locations in the West Bank and Jerusalem at the start of 2015, representing 21 per cent of...

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June 24, 2015

UAE grants belie ‘free-speech activism’; return them, now

In December, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales – a self-styled “free speech activist” whose former business was pornographic advertising — accepted a $500,000 grant from the United Arab Emirates to...

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June 24, 2015

Jordan denies it is expanding into Syria, Iraq

Jordan’s Minister of State for Media Affairs and Communications Mohammad Momani yesterday denied reports that the kingdom intends to expand its territories beyond its borders. “Jordan respects other countries’...

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