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March 11, 2015

PA awaits Abbas decision to stop security coordination with Israel

The Palestinian Authority said on Tuesday that it is awaiting instructions from President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the cessation of security coordination with the Israelis. In a statement issued after...

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March 11, 2015

Almost all Palestinian detainees are tortured

The head of the Palestinian Prisoners’ Club claimed on Tuesday that almost all Palestinians who are detained by the Israelis, 95 per cent of men and women alike, are...

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March 11, 2015

‘Dialogue not arms’ deters ISIS in Libya

The prime minister of the provisional government set up by the Libya Dawn coalition in Tripoli has said that the ISIS presence in Libya is extremely limited and can...

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March 11, 2015

Turkey’s poverty rate drops 10% in ten years

The latest figures from the World Bank show that the poverty rate in Turkey has dropped by 10 per cent over the past ten years. The bank’s Country Director...

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March 11, 2015

Construction workers protest against pay and conditions in Dubai

Hundreds of Indian, Pakistani and Bangladeshi construction workers took part in a protest in the Burj Dubai downtown area yesterday morning demanding better pay and improved working conditions. The...

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March 11, 2015

Saudi King affirms support for Palestinian cause

Saudi Arabia’s King Salman Bin Abdulaziz said the gulf monarchy is committed to defending Arab and Muslim causes mainly the legitimate right of Palestinians to establish an independent state,...

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March 11, 2015

Amnesty calls on France to absorb more Syrian refugees

Amnesty International is urging France to absorb more Syrian refugees in the country. The human rights body has launched a campaign to collect as many signatures as possible on...

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March 10, 2015

Two-state compromise relevant only in terms of facilitating Israel’s colonisation process

Over the weekend, seemingly contradictory statements have emerged from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud Party with regard to the two-state compromise – including the contradiction between...

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March 10, 2015

Military options for MENA chaos will fail; it’s time to root out the causes

In the same way that the “Seventh Cavalry” was the staple means for American settlers in the Old West to be rescued in the movies, calls for a multinational...

Commentary & Analysis
March 10, 2015

Israeli authorities release journalists after raid

Israeli authorities last night released all five journalists from the Q-Press news agency who were detained from their office in Umm al Fahem yesterday morning. The five were Hikmat...

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