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  • February 19, 2015

    US accuses Israel of inaccurate leaks on Iran nuclear talks

    The United States yesterday accused Israel of leaking a distorted image of the US negotiating position on Iran’s nuclear programme and criticised what has been described as the “continued...

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  • February 19, 2015

    Bahrain Teachers Association wins trade union award

    The 2015 Arthur Svensson Prize has been awarded to the Bahrain Teachers Association (BTA) by leader Mahdi Abu Dheeb and deputy Jalila al-Salman. The international prize for trade union...

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  • February 19, 2015

    Kuwait upholds the closure of Al-Watan newspaper

    The Kuwaiti Appeals Court yesterday upheld the government’s decision to close Al-Watan newspaper, which is considered one of the most prominent newspapers in the country which has been known...

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  • February 19, 2015

    Israel arrests 5 Palestinians

    Israeli forces arrested five Palestinians from the towns of Beit Kahel, Bani Na’im and Dora on Tuesday evening and yesterday morning. The Prisoners Club said that one of the...

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  • February 19, 2015

    Settlers uproot 550 olive tree saplings

    A group of Israeli settlers from the Asfar (Metzad) settlement, to the east of the town of Al Shuyoukh, uprooted 550 olive tree saplings on Tuesday night and ran...

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  • February 19, 2015

    Military intervention in Libya ‘unacceptable’, Tuareg official

    Libya’s Tuareg representative to the Libyan national dialogue, Mossa Al-Koni yesterday rejected any “foreign military intervention in Libya” stressing that his country “does not export terrorism, but terrorism penetrated...

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  • February 19, 2015

    PLO to decide on PA future and financial crisis

    Informed senior sources said that the PLO is to hold a meeting at the start of next month to make key decisions regarding the Palestinian Authority (PA)’s financial crisis...

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  • February 19, 2015

    Islamic Jihad leader: situation in Gaza is ‘tough’

    Senior Islamic Jihad leader Khader Habib yesterday described the situation in the Gaza Strip as “tough” and said it is causing worries and concerns, Qudsnet said. Speaking exclusively to...

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  • February 19, 2015

    GCC rejects Egypt’s ‘terror’ charge against Qatar

    Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Secretary-General Abdel-Latif al-Zayani has expressed his rejection of recent remarks by an Egyptian diplomat that Qatar “supports terrorism.” In a statement, al-Zayani said the accusations...

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  • February 19, 2015

    Islamist government calls on UNSC to end Egyptian army attacks in Libya

    A minister in Libya’s Tripoli-based Islamist government called on the UN Security Council to hold an emergency meeting to put an end to the Egyptian army’s “criminal operations” in...

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