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January 14, 2015

Europe’s fear of Islam, from Paris to Dresden

On the day I left for home after an extended research stay in Europe and the Persian Gulf, news broke of the terrible attack on the staff of Charlie...

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January 14, 2015

Venezuelan President: OPEC members have not reached a consensus on holding an emergency meeting

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) will not hold a summit in the coming weeks, as proposed by his country, for...

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January 14, 2015

Bahrain opposition leader jailed after Twitter post

A Bahraini court yesterday sentenced opposition leader and member of Al-Wefaq Association, Jamil Kazim, to six months in prison for a tweet he published about election bribes. The Bahrain...

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January 14, 2015

Palestinian deficit to exceed $2bn in 2015

The Palestinian government’s deficit is expected to reach nearly $2 billion in 2015, the Anadolu Agency reported a Palestinian finance ministry official as saying. The official told the agency...

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January 14, 2015

France votes to extend air strikes against ISIS

France’s lower house of Parliament voted overwhelmingly yesterday to approve extending French airstrikes against the armed group known as Islamic State (ISIS). As many as 488 deputies voted in...

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January 14, 2015

Europol says up to 5,000 EU nationals joined jihadists

The head of the European police agency Europol, Rob Wainwright, said yesterday that up to 5,000 European nationals have joined the ranks of jihadist militants. “We’re talking about 3,000-5,000...

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January 14, 2015

UN to launch Libyan talks in Geneva despite doubt over participants

The United Nations said it will launch on Wednesday a new round of talks between warring Libyan parties in Geneva, Switzerland in an effort to end the escalating crisis...

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January 14, 2015

Tunisian delegation to visit Libya to find missing journalists

Tunisia announced yesterday that an official delegation will visit Libya to discuss the fate of two Tunisian journalists who have been missing since September after the Libyan branch of...

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January 14, 2015

Leaders from countries that persecute journalists march for freedom of speech in Paris

Around 40 world leaders joined more than one million people in a massive rally in Paris in support of freedom of speech and in honour of the 17 people...

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January 14, 2015

Are the cartoonists really saints?

Who can resist the attraction of cartoons? It is a very enjoyable art and it saves us from having to read long analyses. It also opens our eyes to...

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