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January 6, 2015

Palestine’s Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas

Bethlehem’s Orthodox Christians prepared to celebrate Christmas on Tuesday 6th January in accordance with tradition. Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas Day on January 7th rather than December 25th which is...

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January 6, 2015

EU denounces Israeli tax freeze on Palestinians

The European Union has denounced Israel’s decision to stop the transfer of tax revenues to the Palestinian Authority over their bid to join the International Criminal Court. The reaction...

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January 6, 2015

US opposes Israeli freeze of Palestinian tax revenues

The US yesterday opposed Israel’s decision to freeze the transfer of Palestinian tax revenues saying the move will only “increase tensions” between the two sides, the Anadolu Agency reported....

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January 6, 2015

Egypt stops subsidies for cotton farmers

The Egyptian government announced on Sunday that it will halt all financial support for cotton farmers from the next agricultural season, overturning a decades-long policy to protect one of...

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January 6, 2015

What good is ‘balance’ if it is only of benefit to the occupying power?

President Mahmoud Abbas’s signing of the Rome Statute after months of hesitation, has given rise to an increased wave of hostility against the Palestinians. According to the Times of...

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January 6, 2015

Hamas denies Qatari request for Meshaal’s departure

A senior Hamas leader has denied reports that Qatar had asked the group’s political chief, Khaled Meshaal, to leave the Gulf country. “Reports of Meshaal’s departure from Doha are...

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January 6, 2015

Iraqi president calls for building a professional army

Iraqi President Fuad Masum today called for building the Iraqi army based on a professional basis, free of partisan or sectarian adherences, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement...

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January 6, 2015

Air Arabia acquires 49% of Jordanian aviation company

The UAE company Air Arabia said it has completed the acquisition of 49 per cent of the shares of the Jordanian company Petra Aviation. Air Arabia, which is listed...

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January 6, 2015

Al Jazeera journalist Mohamed Fahmy should be released not retried in Egypt

Below is the text of the letter written by Mohamed Fahmy’s legal counsel, as published by the Huffington Post. On 1 January 2015, the Egyptian Court of Cassation issued...

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January 6, 2015

Assad underlines importance of economic cooperation with Iran

Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad yesterday highlighted the importance of developing economic cooperation with Iran, emphasising the importance of merging the countries’ economic, strategic and political visions, Syria’s official news...

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