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October 15, 2014

Row between Turkey and Iran over transit trucks fees heats up

Turkey has doubled the truck transit fees for Iranian trucks in response to Iran taking a similar step for Turkish trucks, Turkish media reported on Tuesday. The new measures...

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October 15, 2014

The embodiment of Palestinian history

Gaza’s oldest resident, Um Saleh Hamood passed away and was buried on Monday in a grave which was dug out for her more than 20 years ago. The 128...

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October 15, 2014

Syrian refugees contemplate future in desert confines

At the supermarket deli-counter, children tug at parents’ arms, gesturing at the towering aisles of biscuits and crisps. The cavernous, gleaming outlet is the latest development by the World...

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October 15, 2014

Al-Aqsa and the difficult words to say

The words don’t come out of our mouths and the ink of the pens we write with fades away when Jerusalem is at the heart of events. When it...

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October 15, 2014

The brakes come off in British Parliament’s vote on Palestinian statehood

At some point in the process that led to the end of the conflict in Northern Ireland, there was an audible snap, a break in the link between the...

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October 15, 2014

Italy calls for the rapid ‘birth’ of a Palestinian state

Italian Foreign Minister Federica Mogherini said on Tuesday, during a meeting in Rome with her Israeli counterpart, that resuming the peace talks is “essential” to the “birth” of a...

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October 15, 2014

France will recognise Palestinian state ‘when the time is right’

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Tuesday that his country would recognise Palestine as a state when doing so would help to promote peace, stressing that French recognition...

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October 15, 2014

Amnesty: Shia militias in Iraq committing ‘war crimes’

Amnesty International yesterday accused Shia militias, backed by the Iraqi government, of committing what it called “war crimes”. In a report that was released today and published on its...

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October 15, 2014

Experts: Saudi-Iran use oil market to settle differences

The significant decline in oil prices, in recent times, has had a negative impact on the Iranian economy, which already suffers from the international sanctions imposed on it, at...

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October 15, 2014

Israel returns Gazan products en route to West bank

Israeli authorities yesterday returned trucks loaded with 14 tonnes of agricultural produce that were on their way from the Gaza Strip to the West Bank hours after its decision...

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