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October 3, 2014

Merkel under fire for arms exports to Mideast

The German government has approved arms exports to Qatar, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates sparking fierce criticism from the opposition. Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservative-left coalition government informed Federal...

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October 3, 2014

138 UNRWA students killed in Israel’s Gaza war

Some 138 Palestinian students in UNRWA-run schools have been killed in a recent Israeli offensive on the Gaza Strip, the U.N. refugee agency said Friday. “We can confirm that...

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October 3, 2014

Egyptian writer: ‘There was no revolution in Egypt except the January 25 revolution’

Egyptian writer Alaa Al-Aswany retracted his support for the June 30 demonstrations and the July 3 coup saying there was only one revolution and that was the January 25,...

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October 3, 2014

Settlement organisation entices Jews into Jerusalem settlement for $136 per day

The Ir David Foundation, known as Elad, has published an announcement on social media networks in search of Jewish settlers to live in Palestinian homes that it has captured...

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October 3, 2014

Home Secretary Theresa May should resign over attacks on British values

Theresa May likes talking tough and it’s an open secret that she harbours ambitions to be the Conservative Party’s next leader. The British home secretary devoted a large part...

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October 3, 2014

Conflicting agendas in the war on terror

No member of the international alliance in the war on terror can hide their personal agenda within the greater conflict. The polarisation present in our region makes it impossible...

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October 3, 2014

The makings of a hero: Arresting Nabeel Rajab

Less than 24 hours after returning to Bahrain for the first time since he finished a two-year prison sentence in May and travelled abroad to continue his human rights...

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October 3, 2014

A woman fighter pilot doesn’t mean that the UAE respects women

How typical of the United Arab Emirates to turn the bombing of Iraq and Syria into a reputation-laundering propaganda operation. Pictures of Mariam Hassan Salem Al-Mansouri, the first Emirati...

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October 3, 2014

IDF chief threatens to ‘knock Lebanon back 70 or 80 years’

In an interview published Friday, IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz addressed the prospect of a future war with Hezbollah by threatening to “take Lebanon and knock it back...

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October 3, 2014

Students Against the Coup hold large protest in Cairo

The Student Against the Coup movement in Egypt held a massive protest in Abdel Moneim Riad Square near Tahrir Square, Cairo, yesterday evening, following a week in which students...

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