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June 29, 2014

Gunmen kill four Egyptian soldiers near Rafah

Unknown gunmen killed four Egyptian soldiers in North Sinai on Saturday, the official MENA news agency reported. According to a security source quoted by MENA, the gunmen were “unidentified...

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June 29, 2014

Egypt to raise electricity and fuel prices, says minister

Egyptian minister of planning Ashraf Al-Araby said on Saturday his country will raise the prices of electricity and fuel “as soon as possible” to address the budget deficit problem...

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June 29, 2014

Saudi deputy defence minister sacked six weeks after appointment

Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah issued a royal decree Saturday sacking the deputy defence minister Prince Khaled Bin Bandar Abdulaziz Al-Saud barely six weeks after appointing him, the official Saudi...

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June 29, 2014

Gaza bank returns Qatari grant for fear of Israeli sanctions

The Gaza branch of the Arab Bank refused to receive a Qatari grant on Saturday, fearing Israeli sanctions, Anadolu news agency reported. According to Hamas political bureau member Moussa...

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June 29, 2014

Detained Egyptian militants captured after failed escape attempt

Egyptian police captured a detainee who tried to escape from a prison truck which was transporting him and other prisoners from court on Saturday, security sources told Anadolu news...

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June 29, 2014

Arafat Jaradat and the man behind his autopsy

On Monday, Haaretz reported on Turkish pathology expert Dr. Sebnem Korur Fincanci’s findings regarding the death of Palestinian prisoner Arafat Jaradat. Thirty year old Jaradat died in his cell...

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June 29, 2014

Women rights and the double standards of the UAE

The Human Rights Council discussed during its 26th session in Geneva the issue of women rights and the right to education as well as other relevant topics. The representative...

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June 28, 2014

Incarcerating the force of liberation

The announcement that the Palestinian hunger strikers have ended their peaceful protest following an agreement with the Israeli prison authorities has been hailed by local media as a success...

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June 28, 2014

Debate reopens in Egypt after London endorses Islamic securities

Debate has been renewed about “Islamic securities” following the decision by HM Treasury in London to issue “Sovereign Securities compliant with the Islamic principles in an unprecedented step outside...

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June 28, 2014

Israeli attacks kill two Palestinians and wound six others

Two Palestinian citizens were killed on Friday afternoon when an Israeli aircraft targeted a civilian vehicle in the west of the Gaza Strip, witnesses and medical sources said. Several...

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