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March 10, 2014

UN criticises Israeli demolition of homes in occupied West Bank

The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in the Occupied Palestinian Territories has criticised Israel for demolishing 36 Palestinian homes in the Jordan Valley and called for an immediate halt to such...

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March 10, 2014

Jordan lost Egyptian gas and now Iraqi oil has dried up

An informed government source in Jordan has said that closing the borders with Iraq for security reasons has led to the suspension of oil imports to the kingdom. The...

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March 10, 2014

Ex-Arab League chief says Al-Sisi meets all presidential requirements

The former Secretary General of the Arab League and President of the Committee of 50 that put the new Egyptian constitution into place has said that he believes that...

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March 10, 2014

US State Department accuses Syria of ‘dragging its feet’ on chemical weapons

The US State Department has accused the Syrian regime of dragging its feet on destroying its chemical weapons stockpile and called upon President Bashar Al-Assad to hand over his...

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March 10, 2014

Saudi Arabia to give Egypt $4 billion rescue package

On Thursday, Egypt’s Al-Ahram newspaper quoted an unnamed ministerial source in the interim Egyptian government as saying that Prime Minister Hazem El-Beblawi’s visit to Saudi Arabia next Tuesday will...

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March 10, 2014

Indyk says 80 per cent of Israeli settlers will remain in their homes

The US State Department’s lead envoy to the Palestinian-Israeli negotiations, Martin Indyk, has revealed that the proposed US framework agreement will allow 70-80 per cent of the Israeli settlers...

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March 10, 2014

Israel strikes multiple targets in Gaza after alleged rocket attack

Israeli fighter jets attacked several targets in the Gaza Strip on Friday morning, allegedly after a rocket fired from the Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave landed in Israel. The Israeli aggression...

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March 10, 2014

Analyst: Fatah seeks closer ties with Iran

Political analyst Dr Adnan Abu Amer believes that the recent rapprochement between Fatah and the Islamic Republic of Iran comes as a result to Fatah’s desire to reinforce its...

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March 10, 2014

Scarlett Johansson resigns from Oxfam over contract with a settlement-based Israeli firm

US actress Scarlett Johansson announced that she has quit her role as an ambassador for Oxfam, an international organisation that fights against poverty, after insisting on promoting an Israeli...

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March 10, 2014

Lebanese president describes Israeli threats as a violation of the principles of humanity

The Lebanese president, Michel Suleiman, has called the Israeli threats to strike residential and civilian areas in his country “a flagrant violation of human rights principles.” In a statement...

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