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Gov’t urged to revisit phosphate exclusivity agreement
Exclusivity rights granted toJordan’s sole phosphate producer hinder large-scale investments in the industry, experts said Thursday.
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Egypt assures US no more raids on democracy groups
Egyptian officials have assured the United States they will halt raids on pro-democracy and human rights groups and return property seized in a crackdown that strained ties with Washington, US officials said on Friday.
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Jakarta BRT ‘proves a success’
After building and operating an advanced public transportation system, the city of Jakarta has managed to overcome one of its growing challenges, making the capital of Indonesia a better place to live in, according to officials.
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Jordan, PNA sign accord to prevent double taxation
The Ministry of Finance and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Thursday signed an agreement to prevent double taxation and activate commercial exchange between the two countries.
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Olympic champion Defago wins World Cup downhill
Olympic champion Didier Defago won a grueling World Cup downhill on the bumpy Stelvio course Thursday, showing that the Swiss racer has fully recovered from a knee injury that kept him out all of last season.
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Looking for that artistic piece that ‘just feels right’
The diversity of artistic talent is celebrated in “Coloured Festivities” at Foresight32 Art Gallery, with works by local and international artists on display.
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- Yemeni protesters demand trial of president
- Turkey: funerals held after air strike
- Bahrain riot police clear protesters with tear gas
- ‘US officials fear they were played in Yemen strike’
- Cold, wet weekend forecast
- Iraqi Kurds manoeuvre in political minefield
- Jordan, Indonesia look to cooperate in nuclear research
- PM approves gov’t subscription system
- Saudi women to run, vote without ‘male approval’
- Gaza rockets hit Israel after overnight air strikes
- Queen recounts lessons learnt in 2011 on Twitter
- Iran may not be ‘existential threat’ to Israel — Mossad
- Gaza premier, Hamas leaders meet Sudan’s Bashir
- Algerian sets self ablaze after rejection by police
- Fewer domestic workers diagnosed with communicable diseases this year
- Undeterred by attack, Islamists to return to the streets
- Jordan, PNA sign accord to prevent double taxation
- Olympic champion Defago wins World Cup downhill
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Egypt assures US no more raids on democracy groups
Egyptian officials have assured the United States they will halt raids on pro-democracy and human rights groups and return property seized in a crackdown that strained ties with Washington, US officials said on Friday.
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Seventeen dead as Syrians stage mass protests
Syrian security forces opened fire at protesters on Friday, killing at least 12, as hundreds of thousands filled the streets of restive cities to demonstrate against the regime of President Bashar Al Assad, opposition activists said.
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Egypt forces storm NGOs; court acquits police
Egyptian soldiers and police stormed pro-democracy offices on Thursday, targeting groups critical of the military rulers.
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Tehran warns Washington over Strait of Hormuz
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said on Thursday the US was not in a position to tell Tehran "what to do in the Strait of Hormuz", state television reported, after the US said it would preserve oil shipments in the Gulf.
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Syrian forces kill 25 protesters as monitors reach cities
Syrian security forces shot dead 25 people on Thursday, including in cities being visited by Arab League monitors to check whether President Bashar Assad is keeping a pledge to end a crackdown on popular unrest.
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Yemeni protesters demand trial of president
Tens of thousands of Yemenis held demonstrations around the country Friday to demand their longtime president face trial for the killings of hundreds of unarmed protesters in the pro-democracy uprising that began 10 months ago. Full story
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Turkey: funerals held after air strike
Thousands of mourners gathered in southeast Turkey on Friday for the funerals of 35 Kurdish civilians who were killed in a botched raid by Turkish military jets that mistook the group for Kurdish rebels based in Iraq. Full story
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Bahrain riot police clear protesters with tear gas
Riot police in Bahrain fired tear gas Friday to disperse several hundred protesters among thousands who took to the streets Friday to demand the government's resignation after a fact-finding report uncovered torture and other abuses against detainees. Full story
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US trip gives Saleh neither immunity nor exile
Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh's request to be let into the United States shows he may now be resigned to surrendering power after months of protests, but gives him no guarantee of the immunity from prosecution that he seeks in exchange for stepping down. Full story
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‘US officials fear they were played in Yemen strike’
US officials suspect that Yemen fed them false intelligence for a 2010 strike against Al Qaeda suspects that killed a local leader locked in a dispute with the president's family, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Full story
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Turkey acknowledges killing civilians in Iraq strike
Turkish warplanes killed 35 civilian smugglers in northern Iraq after mistaking them for Kurdish militants, Ankara's ruling party said on Thursday, promising not to allow a cover-up of an incident that threatens to wreck relations with minority Kurds. Full story
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Iraqi Kurds manoeuvre in political minefield
Iraqi Kurds, at odds with Prime Minister Nouri Al Maliki over oil and power, have thrown down another challenge to the Shiite-led central government by giving refuge to Iraq's Sunni Muslim vice president, despite a Baghdad warrant for his arrest. Full story
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EU envoys concerned about Israel’s Arab minority
European Union ambassadors in Israel have voiced concern about Israeli government's treatment of its Arab minority, in an unprecedented report on the issue obtained by AFP. Full story
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Bahrain vows ‘zero tolerance’ to prisoner abuse
Bahrain's rulers have pledged a policy of "zero tolerance" towards any abuse of political detainees to reinstate all public workers sacked for dissent and to encourage foreign media into the kingdom. Full story
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Saudi women to run, vote without ‘male approval’
Women in Saudi Arabia will not need a male guardian's approval to run or vote in municipal elections in 2015, when women will also run for office for the first time, a Saudi official has said. Full story
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Gaza rockets hit Israel after overnight air strikes
Palestinian fighters fired two rockets at southern Israel on Thursday, after Israeli warplanes attacked "terror sites" inside the Gaza Strip, the army said. Full story
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Gaza premier, Hamas leaders meet Sudan’s Bashir
Gaza's Hamas Premier Ismail Haniyeh held talks with Sudanese President Omar Bashir Thursday on his first official regional tour since the Islamists' 2007 power seizure in the Palestinian enclave. Full story
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Iran may not be ‘existential threat’ to Israel — Mossad
The head of Israel's Mossad spy agency has said a nuclear Iran might not pose an "existential threat" to Israel, in remarks reported Thursday by Haaretz newspaper. Full story
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Algerian sets self ablaze after rejection by police
A young Algerian set himself ablaze after a police officer refused to take his complaint about a stolen bike, a senior official in an organisation representing unemployed people told AFP Thursday. Full story
Queen recounts lessons learnt in 2011 on Twitter
Her Majesty Queen Rania on Thursday said 2011 reminds her that.
