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Ireland still smarting from implication in Dubai assassination
Ireland continues to suffer from its false implication in the high profile assassination of a militant in Dubai more than three years ago. Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was on a visit to the UAE on his way to China from Damascus. Twenty seven suspects were named by Dubai Police and it soon became apparent most of them were carrying passports belonging to citizens of other countries. ...
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Alleged arms dealer in America following extradition
Richard Chichakli, who has been tied to convicted international arms dealer Viktor Bout, has been extradited from Australia to the US. The 53 year old alleged financial muscle behind the Bout gun-running organisation had been living in Melbourne under an alias before authorities arrested him in January. Syrian-born Chichakli had managed to evade police while working as a cleaner in the ...
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Police make more arrests in London murder
Three men have been arrested in London over the murder of the British soldier, Lee Rigby, 25, who was allegedly hacked to death by Islamist extremists. Two men aged 28 and 24 were arrested at their home in southeast London, while a 21-year-old man was arrested in a London street. Police are considering laying conspiracy to murder charges against the trio. They are being held by Counter ...
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Boycott movement boosted by Hawking withdrawal from Israeli academic conference
It is an event "of cosmic proportions", said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. It was also a decisive moral call which was communicated by the Cambridge University, where Hawking is a professor, on May 8. Hawking is a world-renowned cosmologist and physicist. His scientific work had ...
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Arizona sheriff told to stop profiling Latinos
A US court in Maricopa County, Arizona has found that high-profile sheriff Joe Arpaio violated the constitutional rights of Latino men and women in his attempt to stop illegal immigration. Judge Murray Snow ruled that Arpaio's office would have to stop using race or Latino ancestry as a factor in stopping vehicles carrying Latino occupants. Arpaio had been sued by several Hispanic drivers ...
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Pakistani children die as bus explodes
At least 17 children have died in eastern Pakistan following an explosion on a school bus. Other children were also injured when a faulty gas cylinder on board the bus exploded. The incident occurred on the outskirts of the city of Gujrat, which is located about 200km southeast of the capital, Islamabad. Police have confirmed the children were on their way to school when the bus was ...
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UAE investors finally get apartments after 7 year wait
Damac Properties has begun handing over apartments in its long-awaited Oceanscape project in Abu Dhabi. Most investors bought apartments off-the-plan in 2006, paying 30% of their purchase price in the first 120 days of reserving their property. After seven years Damac has finally finished the project, one of its first and probably last Abu Dhabi ventures. Despite being four years late, ...
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Church objects to gay march in Kiev
A court in Kiev has banned Ukraine's first gay pride event. The court ruled the march, would have attracted anti-gay activists into the centre of the city, where annual Kiev Day celebrations would also have been taking place. A group of opponents led by the Orthodox Church led the objections to the march. The Church, through its Archpriest Georgy Kovalenko, issued the grounds for ...
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UK spy agencies defended over drummer soldier murder
LONDON - The British government has defended its spy agencies for failing to prevent murder of a soldier in London despite signs and revelations that the two suspects were well known to MI5. Communities Secretary Eric Pickles said it was impossible to control everyone all the time. "Peers and MPs will do a thorough investigation in terms of what the security forces knew but I've seen ...
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Djokovic gives No.1 priority to never won before French Open this year
World No.1 Novak Djokovic has said that this year's French Open is the only tournament he is interested in winning. The Serbian tennis ace has never won a French Open before and has the 2012 final to seven-time champion Rafael Nadal, the Daily Star reports. Djokovic, who could meet Nadal in this year's semi-finals at Roland Garros, said that the French Open is the priority of his season, ...
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19 militants killed in Afghan operations
As many as 19 militants were killed in eastern Afghan provinces during operations that started Saturday, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Sunday. "Afghan National Security and coalition forces killed 19 insurgents, discovered two weapons caches, and found and safely cleared 11 improvised explosive devices during operations in eastern Afghanistan in the past 24 ...
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Turkmen capital enters Guinness World Records
The Turkmen capital of Ashgabat has entered the Guinness World Records for the highest number of white marble buildings in the city. Guinness World Records chief editor Craig Glendale travelled to the former Soviet country to present the certificate Saturday to the mayor of Ashgabat. The certificate names Ashgabat as the "most white-marble city" in the world for its 543 new buildings lined ...
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On Africa Day UN chief says continents future full of opportunity and hope
25 May 2013 150 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today declared that while Africans forge ahead with "a new narrative" for their continent, the United Nations will support them as they faced any challenges that remain on the path towards a prosperous future. In his message to mark Africa Day, which commemorates the founding in 1963 of the Organization of African Unity, now known as the ...
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Security Council recognizes contribution of UN Yugoslav tribunal
25 May 2013 150 Members of the Security Council on Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of the United Nations tribunal set up in the wake of the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, recognizing the Hague-based body's commitment to the fight against impunity for perpetrators of war crimes. In a statement issued to the press, the Council recalled its resolution 827 of 25 May 1993, by which it ...
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Kerry US Working with AU to Reduce Sudan Violence
ADDIS ABABA U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is working with the African Union to end violence along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. America's top diplomat met separately with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Kerry says Sudan and South Sudan "are in a very delicate place right now" and it is important ...
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UAE minister ranked 67th among worlds 100 powerful women
Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE's minister of development and international cooperation, has been ranked 67th among the world's powerful women in 2013 in an annual report by Forbes. Forbes is a US business magazine owned by Forbes Inc. Published biweekly, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, ...
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Historic web page recovered by online appeal
An attempt to recover the first web page from the earliest days of web world has been successful. The page recovered belonged to 1991 and was demonstrated by Sir Tim. Cern launched its project to recover artefacts and documents from those earliest days. Web creators Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau initiated a public appeal for files, hardware and software tracing the earliest days of web ...
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UN lawyer leading drone inquiry praises Obamas speech as significant
Ben Emmerson, the lawyer leading a UN drone inquiry, has praised President Barack Obama's speech as a significant step towards increased transparency. Emmerson said Obama had set out more clearly than ever before the legal justifications for targeted killing. According to the BBC, Emmerson, a United Nations human rights special rapporteur, launched an inquiry into drones in January, saying ...
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Ex-world champ warns Hamilton to look out for biggest threat Rosberg in Monaco
Former world champion Damon Hill has warned Mercedes ace Lewis Hamilton that his biggest threat to second triumph in Monaco is his teammate Nico Rosberg, instead of big guns Sebastian Vettel or Fernando Alonso. The German son of Finland's 1982 champion Keke Rosberg has been a revelation this year, out-qualifying Hamilton for the last two races and establishing his credentials by keeping the ...
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UN to honour five Indian peacekeepers who were killed
UN will honour over 100 UN peackeepers, including five Indians, who were killed. The International Day of United Nations (UN) Peacekeepers will be observed Wednesday to honour over 100 Blue Helmets (peacekeepers) deployed around the world, a UN statement said Saturday. In a message, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said: "One hundred and eleven peacekeeping personnel died last year and more ...
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IMF head Lagarde named assisted witness in Tapie probe
Beijing, May 25 (Xinhua-ANI): International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief Christine Lagarde on Friday is named as "assisted witness" in a probe into an alleged corruption relating to a controversial arbitration of the Tapie case after a two-day hearing at a French court in Paris. As former French finance minister, Lagarde has been investigated since August 2011 for "complicity in forgery and ...
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Sao Paulo eyes former Villarreal forward Nilmar
Brazil football club Sao Paulo are reportedly in talks to sign former Villarreal and Brazil international striker Nilmar. The 28-year-old, currently playing with Al Rayyan in Qatar, hopes a return to Brazil could lead to an international recall ahead of next year's World Cup, reports Xinhua. Nilmar has scored 17 goals in 26 appearances for Al Rayyan since joining the club July last year. Sao ...
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Bitter election aftermath undermines Malaysian PM Najib
A demonstrator holds up a placard that reads ''Laugh at the Election Commission'' during a protest against the recent election results in Petaling Jaya, outside Kuala Lumpur, May 25, 2013. Supporters of Malaysia's three-party opposition coalition held the demonstration to protest what they say was vote fraud, with opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim saying he will expose all ...
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China EU to hold talks on trade disputes
The Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Sunday that it will start negotiating with its EU counterparts in Brussels next week regarding recent trade frictions.Vice Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan and Jean-Luc Demarty, the European Commission's director-general for trade, will co-chair talks on China-EU trade and investment on May 27, according to a statement from the MOC.Zhong will also discuss ...
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Backstreet Boys perform during world concert tour in Beijing
American vocal group Backstreet Boys perform during their 2013 world tour concert at the MasterCard Center in Beijing, capital of China, May 25, 2013. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the founding of the group. (Xinhua/Yang ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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