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UAE: UAE must change approach for Olympic future
Major News in <UAE 7 Days>: UAE must change approach for Olympic future The UAE must adopt a new approach to sport if the country is to achieve Olympic glory in the future, according to HH Sheikh Ahmed bin Hasher Al Maktoum. Sheikh Ahmed became the UAE’s first, and to…
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Kuwait: Arab soaps on slippery ground during Ramadan
Major News in <Kuwait Times>: Arab soaps on slippery ground during Ramadan Drugs, alcohol and sex are topics discussed on soaps during Ramadan. Don’t get me wrong; I’m not against discussing these issues on the big screen, or in music and soaps because they are a part of us as…
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Syria: LG air conditioning receives British Allergy Foundation certificate
Major News of Syria Today: LG air conditioning receives British Allergy Foundation certificate LG air conditioning received a British Allergy Foundation certificate making it the leading brand in the Eastern Arab World, able to provide 99.9 percent hygienic air, and an excellent method of protection against bacteria and germs. LG…
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Syrian Rebels To Counter Gov’t Forces Attack In Aleppo
In this Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012 photo, Free Syrian Army soldiers hold their weapons during clashes with government forces in at the south-west district of Salah al-Din in Aleppo, Syria. Syrian troops launched a ground assault Wednesday on the besieged northern city of Aleppo, but activists said rebels forces were…
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Jordan: “Jordan ready for all possibilities of Syria crisis”
Major News of Ammon News: “Jordan ready for all possibilities of Syria crisis” Prime Minister, Fayez Tarawneh, on Tuesday said that Jordan is ready for all possibilities resulting from the crisis in Syria, reiterating that the Kingdom is not a party in the ongoing conflict. However, Tarawneh added, the Kingdom…
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Yemen: U.S. welcomes President’s decisions on army reconstruction
Major News in <Yemen News Agency(SABA)> : U.S. welcomes President’s decisions on army reconstruction The U.S. welcomed on Wednesday the President Abdo Rabbo Mansour Hadi’s decisions on the armed forces reconstruction. The statement made by John Brennan, the Assistant to the U.S. President Barack Obama for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism…
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Syria: U.S. plans post-Assad future
Major News in <The Daily Star>: U.S. plans post-Assad future As Syrian President Bashar Assad wages a blood-drenched campaign for survival, Washington is stepping up plans for the day after he falls, colored by costly lessU.S. plans post-Assad futureons of Iraq’s implosion in 2003. Senior US officials do not know…
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Syria: Syrian fighters expand their hold
Major News of The Saudi Gazette: Syrian fighters expand their hold More than 1,300 Syrians fled to Turkey overnight to escape growing violence in their country as rebels try to expand their hold inside Syria’s largest city despite two weeks of withering counterattacks by President Bashar Al-Assad’s troops.In Pretoria, South…
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Israel: ‘Netanyahu sought dialogue with Erdogan, but was rejected’
Major News in <Israel Hayom>: Israel, ‘Netanyahu sought dialogue with Erdogan, but was rejected’ Officials say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reached out to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in bid to reconcile with Turkey, but Erdogan responded that “there is nothing to talk about” until Israel apologizes for Mavi…
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Bullets’re Everywhere In Syria As Civil War Steps Up
In this Sunday Aug. 5, 2012, photo, a Syrian man holds bullets he picked from a wall in a damaged house in the town of Atareb outskirts of Aleppo, Syria. <AP/NEWSis> news@theasian.asia
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