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OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP)
Hard-line Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Salah on Sunday began serving five months behind bars after being convicted of spitting at an Israeli policeman during a protest in east Jerusalem.
Around 200 supporters of the …
DUBAI (AFP, Al Arabiya)
A Briton arrested in possession of nearly two kilograms of cocaine while in transit at Dubai airport was sentenced on Sunday to 10 years in jail for drugs trafficking, an English-language daily …
SANAA (Agencies)
Six Yemeni soldiers were killed on Sunday in an attack in Shabwa province, site of many of Yemen’s oil installations, but there was no immediate report of any damage to the facilities, a local …
BRUSSELS, Belgium — Croatia should complete its EU accession talks in the first half of 2011, several months later than expected, Croatian State Secretary for European Integration Andrej Plenkovic said in an interview Thursday (July …
ZAGREB, Croatia — The tourism ministry on Friday (July 23rd) condemned an attack on Serbian tourists in the seaside resort of Zadar. A 47-year man and his two teenage sons were assaulted on a beach …
JERUSALEM, Israel — Officials announced on Friday (July 23rd) that Israel has agreed to return three ships seized in a deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla in late May to Turkey. Nine Turkish …
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Better family planning services are essential to reducing abortion rates say health authorities (file photo)
DAKAR, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) – Unsafe abortions account for more than one in 10 women who die in …
BAGHDAD (Agencies)
Authorities have arrested three suspected senior leaders of al-Qaeda’s front group in Iraq, including its self-styled minister of defense, a spokesman said on Sunday.
Also among the group detained were two brothers suspected of masterminding …
Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez
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“Colombia considers that there is so far no reply to the heart of the matter”, said in a brief encounter …
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM (AFP)
Hard-line Islamist leader Sheikh Raed Salah on Sunday began serving five months behind bars after being convicted of spitting at an Israeli policeman during a protest in east Jerusalem.
Around 200 supporters of the …
DUBAI (Saud al-Zahed)
The display of the Arab name of the Iranian city of Abadan on the in-plane screens of Qatari Airways sparked wide protests and triggered incriminations of alleged historical frauds.
Iranians accused Qatar of tampering …
ISTANBUL (Reuters)
Iran has expressed willingness to have talks with the European Union on its nuclear program after the month of Ramadan ends in early September, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Sunday.
He also said …
Foreign Affairs minister Jaime Bermúdez
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“Colombia considers that there is so far no reply to the heart of the matter”, said in a brief encounter …
BELGRADE, Serbia — The government held an extraordinary meeting Friday (July 23rd) to analyse the International Court of Justice (ICJ)’s opinion that Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence did not violate international law. The cabinet concluded …
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Animals gather near a pump in Dori, northern Burkina Faso (file photo). In many areas of the Sahel, needs are many while water is scarce
BAMAKO, 23 July 2010 (IRIN) – In Mali’s …
PODGORICA, Montenegro — Prosecutors pressed charges Friday (July 23rd) against three youths who allegedly attacked the son of Montenegrin opposition leader Nebojsa Medojevic. The teenager was slightly injured a month ago during the attack on …
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The new president, seen here in a campaign poster for the 2010 election, has to tackle the violence in the east, say analysts (file photo)
HARGEISA, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – Negotiating a …
Santiago metropolitan region suffering power outage
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The announcement followed several blackouts this month, the latest being earlier this week, throughout the Santiago Metropolitan Region, as …
POLICE in Leicester are probing how a health drink came to be contaminated with horse tranquilliser after two women were rushed to hospital moments after drinking it.
Two women from the city developed a number of …
By Gillian Applewhaite
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the end of October.
Word of this comes from …
A summer school for media professionals, organised by the International Research and Exchanges Board, was held earlier this month in Serbia.
By Sasa Ilic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 30/07/10
USAID and IREX train media …
LONDON/ WASHINGTON (AFP)
An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter attributed to her released by human rights activists in London …
