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Israel-Hezbollah prisoner swap set for this week: report
Ramallah/Tel Aviv - The expected prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah movement will be carried out in three stages beginning Thursday, the Palestinian Maan news agency reported Sunday evening, citing informed Palestinian sources. ...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

At least 15 killed, 22 injured in Iraq violence - Summary
Baghdad - At least 15 people were killed Sunday, including two children, and 22 injured, one of them a Kurdish politician, in separate attacks in Iraq, security sources said. In north-east Baghdad, a car bomb rocked the Shiite Shaab district, killing...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Solana talks are prologue for meeting world powers - Iranian deputy
Tehran - Talks between Iran's main nuclear negotiator and EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana later this month will be a prologue to a main meeting with the foreign ministers of the five UN Security Council member states plus Germany (5+1), a senio...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

UAE writes off Iraq's debts
Abu Dhabi - The United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced Sunday it would write off debts of about four billion dollars owed by Iraq in a move to reduce the foreign debt burden hampering Baghdad's road to reconstruction. The announcement was made during t...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Kazakhstan to fight back against Borat with its own film festival
Astana/Moscow - The central Asian republic of Kazakhstan plans to fight back against the damage done to its reputation by the box-office smash Borat by holding an international film festival. The capital Astana will host the Eurasia film festival o...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Eight people killed, 16 injured in Iraq violence - Update
Baghdad - At least eight people were killed, including two children, and 16 injured in separate attacks in Iraq on Sunday, security sources said. There worst incident claimed seven lives in the northern province of Diyala, where an official of the Pa...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Female students kidnapped, US soldier dies in Iraq
Baghdad - Gunmen kidnapped two female students on their way to school to sit their final exams in northern Iraq while a US soldier died of non-combat causes, the US military and Iraqi police said Sunday. Gunmen riding a car kidnapped the two female s...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Abbas to hold talks in Syria on inter-Palestinian dialogue
Damascus - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was expected to arrive in Syria Sunday for talks on the prospects of reconciliation talks with the Hamas militant movement but he had no plans to meet any of the group's leaders based in Damascus. Syria ...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-06 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Abbas to visit Damascus Sunday, will not meet Hamas leaders
Amman- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Amman Saturday en route to Damascus for a meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Sunday, but an aide said he had no plans to meet with any of Hamas leaders based in Syria. There are no ...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Number of inmates dead, wounded in Syrian prison riot - Summary
Damascus - A number of inmates were killed and wounded when prison authorities put down a riot staged by Islamist political prisoners in Sidnaya prison north of Damascus over poor conditions, Syrian human rights groups said. It is difficult to known...

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[Posted on : 2008-07-05 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]