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The Yemen Women association has condemned a fatwa issued July 15 by Yemen clerics banning women from participating in politics.
The fatwa was issued in response to the proposal by Yemen President Ali Abd Allah Salih that political parties involve ...
July 18, 2008, 1:52 pm
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Yemen President Ali Abd Allah Salih yesterday declared the end of the war with the followers of rebel religious leader Abdallah Al-Huthi, but did not say how this had come about.
The war had continued for five years in the Sa'da province. ...
July 18, 2008, 1:51 pm
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Cartoonist: Yaser Ahmad
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July 18, 2008, 1:49 pm
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Sa'd Al-Hariri, chairman of the Al-Mustaqbal stream in Lebanon, conducted a surprise visit to Iraq, during which he met with senior Iraqi officials, including Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki, and Iraqi ...
July 18, 2008, 1:47 pm
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Kuwaiti Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Muhammad Al-Sabah has announced that Kuwait expects to appoint former military chief of staff Ali Al-Mumin as Kuwait's first ambassador to Iraq since 1990.
Source: Al-Sharq Al-Awsat, London, ...
July 18, 2008, 1:45 pm
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A senior Hamas official has warned that if Israel rejects Hamas's demands to free 450 prisoners, Hamas will attempt to kidnap israeli soldiers to exchange them for the prisoners.
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July 18, 2008, 1:44 pm
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met July 17 in Damascus with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
At the meeting, Assad updated Mottaki on France's positions regarding Iran's nuclear dossier, and said that he was convinced that ...
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Cartoonist: Eley Saleba
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Lebanese President Michel Suleiman received yesterday, July 17, an official invitation from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to visit Iran.
The invitation was conveyed by an Iranian delegation, headed by Hosseini Sheikh Al-Islam, advisor to ...
July 18, 2008, 11:10 am