No Arab spring in Syria, only cross-border terror: Envoy
July 11th, 2012 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) There was no Arab Spring or revolution in Syria but only "planned and sponsored terror", the country's envoy to India said Tuesday.Talking to women reporters ... Read more...
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Syria’s Assad unveils new government
June 23rd, 2012 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Damascus, June 23 (IANS) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad Saturday unveiled his new government, less than two months after a disputed parliamentary election was boycotted by the opposition, RIA Novosti reported."President ... Read more...
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Fresh Syria massacre was planned terror: Syrian envoy
June 7th, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 7 (IANS) Militant groups are responsible for a fresh massacre that left some 100 people dead in a Syrian village, said the Syrian envoy here who added ... Read more...
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‘Press Israel to meet Palestinian prisoners’ demands’
May 8th, 2012 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ramallah, May 8 (IANS) The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the Islamic Hamas movement Tuesday called on the European Union (EU) to press Israel to meet the demands of the ... Read more...
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‘Egyptians believe Islamists will make a better nation’
January 29th, 2012 - 2:40 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 29 (IANS) A year after the people's uprising in Egypt that toppled the 30-year regime of president Hosni Mubarak, a university scholar says Egyptians believe it is ... Read more...
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IBSA hopes Middle East, north Africa changes will be peaceful
March 8th, 2011 - 9:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 8 (IANS) India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA) Tuesday hoped that changes sweeping several countries in the Middle East and north Africa will follow a peaceful course ... Read more...
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Security concerns to dominate GCC summit
December 6th, 2010 - 3:47 pm ICT by IANS
By Rahul Dass
Abu Dhabi, Dec 6 (IANS) Security concerns are likely to dominate the two-day summit of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) that begins later Monday in the capital of the ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi hosts missile defence symposium
December 6th, 2010 - 6:01 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Dec 6 (IANS/WAM) The second edition of the Middle East Missile and Air Defence Symposium (MEMAD) is being organised here.Diplomats, political and military leaders from the Gulf region and abroad ... Read more...
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Abu Dhabi to attract $12 bn capital investments
January 30th, 2010 - 4:44 am ICT by IANS
Abu Dhabi, Jan 30 (IANS) Abu Dhabi will attract new capital investments worth more than 45 billion dirhams (about $12 billion) over the next five years, WAM news agency said citing an ... Read more...
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Egyptian tycoon gets death for Lebanese pop singer’s murder
May 21st, 2009 - 5:32 pm ICT by IANS
Cairo, May 21 (DPA) A Cairo court Thursday sentenced Egyptian real-estate tycoon and lawmaker Hisham Talaat Mustafa to death by hanging for the July murder of Lebanese pop singer Suzanne Tamim.
The court ... Read more...
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NAM urges UN to resolve Palestinian tangle
July 30th, 2008 - 11:40 pm ICT by IANS
Tehran, July 30 (IANS) The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) member countries Wednesday expressed their solidarity with the Palestinian people and called for implementing UN resolutions to stop Israeli outrages in the occupied territories. ... Read more...
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