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Iran Red Crescent to send three aid ships to Gaza

TEHRAN: The Iranian Red Crescent said on Monday that it will send…

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Sudan demands Uganda apology for not inviting Beshir

KHARTOUM: Sudan on Sunday demanded a retraction and an apology from Uganda…

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Abbas to send 'reconciliation team' to Hamas in Gaza

ISTANBUL: Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas said Monday that he would send a…

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Iran is 'special case' for UN atomic watchdog, says Amano

VIENNA: UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano described Iran Monday as a…

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Asian leaders gather in Turkey amid Gaza tensions

ISTANBUL: Leaders of Asian nations, among them Iran, Syria and the Palestinians,…

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Phoenician or Arab? A never-ending debate in Lebanon

BEIRUT: "I am a Phoenician, not an Arab," asserts 20-year-old Lebanese student…

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Asia Foundation new head to back 'quiet champions'

WASHINGTON: The Asia Foundation on Monday named the head of the American…

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Qaeda suspect in deadly Yemen tourist bombing 'surrenders'

SANAA: A man suspected of being an Al-Qaeda militant behind a 2007…

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Arab League chief to make unprecedented Gaza visit next week

  CAIRO: Arab League chief Amr Moussa will make a groundbreaking “solidarity”…

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France, Britain urge international Gaza inquiry

PARIS: The foreign ministers of France and Britain said an "international" inquiry…

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