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Police, protesters clash again in Tunisia over unemployment
DUBAI: The UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has announced the resumption of work at the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in Damascus, where the Chargé d'affaires has undertaken his duties
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UAE reopens Syrian embassy in Damascus
DUBAI: The UAE reopened its embassy in Damascus on Thursday to normalise ties and prevent the danger of "regional interference". The Emirates closed the embassy in the early stages of the Syria conflict, which started in
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Protesters in DRC’s Beni target Ebola centre over election delay
Kinshasa, DRC - Protesters angry over a delay in the presidential election in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) Beni city have ransacked an Ebola centre, according to residents. The centre housed
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Saudi king demotes Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir in reshuffle
Saudi Arabia's King Salman has appointed a new foreign minister as part of a major cabinet reshuffle, according to Saudi state media. A royal decree named Ibrahim al-Assaf as new foreign minister, demoting outgoing
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The Indians saving Italy’s traditional cheese industry
It's 4am in a tiny village in the province of Reggio Emilia and 38-year-old Kloty Jaswantsing is already working hard on the farm. He feeds the cows. He milks the cows. He cleans the
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Mongolia: Thousands protest corruption in Ulaanbaatar
Tens of thousands of Mongolians have taken to the streets to protest against corruption in the top echelons of politics, braving temperatures that dropped below minus 20 degrees Celsius in the capital, Ulaanbaatar. Organisers estimated
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UAE to reopen Damascus embassy after seven years
The United Arab Emirates is set to reopen its embassy in Damascus - which has been closed for seven years - on Thursday, according to officials. The UAE recalled its ambassador from Syria in
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Sudan’s protests point to weaknesses in Bashir’s rule
CAIRO: Egypt's foreign minister and intelligence chief headed Thursday to Sudan for talks with government officials facing deadly protests and calls for President Omar Al-Bashir to step down over price hikes.The departure of Foreign
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Struggling to survive, Syrian refugees in Lebanon fall deeper into debt
CAIRO: Sudan’s Omar Bashir fended off a march by opponents on his presidential palace in the capital, Khartoum, unleashing his security forces in hopes of putting an end to an Arab Spring-style uprising. But
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Alleged leader of Chinese consulate attack in Pakistan killed
A Pakistani separatist leader wanted over an attack on the Chinese consulate in Karachi has been killed along with five others in a suicide blast in Afghanistan, his group has confirmed. Aslam Baloch, a


