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| Friday 16th of May 2008 / Middle East |
| Physician killed, child wounded in Mosul
Ninewa, May 16, (VOI) – A physician was killed by a stray bullet in his home in western Mosul, where also a child was wounded when the Iraqi army detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) on Thursday, a security source said. |
| Corruption shrouding arms deal – MP
Baghdad, May 16, (VOI) – The parliament's anti-corruption committee said on Friday that it has documents proving the Iraqi defense ministry's involvement in corruption pertaining to an arms deal it had signed with Serbia. |
| Unknown gunmen kidnap Tikrit hospital director
Salah al-Din, May15, (VOI)-Unknown gunmen kidnapped the director of Tikrit public hospital and two doctors in Salah al-Din province, a police source said. |
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| Wednesday 14th of November 2007 / Middle East |
| 600 Pak security men killed in 28 suicide attacks after Lal Masjid operation
Rawalpindi, Nov 14 (ANI): More than 600 hundred security personnel and 1300 civilians were killed in at least 28 suicide attacks conducted by pro-Taliban militants after the Pakistan Army operation against the Lal Masjid complex. |
| 16 pro-Taliban militants killed in Swat
Peshawar, Nov 14 (ANI): At least 16 pro-Taliban militants were killed when Pakistan Army gunship helicopters and artillery pounded their hideouts in the Swat district of the North West frontier province (NWFP). |
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| Tuesday 11th of July 2006 / Middle East |
| US soldiers in Iraq killed for revenge: Islamist group
Baghdad, July 11 (Xinhua) An Al Qaeda-linked group claimed it killed three US soldiers last month and mutilated two of their bodies to avenge the rape and murder of an Iraqi woman by troops of the same unit, according to a video posted on the Internet.
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| Monday 10th of July 2006 / Middle East |
| NRI health body to establish hospital chain
Dubai, July 10 (IANS) The Malabar Institute of Medical Sciences (MIMS) is planning to launch a chain of satellite hospitals in Kerala.
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| NRI body to extend its activities to Kerala
Dubai, July 10 (IANS) An organisation of expatriate Keralites in Qatar is planning to extend its activities to its core area of interest in Thrissur, Kerala.
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| Friday 7th of July 2006 / Middle East |
| Indian waitresses' claims all lies: restaurant owner
Dubai, July 7 (IANS) A restaurant owner in Bahrain has dismissed as lies claims by three Indian waitresses that they were forced into prostitution at their place of work.
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| Indian maid returns after 8-month ordeal in Bahrain
Dubai, July 7 (IANS) An Indian housemaid in Bahrain, who claimed that she was isolated from the outside world and subjected to a lot of suffering by her Bahraini employer, has finally been sent home.
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| Thursday 6th of July 2006 / Middle East |
| New Kerala education law irks NRIs in UAE
Dubai, July 6 (IANS) The recent bill passed by the Kerala assembly to regulate admissions and fees in private professional colleges in the state has come in for fire from the expatriate Keralite community in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
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| Indian plans IT museum in Oman
Dubai, July 6 (IANS) An Indian engineer in Oman is planning to set up an IT museum in that country.
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| Father's refusal to sign paper keeps son in jail
Dubai, July 6 (IANS) An Indian accountant is languishing in a Saudi Arabian jail after his father refused to sign a paper saying his son would not repeat the crime.
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| Indian embassy in Bahrain resolves workers' dispute
Dubai, July 6 (IANS) A dispute regarding non-payment of wages by a Bahraini firm to its Indian workers came to an end after the matter was reported to the Indian embassy in Manama.
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| Three Indian waitresses flee Bahrain
Dubai, July 6 (IANS) Three Indian waitresses in Bahrain, who claimed they were forced into prostitution at the restaurant they worked in, have reportedly fled the country.
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| Wednesday 5th of July 2006 / Middle East |
| Indian to be deported after 36 years of illegal stay
Dubai, July 5 (IANS) An Indian man, who had been staying in Bahrain illegally for 36 years, will now be deported along with his three wives and children.
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| Israeli rocket hits Palestinian interior ministry
Gaza, July 5 (Xinhua) The Palestinian interior ministry was targeted by Israeli forces for the second time as an air-to-ground rocket was fired early Wednesday at its building in Gaza City.
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| Tuesday 4th of July 2006 / Middle East |
| India calls for release of abducted Israeli soldier
New Delhi, July 4 (IANS) India Tuesday called for the release of an Israeli soldier who was abducted from near Gaza and urged all parties to 're-open' a dialogue for the re-establishment of 'long-term peace' in the region.
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| Case of Israeli soldier closed: militants
Gaza, July 4 (Xinhua) One of the three militant groups that abducted an Israeli soldier announced Tuesday that there would be no more discussions on freeing him as their ultimatum to Israel had expired.
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| Indians forced into prostitution seek compensation
Dubai, July 4 (IANS) Three Indian women in Bahrain who were allegedly forced into prostitution have filed a complaint with labour officials in that Gulf nation.
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| Ailing Indian labourer in Bahrain seeks aid
Dubai, July 4 (IANS) An Indian labourer in Bahrain, suffering from partial paralysis, has appealed for financial help so he can procure an air ticket to India and undergo further free treatment.
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| Monday 3rd of July 2006 / Middle East |
| Israel army enters Gaza Strip
Tel Aviv/Gaza, July 3 (DPA) Israeli troops entered the northern Gaza Strip early Monday with a limited force to search for tunnels and mines, said an army spokesman.
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| Sunday 2nd of July 2006 / Middle East |
| Iraq presents 'most-wanted' terror suspects
Baghdad, July 2 (DPA) Iraqi National Security Advisor Muafaq al-Rabaei Sunday presented a list of Iraq's 41 'most wanted' terror suspects, headed by Al Qaeda's new leader in Iraq, Abu Hamza al-Muhajer.
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| Larijani to meet top EU official over nuclear row
Tehran, July 2 (DPA) Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani will meet EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana July 5, an Iranian foreign ministry official said Sunday.
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| Bin Laden urges Islamist fighters to free Iraq
Cairo, July 2 (Xinhua) Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, in a new audio message posted on the Internet, has urged Islamist fighters to free Iraq.
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| Friday 30th of June 2006 / Middle East |
| Amity forays into Oman
Dubai, June 30 (IANS) Leading Indian education group Amity is now offering its various management training programmes in Oman through the Khimji Training Institute (KTI).
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| Israeli planes strike Palestinian interior ministry
Gaza, June 30 (Xinhua) Israeli Apache attack helicopters fired two missiles at the headquarters of the Palestinian interior ministry in Gaza City.
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| Bin Laden praises al-Zarqawi in new audiotape
Cairo, June 30 (Xinhua) Osama bin Laden praised the slain leader of Iraq's Al Qaeda wing Abu Musab al-Zarqawi as 'the lion of holy war', according to a Website audiotape released Friday.
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| Jail term for Indian maid in Bahrain
Dubai, June 30 (IANS) An Indian maid in Bahrain who had falsely claimed that she was kidnapped from outside her Bahraini sponsors' house and was forced into prostitution has been sentenced to one month in jail.
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| Wednesday 28th of June 2006 / Middle East |
| Key Al Qaeda figure in Iraq arrested
Baghdad, June 28 (Xinhua) A key figure of Al Qaeda in Iraq, accused of bombing a Shia shrine in Samarra and killing an Iraqi female journalist, has been arrested by security forces, a senior official said Wednesday.
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| After 14 years, Tendulkar slips out of top 20
Dubai, June 28 (IANS) Sachin Tendulkar, who missed India's ongoing Test series against West Indies due to his shoulder operation, has for the first time in 14 years slipped out of the top 20 of Test rankings for batsmen.
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| Israeli army enters Gaza in ground offensive
Gaza, June 28 (Xinhua) Israeli troops entered the southern Gaza Strip, starting a broad ground operation early Wednesday, following the abduction of an Israeli soldier by Palestinian militants.
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| Tuesday 27th of June 2006 / Middle East |
| Iran, Pakistan condemn terrorist acts on border
Tehran, June 27 (IANS) Iranian and Pakistani Interior Ministers Mostafa Pour-Mohammadi and Aftab Ahmed Khan Sherpao have condemned terrorist acts committed on their border.
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| Thursday 29th of June 2006 / Middle East |
| Hundreds attend funeral of Guantanamo prisoner
Dubai, June 29 (DPA) Hundreds of mourners attended funeral prayers for Manie Al-Otaibi, one of the two Saudi detainees alleged to have committed suicide inside the US military base of Guantanamo Bay, media reports said Thursday.
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| Israeli PM threatens military strike over abducted soldier
Following the abduction of an Israeli soldier, Ehud Olmert, the Israeli Prime Minister, threatened to launch a military operation targeting Palestinian militants. |
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| Monday 26th of June 2006 / Middle East |
| 22 Pakistanis killed in Afghanistan
Islamabad, June 26 (IANS) Twenty-two Pakistani tribesmen from South Waziristan have been killed in Afghanistan in the current offensive by US-led forces and the Afghan security forces.
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