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  • Meeting of Syrian opposition leaders begins in Istanbul Meeting of Syrian opposition leaders begins in Istanbul

    ISTANBUL - Syrian opposition leaders Thursday began their three-day meeting in this Turkish capital city to decide on their participation in talks aimed at end the civil war in the country. As the meeting began in Istanbul a prominent Syrian figure in the opposition proposed a transition plan for the country that requires President Bashar al-Assad to hand over power to a senior aide and ...

  • UAE issues stamp to commemorate satellite

    Emirates Post has issued a stamp to showcase the UAE's achievement in the field of science and technology, and to commemorate the "Y1A", the first multipurpose satellite by Yahsat. The satellite, a milestone for the nation, is designed to provide advanced satellite services to Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Central and South West Asia. The stamp is available in a denomination of four ...

  • Analysts expect nothing much new from Kerrys Middle East tour

    The United States Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Israel on Thursday as part of his efforts to restart the peace process, but analysts expect "nothing much new" from his tour and caution the public to lower expectations. It is Kerry's fourth visit to Israel since assuming his post in January. In addition to visiting Israel and Palestinian National Authority (PNA), Kerry ...

  • World Economic Forum to kick off a Dead Sea Jordan on Friday

    The World Economic Forum is set to kick off at the Dead Sea, Jordan, on Friday. Image courtesy of WEF. World leaders including King Abdullah of Jordan, the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry are set to attend this ...

  • Barred from poll ex-president Rafsanjani calls Iranian leaders ignorant

    Former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani has accused Iran's leadership of incompetence and ignorance just days after he was barred from standing in an election next month, the opposition Kaleme website reported on Thursday.Rafsanjani's comments appeared to add to the political conflict between those loyal to the leadership and opposition groups who have been marginalized since ...

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Red Desert (Il deserto rosso) [DVD]

Red Desert (Il deserto rosso) [DVD]

In an article Michelangelo Antonioni wrote in the late 1940s, he imagined a fictional situation in which an Italian director (obviously his stand-in) approached the Hollywood mogul Samuel Goldwyn about making a color film that doesnt have fixed colors. So you see, Mr. Goldwyn, Antonioni wro ... ...

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  • IAEA validates progress Iran

    A new report by the UN atomic watchdog validates Iran's progress in its "peaceful" nuclear activities despite international sanctions, the country's envoy to the agency said on Thursday.The report of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said Iran had accelerated the installation of advanced uranium enrichment equipment at its central Natanz plant, and was potentially ...

  • Egypt tourism recovery forecast for 2014

    While tourist numbers to Egypt have risen in the first four months this year, a full recovery would not be likely until at least 2014, according to economist forecasts. The number of travellers visiting Egypt in the first four months of 2013 rose 11.8 percent from a year earlier, after falling by a third in the year after the uprising revolt, Reuters reported. Tourism revenue rose 16.2 ...

  • Syrian opposition mulls dialogue with regime

    Istanbul Thursday to discuss its expansion, the election of a new president, and whether it will participate in the dialogue proposed by the U.S. and Russia scheduled to take place ...

  • Be a fighter not a killer coalition tells rebels

    Syria must be investigated. The U.N. report stated that "Government forces and affiliated militias have committed extra-judicial executions, breaching international human rights law. This conduct also constitutes the war crime of murder. Where murder was committed as part of a widespread or systematic attack against a civilian population, with knowledge of that attack, it is a crime against ...

  • Opposition 15 executed in Halfaya

    BEIRUT: Fifteen Syrians were executed by pro-regime militia in a town in Hama province Thursday after government troops overran the area, the ...

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