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  • Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list Irish suspects feature prominently on Dubai Most Wanted list

    Ireland continues to suffer from its false implication in the high profile assassination of a militant in Dubai more than three years ago. Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was on a visit to the UAE on his way to China from Damascus. Twenty seven suspects were named by Dubai Police and it soon became apparent most of them were carrying passports belonging to citizens of other countries. ...

  • Israel stunned by Hawking snub Israel stunned by Hawking snub

    It is an event "of cosmic proportions", said one Palestinian academic, a befitting description of Stephen Hawking's decision to boycott an Israeli academic conference slated for next June. It was also a decisive moral call which was communicated by the Cambridge University, where Hawking is a professor, on May 8. Hawking is a world-renowned cosmologist and physicist. His scientific work had ...

  • Damac to deliver Oceanscape apartments four years late Damac to deliver Oceanscape apartments four years late

    Damac Properties has begun handing over apartments in its long-awaited Oceanscape project in Abu Dhabi. Most investors bought apartments off-the-plan in 2006, paying 30% of their purchase price in the first 120 days of reserving their property. After seven years Damac has finally finished the project, one of its first and probably last Abu Dhabi ventures. Despite being four years late, ...

  • UAE minister ranked 67th among worlds 100 powerful women

    Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi, the UAE's minister of development and international cooperation, has been ranked 67th among the world's powerful women in 2013 in an annual report by Forbes. Forbes is a US business magazine owned by Forbes Inc. Published biweekly, it features articles on finance, industry, investing, and marketing. Forbes also reports on related subjects such as technology, ...

  • Khurshid in Saudi Arabia as India scrambles to help workers

    Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid Saturday discussed bilateral issues, including the Nitaqat law, with his Saudi Arabian counterpart Prince Saud Al Faisal as the Indian missions there scrambled to help over 55,000 Indian workers leave the kingdom in adherence to its new stringent work policy. Addressing a joint press conference with his Saudi Arabian counterpart, Khurshid thanked ...

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Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi) [DVD]

In Vagabond (Sans toit ni loi), Sandrine Bonnaire, who first captured audiences with her screen debut as a strong-willed teenager in Maurice Pialats nos amours (1983), plays Mona, a homeless 18-year-old in the south of France during a particularly brutal winter. We know f ... ...

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  • Salman Khurshid in Jeddah for counter-terrorism Nitaqat Law trade talks with Saudi leadership

    External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in Jeddah on Saturday for talks with the Saudi Arabian leadership on a wide range of issues, including the controversial 'Nitaqat law' and on counter terrorism cooperation. Khurshid, who is on an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, was given a warm welcome by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz soon ...

  • Scramble to help Indians hit by Saudi work policy

    Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is here to discuss matters of bilateral interest, including the Nitaqat law, as the Indian missions in Saudi Arabia scramble to help over 55,000 Indian workers leave the kingdom in adherence to its new stringent work policy. Khurshid, who arrived here Friday, was welcomed by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah. In his ...

  • Roundup Iran hopes Geneva II meeting help settle Syrian issue

    The Iranian foreign minister expressed hope that the forthcoming Geneva II meeting will help resolve the 26-month-old Syrian crisis, official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.Ali-Akbar Salehi made the remarks during a meeting with visiting Turkish Minister of Food, Agriculture and Livestock Mehdi Eker here on Saturday.The Iranian minister urged the regional countries, including Turkey, to help ...

  • Hezbollah leader calls Syria backbone of resistance

    Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah described Syria as the "backbone" of the resistance on Saturday.In a televised speech marking the 13th anniversary of the Liberation and Resistance, Hezbollah's leader said that "Syria is the backbone of the resistanceand the resistance cannot stand if Syria is broken."Nasrallah's speech comes amid mounting criticism ...

  • Isolated West Bank settlements should be evacuated Israeli

    Israeli Social Welfare Minister Meir Cohen said Saturday that isolated Jewish settlements in the West Bank should be evacuated."There is no doubt that the settlements should be dismantled right now without waiting for negotiations," the minister said at a cultural gathering in Holon, a city near Tel Aviv."These settlements cost us a lot of money and we must do the utmost so we ...

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