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  • Iran allows eight candidates for presidential race Iran allows eight candidates for presidential race

    TEHRAN - Iran has approved eight candidates for the presidential election due next month, rejecting President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's top aide in a major setback to the hawkish leader of the Islamic republic. Ahmadinejad criticised the decision to remove Esfandiar Rahim Mashaei from the final candidate list and said it was an act of "oppression". He announced plans to take up the case with ...

  • Work starts on creation of new Dubai island Work starts on creation of new Dubai island

    Work began on Monday on the development of a man-made island in Dubai, 500 metres directly opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex. To be known as Bluewaters Island, the new development will house five star hotels and resorts, al fresco dining and entertainment zones, and residential apartments and villas. The focal point of the island city, which will cost $1.6 billion, will be a 688 ...

  • Afghanistans Helmand Province Sees Fresh Clashes Conflicting Claims

    Fighting between Taliban militants and Afghan government forces has erupted in a highly-volatile corner of Helmand province. Afghan officials claimed victory Wednesday in southern Helmand province, saying they turned back a series of attacks by Taliban militants in Sangin. A spokesman for the provincial governor estimated the number of attackers at close to 1,000, including Arabs and ...

  • UAE leaders hold talks with foreign officials

    Leaders of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have met senior officials of the US, the Czech Republic and Kenya and held talks on enhancing ties. Lt. Gen. Obaid Mohammed Al Ka'abi, undersecretary of the UAE ministry of defence, met US Assistant Secretary of Defense (Logistics amp; Material Readiness) Alan F. Estevez. Ras Al Khaimah ruler Sheikh Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi met visiting First Deputy ...

  • Egypt lowers the boom on Sinai and wins release of security officers

    Special to WorldTribune.com CAIRO -- Egypt has employed negotiations and heavy military pressure to defuse an insurgency crisis in the Sinai Peninsula. The regime of President Mohammed Morsi has won the release of seven Egyptian soldiers and security officers held in Sinai. Officials said Bedouin gunmen released the seven unharmed on May 22 in a move that halted a major counter-insurgency ...

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Femme Fatale

Femme Fatale

Brian De Palmas Femme Fatale is a tour de force of giddy-enthralling cinematic trashiness. Its a true return to a form for an old master who is constantly threatening to mellow and go soft, a highly self-conscious meditation on both De Palmas inspirations and himself. Its everything De Palmas detractors hate about him and his fans love about himit thumbs its nose at convention, laughs at l ... ...

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  • Opposition open to key talks

    Syrian rebels take position in a house during clashes with regime forces in the old city of Aleppo on Wednesday. Syria's main opposition group opened key talks in Istanbul to debate whether to negotiate with the regime on ending the bloody two-year civil war, as proposed by the US and Russia. Photo: ...

  • U.S.s Kerry samples Palestinian shawarma and sweets

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry eats sweets inside a shop after his meeting with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Thursday, May 23, 2013. (AP Photo/Fadi Arouri, Pool) John ...

  • Bahrain Attends Arab League Meeting on Syrian Crisis

    Cairo-May-23(BNA)Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ghanim bin Fadhl Al-Buainain today led Bahrain's delegation to the extraordinary meeting of the Arab ministerial committee in charge of the Syrian Crisis. Qatari Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabr Al-Thani chaired the session which discussed Syrian developments in the aftermath of the US-Russian ...

  • Minister of Human Rights Bahrain and Morocco are on the Path of Reform Democracy and Reinforcing Rights and Freedoms

    Rabat, May 23rd (BNA) -Minister of Human Rights, Dr. Salah Bin Ali Abdul Rahman met with Moroccan Minister of Interior, Mohanad Laenser within the official Bahraini delegation's visit to Kingdom of Morocco, in reply to the invitation received by Ministry of Human Rights from the Moroccan Government through the ministerial commissary in charge of human rights. At the beginning of the ...

  • With youth pounding at kingdoms gates Saudi Arabia begins religious police reform

    Saudi Arabia's religious police force is infamous for patrolling streets and shopping malls to enforce Islamic conduct. With an eye to restless youth, the kingdom's aging king has ordered ...

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