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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 ...

  • Bahrain finds Iranian drone

    Bahrain said it has found an Iranian drone in the kingdom's north near Saudi Arabia and called for increased cooperation between regional security services to face "threats" from Tehran. The unmanned aircraft "was found in the sea in north Bahrain, mainly between Bahrain and Saudi Arabia, two weeks ago", government spokeswoman Samira Rajab said on Wednesday. "It ...

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Last Year at Marienbad (L’année dernière à Marienbad) [DVD]

Last Year at Marienbad (L’année dernière à Marienbad) [DVD]

Last Year at Marienbad (Lanne dernire Marienbad), the second feature film directed by the great French New Wave pioneer Alain Resnais and the first written by famed novelist Alain Robbe-Grillet, is more than anything designed to provoke a response. When it was first ... ...

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  • Oman Cement Co confirms quality probe

    Oman Cement Co has confirmed that it is the company at the centre of a probe initiated by the Public Authority for Consumer Protection over the quality of cement being sold. Earlier this week, A report in Oman said that a cement company was being investigated for importing 30,000 tonnes of low quality cement from a neighbouring company and the repackaged it as a higher-grade product. The ...

  • A High-Level Delegation to Take Part in World Economic Forum in Jordan

    Manama, May 23. (BNA) -- A high-level Bahrain delegation, led by Transportation Minister Kamel bin Ahmed will arrive in Jordan tomorrow, Friday, to take part in the World Economic Forum on the Middle East and North Africa 2013, to be held in the Red Sea from May 24 to 26 under the theme: "Advancing Conditions for Growth and Resilience". In this regard, Mr. Kamel Ahmed said that ...

  • Report Iran denies claim its drone entered Bahrains airspace

    TEHRAN, Iran - An Iranian semi-official news agency reports the country is denying that an unmanned drone violated the airspace of Bahrain, the strategic Gulf kingdom that hosts the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet. The Thursday report by ISNA quotes an unnamed official in Iran's Foreign Ministry. The statement did not elaborate, instead urging Bahrain's rulers to pay attention to their ...

  • 17th Fatality Caused by Coronavirus in Saudi Arabia

    Riyadh, May 23 (Prensa Latina) The Saudi ministry of Health reported today the death of the 17th coronavirus'' victim in this country. According to official statistics, there are 35 cases of infected people with the virus, which is similar to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that caused numerous fatalities a decade ago, particularly in Middle Eastern countries where it ...

  • Structure at bottom of Sea of Galilee could reveal secrets of ancient life in Middle East

    TIBERIAS, Israel - The massive circular structure appears to be an archaeologists dream: a recently discovered antiquity that could reveal secrets of ancient life in the Middle East and is just waiting to be excavated.It's thousands of years old - a conical, manmade behemoth weighing hundreds of tons, practically begging to be explored.The problem is - it's at the bottom of the ...

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