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*AFP News Headlines
EGYPTIAN OFFICIALS DISCUSS PEACE EFFORTS WITH ABBAS
AFP - 2 hours 15 mins agoRAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories (AFP) - Two top Egyptian officials met Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Thursday to discuss reviving stalled peace talks with Israel. More »
DEATH TOLL HITS 65 IN AFGHAN BUILDING COLLAPSE
AFP - 8 hours 18 mins agoKUNDUZ, Afghanistan (AFP) - Sixty-five people, most of them women and children, died when a floor collapsed at a wedding in one of the most remote regions of northern Afghanistan, an official said Thursday. More »
DUBAI'S EMAAR Q3 PROFIT DOWN 7.0 PERCENT
AFP - Yesterday, 07:32 pmDUBAI (AFP) - Dubai's Emaar Properties on Wednesday posted a seven-percent drop in quarterly profits as revenues cost doubled, but said recurring revenues from hospitality were on the rise. More »
FRENCH LUXURY GROUPS EYE MIDDLE EAST GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES
AFP - Yesterday, 07:31 pmPARIS (AFP) - France's famed luxury retailers, from Chanel to Baccarat to Cartier, are to put their best foot forward Friday in the Gulf emirate Dubai, seen as a gateway to the riches of the Middle East. More »
US SANCTIONS 37 'FRONT COMPANIES' FOR IRAN'S SHIPPING FIRM
AFP - Yesterday, 07:19 pmWASHINGTON (AFP) - The United States on Wednesday slapped sanctions on 37 "front companies" in Europe and five Iranians allegedly involved in Iran's shipping company. More »
LEBANON SENTENCES 32 TO JAIL FOR COLLABORATING WITH ISRAEL
AFP - Yesterday, 07:04 pmBEIRUT (AFP) - A military court on Wednesday sentenced to 15 years in prison 31 Lebanese citizens and a Palestinian for collaborating with Israel and acquiring Israeli citizenship, a judicial source said. More »
SAUDI WOMEN TO ATTEMPT LARGEST HUMAN RIBBON
AFP - Yesterday, 07:00 pmJEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - Largely marginalised from public life, Saudi women will attempt to form the world's largest-ever human pink ribbon on Thursday to draw attention to breast cancer in the ultra-conservative kingdom. More »
WOMEN IN BEIRUT CLINIC CLASH WITH UN HARIRI PROBE TEAM
AFP - Yesterday, 08:53 pmBEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) - A group of women charged at investigators from a UN probe into the murder of ex-premier Rafiq Hariri at a Beirut gynaecology clinic Wednesday, snatching a briefcase but causing no injuries, a doctor said. More »
ARMENIA, AZERBAIJAN AGREE TO PRISONER SWAP AT RUSSIA SUMMIT
AFP - Yesterday, 06:39 pmMOSCOW (AFP) - Arch-rivals Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed at a summit in Russia Wednesday to swap prisoners of war and exchange the bodies of soldiers killed in their conflict over the breakaway Nagorny Karabakh region. More »
ISRAEL TO BEGIN WORK ON EGYPT BARRIER IN NOVEMBER
AFP - Yesterday, 06:35 pmJERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel will begin building a huge barrier along its southern border with Egypt "within weeks" in a bid to curb the entry of illegal immigrants, the prime minister's office said on Wednesday. More »
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- Islamic militant killed by Israeli tank shellAFP -Yesterday, 04:26 pm
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