Qatar to reopen old airport to ease World Cup traffic
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) - Qatar is to reopen the mothballed Doha International Airport next week, airlines said Wednesday, as it…
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Middle East
Israel concedes soldier likely shot Al Jazeera journalist
by Jonah MANDEL Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined (AFP) -- The Israeli army conceded Monday for the first time that one…
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Hamas executes Palestinians for ‘collaboration’ with Israel
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories (AFP) The Hamas Islamist movement ruling the Gaza Strip announced on Sunday that it executed five…
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Five wounded in shooting on Israeli bus in West Bank
Jerusalem (AFP) Five people were wounded on Sunday in a shooting attack on an Israeli bus in the occupied West…
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US says latest Iran response on nuclear deal ‘not constructive’
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- The United States said Thursday it had received a new response from Iran on reviving…
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Microsoft to create 36,000 data centre jobs in Qatar
LUSAIL, Qatar (AFP) - Technology giant Microsoft announced Wednesday it will create 36,000 jobs in Qatar to boost the Gulf…
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Qatar says it will build world’s biggest blue ammonia plant
DOHA, Qatar (AFP) - Qatar announced Wednesday that it will build the world's biggest plant making blue ammonia -- one…
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Iraq protesters disperse after Sadr demands end to deadly clashes
by Guillaume Decamme Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Iraqi supporters of powerful cleric Moqtada Sadr withdrew Tuesday from Baghdad's…
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Fighting in Iraqi capital leaves 23 dead after Sadr quits politics
by Guillaume Decamme Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Fighting between rival Iraqi forces raged for a second day Tuesday…
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Shelling targets Baghdad’s Green Zone amid deadly chaos after Sadr quits politics
by Guillaume Decamme Agence France-Presse BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) -- Shelling targeted Baghdad's high-security Green Zone Monday, a security source said,…
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