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ADEN: Six Yemeni soldiers and 22 Al-Qaeda militants died on Wednesday as the army pressed an offensive against bastions of the jihadist network in south Yemen into a 12th day, a security official and locals said. Six soldiers died as government forces attempted to advance on the northeastern outskirts of Zinjibar, the capital of Abyan province which was overrun by Al-Qaeda militants a year ago, a military official said. Nine soldiers were wounded, the official added, and ...
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BAGHDAD: Baghdad's airport opened Wednesday morning a day after a dust storm stopped flights, officials said, ahead of talks between world powers and Iran over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. It had been unclear on Tuesday whether the storm would clear in time for the talks between the five permanent members of the UN Security Council -- the US, Russia, China, Britain and France, plus Germany and Iran. The first round of talks was held in mid-April in ...
BAGHDAD: Iran and world powers geared up on Tuesday for talks aimed at defusing the dangerously escalating crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme, as the UN atomic agency voiced hopes of a deal on more cooperation. Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu, who has refused to rule out bombing Iran, meanwhile warned the P5+1 -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, plus Germany not to show "weakness" in Wednesday's talks in Baghdad. Yukiya Amano, International Atomic Energy Agency ...
AMMAN: Cash-strapped Jordan is bracing for tough economic times as the government prepares to raise commodity prices and taxes as part of an austerity plan to avoid a mammoth deficit of around $3 billion. But economic analysts and the powerful opposition Islamists have warned these moves would be "very dangerous" and likely to aggravate political instability in the country. Jordan has witnessed regular street protests since January 2011 demanding sweeping reforms and tough action against corruption. In the ...
SANAA: A suicide bomber killed several soldiers and wounded many others when he blew himself up Monday in central Sanaa, a security official said. The bomber, dressed in military uniform, detonated his explosives in the middle of battalion of soldiers rehearsing for an army parade to mark the 22nd anniversary of the unification of north and south Yemen, the official added. Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2012 ...
BEIRUT: Street battles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in Beirut overnight left two people dead, a security official said on Monday, sparking fears the conflict in Syria is spilling across the border into Lebanon. "During the night, groups of young men cut off the road in the Tareek el-Jdideh district and street battles followed," the official said, requesting anonymity. "Two people were killed and 18 were wounded," he said, adding that machineguns had been fired and that ...
DOUMA: A rocket-propelled grenade exploded on Sunday near a team of UN truce observers, including mission head Major General Robert Mood, as they were visiting theDamascus suburb of Douma, an AFP correspondent reported. The rocket caused no injuries, the journalist said. The RPG landed about a dozen metres away from where the team stood in Douma, a northern suburb of the Syrian capital as violent clashes between rebels and regime troops were underway, the journalist said. Mood and ...

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