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JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - JUNE 19: Middle East Quartet envoy and Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair speaks at the opening plenary session of the Israeli Presidential Conference, 'Leadership that Makes a Difference', on June 19, 2013 in Jerusalem, Israel. Global figures from all over the world gathered in Jerusalem to celebrate the Israeli president's 90th birthday and the start of the Israeli Presidential Conference.
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Accenture is committed to women empowerment as part of its global corporate citizenship, and especially in the Middle East ... Al-Nahda has a vision for women to be more active in the development of Saudi Arabian society so the Skills to Succeed initiative will help them with this goal.
This is the first year that Accenture has rolled out its Skills to Succeed program in the Middle East region. As well as supporting INJAZ UAE and the Al-Nahda Philanthropic Society for Women, regional Accenture staff will also look to provide volunteer mentoring to other local organizations
Microsoft has been operating in the Middle East and North Africa for more than 20 years, and we look forward to hosting opinions from our customers and partners on the blog. Strengthening the Arabic world's digital voice is a great way to ensure open communication and collaboration within the region.More quotes »
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AP Interview: Peres, at 90, still going strong
president is doing what he has always done: looking ahead, preparing for the next challenge and believing that he will see Middle East peace in his lifetime.Old age has hardly slowed him down. If anything, it seems to have handed Peres a measure of the grace Read more »
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Syria lashes out at Egypt decision to sever ties
Syria said Sunday that Egypt's decision to cut diplomatic ties with his country is "irresponsible," accusing its president of fueling sectarian conflict in Syria and serving a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy to divide the Middle East. Read more »
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Syria lashes out at Egypt decision to sever ties
accusing its president of fueling sectarian conflict in Syria and serving a U.S.-Israeli conspiracy to divide the Middle East.The government statement quoted in state media comes a day after President Mohammed Morsi told supporters at a Cairo rally that his Read more »
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Saleh: Syrian rebels need guns to make peace
of Qusair, near the border with Lebanon, and demanded that all residents evacuate. Days later, just as Kerry arrived in the Middle East to build diplomatic support for peace talks, hundreds of fighters from the Lebanese militia Hezbollah invaded Qusair. With Read more »
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Boeing sees doubling of aircraft by 2032
which Boeing puts out annually, predicts 60 percent of the demand for aircraft will come from Asia, Latin America and the Middle East, the rest from carriers in Europe and North America.The commercial fleet today stands at 20,310 aircraft, Boeing said. Counting Read more »
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Middle East ‘elites’: Turkey’s say in diplomacy on the rise
Turkey’s say in international politics is gaining strength and it will be the most powerful state in the Middle East in 10 years, according to a recent study made among participants from eight Middle East countries. Nearly 85 percent of the surveyed peop 10 m ago from Hurriet Daily News Read more »
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ME crude: Tasweeq sells Al Shaheen for July
SINGAPORE: Qatar’s Tasweeq sold Al Shaheen crude through a tender at slightly higher levels than the previous month, traders said on Wednesday, reflecting a slightly stronger August-loading Middle East crude market. TonenGeneral, Exxon and Reliance Indus 15 m ago from GulfToday.ae Read more »
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Iran says appeals for "jihad" in Syria fuel radicalism
KUWAIT (Reuters) - Calls by Sunni Muslim clerics for a holy war against the Syrian government and its Shi'ite allies are fuelling radicalism in the region, a senior Iranian official said on Wednesday. Earlier this month, prominent cleric Sheikh Youssef a 21 m ago from Firstpost Read more »
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SARS-like virus has high mortality rate in Saudi Arabia, specialists say
A new virus responsible for an outbreak of respiratory illness in the Middle East may be more deadly than SARS, according to a team of infectious disease specialists who recently investigated a set of cases in Saudi Arabia. Of 23 confirmed cases in April 51 m ago from The Washington Post Read more »
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Iraq: Chevron, Total expand Kurdish drilling
Iraq's Kurds have consolidated their growing energy sector with Chevron Corp. securing a third exploration block in the semiautonomous northern region that increasingly operates as a de facto independent state and France's Total buying a majority stake i 54 m ago from United Press International Read more »
