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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 ...

  • Indian passport problem in Saudi Arabia resolved

    The problem of Saudi Arabian immigration authorities not accepting newly designed Indian passports has been resolved, according to the Indian embassy in Riyadh. India's Ambassador Hamid Ali Rao raised the issue during a meeting with Saudi Deputy Minister of Interior Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al-Salem Tuesday and the matter was clarified, local media reported Wednesday "Some cases were reported in ...

  • Syria as a Game-Changer US Political Impotence in the Middle East

    Limitations of US military power became quite obvious in later years. (Photo: Aljazeera) In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should ...

  • Yemen a Major Part of Any Effort to Close Guantanamo

    In a speech on Thursday, President Obama is set to renew his efforts to close the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. A key element of that effort will require the transfer of detainees to Yemen, something that has been impossible since the ...

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Requiem for a Dream

Darren Aronofsky's Requiem for a Dream is a harrowing descent into the world of addiction. It plays like a downward spiral, watching as the dreams of its characters are slowly blighted out as they are sucked into the vortex of their own physical cravings. It is also a masterpiece of subjective filmmaking, a movie in which the conscious states of the characters are manifested through variou ... ...

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  • Majority of U.S. Senate panel backs arming rebels

    U.S. Senate panel voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to send weapons to rebels late fighting Syria’s government, but it was not clear who would get the arms even if the bill succeeds, as Washington struggles to deal with its response to the conflict. ...

  • Syria chemical weapons use increasing U.N.

    U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) shake hands as they meet at Bocharov Ruchei state residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi May 17, 2013. (REUTERS/Maxim ...

  • Kerry Arming rebels on the table if Assad shuns peace talks

    This Tuesday, May 21, 2013 citizen journalism image provided by Edlib News Network, ENN, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows Syrian rebels firing locally made shells made from gas cylinders against the Syrian forces, in Idlib province, northern Syria. (AP Photo/Edlib News Network ...

  • Little for Kerry to gain from Mideast visit

    United States preoccupied with wider regional threats, tackling the deadlock behind the 65-year conflict has been put on the diplomatic back burner. Nonetheless, the U.S. Secretary of State will be landing in Israel Thursday, with the stated aim of resuming long-stalled negotiations. The visit will be his fourth such trip since taking over the State Department from Hillary Clinton in February, ...

  • Stagnant development projects imperil Kuwait’s stock market boom

    DUBAI: Kuwait’s stock market boom could run out of steam if the government doesn’t push ahead soon with long-delayed infrastructure projects aimed at diversifying the ...

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