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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 ...

  • Iran upgrading nuclear program IAEA

    Tehran has reportedly upgraded its nuclear program by adding advanced uranium enrichment facilities and building a plutonium-producing reactor according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The IAEA report reflects the increased international concerns about the potential proliferation dangers it represents as the completion date approaches, the Huffington Post reports. According ...

  • Hezbollah’s death toll in Syria 75 fighters report

    BAALBEK, Lebanon: Seventy-five fighters from Lebanon's Hezbollah have been killed in Syria since they first became involved in the country's war months ago, a source close to the Shiite militant group said on ...

  • Five killed and dozens wounded in fierce Lebanon clashes

    TRIPOLI // Five people were killed and more than 50 wounded in overnight clashes in Tripoli between Lebanese gunmen backing rival factions in Syria's civil war, doctors and security sources said today. Tripoli has suffered sporadic sectarian violence since the uprising against Syrian President Bashar Al Assad broke out in March 2011, but after a night of mortar, grenade and machine-gun ...

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The Lincoln Lawyer

The Lincoln Lawyer

If The Lincoln Lawyer feels a bit like a particularly good episode of any one of the numerous law-and-order-related TV shows that seem to be in constant syndication and circulation, it may be because screenwriter John Romano, who adapted Michael Connellys best-selling 200 ... ...

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  • Rand nosedive worst after Syria

    The rand has plunged 7.9 percent against the dollar since reaching a four-month high on May 3, surpassed only by the Syrian pound’s 29 percent drop in the period among more than 160 currencies tracked by ...

  • Iran keen to speed up nuclear programme

    Iran is trying to accelerate its uranium enrichment programme, a UN nuclear report showed, but experts said it was unclear when Tehran's new machines could start operating and how efficiently they would ...

  • Egypt manages through the bottleneck 2nd currency auction succeeds

    It did not say how much currency it actually sold Egypt's central bank kept the price of the country's currency steady against the dollar at a special $800 million foreign exchange auction on Wednesday, called to help importers pay for wheat, meat, cooking oil and other essential imports.It did not say how much currency it actually sold.Egypt has used up its foreign currency reserves, ...

  • Another $150 million loan to Jordan from World Bank

    Jordanin Police keep guard as Syrian refugees look on at the King Abdullah Refugee Camp for Syrian refugees 2 kilometers from the Syrian border (Photo by Chris Jackson/Getty Images) The World Bank has proposed a $150 million loan for Jordan to help it with the cost of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria, Jordanian and World Bank board sources said on Wednesday."The ...

  • U.N. report stokes concern over Irans nuclear programme - EU

    BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Iran's expansion of sensitive nuclear activity breaks United Nations resolutions and increases concerns about whether its nuclear programme is entirely peaceful, the European Union said on Thursday. A U.N. nuclear agency report released on Wednesday showed Iran was expanding nuclear activities, in clear violation of resolutions of both the U.N. Security Council and of ...

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