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DEATH TOLL IN SYRIAN WAR TOPS 160,000

RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTER WARNS OF IRAQ-LIKE SCENARIO UNRAVELING IN SYRIA  LONDON —  The death toll in Syria’s three-year conflict has exceeded 160,000, an activist group...

Mixed Reactions in Gulf to Change in Delhi

LEADING INDIAN BUSINESSMEN IN THE GULF WELCOME NARENDRA MODI’S ASCENT  DUBAI — There have been mixed reactions among expatriate Indians living in the Gulf countries following...

Six Years in Prison For Former Israel PM Olmert

TEL AVIV — Israel’s former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced on Tuesday to six years in prison for bribery, Israeli media reported, capping...

TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE: UN

BAN KI-MOON, ABDULLAH, AL GORE AMONG WORLD LEADERS  ATTENDING ABU DHABI ASCENT CLIMATE SUMMIT ABU DHABI — From the tropics to the poles, from small islands...

US Offers Missile Shield to Gulf States

ABU DHABI — A senior US official signaled optimism on Sunday about a possible resolution of the Iranian nuclear dispute but said Washington remained...

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