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Bahrain forces raid top cleric's house: opposition
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Bahraini security forces raided the house of top Shi'ite cleric Ayatollah Sheikh Isa Qassim on Friday, the opposition said, an act likely to enrage the island's majority Shi'ite population which is at loggerheads with its Sunni rulers....Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Bahrain, Armed Conflicts, Wars and Interventions
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Women can't be president in Iran, senior cleric says
TEHRAN — Iran’s next president will not be a woman. No surprise there, but a senior religious figure, Ayatollah Mohammad Yazdi, made it official in comments Wednesday to a group of clerics and theology students, according to the conservative...
Tags: Islam, Politics, Feminism, Elections, Saudi Arabia
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Turkish PM says no decision yet on further Iran oil import cuts
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - Turkish Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday Turkey had already significantly reduced its oil imports from Iran, which is under the choke of U.S. sanctions, and further cutbacks would depend on his country's energy...Tags: Turkey, Brookings Institution
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U.S. lifts sanctions on Iraq bank that had links to Iran
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 17 (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it had allowed an Iraqi bank to again conduct business with the U.S. financial system after the bank showed it was no longer helping Iran evade financial sanctions. Iraq's Elaf Islamic...Tags: Islam, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Iraq, Religion and Belief
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WRAPUP 3-France opposes Syria conference if Iran to attend
Reuters* U.N. chief wants peace talks soon * Planned conference faces growing obstacles * Refugee numbers top 1.5 million. says U.N. By Darya Korsunskaya SOCHI, Russia, May 17 (Reuters) - France spelled out on Friday that it would oppose a peace conference...Tags: Missile Systems, Bashar Assad, United Nations, Politics, Government
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Brent slips towards $103 on demand growth worries, stronger dollar
Reuters* Dlr near 10-mth high, regional Fed chief foreshadows QE wind-down * Evidence mounts of slower U.S. economic growth * Russia says Iran must take part in proposed Syria talks * Brent oil to fall to $102.42 -technicals By Manash Goswami SINGAPORE, May...Tags: Petroleum Industry, Russia, Foreign Exchange Market
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Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Thursday he reserved the right to resort to both diplomatic and military options to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but insisted that U.S. action alone would not be enough to resolve the...Tags: International Military Interventions, Bashar Assad, Abdullah Gul, Wars and Interventions, Turkey
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U.S. widens sanctions to four Syrian officials, TV station, airline
ReutersWASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces. The move follows broad U....Tags: Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Government, Finance
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WRAPUP 1-Obama: U.S. preserves diplomatic, military options on Syria
Reuters* U.S., Turkish leaders seek to project united front on Syria * Obama says U.S. action alone not enough to solve Syria crisis * Russia says Iran should be part of Syria conference By Nick Tattersall and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON, May 16 (Reuters) -...Tags: International Military Interventions, Abdullah Gul, Wars and Interventions, Rebellions, Unrest, Conflicts and War
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U.S. announces new sanctions against Syria
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Treasury Department announced new sanctions against the Syrian government Thursday, blacklisting four senior officials, a private television station that it said had colluded with Syrian authorities and an airline it accused of...
Tags: International Military Interventions, Wars and Interventions, White House, Unrest, Conflicts and War, U.S. Department of the Treasury
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U.S. adds sanctions on Syria, labels rebel chief a terrorist
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government on Thursday blacklisted four Syrian government ministers, an airline and a television station it said helped the Assad government in its two-year crackdown on opposition forces. The same day, the State...Tags: Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Politics, Government
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Russia says Iran must take part in proposed Syria talks
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Iran must take part in a proposed international conference to end Syria's civil war, but that Western states wanted to limit the participants and possibly predetermine the outcome of the...Tags: Bashar Assad, Wars and Interventions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, United Nations, Saudi Arabia
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