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Daredevils taking selfie over Dubai skyscraper

Nineteen-year-old Alexander Remnev scaled the Dubai skyscraper - before getting his camera out to take some stomach-churning pictures.

4 killed, 26 wounded in Israeli tanks shelling on eastern Gaza

2012-11-11 03:35

Four Palestinians were killed and 26 wounded early on Saturday evening in the intensive Israeli tanks shelling on eastern Gaza city, medics and eyewitnesses said.

Iran, UN to resume nuclear talks

2012-11-10 10:02

Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Iran will meet on Dec 13 in Tehran for a new round of negotiations, an IAEA spokesman said.

Iran confirms confronting US drone in Persian Gulf

2012-11-10 09:13

Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi confirmed Friday that the fighter jet of the Islamic republic had confronted a US drone in the Persian Gulf last week, local media reported.

Syrian opposition awaits final say on unity

2012-11-10 09:09

Exiled Syrian opposition groups convening in the Qatari capital Doha are expected to announce within hours their final decision on a proposal to form a unity opposition front.

Assad warns against foreign intervention

2012-11-09 14:55

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned Thursday of the price of foreign intervention as the balance of power seesawed in the war-torn country.

Assad says will live and die in Syria

2012-11-09 12:28

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said the cost of any foreign military intervention in Syria will be higher than what the entire world could handle, vowing to "live and die in Syria".

OPEC lowers global oil demand forecast

2012-11-09 09:05

OPEC on Thursday cut its medium-term global oil demand forecast due to the impact of euro zone debt crisis and the economic weakness.

Turkey intercepts Syria-bound plane 'carrying arms'

2012-11-08 16:56

Turkey intercepted a Syria-bound cargo plane which took off in Armenia and was suspected of carrying arms, Today's Zaman newspaper reported Thursday.

NATO preparing to give Turkey Patriot missiles

2012-11-08 03:18

Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Wednesday that NATO is preparing to give Turkey Patriot missiles for deployment along the Turkish-Syrian border, local newspaper Today's Zaman reported on its website.

China's proposal on Syria welcomed

2012-11-07 09:23

The UN Under-Secretary- General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman said Tuesday that China's new four-point proposal on Syria is welcomed.

No deals over Syrian president's destiny: Russia

2012-11-06 10:44

Visiting Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov asserted Monday in Cairo that his country has not made any confidential negotiations or deals over the destiny of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.

Arafat exhumation set for Nov 26

2012-11-06 10:37

The body of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is set to be exhumed on Nov 26, eight years after his death, as part of an investigation to see if he was murdered, a diplomat said.

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