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Iran and China agreed during talks in Beijing that sanctions “have lost their effectiveness”, chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said after meeting senior Chinese officials.

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WASHINGTON - U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk will travel to Egypt next week for talks with a key Arab ally that has long wanted a free trade agreement with the United States.

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MUSCAT - Oman, which has one of the highest traffic mortality rates in the world, launched the annual ‘GCC Traffic Week’ together with the other five member states of the bloc.

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ABU DHABI -- Gen. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, received today visiting U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates.

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DUBA I- Dubai Public Prosecution has issued international arrest warrants for 16 more suspects wanted for the premeditated killing of Mahmoud Al-mabhouh, a top Hamas leader, in a hotel in Dubai last January, taking the total number of people on its wanted list to 27.

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Dubai Public Prosecution has issued the international arrest warrant against suspected murderers of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh on charges of premeditated murder in Dubai.

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DOHA - US officials sought to shore up support Sunday for a tougher stand against Iran’s nuclear program by saying Tehran had left the world little choice and expressing renewed confidence that holdout China would come around to harsher U.N. penalties.

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GAZA - Hamas police have arrested a British journalist in the Gaza Strip, an official in the ruling Palestinian Islamist movement said on Sunday, accusing him of unspecified security offences.

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TEHRAN, Iran – Iran’s supreme leader has praised the massive turnout at the government-backed rally marking the 1979 Islamic Revolution and warned the West to stop putting obstacles in his country’s path.

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