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Canada: Gregor Robertson re-elected as Vancouver Mayor in BC elections

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Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson was re-elected on Saturday, soundly beating main rival Kirk LaPointe despite signs late in the campaign that his bid for a third term in office was in trouble. Robertson was first elected in 2008 and is best known for being Vancouver’s public face in the 2010 Winter Olympics. Robertson’s Vision Vancouver party was the clear front-runner …

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Iraq: IS claims suicide bomb attack in Kurdish capital Arbil

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Extremist group Islamic State (IS) on Thursday claimed a suicide car bomb attack in the city of Arbil, the usually secure capital of the autonomous Kurdish region in Iraq. In an online statement, the IS boasted that it had “breached all the security checkpoints of the agent Kurdistan government and reached the heart of the city of Arbil”. It also …

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Study suggests Middle East boom in e-commerce and video game markets

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E-commerce and video game markets are growing “exponentially” across North Africa and the Middle East, driven by new youth-produced content and the mobile revolution, a new study suggested. The gaming market in the region is expected to almost triple its size, and expected to hit $4.4 billion in 2022 from $1.6 billion in 2014, a study conducted by Abu Dhabi …

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Iran: Iranian-Canadian “Blogfather” reportedly released from prison

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Local Iranian media on Thursday reported that an Iranian-Canadian journalist, Hossein Derakhshan, dubbed “the blogfather” was freed from prison after being handed a 19 year jail term for traveling to Israel. Derakhshan was arrested in November 2008 after his visit to Israel, Iran’s arch-foe, using his Canadian passport, on what he called a trip to breed understanding between Israelis and …

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Talk of a Third Intifada: Where to from Here, Palestine?

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By Ramzy Baroud When a journalist tries to do a historian’s job, the outcome can be quite interesting. Using history as a side note in a brief news report or political analysis oftentimes does more harm than good. Now imagine if that journalist was not dependable to begin with, even more than it being “interesting”, the outcome runs the risk …

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Turkey disappointed at US for balking at conditions deciding larger coalition role

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed his frustration at the US and its fellow member nations in the coalition fighting against extremist group Islamic State (IS), lamenting on Wednesday that they didn’t respond to conditions set for by Turkey that allows it to play a larger role in coalition. The timing of his complaint seems especially curious, since US special …

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UN chief wants action governments to be more proactive against violent extremism

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday forewarned against tackling the problem of violent extremism only through military means and called on government to avoid counter-terrorism measures which could lead to human rights abuses. At a special meeting of the UN Security Council on counter-terrorism, Ban said that the UN was looking at different ways in which it can address …

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UAE strongly refutes Amnesty report, says it is “committed” to human rights

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The UAE on Wednesday said that it was dedicated to improving the protection of human rights, and criticized Amnesty International for its “one sided and inaccurate” accusations. “The UAE will continue its work to strengthen the protection of human rights. There is no freedom here: Silencing dissent in the UAE”, the foreign ministry said, referring to the rights watchdog’s report …

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Egypt and gulf nations at the precipice of a “new era”

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On Wednesday, Egypt hailed a “new era” in Arab solidarity after the Gulf nations agreed to welcome Qatar back into the fold following a dispute over it support of Islamists. Egypt said that it had offered its full support to the move, which it called as “huge step towards Arab solidarity”. “We look forward to a new era that would …

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UAE: Amnesty International report unmasks inhuman treatment of dissidents

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Human rights group Amnesty International on Tuesday published a report titled “There Is No Freedom Here: Silencing dissent in the UAE”, criticizing the nation for its treatment of activists and use of repressive tactics to silence the government’s critics. In the report, the NGO reveals how dissidents are harassed, arrested, and even tortured, maintaining a climate of fear since 2011, …

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