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Gas Starts Flowing from Israel's Levant Basin, What Now?
Category: Middle East Written by Jen Alic
The first gas has started flowing from Israel's supergiant Tamar gasfield in the Levant Basin. Where it will go will redraw the Mediterranean energy map and the geopolitics that goes along with it.
The Tamar field stakeholders announced on 30 March that the gas had started flowing, raising the
Last Updated on Thursday, 04 April 2013 13:36
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Renewed calls by top Iranian conservative to ‘resolve’ detention of opposition leaders
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
'2013 elections problematic if house arrest not addressed'
A senior conservative figure as once again called for an end to the stalemate surrounding the house arrest of 2009 presidential candidates Mir Hossein Mousavi and Mehdi Karroubi.
According to the news website Khabaronline.ir,
Last Updated on Monday, 01 April 2013 11:07
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'My father's at imminent risk,' says son of jailed blogger Khazali
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
The life of imprisoned Iranian blogger, publisher and physician Mahdi Khazali is at imminent risk, his son has warned.
Mohammad Saleh Khazali, son of dissident blogger Mahdi Khazali, says his father faces an imminent threat to his life after more than 86 days of hunger strike.
In
Last Updated on Tuesday, 26 March 2013 15:31
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Western Morals
Category: Middle East Written by German Foreign Policy
Voice of Freedom:BERLIN/WASHINGTON(Own report) - Foreign policy experts in Berlin and Washington are strongly criticizing using human rights to justify military interventions. Wars waged in the name of human rights are being considered almost "a moral obligation" in the public opinion of some
Last Updated on Monday, 25 March 2013 18:11
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As Cyprus Collapses, It's a Race to the Mediterranean Gas Finish Line
Category: Middle East Written by Jen Alic
Cyprus is preparing for total financial collapse as the European Central Bank turns its back on the island after its parliament rejected a scheme to make Cypriot citizens pay a levy on savings deposits in return for a share in potential gas futures to fund a bailout.
Last Updated on Friday, 22 March 2013 15:01
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Political activist Mahdi Motamedi-Mehr arrested
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
Authorities in Iran have arrested a member of the Freedom Movement of Iran.
According to opposition site Mizan Khabar, Mahdi Motamedi-Mehr, a member of the FMI’s political bureau and head of the groups’ Education and Research Committee, was arrested by security forces at his home on Saturday.
Last Updated on Monday, 18 March 2013 15:53
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Student blogger Badri Safiari arrested in Fars Province
Category: Middle East Written by Cyrus Green
Security forces in Fars Province have arrested blogger and student Badri Safiari, according to the Committee of Human Rights Reporters.
The group says that Safiari, a student at Kavar University, was arrested last Wednesday while returning to her home city of Shiraz. After detaining Safiari,
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 March 2013 13:33
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