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Wednesday، 19 June 2013 | عربي

Minister of State for Interior Affairs receives Director General and Chief Executive of the of Ordnance Survey and adviser to the British Government

Minister of State for Interior Affairs receives Director General and Chief Executive of the of Ordnance Survey and adviser to the British Government

MOI: Minister of State for Interior Affairs Major-General Adel bin Khalifa Al Fadhel received Director General (More Details)

Undersecretary of Interior Ministry receives Transportation Ministry Undersecretary

Undersecretary of Interior Ministry receives Transportation Ministry Undersecretary

MOI: Undersecretary of Interior Minister Major-General Khalid Salem Al Absi received Undersecretary of Transportation Ministry (More Details)

World News

Taliban claim responsibility in attack on Afghan base

Bagram air base. — File Photo

BBC: The Taliban on Wednesday claimed responsibility for an attack in Afghanistan overnight that killed four US troops, just hours after Washington said its officials would met the insurgents for talks. (More Details)

North Korea threatens to kill authors of Adolf Hitler's report

North Korea threatens to kill authors of Adolf Hitler's report

Agence France-Presse: North Korea has angrily denied a report that its ruler used Adolf Hitler's memoir as a leadership guide, threatening to kill the authors of the report. (More Details)

Court ruling favors Mubarak but he stays in jail

An image grab from state TV Al-Masriya shows ousted president Mubarak during his retrial in Cairo, Egypt, on June 8.

CNN: A court in Egypt decided to release former President Hosni Mubarak on one charge, but the former ruler remains in jail on other counts, his lawyer said Tuesday, (More Details)

Abu Qatada treaty endorsed by King of Jordan

Abu Qatada was convicted of terrorism charges in his absence in Jordan in 1999

BBC: The King of Jordan has endorsed a treaty with the UK, paving the way for the extradition of radical cleric Abu Qatada. (More Details)

More than seven million refugees displaced in 2012 - UN

BBC: The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994. (More Details)

Iraq violence: Deadly suicide bomb attacks hit Baghdad

The two suicide bombers targeted the Habib ibn Mathaher Shia mosque in eastern Baghdad

BBC: At least 31 people have been killed in a double suicide bomb attack at a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad. (More Details)

Brazil deploys troops to quell protests

BBC: Brazil's government says it will deploy soldiers to five major cities to control a wave of protests which has seen a quarter of a million people demand better public services. (More Details)

Fukushima nuclear plant: Toxic isotope found in groundwater

Radioactive water was found to be leaking from a storage tank at the plant last month

BBC: High levels of a toxic radioactive isotope have been found in groundwater at Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant, its operator says. (More Details)

Lancet call for independent Guantanamo medical care

President Obama vowed to close Guantanamo Bay in January 2009

BBC: An open letter published in the Lancet medical journal calls for hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainees to receive independent medical care. (More Details)

North India floods: Army leads rescue operations

Thousands of pilgrims are stranded after roads caved in

BBC: Military helicopters are leading rescue operations in India's flood-hit northern states, where 130 people are now known to have died. (More Details)

Assange 'to stay in embassy even if sex claims are dropped'

Mr Assange has been in the embassy for exactly a year

BBC: Wikileaks website founder Julian Assange has vowed to remain in the Ecuadorian embassy in London even if accusations of sex crimes are dropped. (More Details)

Nasa’s Cassini probe to acquire distant Earth portrait

This favourite 2006 image of Saturn includes Earth as a speck just inside the G-ring at upper-left. In the coming picture, Earth will be lower-right. Dr Porco hopes it will look even better

BBC: Nasa's Cassini probe is going to try to take a special picture of Planet Earth. (More Details)

Brazil clashes after President Rousseff praises protests

Thousands of protesters gathered in the Praca da Se square in front of Sao Paulo's cathedral

BBC: Riot police and protesters clashed in fresh protests on Tuesday in Brazil's largest city, Sao Paulo. (More Details)

More than seven million refugees displaced in 2012 - UN

BBC: The UN says 7.6 million people became refugees in 2012, with the total number now higher than at any time since 1994. (More Details)

Obama in Berlin to give Brandenburg Gate speech

Some 200,000 people cheered Mr Obama in Berlin in 2008

BBC: US President Barack Obama has arrived in Berlin at the start of a visit during which he will address crowds at the city's famous Brandenburg Gate. (More Details)