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14/04/09 12:32:26 |
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Source: IRIN
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BEIRUT, 13
April 2009 (IRIN) - Rights and labour groups say almost all
the estimated 300,000 Syrians working in Lebanon have no
official status, often endure dangerous conditions, and earn
about US$300 a month doing jobs shunned by most Lebanese.
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Source: AP | Date:
06/03/2009 |
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VIENNA – The EU and
Syria
are engaged in a tug-of-war over an intercepted ship
suspected of transporting explosives from
Iran to
Palestinian militants in Gaza, European diplomats say.
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Source: Nadim Houry | Date:
24/02/2009 |
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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria may be
feeling the effects of President Obama's promised "change".
After years of US-imposed isolation, Assad has received two
US Congressional delegations since Obama became president,
plus a visit from John Kerry, the new chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
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Analysis: Turkey's shift toward Iran,
Syria is no short-term blip |
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Source: JONATHAN SPYER ,
THE JERUSALEM POST | Date: 20/02/2009 |
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Last weekend, a conference held under the
title "Gaza the victory" took place at hotel near Istanbul's
Ataturk airport. The conference brought 200 Sunni clerics
and activists together with senior, Damascus-based Hamas
officials.
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Source: Reuters | Date:
21/02/2009 |
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DAMASCUS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The Iraqi
government plans to speed up multibillion dollar energy
projects with Syria that would help end tension between the
two neighbours, Iraq's first ambassador to Syria in almost
30 years said on Friday.
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Source: IRIN
| Date: 13/04/2009 |
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BEIRUT, 13
April 2009 (IRIN) - Rights and labour groups say almost all
the estimated 300,000 Syrians working in Lebanon have no
official status, often endure dangerous conditions, and earn
about US$300 a month doing jobs shunned by most Lebanese.
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Source: Nadim
Houry | Date: 24/02/2009 |
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President Bashar al-Assad of Syria may be
feeling the effects of President Obama's promised "change".
After years of US-imposed isolation, Assad has received two
US Congressional delegations since Obama became president,
plus a visit from John Kerry, the new chairman of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
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Source: Reuters | Date:
21/02/2009 |
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DAMASCUS, Feb 20 (Reuters) - The Iraqi
government plans to speed up multibillion dollar energy
projects with Syria that would help end tension between the
two neighbours, Iraq's first ambassador to Syria in almost
30 years said on Friday.
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DAMASCUS - Syria's leadership expects the chances for
peace with neighbouring Israel to be worse under Zipi Livni
than those under outgoing prime minister Ehud Omert, the
official government Syrian daily Tishrin said Wednesday.
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Syria targets $3.4 billion in tourism
revenue |
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DAMASCUS - Syria is hoping to welcome six million
tourists a year over the next three years and generate 3.4
billion dollars in tourism revenues, the official SANA news
agency said on Wednesday.
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