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Israel's Defence Minister denies Gaza captive deal Jerusalem, June 28: Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday denied reports a deal was close with the Islamist group Hamas for the release of Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for Palestinians held in Israeli jails. "The reports are incorrect and it's possible they are even causing damage," Barak told reporters. Israeli media reports on Thursday cited European diplomats as saying that Shalit, held by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, was about to be sent to neighbouring Egypt. One possibility cited by an Israeli political source was that once Shalit was moved to Egypt, Israel would begin to open Gaza's border crossings. With Egypt mediating,... [read full story]
Jump to the full entry & travel map Edfu, Aswān, Egypt After our big day travelling to Abu Simbel, the boat left the dock in Aswan that evening and we were off down the Nile. The cruise boat did stop at a temple called Kom Ombo...
Global Geopolitics Net Sites / IDN BY RAMESH JAURA IDN-InDepthNews Service BERLIN (IDN) – Countries in the extensive Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region are becoming increasingly important for the 30-nation OECD as the...
Capital Spending Trimmed Marathon said that it will prune its capital expenditures by about $1 billion in 2010, as the company allocates a larger percentage of funds towards the Exploration & Production (E&P) segment as against...
The Yemeni conflict is fast evolving from a Houthi insurgency against the Abdullah Salah regime in Sanaa to a broad regional conflagration drawing in Saudi Arabia and Egypt as major players and increasingly the United States,...
