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Aston Villa's French midfielder Aly Cissokho (R) vies with Leicester City's Japanese striker Shinji Okazaki during the English Premier League football match between Aston Villa and Leicester City at Villa Park in Birmingham, central England on January 16, 2016. AFP PHOTO / GLYN KIRKnnRESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE. No use with unauthorized audio, video, data, fixture lists, club/league logos or 'live' services. Online in-match use limited to 75 images, no video emulation. No use in betting, games or single club/league/player publications.
Aguero double fires Man City to easy win
Manchester City's Ivorian midfielder and captain Yaya Toure (2R) vies with Crystal Palace's English defender Joel Ward (R) and Crystal Palace's English defender Scott Dann (2L) during the English Premier League football match between Manchester City and Crystal Palace at the Etihad Stadium in Manchester, north west England, on January 16, 2016. AFP MANCHESTER: Sergio Aguero scored twice as Manchester City got their Premier League title...
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Iran, US swap prisoners as sanctions set to end - Tehran to buy 114 jets from Airbus, eyes oil deals
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, right, in Vienna, Austria, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2016, on what is expected to be "implementation day," the day the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) verifies that Iran has met all conditions under the nuclear deal. (Kevin Lamarque/Pool Photo via AP)VIENNA: Iran and the US announced yesterday a prisoner swap in an apparent gesture of goodwill...
Palestinians attend the opening of the Sheikh Hamad residential project in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on January 16, 2016. One thousand units financed by Qatar were attributed to Gazans whose homes were razed during the Israeli offensive on the enclave in 2014 which displaced thousands of people. Qatar pledged 407 million dollars for the reconstruction of Gaza including the construction of apartments, infrastructure and a hospital. / AFP / MAHMUD HAMS
Qatar provides 2,000 new homes for Gazans
Palestinians attend the opening of the Sheikh Hamad residential project in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Younis on January 16, 2016. One thousand units financed by Qatar were attributed to Gazans whose homes were razed during the Israeli offensive on the enclave in 2014 which displaced thousands of people. Qatar pledged 407 million dollars for the reconstruction of Gaza including the construction of apartments, infrastructure and a...
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Egypt: A case study
Security is a blessing, and no terrorist group can offer anything better. Egypt is preparing to mark the fifth anniversary of the revolution of Jan 25, 2011, which overthrew President Hosni Mubarak's regime. This anniversary comes amid harsh circumstances for all Arab states because terrorism is knocking on every door. According to official reports, it seems that the Egyptian government expects some violent acts and incitement of the public by...
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Roundtable discusses railway projects in GCC
KUWAIT: Experts shared their experiences of railway projects and explained Kuwait and GCC countries' need for considering these projects for economic development at a seminar organized by the Kuwait Economic Society. The roundtable was titled 'Effective strategies of metro and railway projects' and held on Wednesday at the Regency Hotel. GCC member states are working on implementing railway projects to connect their cities and capitals with each...
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Sawaber tenants disappointed of lack of services at new homes
KUWAIT: After a decision was made to demolish the Sawaber residential complex, one of the solutions offered to Kuwaiti tenants was to move to replacement flats in northwest Sulaibikhat. Those who agreed to this option were given the keys to their apartments more than a month ago and were told the flats were ready for them to move in.Last week, all remaining tenants of Sawaber received official eviction orders, so some of them started moving to...
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Couple arrested for liquor trade
KUWAIT: Ahmadi detectives arrested a citizen and an Asian woman for trading in liquor, said security sources. Case papers indicate that detectives had been tipped off concerning the suspectsí activities and after close surveillance, an undercover agent was sent to make a deal with the suspects, who were arrested red-handed. On searching their house, detectives found 49 bottles of liquor and KD 1,687 in cash. A case was filed.Falcon smuggling...
Representatives of the founding nations of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) walk around a sculpture after it was unveiled during the opening ceremony of the AIIB in Beijing on January 16, 2016. AFP PHOTO / Mark Schiefelbein / POOL
China launches new AIIB development bank - Beijing seeks to alter the unwritten rules of development finance
Representatives of the founding nations of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) walk around a sculpture after it was unveiled during the opening ceremony of the AIIB in Beijing on January 16, 2016. AFP PHOTO / Mark Schiefelbein / POOLBEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping launched a new international development bank seen as a rival to the US-led World Bank at a lavish ceremony yesterday, as Beijing seeks to change the unwritten rules...
The leader of Macedonia's biggest opposition party SDSM, Zoran Zaev (C) talks to the media in Skopje on January 16, 2016. nEU Commissioner Johannes Hahn said in press statement that the negotiations between the four biggest political parties on implementing last year's political agreement have failed. Macedonia's Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski handed in his resignation on January 15, paving the way for an early election in April in line with an EU-brokered deal to end a political crisis. The move came as Hahn arrived in Skopje to encourage political parties to stick to the agreement reached in July last year, which was designed to end months of turmoil in the Balkan nation of about 2.1 million people. / AFP / Robert ATANASOVSKI
Macedonian opposition threatens to boycott election called to end crisis
The leader of Macedonia's biggest opposition party SDSM, Zoran Zaev (C) talks to the media in Skopje on January 16, 2016. AFP / Robert ATANASOVSKISKOPJE: A European Union-brokered deal to end a political crisis in Macedonia hung in the balance yesterday after opponents of conservative Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski threatened to boycott an early parliamentary election in April. All sides had agreed last year to an April 24 election, two years...
Iraqi security forces deploy in thed Soufiya neighborhood in central Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. More than two weeks after central Ramadi was declared liberated, Iraq's counter terrorism forces are slowly battling pockets of Islamic State militants on the northeastern edges. Commanders on the ground say roadside bombs, bobby-trapped houses and the militant group's use of civilians as human shields are the main factors slowing their progress. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)
Economic 'tsunami' undermines war against Islamic State in Iraq
Iraqi security forces deploy in thed Soufiya neighborhood in central Ramadi, 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. More than two weeks after central Ramadi was declared liberated, Iraq's counter terrorism forces are slowly battling pockets of Islamic State militants on the northeastern edges. Commanders on the ground say roadside bombs, bobby-trapped houses and the militant group's use of civilians as human...
Jordanian soldiers carry Syrian refugee children stranded in the makeshift camp into Jordanian territory through the Hadalat border crossing, located near the northeastern Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq, near the town of Rewashed, Jordan, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
Fleeing Syrians take chances at a remote Jordan crossing
Jordanian soldiers carry Syrian refugee children stranded in the makeshift camp into Jordanian territory through the Hadalat border crossing, located near the northeastern Jordanian border with Syria and Iraq, near the town of Rewashed, Jordan, Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)HADALAT: Abdelhadi Zarara, six children in tow, juggles with his emotions as he crosses into Jordan, as thousands of other Syrian refugees wait in no-man's...
Jakarta Police medical division chief officer Musyafak shows a photograph of killed militant Afif, also known as Sunakin, during a press conference at the police headquarters in Jakarta on January 16, 2016. Indonesia has identified Afif, one of the attackers in the deadly Jakarta violence as a previously-jailed militant whose picture snapped amid the mayhem went viral in the country as the grim face of Islamic extremism. AFP PHOTO / MANAN VATSYAYANA
Indonesia identifies militants, shuts down radical websites
Jakarta Police medical division chief officer Musyafak shows a photograph of killed militant Afif, also known as Sunakin, during a press conference at the police headquarters in Jakarta on January 16, 2016. Indonesia has identified Afif, one of the attackers in the deadly Jakarta violence as a previously-jailed militant whose picture snapped amid the mayhem went viral in the country as the grim face of Islamic extremism. AFP PHOTO / MANAN...
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KUWAIT: Young girls participate in Girl Up Kuwait's first conference which focused on the role of women in Kuwaiti society and politics.
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Air Force carries out aeromedical evacuation exercise
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KUWAIT CITY: Jassim Al-Awadhi waits at a bus stop as a bus approaches in this file photo.
Disorganized bus network behind lacking transit system
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