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A top-notch hospital in Doha is busy: Only falcons allowed

  • DOHA: At first glance, the Souq Waqif clinic in the historic center of Doha, the capital of Qatar, could be any other state-of-the-art hospital. Nurses in blue scrubs move briskly through the bright wards, conducting rounds. Radiology and operating rooms whir with the beeps and blinks of...
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Cairo customs foil drug, weapon smuggling attempts

  • CAIRO: Egyptian customs officers have foiled attempts to smuggle bladed weapons, narcotics and foreign currency though Cairo International Airport. Cairo International Airport customs authorities detained two passengers in possession of undisclosed foreign currency, drugs and bladed weapons. ...
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Cairo airport customs foil narcotics, firearms smuggling

  • CAIRO: Customs officers at Cairo International Airport foiled attempts to smuggle narcotic pills and underwater hunting rifles into the country. An Egyptian passenger arriving from Poland was found hiding a large quantity of narcotic drugs in his luggage. Another Egyptian traveler arriving ...
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A public-health disaster compounds Gaza’s humanitarian crisis

  • DUBAI: Children lie in rows on hospital floors and on pavements outside crowded clinics as they await the attention of sleep-deprived medics. Many are caked in dust, congealed with blood and tears, their untreated wounds growing septic the longer they wait. Among them, men and women search fr...
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Israeli tanks push back in northern Gaza Strip, warplanes hit Rafah

  • GENEVA/CAIRO: Israeli tanks pushed back into some areas of the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday which they had left weeks ago, while warplanes conducted airstrikes on Rafah, the Palestinians’ last refuge in the south of the territory, killing and wounding several people, medics and residents...
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Thousands of frozen Gaza IVF embryos destroyed by Israeli strike

  • GAZA: When an Israeli shell struck Gaza’s largest fertility clinic in December, the explosion blasted the lids off five liquid nitrogen tanks stored in a corner of the embryology unit. As the ultra-cold liquid evaporated, the temperature inside the tanks rose, destroying more than 4,000 ...
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What of Gaza’s ‘other hostages’ — the thousands of Palestinians held in Israel without charge?

  • LONDON: A disturbing video emerged on social media last week of a Palestinian man identified as 29-year-old Badr Dahlan. Wide-eyed and rocking back and forth as he spoke, Dahlan appeared to be in a state of shock as he answered questions at Shuhada Al-Aqsa Hospital in Deir Al-Balah, Gaza, sho...
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Children at risk as “button” battery use grows-study

  • Children face a growing risk from “button” batteries, according to a US study showing a near doubling of emergency room visits in the past two decades as the objects can cause electrical or chemical burns if swallowed.Most of those emergency room trips are due to coin-shaped batteries that have...
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Israeli billionaire’s company faces money woes

  • JERUSALEM: One of Israel’s wealthiest businessmen may quickly be going from riches to rags, and experts warn he could drag Israel’s economy down with him....
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Gulf force begins war games in Kuwait

  • KUWAIT CITY: Joint Gulf force the Peninsula Shield began a 17-day exercise in Kuwait on Sunday as officials said the war games were not related to unrest in the region....
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