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Cities, towns and territory retaken from Daesh grip

Edit Arabnews 17 Oct 2016
Author. . AFP. Mon, 2016-10-17. ID. . 1476657148381978500. BEIRUT ... KOBANE ... TAL ABYAD. Another town on the Turkish border, Tal Abyad was captured by Kurdish and Arab rebels in June 2015 ... Daesh seized the ancient town of Palmyra in May 2015. It blew up UNESCO-listed Roman-era temples and looted ancient relics ... On August 6, a coalition of Arab and Kurdish fighters backed by US airstrikes recaptured Manbij following a two-month battle ... ....

Pro-Vice Chancellor Yi Zhihong Travels to Jordan to Attend the China-Arab States University Presidents Forum (Renmin University of China)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
Pro-Vice Chancellor Yi Zhihong Travels to Jordan to Attend the China-Arab States University Presidents Forum. Between the 26 and the 28 of September, the fourth 'China-Arab States University Presidents Forum' was held in Amman, Jordan ... On the 27, Pro-Vice Chancellor Yi Zhihong attended bilateral talks between academic institutions from China and the Arab States....

Haifa: Mix Programme spotlights local projects

Edit Screen Daily 17 Oct 2016
For the second year running, Haifa will play host to the Mix Programme, dedicated to helping teams of Jewish and Arab-Israeli film-makers take their projects to the next level ... “The presence of the Arab minority on screen is essential to advancing the kind of dialogue that can correct the wrongs of the past,” says Gesher CEO and artistic director Ziv Naveh ... In the end, eight projects by joint Arab-Jewish teams got their start.”....

Filipino ambassador says wanted drug suspect arrested in UAE

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 17 Oct 2016
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The Philippines ambassador to the United Arab ......

What to Know About the Operation to Retake Mosul

Edit Time Magazine 17 Oct 2016
They are there for your sake,” he said in an address to the city’s residents, using the Arabic acronym for ISIS ... The U.S ... Once rich in historical buildings and ancient sites, the city is the capital of Nineveh province and is home to the historic Mosul museum ... Local Sunni tribal fighters will be fighting alongside Shia-led paramilitary forces, despite the ancient and hostile rivalry between the two denominations of Islam ... ....

Duck every which way: Nanjing's passion for poultry

Edit CNN 17 Oct 2016
Here, every body part is savored ... Read More ... We hit the ancient Chinese capital to try some of the essential and more surprising duck dishes on offer ... An ancient world wonder brought back to life ... Baked in batches, these pastries can be found throughout Fuzimiao, an ancient Confucian temple complex located on the banks of the historic Qinhuai River that's also a popular shopping and food market ... The hidden side of China's ancient capital....

Conception And Infertility - A Journey Through History

Edit Huffington Post 17 Oct 2016
For many individual's procreation is simply the result of sexual intercourse ... In ancient times it was believed procreation was controlled by certain rituals and spirits ... Ancient Egyptians believed fertility could be measured using a garlic or onion ... Alternatively, ancient Hindus placed great emphasis on worshipping a lingam or yoni, both of which are objects believed to represent genitalia in an attempt to aid conception....

Ancient Greek Monument Shines Again in Sydney (NSW Department of Finance and Services)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
(Source. NSW Department of Finance and Services) ... The Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, located in the Royal Botanic Gardens, is an 1870 replica of an Ancient Greek monument dating from 334BC ... In addition to its links to Ancient Greece, the Sydney monument has considerable local historical significance ... Original documenthttps.//www.finance.nsw.gov.au/about-us/media-releases/ancient-greek-monument-shines-again-sydney ... (noodl. 35840982) ....

President Erdoğan Receives Prof. Fuat Sezgin (Presidency of the Republic of Turkey)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
He is professor emeritus of the History of Natural Science at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt-Germany, and the founder and honorary director of the Institute of the History of the Arab Islamic Sciences there ... Since 1984 he has been editing the Journal for the History of Arabic-Islamic Science....

Tai chi masters teach to strike a balance in life

Edit The Times of India 17 Oct 2016
even as the sun blazed down relentlessly, three Tai chi masters displayed their ancient art, sailing in the wind-now up in the air and now down on the grass-even as an enchanting, peaceful smile hung on their lips ... It has its basis in the ancient Chinese philosophy of Taoism and draws its inspiration from the philosophy that stresses the natural balance in all things, revolving around the yin and yang....

Press release on a meeting of the Programme and External Relations Commission at the 200th session of the UNESCO Executive Board (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation)

Edit Public Technologies 17 Oct 2016
... and Concerning Educational and Cultural Institutions in the Occupied Arab Territories, submitted by a group of Arab countries ... As for the decision Concerning Educational and Cultural Institutions in the Occupied Arab Territories, only the United States voted against it....

Report: Hundreds of Emirati doctors on residency go unpaid

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 17 Oct 2016
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A state-owned newspaper in the United Arab Emirates is reporting that hundreds of ......

Amid Saudi Row, Egypt Reasserts Commitment to Gulf Allies

Edit Topix 17 Oct 2016
The Egyptian president said on Thursday that his country remains committed to close relations with Gulf Arab allies, but declared that Cairo would continue to independently pursue its own policies to safeguard Arab security ... ....
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