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		<title>UN Mission in Sudan Denies Printing Ballots for Elections</title>
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The United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) on Sunday denied accusations over its involvement in granting contracts for printing some of Sudan&#8217;s elections ballots inside the country.
&#8220;UNMIS regrets news reports attributed to Umma Reform and Renewal Party (URRP) suggesting that the Mission&#8217;s Chief Electoral Affairs Officer has been involved in the process of granting contracts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Arms Sales up 22% during &#8216;05-&#8217;09: Think Tank</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Global arms sales between 2005 and 2009 rose 22 percent compared with the previous five-year period, a leading defence think-tank said Monday.
The surge in arms sales, particularly the acquisition of aggressive weapons, is a concern for stability, said the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI).
Notably, combat aircraft accounted for 27 percent of the volume of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EMPA Urges Creation of Palestinian State within Two Years</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Euro-Mediterranean parliamentarians on Sunday urged the member states of the Union for the Mediterranean (UPM) to come up with a timetable to establish a Palestinian state within two years.
At the conclusion of the sixth plenary session of the Euro- Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly (EMPA) in the Jordanian capital of Amman, the parliamentarians urged UPM member countries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iran Says No Need to Change OPEC Output</title>
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Iran&#8217;s envoy to Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) said Sunday that there is no need for the organization to change output ceiling in the upcoming meeting in Vienna on March 17, the local satellite Press TV reported.
&#8220;There is no need to change the output ceiling in the next OPEC meeting,&#8221; said Mohammad Ali [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kurds Bloc Leads in Sulaymaniyah Province</title>
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The Kurdish bloc was leading in the preliminary results of parliamentary elections in Iraq&#8217;s northern province of Sulaymaniyah, the electoral commission said Sunday.
According to the 63 percent counted votes of the total in Sulaymaniyah, the Kurdish bloc won 178,071 votes, followed by the reform-minded Change bloc with 160,144 votes.
The Kurdish bloc has already taken leads [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.qandak.com/kurds-bloc-leads-in-sulaymaniyah-province/</link>
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		<title>Iraq&#8217;s Maliki Leads in Wasit Province: Partial Election Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A bloc led by incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was leading in the preliminary results of parliamentary elections in the eastern province of Wasit, according to partial results from the electoral commission on Sunday.
The State of Law coalition won the most 66,794 votes while the Shiite-led Iraqi National Alliance got 58,382 as second, said the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.qandak.com/iraqs-maliki-leads-in-wasit-province-partial-election-results/</link>
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		<title>Cleric Shiite Bloc Leads in Iraq&#8217;s Dhi Qar Province: Partial Election Results</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Shiite cleric bloc Iraqi National Alliance was leading in the parliamentary elections in the southern province of Dhi Qar, according to partial results from the electoral commission on Sunday.
The Iraqi National Alliance, which is led by Shiite clerics Ammar al-Hakim and Muqtada al-Sadr, won 120,025 votes. The incumbent Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki&#8217;s State of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.qandak.com/cleric-shiite-bloc-leads-in-iraqs-dhi-qar-province-partial-election-results/</link>
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		<title>Former PM&#8217;s Bloc Leads in Iraqi Oil-rich Tamim</title>
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The Iraqia List led by former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was leading in the oil-rich Tamim province in the parliamentary election, the Iraqi electoral commission said Sunday.
The Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) announced partial results for the country&#8217;s landmark parliamentary election last week.
Based on the counting of 61.9 percent votes in Tamim province, Allawi [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.qandak.com/former-pms-bloc-leads-in-iraqi-oil-rich-tamim/</link>
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		<title>Israel Approves Plan to Build Barrier along Border with Egypt</title>
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The Israeli cabinet gave greenlight on Sunday to a construction plan of a barrier along Israeli-Egyptian border, so as to stop illegal entry across the loosely guarded frontier.
The approved construction is &#8220;a ground barrier along 240 kilometers of the Israeli-Egyptian border, part of which will be in the form of a fence and part in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.qandak.com/israel-approves-plan-to-build-barrier-along-border-with-egypt/</link>
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		<title>Hezbollah Refuses to Confirm Acquiring of Anti-aircraft Weapons</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hussein Moussawi, a member of Hezbollah&#8217;s parliamentary bloc, refused on Sunday to neither confirm nor deny Hezbollah&#8217;s acquiring of sophisticated anti- aircraft weapons.
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) quoted Moussawi as saying that &#8220;we should let the enemy feel at a loss for not knowing what we have.&#8221;
Hezbollah &#8220;should not confirm or deny acquiring of [...]]]></description>
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