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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas delivers a speech marking the 12th anniversary of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat’s death, in Ramallah Nov. 10, 2016. | Photo: Reuters

Palestine Congress Kicks Off Behind Closed Doors

by Kifah Ziboun | Dec 2, 2016 | Middle East

Ramallah- After Palestine’s President Mahmoud Abbas, also head of the Fatah political party, gave his long three-hour speech on Wednesday evening at the public Fatah conference, eye-catching hushed meetings held behind closed doors kicked off. The five-day congress...

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A surgeon performs a robot-assisted prostate tumorectomy using ultrasound imaging at the Edouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon, France. AFP

Successful Clinical Trial to ‘Shock’ Prostate Tumors

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 2, 2016 | Lifestyle & Culture

London- U.S. researchers have succeeded in developing a new prostate cancer therapy that focuses on “shocking tumors.” A man with advanced prostate cancer has seen the disease disappear, after doctors from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore...

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Jihad Azour. NNA

Jihad Azour Appointed Director of IMF’s Middle East Department

by Heba El Koudsy | Dec 2, 2016 | Business

Washington- Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Christine Lagarde has announced her intention to appoint Jihad Azour as Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department. Azour will assume his new position on March 1, 2017, replacing...

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Russian President Vladimir Putin gives his annual state of the nation address in the Kremlin in Moscow, Dec. 1, 2016. (AP)

Putin Stresses Moscow’s Need for Friends

by Taha Abed alWahed | Dec 2, 2016 | World

Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin said his country was ready to cooperate with the new U.S. Administration. He also expressed Moscow’s hope to collaborate with Washington in fighting terrorism, as both countries bare a common responsibility to achieve world...

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Don’t Ignore This Jobs Report

by Mohamed A. El-Erian | Dec 2, 2016 | Opinion

The monthly U.S. jobs report for November that will be released on Friday is unlikely to be so bad that the Federal Open Market Committee would upset market expectations and refrain from hiking interest rates in mid-December. Instead, the data are likely to validate...