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UAE lenders hit by over $1bn SME 'skips' in 2015

Banks in the UAE are working together to try to stem the number of small business owners fleeing the country with unpaid debt, a trend that has already reached around Dh5 billion ($1.4 billion) this year, a senior banking official said.

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Nepal scrambles to organise relief, many flee capital

Nepalese officials scrambled on Monday to get aid from the main airport to people left homeless and hungry by a devastating earthquake two days earlier, while thousands tired of waiting fled the capital Kathmandu for the surrounding plains.

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As Syria bleeds, neighbours brace for refugees

With the pace of flight increasing from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's onslaught on rebel bastions like Homs, the country's neighbours are bracing for a refugee crisis of epic proportions. Despite freezing rains, snowdrift

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ICC warns Saif against fleeing

The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial, but it also had information mercenaries were trying to spirit him to a friendly African nation. The

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Gaddafi family flees to Algeria, strongman missing

The wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children took refuge in Algeria on Monday but the whereabouts of the former strongman himself remained a mystery a week after rebels drove him from power. Algeria's Foreign Ministry said Ga

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Syrian troops attack town; thousands flee to Turkey

Syrian tanks stormed a border town overnight, residents said on Sunday, in the latest assault to crush a three-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad that has driven thousands of refugee to flee to Turkey. In a pattern witnessed

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Thousands of Syrians flee to Turkey fearing army attack

Thousands of Syrians fled into Turkey as Syrian army began a military operation in a restive town near the Turkish border to break up violent protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad. At least 15,000 troops had deployed near

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Over 10,000 flee clashes in Sudan

More than 10,000 people displaced by fighting in Sudan's Southern Kordofan were staying near a UN compound on Thursday, the country mission spokesman said, after nearly a week of clashes in the tense border state. Fighting between gove

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3 killed in Syrian town, hundreds flee to Lebanon

Three people were killed after Syrian troops and gunmen entered the town of Tel Kelakh on Saturday, a rights campaigner said, and hundreds fled what they said was fierce fighting into neighbouring Lebanon. The violence came a day after act

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