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Business as usual despite demo calls in Bahrain

Rights activists have condemned radical opposition groups in Bahrain for exploiting children and forcing them to commit acts of sabotage and vandalism. Scores of children, as young as eight, were yesterday (February 14) seen blocking roads wit

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Iraqi Kurdistan says oil pipeline sabotage cost it $501m

Repeated sabotage of the pipeline carrying crude from Iraq's Kurdistan region to Turkey had cost it $501 million since July 1, the region's Ministry of Natural Resources said.   It had lost $251 million i

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Bahrain election saboteurs to face jail time and fines

Anyone trying to sabotage Bahrain's national elections could be jailed for two years and fined up to BD2,000 ($5,303) under new rules proposed by the Shura Council. Civil servants would face a tougher punishment of up to three

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Libya's El Sarir oil pipeline remains halted after sabotage

Libya's El Sarir oil field is still unable to pump oil to Hariga port after sabotage on a pipeline just north of the field where repairs are ongoing, an oil official said.   The pipeline was damaged and set o

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Yemen's main oil export pipeline blown up

Saboteurs blew up Yemen's main oil export pipeline, halting crude flows, the country's defence ministry and an industry source said, in the latest attack on a key source of foreign currency.   Yemen's

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Yemen repairs sabotaged pipeline

Yemen resumed pumping crude through its main export pipeline after repair works were completed, the interior ministry said, after saboteurs blew it up, halting flows and disrupting an important source of revenue.   

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Oil output in Iraq's Kirkuk slumps 90pc

Oil output in Iraq's Kirkuk has slumped to 30,000 barrels a day since June, 90 per cent down on earlier this year, and a federal pipeline to the Turkish port of Ceyhan may be out of action for over a year due to sabotage, Kirkuk's govern

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Saudi says hackers sabotage govt websites

Several government websites in Saudi Arabia were sabotaged in a series of heavy cyber attacks from abroad in recent days, disabling them briefly until the attacks were repelled, the government said. An investigation traced the &qu

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Siemens denies Iran nuke sabotage claims

Germany's Siemens on Sunday denied allegations by an Iranian lawmaker that it planted explosives in equipment sold to Iran for use in its nuclear programme. "Siemens does not have any business ties with Iran's nuclear

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Bahrain unrest probe panel to submit final report

Preparations are in full swing for a grand ceremony this week for the release of the final report by an independent commission tasked to probe unrest this year. The much-awaited report by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BIC

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