March 16, 2014/ MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING - Sudanese police again fire tear gas at protesters Sudanese police fired tear gas on Saturday at a group of 200 anti-government protesters chanting Freedom in the north of the capital Khartoum, an eyewitness said. - Ceremony cancelled over graduates skimpy outfits The ritual oath-taking ceremony for new pharmacists in central Philippines was called off by an official after she saw that some of the female participants were wearing outfits that were too “revealing”. - Baghdad car bombs kill eight A series of evening car bombs targeting commercial neighbourhoods of the Iraqi capital Baghdad killed at least eight people on Saturday, security and medical officials said. - Israeli minister: No peace without recognition Israels defense minister says a peace agreement with the Palestinians is unreachable unless they recognize Israel as the Jewish homeland. - Algeria activists stage rare anti-govt protest About 100 Algerian activists from a new anti-government movement staged a rare protest Saturday against the ailing president and his decision to run for a fourth term. - Libyan port rebels say ready for talks, demand Tripoli suspend offensive Libyan rebels controlling three oil export ports said on Saturday they were ready to negotiate with the government over ending their six-month blockade if Tripoli abandoned plans for a military offensive. - Death toll in Syria-fuelled fighting in Lebanons Tripoli reaches 10 The death toll from three days of fighting between members of two Muslim sects in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli rose to 10 on Saturday, security and medical sources said, in violence stoked by the civil war in neighbouring Syria. - Egypt sees 28% drop in tourism in Jan/Feb 2014 The number of tourists visiting Egypt in the first two months of 2014 has dropped 28 percent to 1.3 million in comparison to January and February 2013. The majority of the decline in visits is attributed to Middle Eastern countries, specifically Syria, Libya and Bahrain. - Iran says detects sabotage at nuclear facility A senior Iranian official says authorities detected sabotage at the countrys heavy water reactor facility and neutralized it before any damage was done. - Riyadh demands Qatar shuts down Al Jazeera Saudi Arabia demanded that Qatar shut down Al Jazeera and two think tanks during a recent meeting of the Gulf Cooperation Council, a source close to someone who attended the talks said Friday.
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