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Lebanon's Hezbollah to its list of international terrorist groups, EU
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Tarak Ben Ammar unveiled a 100-million euro ($129-million) partnership
to produce and distribute films and television programmes in the Arab
world and internationally.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>television</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Italy</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Entertainment</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Egypt</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>France</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Tunisia</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>film</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-05-15T20:24:24Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-palestinians.oh9">        <title>Ashton edgy on new Israeli settlement moves</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-palestinians.oh9</link>        <description>EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton said Friday she is worried
about mounting tensions in East Jerusalem and the West Bank after
conflicting messages from Israel on settlement activity.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Israel</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Palestinians</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>settler</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-05-10T19:43:26Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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air strikes against Syrian targets and warned against an escalation of
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concerns on Friday about the demolition this week of 22 structures in
eight places across the West Bank, including East Jerusalem.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Israel</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Palestinians</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>conflict</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-26T19:44:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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protesting against the government's approval of a commercial aviation
deal with Europe, a trade union said.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>strike</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Israel</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-22T20:27:34Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-aviation.o5t">        <title>Israel airline strike strands travellers for 2nd day</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-aviation.o5t</link>        <description>Israeli airline workers were on strike for a second day on Monday to
protest at the government's approval of an Open Skies deal with Europe,
leaving frustrated travellers stranded.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>strike</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Israel</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-22T16:48:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-aviation.o5h">        <title>Travellers stranded as Israel airline strike goes into day 2</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-aviation.o5h</link>        <description>Workers of Israeli airlines were on strike for second consecutive day on
Monday to protest the approval of an Open Skies deal with the European
Union, leaving frustrated travellers stranded in the Jewish state.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Israel</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>strike</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-22T12:07:02Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
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Fabius of France, have said they will back EU efforts to label products
from Israel's settlements in the West Bank and east Jerusalem, according
to a letter obtained by AFP on Friday.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>Israel</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>trade</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Palestinians</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>settlers</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>conflict</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-19T18:57:01Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>
    <item rdf:about="http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-aviation.o2r">        <title>Israeli airlines to strike on Sunday over EU deal</title>        <link>http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/israel-aviation.o2r</link>        <description>Israeli airline staff called a strike for Sunday to protest against a government proposal to finalise a deregulation plan with European carriers which they say would result in widespread layoffs.</description>        <dc:publisher>No publisher</dc:publisher>        <dc:creator>eub2</dc:creator>        <dc:rights>Text and Picture Copyright 2013 AFP. All other Copyright 2013 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable.</dc:rights>                    <dc:subject>strike</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>aviation</dc:subject>                    <dc:subject>Israel</dc:subject>                <dc:date>2013-04-18T15:30:50Z</dc:date>        <dc:type>News Item</dc:type>    </item>




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