Lebanon's Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri condemned, on Wednesday, the terrorist attack in the Wadi al-Kabir area in Muscat, Oman. In a message to Oman's Sultan Haitham bin Tariq al-Said, and chairman of the Shura Council, Khalid bin Hilal al-Maawali, he said: "In the name of the Lebanese people, [...] we condemn this cowardly act, which is a desperate attempt to harm the Sultanate of Oman." He also considered it a blatant attempt to attack specific values and stressed that terrorism has no religion or sect. Source: National news agency - Lebanon
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Abu Dhabi:Spot gold prices edged higher on Monday, gaining 0.4 percent to reach US$4,158.17 per ounce as of 01:50 GMT.