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Daoud Kuttab Fighting for Media Freedoms in Arab region
International Press Institute held a regional conference in Amman to deal with press freedom issues in the Arab region. At the time, I was invited to speak at the conference about my work: using the Internet ...
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Egypt’s Morsi dispatches army to Sinai after suspected Islamists snatch soldiers
CAIRO - Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi ordered army reinforcements to the restive Sinai on Monday amid rising tensions there over the kidnapping of seven soldiers by suspected Islamist militants. In a break from past practices, Morsi said he would not negotiate with kidnappers, which some interpreted as an effort by the beleaguered president to appear tough in the face of his falling ...
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Al-Thani Arab Spring makes peace more pressing
thrown his state's riches behind Arab uprisings, said on Monday that the emergence of 'people power' had put Arabs in direct confrontation with Israel and made a resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict more pressing."We heard in the past that reform (in the Arab world) must wait until a peaceful settlement with Israel is achieved, but everybody should realize that such ...
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Bahrain Attends WHO Meeting
Geneva-May-20(BNA)Bahrain delegation led by Health Minister Sadiq bin Abdulkarim Al-Shehabi today attended the 66th annual meeting of the World Health Organisation in Geneva, Switzerland. Bahrain Representative to the United Nations in Geneva Dr. Yusuf Bucheeri and other officials from the health ministry also attended the plenary WHO session. The delegation also attended the meetings of ...
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Arab League Condemns Iranian Belligerent Statements
Manama-May-20(BNA)The Arab League has today strongly condemned the belligerent statements made by the Iranian Assistant Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs. The Arab League slammed the Iranian threats and irresponsible and reprehensible statements which represent a flagrant interference in Bahrain's internal affairs and a blatant violation of international conventions ...
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Palestine-Israel peace pressing Qatar
He made no mention, however, of the Arab League's acceptance last month that Israelis and Palestinians may have to swap land in any peace deal, to allow Jewish settlements in occupied territory to become part of ...
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World Brief | Middle East Gunman Kills Four in Bank in Southern Israel
An unemployed former security guard shot and killed four people in a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba on Monday hours after the bank had refused his request for financial assistance, the police said. The gunman committed suicide after holing up in the bathroom of the bank with a female hostage for about an hour. The hostage escaped unharmed. The gunman, who lived nearby, had ...
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Seychelles tourism pledges support to Qatar Airways
Minister Alain St.Ange, the Seychelles Minister of Tourism and Culture, met Mr. Akbar Al-Bakar, the CEO of Qatar Airways, at the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) Qatar Airways stand when he was in Dubai for the 2013 ATM tourism trade fair. Since his appointment to the Office of Minister in Seychelles, this was the first opportunity for Minister Alain St.Ange and the CEO of Qatar Airways to discuss ...
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US deeply concerned by prosecution of political speech in Egypt urges government to act
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is calling on the Egyptian government to rein in prosecutions of political expression amid what it called a "growing trend" of efforts to punish and deter people from speaking their mind. Ahead of a planned meeting this week between Secretary of State John Kerry and Egypt's president, the State Department said Monday that it was "deeply ...
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Saudi Arabia reports latest death from new virus total now 16 in kingdom
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia says it has recorded another death from a new respiratory virus related to SARS, bringing the total number of deaths in the kingdom to 16. Saudi Arabia remains the centre for the virus as investigators from the World Health Organization seek more clues about its origins and how it is spread. More than 20 people have died from the virus worldwide. The Saudi ...
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Reinforcements sent to Egypts Sinai
EGYPT sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp in the wake of the kidnapping of security personnel, officials say. In Cairo, all options were on the table to secure the release of the three policemen and four soldiers held last week in the lawless peninsula, the presidency said. Eighty Central Security (riot police) units and 26 armoured personnel carriers were ...
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Saudi Arabia inks pact to protect Philippine maids
MANILA--The Philippines said Monday it had signed a historic agreement with Saudi Arabia that would protect thousands of Filipina maids from being exploited in the Middle Eastern ...
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Egypt faces social pressure to cease selling of alcohol
CAIRO--Egypt's liquor stores are under growing pressure to stop selling alcohol, they say, not from the country's Islamist government, but from society ...
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Middle East a hot topic as McCully meets Kerry
Foreign Minister Murray McCully met US Secretary of State John Kerry in Washington early today (NZ time) and most of their meeting was spent discussing the Middle East. Mr McCully offered New Zealand's support towards the peace process between the Israelis and Palestinians, which could take the form of New Zealand peacekeepers taking part in an international force to run a buffer zone between ...
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Catholic Bishop in Egypt Notes Hopes for Strengthened Ties With Copts
A Coptic Catholic bishop has expressed hopes that the historic meeting May 10 between Pope Francis and Coptic Orthodox Pope Tawadros II will lead to the Coptic Orthodox Church recognizing Catholic ...
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Hizbullah From ‘mentoring’ to ‘direct combat’ near Jordan Lebanon borders
Special to WorldTribune.com NICOSIA -- The Iranian-sponsored Hizbullah has poured in hundreds of troops in heavy fighting in southern Syria. Opposition sources said Hizbullah has sent up to 1,000 fighters to join the Syrian Army in its offensive in southern Syria. They said Hizbullah played a major role in blocking access to Sunni rebel strongholds around Dera, located near the Jordanian ...
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Egypt lifts security after border kidnappings
An Egyptian military armoured personnel carrier patrols a street in the Sheikh Zowied town near Rafah, in the northern Sinai on May 20, 2013. Egypt sent police reinforcements to the Sinai after an attack on a police camp in the wake of the kidnapping of seven security personnel in the lawless peninsula, officials said. AFP PHOTO/MOHAMED EL-SHAHED *** Local Caption *** ...
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Jordan Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms
FILE -- In this Thursday Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, Jordanian journalists protest in front the Jordanian House of Parliament, symbolically wearing tape over their mouths, as they protest over proposed changes to the anti-corruption law they believe will muzzle press freedoms, in Amman, Jordan. Jordans prime minister Abdullah Ensour told a meeting of the Geneva-based International Press ...
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John Kerry to visit Middle East this week to revive peace talks
John Kerry arrives in the Holy Land this week on his fourth visit in two months amid deepening scepticism on all sides about his chances of breathing life back into the moribund peace process, and an acknowledgement by European diplomats that there is no "Plan B" in place in the event of its failure.The British foreign ...
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Bahrain Athletics Team Arrives In Qatar
Doha, May 20 (BNA)-- Bahrain Athletics Team arrived in Doha to take part in the 18th Arab Championship which is hosted by Qatar Athletics Association from May 21 to 24. Sixteen Arab countries are participating in the four-day event. Bahrain Athletics Association Vice President Mohammed bin Jalal hailed Bahrain Athletics Association President Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Khalifa's support ...
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Thai cultural extravaganza in Bahrain from May 23.
Manama, May 20 (BNA) -- The Royal Thai Embassy, Manama and Bahrain's Ministry of Culture are organizing the Thai cultural festival at the Cultural hall of the National Museum from May 23 to 25. The three day festival will commemorate the first anniversary of the cultural cooperation signed between the two countries. The event will feature two activities - a demonstration of Thai ...
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Egypts Copts again under attack but ex-nuncio sees positive strides
Egypt's Christian minority suffered two more violent assaults during the past week, with bombings at Coptic Orthodox churches in two different towns. A mob of Muslim militants attacked the church of St. Mary in Alexandria, setting fires and shattering windows with Molotov cocktails. In the village of Menbal another Muslim gang broke into a Coptic church, threw stones, and looted nearby ...
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WMD Regulation in the Middle East
"For the Syrian government to utilize chemical weapons on its people crosses a line that will change my calculus and how the United States approaches these issues," President Obama recently said. "So this is not an on and off switch. This is an ongoing challenge that all of us have to be concerned about." Evidently, current methods to control WMD, such as relying on ...
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Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone
Tunnels between Egypt and Gaza closed and border was declared as military zone GAZA - Palestinian Government in Gaza announced that the tunnels between Egypt and Gaza were closed, and the border was declared as a military zone."The tunnels between Gaza and Egypt, where the smuggling and shipment of some goods were made, were closed, and the border was declared as a closed military ...
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U.S. pays Israeli firm to supply Arab militaries
Special to WorldTribune.com WASHINGTON -- In an unprecedented step, an Israeli subsidiary has been contracted by the United States to supply equipment to Arab militaries. The U.S. Defense Department has awarded the U.S. subsidiary of Elbit Systems a contract to supply aircraft components to such Arab League states as Iraq and Kuwait. The $31 million contract to Vision Systems International ...
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Palestine is a potential eco-friendly hub
Palestine, occupied Palestine, the Palestinian Territories or the Occupied Territories, call it what you will, this patch of land in the Middle East has many different name according to political opinion, but what many don’t realize about it is the ingenuity that takes place on a daily basis.
Palestine is one of the poorest regions in the world and certainly in the Middle East, the territory which is loosely made up of the West Bank and Gaza Strip, is a large refugee camp because none of the inhabitants have sovereignty and therefore do not have a centrally strong government to provide basic services. Much of the areas income is derived through donations and money earned by day laborers within Israel. Read more
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