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Senior Iranian reformer jailed
Blind Turtle | November 22nd 2009
Key reformer and ex-vice-president Mohammed Ali Abtahi is jailed for six years for fomenting unrest after Iran's disputed polls. read more
Israeli air strikes target Gaza
Blind Turtle | November 22nd 2009
Several Palestinians are injured after Israeli aircraft carry out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip, officials say. read more
Racism is a seductive mistress for those in glasses houses
BadGalsRadio Daily Blog | November 21st 2009 by RE Ausetkmt
This lovely lady is a Nubian – which is why this song by Haifa Wehbe confuses us so much. this woman is from the same tribe that we originate from. we are all Nubians, and of many colors and hair types. not one of us looks like another. if H read more
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran Rejects Threats And Urges M…
Net News Publisher | November 21st 2009 by Terry
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that Tehran rejects threats as part of a continuing campaign of psychological warfare against it and calls for more talks on the nuclear issue. In a televised speech Friday night, Ahmadinejad said the West had l read more
Egypt leader enters football row
Blind Turtle | November 21st 2009
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak steps into a row with Algeria following violence over World Cup football matches. read more
Lula Says U.S. Shouldn’t Broker Middle East Talks
Womens Lens | November 20th 2009 by Aimee Kligman
By Iuri Dantas and Fabiola Moura Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. is responsible for the crisis in the Middle East and shouldn’t be coordinating peace talks for the region, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said. Negotiations read more
Palestine 1001 Nights
Womens Lens | November 20th 2009 by Aimee Kligman
Palestine 1001 NightsHamas is negotiating with Israel. This is what Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas confidently said to a BBC -Arabic reporter in an exclusive interview. How does he know? Abbas asserted that there are "no secrets i read more
Robert Fisk on Stones and Semantics in the Occupied Territories (…
Little Alex in Wonderland | November 20th 2009 by Little Alex
Today, at Strike the Root, I posted an article by Jonathan Cook at The Electronic Intifada of an Israeli judge’s “historic ruling… when he decided that an Arab teenager needed ‘protection’ from the justice system and ord read more
Palestinians accuse Israel settlements of diverting water
The Intelligence Daily | November 20th 2009
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Buddies until the end: Saudia Arabia and the US sign military pac…
The Intelligence Daily | November 20th 2009
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Electricity clearance in Kuwait
Move One Logistics | November 20th 2009 by Curt Clements
If you are planning to leave Kuwait shortly, hold on! Have you paid your bills? The government is complaining about millions of dollars of outstanding utility bills. As a result, from now on foreigners leaving the country will have to present an evi read more
Lebanese Singer Apologizes to Egyptians Amid Controversy Over Lyr…
Net News Publisher | November 20th 2009 by Terry
The Lebanese singer Haifa Wehbe is facing a lawsuit from black Egyptians after one of her songs referred to ’Nubian monkeys’. Official sources revealed Thursday that Wehbe, considered one of the world’s most beautiful women and a huge star in t read more
Syria Suspected Of Concealing Nuclear Activity
Swine Flu - Pandemic Alert level Raised To 5 | November 19th 2009 by xavier
It appears Iran may not be the only nuclear concern in the middle east. WTOP reports that the International Atomic Energy Agency ‘IAEA’ and Syria are walking a tightrope and appear to be headed toward a collision over two nuclear sites wh read more
Inspire Collective Brings 150 Artists Together for ReUse 3 Exhibi…
Green Prophet | November 19th 2009 by karink
Reuse design? We thought Green Prophet had it pretty much covered. We’ve brought you plastic dolls converted into lamps, plastic bags transformed into wallets, beer bottles made into beads, and lots more. But the surprises keep on coming. read more
An open letter to Barack Obama
El Kaleidoskopio de Gabalaui | November 19th 2009
Source: Socialist WorkerHaidar Eid, a professor of English, political commentator and resident of Gaza City, asks whether the president of the United States remembers anything from his long-ago meeting with the late Palestinian intellectual Edward Sa read more
Robert Fisk: Obama’s ‘Weak, Impotent’, ‘Governments are A…
Little Alex in Wonderland | November 19th 2009 by Little Alex
Robert Fisk discusses why he continues to cover the ‘great human tragedy’ of the Middle East from Beirut, the ‘irrelevance’ of Osama bin Laden, President Obama’s ‘impotence’ being worse for the Middle East th read more
Thanksgiving tradition mostly lives for expat Americans in Israel
JTA Election Central | November 19th 2009 by Daniel Sieradski
A look at how some Americans now living in Israel continue to mark the bountiful American holiday -- and others leave the tradition behind. read more
This Year’s Favorite for Speed
GoingWiMax | November 19th 2009 by Ari Zoldan
WiMAX Goes to the Olympics – Nov 17, 2009 (Wi-fi Planet) Visitors to the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada will be able to connect their WiMAX-enabled laptops to the Internet to check results and stream video of events using a new read more
Hundreds of Millions From C.I.A. to Pak Intel Since 9/11
Little Alex in Wonderland | November 19th 2009 by Little Alex
Greg Miller at The Los Angeles Times reports the Central Intelligence Agency (C.I.A.) has “funneled hundreds of millions of dollars to Pakistan’s intelligence service since the Sept. 11 attacks” to pay “for the capture or kill read more
Arab Health Exhibition Expands
ICT For Health Official Blog | November 19th 2009 by Zaheer Abbas
Arab Health, a premier healthcare exhibition in the Middle East, will be even larger in 2010, as the region’s healthcare industry continues to grow, the organizers said. With the addition of four new halls at the Dubai International Convention read more
Yas Marina Circuit Ready For Diabetes Walk
ICT For Health Official Blog | November 19th 2009 by Zaheer Abbas
The Yas Marina Circuit is all set to host the third annual diabetes walkathon, Walk UAE 2009, tomorrow (November 20). Organized by the Imperial College London Diabetes Centre (ICLDC), the initiative is in partnership with the Emirates Foundation for read more
US steps up efforts to improve transport environment in Afghanist…
Move One Logistics | November 19th 2009 by Curt Clements
This Monday (16 November 2009) the US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates has announced the establishment of a new task force that will tackle roadside bombing in Afghanistan. This type of terrorist activity has been the single major obstacle for tran read more
UAE Doctors Investigating Chronic Respiratory Disease Rate
ICT For Health Official Blog | November 19th 2009 by Zaheer Abbas
The first-comprehensive study looking at the rate of chronic respiratory diseases such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) across the UAE, will be launched next week by doctors at the medical faculty at the University of Sharja read more
Iraqi elections at risk – Sunni’s wary of new laws
The Daily Clarity | November 19th 2009 by The Daily Clarity
In a move that has surprised some, the Iraqi Vice President, Tariq al-Hashemi, has used his veto to kill new election laws putting the planned January elections at risk. The concern is that the new law would limit the opportunity for many Iraqis who read more
Dubai Holds Dental Awareness and Screening Sessions
ICT For Health Official Blog | November 19th 2009 by Zaheer Abbas
The Boston University Institute for Dental Research and Education-Dubai (BUIDRE), a member of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Academic Medical Center (AMC), today announced it organized a three-day dental health awareness and screening program for ove read more
Campaign to Tackle Diabetes Pandemic
ICT For Health Official Blog | November 19th 2009 by Zaheer Abbas
Dubai The UAE yesterday launched a multi-million-dirham campaign against diabetes, specifically targeting mothers, in a bid to halt the pandemic which the minister of health said will take years to contain. Dr Hanif Hassan, Minister of Health, said t read more
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