VIDEO: Arab protesters 'are entrepreneurs'
Source: BBC
Abu Dhabi :: United Arab Emirates | updated 2012-01-12 02:08:36 -0800 | political-news
Arab Spring protesters 'are entrepreneurs' 22 October 2011 Last updated at 06:05 ET People demanding regime-change in the Arab Spring have shown signs of an 'entrepreneurial spirit', according to an Abu Dhabi-based entrepreneurship professor. Stephan Schubert also said he hopes...
U.S. official: Iraq can deal with threats
Source: United Press International
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-10-17 12:49:19 -0700 | travel-news
Iraq has focused its national defense almost exclusively on addressing internal threats, a U.S. military official said...Jeffrey Buchanan in an interview with the Pentagon Channel said the Iraqi military has made impressive gains since it was dismantled during the 2003...
U.S. Joins U.K. to seek UN action pressing Yemen's Saleh to quit
Source: The Daily Herald
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2012-01-19 07:11:02 -0800 | political-news
Joins U.K. to seek UN action pressing Yemen's Saleh to quit The U.S., U.K. and France are discussing a possible draft resolution in the United Nations Security Council to increase pressure on President Ali Abdullah Saleh of Yemen to step...
Bahrain telecom Batelco names royal as new CEO
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2011-10-29 23:38:31 -0700 | political-news
The company on Sunday named Sheik Mohammed bin Isa Al Khalifa as its group CEO. He replaces Peter Kaliaropoulos, who was appointed to the new position of chief executive for strategic assignments. That will make him responsible for the firm's...
'Israel painted as bad guy to speed Lebanese drilling'
Source: Jerusalem Post
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2012-11-01 21:19:13 -0700 | disasters-news
Following the cabinet's decision on Sunday to approve a demarcation of the country's northern maritime borders for UN submission, an energy policy expert said that Lebanese claims to Israeli exploratory territory may be fueled by a need to position Israel...
Samba named safest bank in Kingdom
Source: Arab News
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2011-11-20 21:12:10 -0800 | political-news
Global Finance, the leading international banking and finance magazine, has ranked Samba as the safest bank in Saudi Arabia and one of the safest banks in the world in 2011, following its exclusive annual survey aimed at evaluating the long-term...
Gas Tax Set to Rise on Thursday
Source: Israel National News
Johannesburg :: South Africa | updated 2011-10-29 23:38:45 -0700 | political-news
The tax, at 20 agurot a liter, is not expected to substantially impact the retail price of gasoline, however, because of lower oil prices.
Iraqi Airways sells off Kuwait invasion-era fleet
Source: The Daily Star
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-09-12 14:16:46 -0700 | political-news
State-owned Iraqi Airways is offering one of its old Boeing jetliners for sale as scrap as it continues to sell off remnants of a decades-old fleet moved to neighbouring countries after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. The 737-200, parked...
3 bombs hidden in motorcycles in southern Iraqi oil city kill 7, wound 24
Source: Washington Post
Basra :: Iraq | updated 2012-01-03 22:25:59 -0800 | travel-news
Iraq Iraqi officials say seven people have been killed when three bombs hidden in motorcycles exploded in a southern Iraqi city. Police Major Majid Hussein of the Basra police said the bombs went off Wednesday evening near cafes where young...
Saudi interior minister named crown prince
Source: NOW Lebanon
Riyadh :: Saudi Arabia | updated 2012-01-02 12:36:53 -0800 | political-news
Saudi Arabia's powerful interior minister, 78-year-old Prince Nayef bin Abdul Aziz, was named the new heir to the throne in a royal decree read out on state television Thursday. Nayef who has been interior minister for nearly four decades and...
Blast in Egypt cuts gas to Israel, Jordan
Source: Washington Post
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2011-07-01 14:35:18 -0700 | political-news
A natural gas terminal was blown up in Egypt's northern Sinai Peninsula on Wednesday, forcing the shutdown of a pipeline supplying gas to Israel and Jordan, according to Egyptian and Israeli officials. It was the second such act of sabotage...
Geagea calls on Mirza, Qortbawi to address abduction of Syrians
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2011-12-21 01:50:47 -0800 | political-news
Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea on Wednesday called on Attorney General Judge Said Mirza and Justice Minister Shakib Qortbawi to follow up with the kidnapping of Syrian nationals in Lebanon case, in order to reveal the truth, according to a...
UAE to donate 3 mln barrels oil to Yemen: minister
Source: Arab News
Sanaa :: Yemen | updated 2011-09-17 04:17:02 -0700 | political-news
The United Arab Emirates has pledged 3 million barrels of oil to Yemen, which faces a fuel crisis due to attacks on a pipeline during widespread political unrest, a Yemeni deputy minister said on Saturday. Deputy Information Minister Abdo Al-Janadi,...
US debt talks hit wall, Obama warns clock ticking
Source: Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2011-09-16 10:21:43 -0700 | political-news
Deficit reduction talks between US President Barack Obama and Republican leaders ran into trouble on Sunday at a meeting marked by testy exchanges and a failure to mend rifts on taxes and social-spending cuts. With negotiations aimed at averting a...
Iraq says to repay old debt of $408 million to Egypt
Source: The Daily Star
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2011-08-04 20:16:23 -0700 | travel-news
Iraq has agreed to pay Egypt $408 million in cash to settle old debts owed by Baghdad from more than two decades ago, a government spokesman said on Thursday. The debts date back to a period when...
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