Friday, April 9, 2010

New wave of protests in the south of Yemen

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P Protest demonstration in southern Yemeni governorate. The protesters carry the flag of the former republic of South Yemen. (Photo Reuters)...

Egyptians withdraw from film festival because of Israeli film

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The sixth annual short-film festival at the French Cultural Center in Cairo (CFCC), "Recontres de l'Image," started out with...

Netanyahu cancels participation in nucleair summit out of fear fo new clash with Obama

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 Laura Rozen has another of her useful and bright reports on her Politico blog. She and her collegue Josh Gerstein report that Bibi Netany...

Another Yemeni child bride dies

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A 13-year-old Yemeni girl died three days after marrying a man twice her age, due to internal bleeding following intercourse, a Yemeni hum...
Thursday, April 8, 2010

Fomer prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari wins Sadrist 'referendum'

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 Former prime minister Ibrahim al-Jaafari (picture) has emerged as winner in the 'referendum' that the Sadrist movement has held ove...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Wilders would be happy: Youth Olympics ban Iranian girls football team because of hijab

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Fifa has banned the Iranian girls football team from the first Youth Olympics in Singapore in October on the grounds that the players would...

Egyptian police smothers protests against emergency law

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(Picture Mohamed Hossam Eddin, El-Masry  el-Youm) Police on 6 April quickly quelled a scheduled peaceful demonstration in Cairo with an ar...

Yemen says it freed Houthi prisoners, Houthis refute it

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 Imprisoned Houthi rebels yell slogans in a courtroom in Sanaa   Yemen has freed scores of  northern Houthi  prisoners in a bid to cement...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Eight attacks in Baghdad kill at least 30

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At least eight explosions have rocked the Iraqi capital, killing around 35 people and bringing do...
Sunday, April 4, 2010

Bombs kill 30 in Baghdad, Sadr movement holds 'referendum'

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Three deadly bombings in the Iraqi capital Baghdad have killed at least 30 people and wounded 224 others, police sources told A l Jazeera ...
Saturday, April 3, 2010

El Baradei urges reform during meeting in Mansoura

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Mohamed ElBaradei, the former head of the United Nations nuclear watchdog, has issued a public ca...
Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Dutch action: 'Don't buy Israeli apartheid',

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This speaks for itself