Will U.S. Designate Egypt Pakistan Iraq and Nigeria As Religious Freedom Violators

CNS News - Monday 20th May, 2013

Pakistani Christians protest against the country's blasphemy laws and violence targeting their minority community. An independent U.S. watchdog has urged the executive branch every year since 2002 to designate Pakistan as a "country of particular concern" over religious freedom violations. (AP Photo) (CNSNews.com) - As the State Department prepares to release its annual report on ...

Communication Minister receives Kuwaits Information Minister

Bahrain News Agency - Monday 20th May, 2013

Manama, May 20 (BNA) - The Minister of State for Communications Affairs, Shaikh Fawaz bin Mohammed Al Khalifa today received Kuwait's Minister of Information and Minister of State for Youth Affairs Sheikh Salman Sabah Al-Salem Al-Humoud Al-Sabah who is visiting the Kingdom of Bahrain to participate in the 27th meeting of GCC Youth and Sport ministers. The meeting reviewed the outstanding ...

Bank of London and The Middle East opens first overseas representative office in Dubai

AME Info - Monday 20th May, 2013

Bank of London and The Middle East (BLME), the largest Islamic Bank in Europe, announced the opening of its representative office in the Dubai International Financial Centre ...

Today Arab Ceramics last cash dividends date

Arab Finance - Monday 20th May, 2013

) declared cash dividends of LE 1.50 per share payable on 23/05/2013. Shareholders as of 20/05/2013 are entitled to cash dividends ...

Hot summer spells trouble for Syrian refugees

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

The onset of a hot summer may spell trouble for the estimated 1.5 million Syrians living as refugees, international agency Oxfam warned Monday. Oxfam said it expected temperatures in the Middle East to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the coming weeks. Regional Oxfam coordinator Rick Bauer said that will strain the capacity of humanitarian agencies working to address those people displaced by ...

Research and Markets United Arab Emirates LNG Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020

Yahoo - Monday 20th May, 2013

"United Arab Emirates LNG Market Analysis and Outlook to 2020 - Drivers, Challenges, Infrastructure, Supply- demand and competitive landscape" report to their offering. United Arab Emirates LNG industry research work from OGAnalysis is a compulsory report for all analysts involved in the LNG sector. It is a complete source of information and analysis on United Arab Emirates ...

Five dead in Israeli bank robbery

Reuters - Monday 20th May, 2013

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A bank robbery in Israel on Monday ended with the deaths of five people, including one of the holdup men who apparently shot and killed himself when police launched a raid to free ...

Mahama Got It Wrong -Abu Ramadan

The Chronicle - Monday 20th May, 2013

The National Youth Organiser of the People's National Convention (PNC) and leading member of the Alliance For Accountable Government (AFAG), Abu Ramadan, has challenged a remark made by His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, that sought to suggest that the Supreme Court was being given the opportunity to hear the electoral petition currently before it. The PNC youth leader contended ...

Spokesman for al-Qaida-linked Ansar Dine arrested in Mauritania

Canada.com - Monday 20th May, 2013

NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania - The man who acted as the spokesman for one of the three al-Qaida-linked groups occupying northern Mali turned himself in over the weekend to Mauritanian authorities on the border, an intelligence official briefed on the matter confirmed on Monday. Sanda Ould Boumana, the Timbuktu-based spokesman for Ansar Dine, is being transferred to Mauritania's capital, ...

Abdullah bin Zayed takes part in Doha Forum and Enriching the Middle-Easts Economic Future Conference

WAM - Monday 20th May, 2013

WAM DOHA, May 20th, 2013 (WAM)-- H.H. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Foreign Minister, today attended the inauguration of the Doha Forum: Enriching the Middle-East's Economic Future Conference, held at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Doha. The Forum was opened by His Highness Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar, in the presence of heads of states and delegations. The ...

Flight-Ambulance-International chooses Al Bateen Executive Airport for stopover base in Middle East

WAM - Monday 20th May, 2013

WAM ABU DHABI, May 20th, 2013 -- German air ambulance specialist and VVIP jet operator, Flight-Ambulance-International (FAI) rent-a-jet AG, has named today Al Bateen Executive Airport as its preferred stopover airport in the Middle East region. Through an agreement with the German operator, Al Bateen Executive Airport, operated by Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC) as the only dedicated ...

UAE First Arab Country to Receive Full Membership of International Ice Hockey Federation

WAM - Monday 20th May, 2013

WAM STOCKHOLM, May 20th, 2013 (WAM)-- The UAE Ice Hockey Association (UAE IHA) has been granted full membership of the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), thus becoming the first Arab country to have the privilege of joining high ranked members and decision-makers in the international ice hockey community. This membership represents a great administrative achievement for the rising ...

Equatorial Guinea prohibits Egypt revolt reports

afrol News - Monday 20th May, 2013

No talk of a Tunisia or Egypt-style revolutions in Equatorial Guinea. These were the orders given to media in the country, which all are controlled by the state or the family of President Teodoro Obiang ...

Palestinian boys father denies Israeli report over his sons death

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

A father of a Palestinian boy who was killed during the second Palestinian Intifada in 2000, dismissed a report released by the Israeli government alleging that his late son, Mohammed Al-Dura, was not killed by Israeli fire.The images, filmed by the French public television France 2, showed a 12-year-old boy crying and cowering beside his father at a junction near an Israeli settlement in the ...

4 killed in armed bank robbery in south Israel city

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

At least four people were killed in an armed bank robbery that took place on Monday in south Israeli city of Beersheva, Israel channel 2 citing the Magen David Adom emergency services as reporting.Four others, including three men and a woman, were critically wounded in the robbery and are being treated by paramedics at the scene, added the report.The robbers entered the bank and opened fire. ...

US drone kills 2 al-Qaida suspects in central Yemen

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

A US drone strike killed two al- Qaida suspects in Yemen's central province of al-Bayda on Monday, a provincial police official said.The raid took place on Monday dawn in Khubzat Kaifa in al- Kuraishia district of Radda city, when the suspects left a farm on a motorbike in the area, the official told Xinhua by phone on condition of anonymity.The Yemeni defense ministry on its website ...

New conference over Syria crisis should be based on Geneva meeting

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

Mokhtar Lamani, the Damascus representative of the UN-Arab League peace envoy to Syria, said Monday that his efforts will be focused on the planned international conference on Syria slated for June.Lamani made the remarks upon his arrival to the capital Damascus with his team members who left Syria two months ago after mortar shells slammed their hotel in the heart of the capital."The focus ...

Iran says next president should be physically competent to work

Global Times - Monday 20th May, 2013

The spokesman of Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution Abbasali Kadkhodaei said Monday that next Iranian president should be physically competent to be able to work for hours, the State IRIB TV reported.Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution, the main legislative body of the country, is now studying the qualification of 680 candidates and will release the results on May 21.The ...

Dr. Mirza represents Bahrain in Arab Energy Efficiency Day

Bahrain News Agency - Monday 20th May, 2013

Manama, May 20 (BNA) - Minister of State for Electricity and Water Affairs, Dr. Abdul-Hussein bin Ali Mirza today affirmed in a recorded speech, as he participated in the Arab Energy Efficiency Day, the Kingdom of Bahrain pays a high interest to the issue of energy and water conservation and seeks to improve energy efficiency and water conservation and the preservation of vital resources in the ...

Qatar Airways sued after drinks trolley injury

Arabian Business - Monday 20th May, 2013

An Australian passenger is suing Qatar Airways after he was hit by a drinks trolley, allegedly causing physical and psychological trauma, according to local newspaper The ...

Iran electoral watchdog hints at Rafsanjani rejection

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Iran 's electoral watchdog said on Monday it would bar physically feeble candidates from running for president, in an apparent hint that it could disqualify 78-year-old former ...

Security beefed up in Egypts Sinai after kidnapping of security personnel

Canada.com - Monday 20th May, 2013

CAIRO - Egyptian officials say dozens of military and police armoured vehicles have crossed into Sinai, beefing up the security presence in the volatile peninsula five days after suspected militants kidnapped six policemen and a border guard there. Islamist President Mohammed Morsi said all options are open to free the seven men. Officials have said mediators were in touch with the captors. ...