US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

US officials meet the Libya Contact Group at historic time Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 US Deputy Secretary of State William J. Burns led the U.S. delegation to the August 25 Libya Contact Group meeting in Istanbul, where representatives from 28 countries, the UN, EU, NATO, AU, OIC, Arab League and GCC came together to demonstrate the international community's firm commitment to ...

Hot weather and fast does not keep Iranians from Quds Day established by imam Khomeini

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Hot weather and fast does not keep Iranians from Quds Day established by imam Khomeini Palestine-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today Zionist regime's existence "is not merely a threat to the Palestinian and the entire regional nations, rather its establishment and continued survival contrast interests, independence and dignity of all ...

Gandhian protest is more relevant in Palestine Shaath

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Gandhian protest is 'more relevant' in Palestine: Shaath Palestine-India, Politics, 8/26/2011 Terming the Gandhian way of protest as "more relevant" in Palestine, its ambassador Nabeel Shaath yesterday said Mahatma Gandhi has inspired the new generation in his homeland to carry out their struggle in a non-violent way. IRNA reported him saying the "Gandhian formula ...

China Announces Its Full Support of Palestinian Move Date 2482011 Time 2334

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

China Announces Its Full Support of Palestinian Move Date : 24/8/2011 Time : 23:34 Palestine-China, Politics, 8/26/2011 The Chinese Middle East envoy to the peace process, Wu Sike, transferred on Wednesday a message from the Chinese leadership confirming China's full support for the Palestinian UN bid in a meeting with Presidential General Secretary, Tayyeb Abdul Rahim, in the ...

U.N. Security Council to unfreeze Libyan assets

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

U.N. Security Council to unfreeze Libyan assets Libya-UN, Politics, 8/26/2011 The United Nations and its diplomatic partners seeking a resolution to the Libyan crisis yesteday urged the U.N. Security Council to release assets frozen under United Nations sanctions to the country's transitional authorities to help them set up a government in the North African nation. "We have ...

Five palestinians killed 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Five palestinians killed, 22 injured in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Five Palestinians were killed and 22 were injured at dawn yesterday in two Israeli air strikes targeting a sports club in Beit Lahiya, north of Gaza, and a tunnel in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip, according to medical sources. Israeli F16 warplanes bombed the sports club, located in a ...

US focus on directing money to new Libyan leaders

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

US focus on directing money to new Libyan leaders Libya-USA, Politics, 8/26/2011 Victoria Nuland, Spokesperson for the US Department Of State met with reporters yesterday about the latest developments. Here is what she said: Nuland: Afternoon, everybody. Sorry to be a little bit late today. You will recently have seen the statement that we put out about the participation of Deputy ...

Ahmadinejad Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Ahmadinejad: Iran backs restoration of security in Iraq Iraq-Iran, Politics, 8/26/2011 Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that the Iran fully backs restoration of security and progress in Iraq, in a meeting with visiting Iraqi deputy chairman of Iraqi Kurdistan administration Nechirvan Barzani. IRNA reported saying "Given historical and cultural affinities ...

Reporters Without Borders condemns mistreatment of Palestinian journalists

Arabic News - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Reporters Without Borders condemns mistreatment of Palestinian journalists Palestine-Israel, Politics, 8/26/2011 Reporters Without Borders reported Tuesday about what it described as "the complete failure to punish abusive treatment of Palestinian journalists by the Israel Defense Forces in the West Bank." It said in a statement that Israel carried out "many arbitrary ...

ExcerptsAssad has no plans to resign. Arab League peace plan 18 May 2013

IMRA - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Excerpts:Assad has no plans to resign. Arab League peace plan 18 May 2013 +++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 18 ...

Omans Sharqiyah Desalination launches IPO

AME Info - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Oman's first independent water project (IWP), Sharqiyah Desalination Co (SDC) has floated an initial public offering (IPO) of 2.282 million shares, Times of Oman has reported. SDC has a paid-up capital of OR6.52m, said Xavier Joseph, CEO of the company. The shares will be available only to the individual investors and will close on June ...

Omans Al Suwadi Al Batinah Power planning IPOs by mid-2014

AME Info - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Oman's Al Suwadi Power Co and Al Batinah Power Co are likely to launch their initial public offerings (IPOs) by mid-2014, Muscat Daily has reported. "There will be two IPOs, each offering 35% of shares. Currently we are reviewing the exact timing for the IPO and in a few months we will be sitting down to formulate the plans," the CEO of Al Suwadi Power, Bernard Esselinckx, told ...

Qatar Holding acquires 40 of Italys Porta Nuova

AME Info - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Qatar Holding has agreed to buy a 40% stake in Milan's real estate development project Porta Nuova for an undisclosed sum, Reuters has reported. Qatar Holding will subscribe to newly issued shares with the remaining 60% staying in the hands of the current sponsors of the project, Porta Nouva developer, Hines Italia SGR, and Qatar Holding ...

Excerpts Syrian Government quadruples price of fuel oil. Hamas influencein Egypt Iran to head UN Conference on Disarmament 13 May 2013

IMRA - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Excerpts: Syrian Government quadruples price of fuel oil. Hamas influence in Egypt? Iran to head UN Conference on Disarmament 13 May 2013 +++SOURCE:The Syria Report 13 ...

Saudi Arabia has another case of new coronavirus WHO

Reuters - Saturday 18th May, 2013

LONDON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has reported another case of infection in a concentrated outbreak of a new strain of a virus that emerged in the Middle East last year and spread into Europe, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on ...

Egyptian police close Rafah crossing after colleagues kidnapped

Middle East Times - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Gaza . The action left hundreds of Gaza residents stuck at the border, the Palestinian Ma'an news agency reported. Police refused to open the crossing even after Egyptian Interior Minister Mohammad Ibrahim sent an assistant to Rafah to intercede. Police said they would only open the crossing when their colleagues are released. The seven police officers and soldiers, including four who ...

Will the UAE follow Frances foootsteps and let science determine Ramadan

The National - Saturday 18th May, 2013

ABU DHABI // The wait for the start of Ramadan is always an anxious one. After weeks of guesses and rumours about what the date will be, astronomers haul their telescopes to the highest point in their emirate and watch for the new crescent moon to usher in the Holy Month. But last week the French Muslim Council voted to do away with that, basing the start of Ramadan on astronomical calculations ...

Bahrain Free From Coronavirus Health Ministry said

Bahrain News Agency - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Manama-May-18(BNA)The Kingdom of Bahrain has today been declared free from Coronavirus disease-for the time being. The Health Ministry has issued a statement in this regard assuring the public that no cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed to-date in Bahrain. It urged people to abide by hygienic precautionary measures, including washing hands, avoiding touching one's eyes, mouth and ...

Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month.

Turkish Press - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Detroit - Federal agents arrested a Saudi Arabian traveler who arrived at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker, a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombings last month.Hussain Al Kwawahir appeared for a brief hearing at 1 p.m. in federal court on charges he allegedly used an altered passport and lied to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent about the pressure ...

Qatar Holding Italy fund eying Versace - paper

West Australian - Saturday 18th May, 2013

Reuters © Pedestrians walk past the Versace store on Fifth Avenue in New York October 8, 2009. U.S. retailers posted their first monthly sales increase in more than a year. REUTERS/Lucas ...

Egypt keeps Gaza border closed due to kidnapping

Jerusalem Post - Saturday 18th May, 2013

CAIRO - Egyptian police angered by the kidnapping of seven colleagues by Islamist gunmen kept a crossing into the Gaza Strip closed again on Saturday, stranding hundreds of Palestinian travellers, witnesses said.The protest began on Friday when police strung barbed wire across the Rafah border post and chained up the gates, local residents said, a day after the ...

Irans Destabilizing Activities in The Middle East Under Scrutiny

News Blaze - Saturday 18th May, 2013

making headlines around the world, Iran is also prominent for its destabilizing activities in the Middle East, according to the United States in America. In her written testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Under Secretary Wendy Sherman says Iran is the world's foremost state sponsor of terrorism, which it uses as a strategic tool of its foreign policy. Beyond its ...