MUBARAKS RESPOND TO BARADEI EMERGENCE
Saturday, March 6, 2010
MUBARAKS RESPOND TO BARADEI EMERGENCE
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak addresses a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the chancellery in Berlin
Torture in Somalia
Torture in Somalia
After the Supreme Court heard an hour of technical arguments Wednesday about whether foreign officials may be sued in the United States over torture claims, one of the plaintiffs in the case stood on the steps outside and recalled what had happened to him in Somalia
SHEHATA AFTER ENGLAND DEFEAT
SHEHATA AFTER ENGLAND
Benjamin Netanyahu. Wanted man in Dubai
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Dubai's police chief plans to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of Israel's spy agency over the killing of a Hamas leader in the emirate, Al Jazeera television reported.
THE GLOBAL WATER CRISIS
Triggered by the rise in commodity prices, water scarcity and the high demand for food security, experts expressed the necessity for a series of policy reforms and investment flows to improve the efficiency of water management and food production in the Middle East .
Prince Turki Bin Talal Al Saud, chairman of the board of trustees of the Saudi Arabian Mentor Arabia Foundation, expressed the urgency to address the pressing issues of water supply, global warming and pollution, which will eventually lead to a global water crisis.
"Only through a strict political stance that calls for the efficient allocation of water resources and the collaboration between nations will this eventual water crisis be averted," Prince Turki said Monday during a session entitled “Scenarios Series: How much water do you eat?” at the World Economic Forum on the Middle East.
“The world will face a big challenge,” Mahmoud Abu Zeid , Egypt
“We are not using water efficiently, we have to improve water use and productivity [to face this crisis],” Abu Zeid said. He called on all groups of society to work together, as well as the involvement of all stakeholders and the private sector through public-private partnerships (PPPs) to make better use of water.
Investment Minister Mahmoud Mohieldin backed his colleague’s concerns, saying “we are facing a full-blown crisis and we have to have a better understanding of it.”
Mohieldin believes that the solution is to identify financial investments that are willing to finance crops and agriculture.
Since agriculture uses up to 80 percent of water, people must know the value of water through vigorous awareness campaigns.
When this notion is instigated in farmers, “agriculture will be shifted to an economic aspect rather than a social one,” said Raed Abu Al Saud, Jordan’s minister of water and irrigation.
“The increase in food prices is a blessing in disguise as it shifts attention to the importance of agriculture,” Balghunaim said. Therefore, nations should support UN organizations to reach farmers around the world to increase productivity using minimal water supplies.
While Egypt ’s water crisis may be delayed because of its access to the Nile River, Jordan
“This is not a simple issue, it is a complex emergency,” said Neville Isdell, chairman and CEO of the Coca-Cola Company.
He also agreed said that the private sector should realize its responsibility and adopt a framework for preserving water. Coca-Cola has vowed to reduce water consumption, return all useable water to nature and reduce the levels of pollution in their operations, he added.
Mohieldin assured that Egypt
The establishment of a water pricing system is necessary to ensure that people understand the importance of water. “[We need to] stop bad subsidies to enable us to do our job properly,” Mohieldin said.
Rotana deal
News Corp will purchase 9.9% of Rotana shares, Rotana board chairman Saudi Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal announced on Tuesday (February 23rd).
Under the agreement, News Corp will buy $70 million worth of newly issued shares of Rotana, while retaining the right to double its shares to 18.18% during the 18 months after the transaction is completed.
The deal enhances the presence of News Corp in the Arab region and expands Rotana's access to other parts of the world.
Suzan Tamim murder
An Egyptian court Thursday revoked the death sentence previously handed down to an Egyptian business tycoon and an ex-policeman convicted of killing Lebanese singer Suzan Tamim in Dubai
Gold demand in the Middle East
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The World Gold Council issued a report Wednesday (February 17th) which indicated that the demand for gold in the Middle East fell by 32% in the fourth quarter of 2009. The world demand for gold also dropped by 11% in 2009 because industrial demand and jewellery demand declined.
Is Your Life Being Monitored?
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
It could be
It connects you to the world, but your cell phone could also be giving anyone from your boss to your wife a window into your every move. The same technology that lets you stay in touch on-the-go can now let others tap into your private world — without you ever even suspecting something is awry
Avatar
The most expensive and technically ambitious film ever made
Cameron had to wait15 years until visual effects capabilities to his imagined world
The King of the World sets his sights on creating another world entirely in "Avatar," and it's very much a place worth visiting. The most expensive and technically ambitious film ever made, James Cameron's long-gestating epic pitting Earthly despoilers against a forest-dwelling alien race delivers unique spectacle, breathtaking sights, narrative excitement and an overarching anti-imperialist, back-to-nature theme that will play very well around the world, and yet is rather ironic coming from such a technology-driven picture. Twelve years after "Titanic," which still stands as the all-time B.O. champ, Cameron delivers again with a film of universal appeal that just about everyone who ever goes to the movies will need to see.
Egypt the main countries for creating Trojans designed to steal passwords
Anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Labs has identified Egypt
In conference held in Moscow that discussed the present and future state of cybercrime around the world, Egypt
The 20 top vehicles -selling in U S A last month
Vehicles in the U.S.
automakers.
Total sales of the top 20 vehicles rose 16.7 percent or
80,368 units to 560,989.
Following is a list of the top-20 selling vehicles, ranked
by total units.
Iraqi refugees in U S A
Many Iraqi refugees unemployed and homeless
One of the most negative and underrepresented consequences of the Iraq war has been the displacement of millions of Iraqis, and it is thousands of these refugees that have been brought over to the United States through the U.S. resettlement program. With World Refugee Day
Inside the walled city of apple
Container trucks and fork lifts rumble nonstop across the sprawling compound, serving a grid of factories that churn out electronics goods for top global brands around the clock.
Inside the walled city -- one of several compounds run by Foxconn International, a major supplier for Apple Inc -- employees are provided with most of their daily needs. There are dormitories, canteens, recreation facilities, even banks, post offices and bakeries.
Peace in Sudan
Could you send human rights monitors to the region
The problem of Darfur
On June 27, the Brookings Institution hosted a panel of experts to discuss the progress and impediments to the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) as Sudan
Iraq: end of oil deal with Japan
Iraqi Oil Minister Hussein al-Shahristani has said that talks over a huge oil development deal with a Japanese energy consortium had broken down, a leading Japanese newspaper reported Tuesday.
Iran and Sex Slave Jihad
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
635 percent increase in the number of teenage girls in prostitution
In Iran
History of U.S.A Political Assassinations
An assassination can generally be defined as the murder of a targeted individual for political purposes. These “targeted killings” are typically carried out by an assassin with a certain ideological or political agenda. Beginning with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in 1865, there have been a number of various political assassination plots in the United States
New U.S. Strategy in the Middle East
With nearly 30 percent of the total population of the Middle East and North Africa lying between the ages of 15 and 29 the mindset and perspective of this segment raise critical questions regarding the future of the region and its interactions with the West. In the hopes of discovering, understanding, and presenting where the future may bring the Middle East , the Brookings Institution hosted a panel discussion on Monday, Nov. 10, to discuss the topic. Moderated by the director of the Middle East Youth Initiative at Brookings, Navtej Dhillon, “Arab Youth Between Hope and Disillusionment: Toward a New U.S. Strategy in the Middle East” brought together speakers Djavad Salehi-Isfahani, Tamara Cofman Wittes, and Ahmed Younis to discuss a recent Gallup Poll on Middle Eastern youth and its implications.
The Somali pirates
29 successful hijackings from 114 attempted attacks
An international naval flotilla, consisting of approximately 25 warships from the United States , the European Union, China , Russia , Turkey , and India , currently sits off the coast of the Horn of Africa, patrolling the dangerous waters of the Gulf of Aden . Its target: the Somali pirates who last year attacked a record high 111 commercial ships and successfully hijacked 42 of them. Unfortunately, piracy is not the most severe of Somalia
EBay
The World’s Online Marketplace
EBay is one of the world’s largest online auctioneers, offering localized sites in Asia Pacific, Europe and North America . EBay is referred to as the “The World’s Online Marketplace” and has over 200 million users worldwide. There are approximately 105 million listings worldwide,
Obama vs Islamic Groups: who will win the game?
Obama's Conditioned Invitation to Islamic Groups
In the 2005 Lebanese elections, Hezbollah won 10.9 percent of the parliamentary seats. Also in 2005, Muslim Brotherhood candidates, running as independents due to the group’s illegality, won 20 percent of seats in the Egyptian parliamentary elections, forming the largest opposition bloc. And in 2006, Hamas took 57.6 percent of the seats in the Palestinian parliamentary elections. While President Bush chose to boycott these democratically elected Islamist groups, then presidential candidate Barack Obama offered no clear policy stance during the campaign. Thus, two important questions existed when Obama took the presidential oath on January 20, 2009. The first: Would the incoming president diverge from the Bush strategy and engage these groups? The second: Should he?
Iraq war movies
Won two awards; special visual effects & production design
James Cameron's "Avatar" and Kathryn Bigelow's "The Hurt Locker" had battled for best film and best director at the BAFTA awards on Sunday.
Bigelow's so called Iraq
The end Afghanistan War
Economic terrorism is a new raison
Let us consider a puzzle about the Afghanistan
83 percent of the country's women had experienced sexual harassment
Is veil protects against sexual harassment
Female students at Cairo University
The typical Egyptian family spends six percent of its monthly income on tobacco
Twenty percent of adults smoke in Egypt
"Six percent of the family income is spent on tobacco, perhaps more than on health and education," said Ahmad Abdellatif, the WHO representative for Egypt
Children living in income-poor households is increasing
poorer living conditions
Disagree with ElBaradei's inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood
Monday, March 1, 2010
The Brotherhood rejects civil state, women's and Copts' rights.
Members of the coalition of Egyptian opposition parties--which includes the Wafd, Tagammu, Nasserist and Democratic Front parties--say they disagree with Mohamed ElBaradei's inclusion of the Muslim Brotherhood in the national opposition front that he inaugurated last week.
Al-Qaeda's terror network in North Africa
beginning to reorganize, recruit and develop
Al-Qaeda's terror network in North Africa is growing more active and attracting new recruits, threatening to further destabilize the continent's already vulnerable Sahara region, according to U.S.
Religious police fight against dogs
cruise liner crash
A luxury cruise liner has crashed into a dock at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm al-Sheikh, killing three members of the crew, officials say.
At least four other people were hurt when the Costa Europa, carrying 1,473 passengers, came into the harbour during bad weather at 0445 (0145 GMT).
The dead sailors were an Indian, a Honduran and a Brazilian, the General Authority for Red Sea Ports said.
The injured reportedly include three British women and an Italian man.
They were in a stable condition in hospital, officials told the AFP news agency.
In a statement, Costa Cruises confirmed that the Costa Europa had damaged the starboard side of the hull, but said it was "now safely docked in port".
"We sadly have to confirm the deaths of three crew members," the Italian company said.
"The guests have been disembarked and are being accommodated in local hotels," it added.
Witnesses said Sharm al-Sheikh had been hit by fierce winds overnight and that the crash had left a 2m-wide hole in the hull.
The Costa Europa was on an 18-day cruise from Dubai to Savona , and had arrived in Sharm al-Sheikh from the Egyptian port of Safaga
The nation of facebook
The real politic party in Middle East
When it comes to Facebook, most users think of "poking", adding random "friends" or perhaps spying on an acquaintance on the popular social networking site. However, in some Middle Eastern countries where governments' grip on the media is tight Facebook has acquired social and political significance. For many Arab governments it is proving to be a challenge.
Under authority of Hamas
The only time they felt hope when they were being bombed
The people of Gaza have suffered enormously since the blockade imposed by Israel and Egypt
Is that the end of game?
Turkish generals vs Erdogan
Two retired Turkish generals have been charged over an alleged plot in 2003 to overthrow the government, reports say.
Cetin Dogan, former head of Turkey
They are the most senior of 33 suspects charged so far over the alleged plot.
The case has increased tensions between the military and the Islamist-rooted ruling party. However, the military has denied any coup plot.
Election for Iraq
the critical parliamentary elections slated for March 7
As Kuwaitis went through their annual ritual of marking the 19th anniversary of liberation from their northern neighbour (Iraq ) a disgraceful watershed event which has left an indelible mark in the body of Arab politics they kept a wary eye on the campaigns in Iraq
Al Mabhouh used a drug called succinylcholine
There were injection marks on his leg
The assassins of senior Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh used a drug called succinylcholine to sedate him before suffocating him with a pillow.
Major-General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, Deputy Commandant of Dubai Police, told a press conference on Sunday that succinylcholine, also known as suxamethoniumchloride, was injected, traces of which were found on his leg
The price of Iranian girls in Gulf
the presence of Iranian girls as prostitutes in Arab Gulf
Sociologists have called this decade a decade of explosion of social destruction in the Islamic Republic of Iran. The trafficking of women and girls is perhaps the most tragic aspect of all the social damages. As sex workforce in this market, women and girls are lured in various ways by different rings inside and outside of the country.
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