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test for rebublish

Thursday, January 20, 2011

test for rebublish

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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 on March 4.

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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 in the 1980s.

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SHEHATA AFTER ENGLAND DEFEAT

SHEHATA AFTER ENGLAND DEFEAT

CAIRO: Egypt manager Hassan Shehata believes the 3-1 defeat to England can mark the beginning of a new stage for the team, while sounding his frustration at the second-half slip.

Egypt failed to preserve their 1-0 lead at Wembley following a terrific first-half display as they were downed by England's substitutes after the break.

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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.

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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’s Minister of Water Resources and Irrigation said. By the year 2025, food demand will increase by 70-90 percent and the amount of water consumption will double due to the expected population increase.

“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.

Saudi Arabia boasts that it has passed several agricultural reforms to tackle their water shortage problem. “We target to increase crops per less drops, through green houses and drip irrigation,” said Saudi Minister of Agriculture and Irrigation Fahd Bin Abdulrahman Bin Sulaiman Balghunaim.

“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’s present situation is “not promising,” Al Saud said. He expects that soon water will become a political issue, especially for countries sharing the same water sources.

“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 has already established several PPPs, as well as revived agri-finance with local banks in the agriculture and water management domains. However, he warned that all reforms and regional efforts will not yield results if “we keep applying the policies we have today,” he said.

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.

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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.

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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 and ordered their retrial.

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Gold demand in the Middle East


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.

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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

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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.

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Egypt the main countries for creating Trojans designed to steal passwords


Egypt mentioned in top ten countries for creating PSW Trojans

Anti-virus vendor Kaspersky Labs has identified Egypt as one of the main countries responsible for creating Trojans designed to steal passwords
In conference held in Moscow that discussed the present and future state of cybercrime around the world, Egypt was mentioned in the top ten countries for creating PSW Trojans in 2009. PSW Trojans refers to a family of Trojans that are typically designed to steal passwords and log-in details from victims

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The 20 top vehicles -selling in U S A last month


Vehicles in the U.S. through February of 2010 as reported by the
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.

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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

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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.

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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 prepares for its 2009 elections.

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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.
Baghdad would "promote the development (in the Nasiriyah oil field) centred around an Iraqi state-owned company", he was quoted as saying by the Asahi Shimbun.

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Iran and Sex Slave Jihad

Tuesday, March 2, 2010


635 percent increase in the number of teenage girls in prostitution



In Iran for 25 years, the ruling mullahs have enforced humiliating and sadistic rules and punishments on women and girls, enslaving them in a gender apartheid system of segregation, forced veiling, second-class status, lashing, and stoning to death. 

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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. Among the most famous of these, are the assassinations of President James A. Garfeild, President William McKinley, President John F. Kennedy, black activist, Malcom X and civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. In addition, there have been several publicly-known failed assassination attempts in the last few decades.

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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.

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