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Month: April 2012

Syria: How much is enough to solve the crisis …?

April 20, 2012April 20, 2012 Jaber Ali

The advanced team of the UN monitors concluded a formal agreement with the Syrian government aimed at making the Annan plan successful and in the same vein, facilitate the execution of the tasks of the monitors without undermining Syria’s sovereignty. Read more

Headlines, World NewsChina, Kofi Annan, Russia, syria, UN monitor, un observer, United States

Bahrain: Formula one and security concerns

April 20, 2012April 20, 2012 Jaber Ali

Barely less the 24 hours to go before the Grand Prix starts, caught in the midst of anti-government protesters on their way back to the hotel after training sessions were four members of the Force India team. A petrol bomb Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesArab League, Bahrain, Day of Rage, Formula One, Grand Prix, Middle East, syria, Yemen

Iran / UAE: The Abu Musa row heats up

April 20, 2012April 20, 2012 Jaber Ali

Ahmadinejad’s visit, earlier in the week, to Abu Musa which is considered as a provocation by the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf Cooperation Council is gaining momentum. Abu Musa, Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are the three disputed islands Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesAbu Musa, Ahmadinejad, Greater Tunb, Hashemi Rafsanjani, Hormuz, Lesser Tunb, United Arab Emirates

Maghreb: A New Face

April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 Peter Mulvany

Take a minute from your schedule to travel through time. Have a flashback of the Maghreb before the civil uprising popularly referred to as the Arab Spring. An uprising which at the beginning was seeking for social reforms ended up Read more

Headlines, World Newsarab spring, benali, Egypt, gaddafi, Libya, Maghreb, Mubarak, Saleh, Tunisia, Yemen

The Economy Pays The Price

April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 Jaber Ali

They were praised and referred to as the icons of freedom, the symbol of struggle, examples of a wanted change etc such were the praises heaped upon the revolutionaries of the Arab spring by their orators from different walks of Read more

Finance, Headlinesarab spring, Economy, financial aid, revolution, tourism

Security In The Middle East

April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 Jaber Ali

The Middle East is at crossroads. With one side enjoying the fruits of peace and the oil revenues, the other side is being showered with gunshots, shelling and bombs. Those in between the two roads live on uncertainty. Such is Read more

Headlines, World NewsArab League, Bahrain, cea, Damascus, Day of Rage, Grand Prix, Middle East, syria, Yemen

Palestine Invites Israel

April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 Peter Mulvany

The head of the Palestine Authority, Mahmoud Abbas, has shown interest to his Israeli counterpart for peace talks to resume in a letter. Prime Minister Netanyahu is also determined for the talks to take place. On the agenda, the traditional Read more

Headlines, World Newsgaza, Israel, Jewish state, Mahmoud Abbas, Palestine, Salam Fayad

Libya Reaffirms Its Sovereignty

April 19, 2012April 19, 2012 Jaber Ali

It has been a little over six months now since the famous and once feared Saif Al Islam fell under the hands of the rebel brigade of Zintan. Considered by many as the successor to his late father, Colonel Muammar Read more

Headlines, World Newsbenghazi, ICC, Khadaffi, Libya, Misrata, Saif al-Islam, Tripoli, Zintan

What Next For Syria?

April 18, 2012April 19, 2012 Jaber Ali

The pessimists about the ceasefire got it right if the information coming from Syria is to be heeded because those forwarding the information are activists from the opposition’s end which can’t be confirmed by any international independent media. They claim Read more

Gulf News, HeadlinesChina, Kofi Annan, Russia, syria, un observer, United States

IDB & IFC Contribute $100 Mln In Infrastructure Projects in MENA

April 18, 2012April 18, 2012 Peter Mulvany

The Islamic Development Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have announced a $100 million financial contribution to support several infrastructure projects across the Middle East and North Africa. IDB and IFC are injecting each $50 million in the Arab Read more

Finance, HeadlinesAFFI, AIIV, IDB, IFC, Invest, MENA

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