Provides the latest RSS feeds for Arab News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Iraq News.net http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/cat/48fcf33f9aeb6130/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:21:56 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:21:56 -0400 30 Environment related authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have not been resting on their laurels since receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, a UAE daily has reported. The UAE authorities in charge of tacking environmental issues were recognised as number one in the world in terms of having the biggest ecological footprint. "Proactivity has been their hallmark ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215310574/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 21:20:01 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215310574/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 LUXOR A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office on Wednesday as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of killing 58 foreign tourists ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306772/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:15:05 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306772/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian consul general in Jeddah said. Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said the consulate's various pro-active measures have helped these Indians rectify their residency status and get new jobs, Arab News reported Wednesday. Indian expatriates were badly hit by the new ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215295438/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:20:02 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215295438/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The United States is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days. The development comes after Washington agreed to drop a series of preconditions that have previously held back negotiations over the future of Afghanistan. According to the Guardian, political representatives of the Taliban will meet Afghan and US officials in Doha, the capital of Qatar. They will have discussions on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288773/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:20:03 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288773/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 UAE based Emirates airline, has been voted as the 'world's best airline' pushing last year's winner Qatar to the second position and also winning the 'best in-flight entertainment' category. According to Skytrax World airline awards, which is the world's largest survey of air passengers, Qantas' partner airline 'Emirates' has been declared as the world's best. Skytrax has booted Qantas, which ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287992/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:50:02 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287992/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Egypt is proud of its deep-rooted fraternal ties with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and its people, an Egyptian foreign ministry spokesperson has said. The relations with the UAE were based on mutual respect and joint interests, and would not be affected by any statements here or there, said spokesperson Badr Abdel Aaty in an official statement. The Egyptian foreign ministry was closely ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215286271/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:20:01 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215286271/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Australia have held talks over a number of issues of mutual interest and explored ways to develop bilateral relations in all sectors. The talks were held Tuesday between General Sheikh Saif bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE's deputy prime minister and Roger Wilkins, the visiting Australian director of public prosecution. Other important officials were also present on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215283402/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:02 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215283402/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Palestinians "should have a state, not as a reward for good behaviour but as a right", Tony Blair, the official envoy of the Middle East Quartet, said Wednesday. Blair cautioned Israeli leaders that the "window of opportunity" for peace with the Palestinians might close shortly, Xinhua reported. "Some say the two-state solution is a fantasy. The fantasy is thinking one-state is sustainable or ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292234/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:00:01 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292234/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Just In : Actor James Gandolfini, who won Emmys for his role as Tony Soprano in the HBO series "The Sopranos," has died of an apparent heart attack, according to CNN. He was ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215309730/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:26:55 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215309730/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Egypt has reshuffled several officials at the top of state-owned companies in the energy sector, in a bid to tackle the deepening fuel crisis that is gripping the country, Dow Jones has reported. The move is aimed at "improving the performance of the petroleum sector, and giving it a push to cope with the demands of the current situation [in the country]," said the oil ministry. Among ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215309560/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 20:11:14 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215309560/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 As Syria's civil war rages on just beyond the border with Jordan, the U.S. is participating in joint military exercises -- complete with 8,000 troops, F-16s, and cobra attack helicopters -- are sending a message to the Syrian dictator to stay out. Clarissa Ward ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215309689/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:56:01 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215309689/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Obama to outline big nuke cuts today; DOD civilian owes $500k - to DOD; Petraeus to Team Rubicon; Hastings, dead; Say goodbye, Rambo; Tara Sonenshine on "bottom line diplomacy;" and a bit more. - by Gordon ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215308486/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 19:10:42 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215308486/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 UNWTO Secretary-General Taleb Rifai and Casa Arabe Director General Eduardo Lopez Busquets have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote sustainable tourism development and strengthen institutional capacity in Arab countries. Signed at UNWTO headquarters in Madrid, the Memorandum furthers cooperation between UNWTO and Casa Arabe in common interest areas, including sustainable tourism and ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215308445/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:51:37 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215308445/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 AMMAN (AFP) - International rights groups and media freedom defenders expressed concern on Wednesday about a recent Jordanian government decision to block unlicensed local news websites saying it was a censorship attempt."We are on an urgent press freedom mission with my colleagues," Anthony Mills, deputy director of the International Press Institute, told a joint news conference in ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215308367/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:48:44 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215308367/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 TEHRAN, Iran - To understand the changes likely to occur under Iran’s new president, Hasan Rowhani, consider this summation of the outgoing regime by a veteran foreign policy analyst. Iran’s approach to the world was ideological and focused attention on the Arab-Israeli conflict and Lebanon – issues far from the country’s vital interests, said Davood Hermidas Bavand, a ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306785/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:08:22 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306785/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Bashar Assad but against them. Dressed in jeans, their hair cropped short, the 12 men awaiting their flight are Iraqi Shiites, among hundreds heading for what they see as a struggle to defend fellow Syrian Shiites and their holy sites from the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307188/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:03:22 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307188/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 WASHINGTON: For a measure of the snail’s pace of President Barack Obama’s decision-making on Syria, look at two dates: Aug. 18, 2011, and June 14, 2013. One marks the first of several calls for ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307189/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:03:20 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307189/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Saheel resident Anthony Miles said the two dog-nappers were caught on a neighbour’s CCTV camera while they were walking away with his two dogs – Bertie, a Bolognese and Louie, a Maltese - around 6.30pm on June 13. The pets were mysteriously returned the following ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307190/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:51:23 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307190/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Residents in the Egyptian city of Luxor protested on June 19, decrying the appointment of a member of a hardline Islamist group as the new governor of their province. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya – a former militant group responsible for the 1997 massacre at a Luxor temple that killed 62 people, including 58 foreign tourists. Demonstrators rallied against ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306964/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:45:39 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306964/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Customers visit the Bakdash ice cream store, in Amman, Jordan, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. For Syrians, no visit to Damascus' Old City is complete without a stop at a more than century-old ice cream parlor in its main souq where you can watch them make their distinctive desert by pounding it into shape with giant wooden mallets, then enjoy a bowl of it sprinkled with pistachios. (AP ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307191/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:44:40 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215307191/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A man in a Saudi hospital has pneumonia. The patient in the room next door gets sick, and before anyone realizes what is happening he infects seven others, each of whom infects at least one more. An outbreak is born. A detailed investigation of the viral illness first detected last year in Saudi Arabia has revealed the chilling ease with which the virus can spread to ill patients in the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306783/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:06:07 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215306783/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 ZAIN, Jordan -; Jordan's military says infiltrators from Syria have clashed with Jordanian soldiers near the border. One infiltrator was killed and two ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305773/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:03:49 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305773/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Marsa Alam is a region of more than 100 miles of beautiful coastlines, coral reefs and diving spots. But the city itself is a microcosm of neglect in Egypt since the revolution. It is a ghost town of unfinished construction and promised infrastructure that still doesn't exist. There is no power grid, no water so local hotels and resorts must provide their own generators and water source. And ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305815/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:00:40 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305815/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, Egypt's leading Muslim cleric. (AFP file photo, courtesy of dailynewsegypt.com) Egypt's top Muslim cleric says that peaceful protests against the president are ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305816/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:51:30 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305816/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 (MENAFN - Arab News) Foreign direct investment into Arab states rose by 9.8 percent last year despite unrest in some of them but remained well below its level in 2010, when the Arab Spring erupted, Dhaman annual report said on Tuesday. Arab states attracted FDI worth 47.1 billion (35.4 billion euros) in 2012 compared with 42.9 billion the previous year, the Arab Investment and Export Credit ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305817/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:43:32 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305817/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Sent by the UNHCR Special Envoy on Tuesday, Jolie's visit was "to show support for Syria's refugees, to call on the world to address their plight, and to better understand needs in Jordan and other countries in the region most directly affected by this devastating conflict," Us Magazine reported."The worst humanitarian crisis of the 21st century is unfolding in the Middle ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305485/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:36:08 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305485/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State John Kerry called the Afghan president twice in the past 24 hours to ease Hamid Karzai's anger over the way the Taliban announced the opening of their political office in Qatar. The rift delayed the announced visit to the region this week by the U.S. special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan. Karzai was upset that the Taliban used its formal name ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305818/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 16:35:05 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215305818/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Emirati Saleh Al Shunnar is among the two filmmakers from the UAE to reach the final of the annual Arab Film Studio competition. The top prize is Dh50,000 filmfund. Pawan Singh / The ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304537/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:57:08 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304537/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Recep Tayyip Erdogan , flew to the Maghreb for meetings and trade agreements in Morocco, Algeria and Tunis. Through letters published on activist websites, Turkish protesters urged Tunisians, who overthrew the autocratic Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in an uprising more than two years ago, to demonstrate against the Turkish prime minister. As Mr Erdogan assured leaders in Morocco that everything was ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304538/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:57:03 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304538/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tanks zoom across the desert while helicopters carry out an air assault as part of a joint U.S., Jordan military exercise just across the border from ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304467/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:56:43 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304467/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Manama-june19(BNA) Bahrain Society for Sickle Cell Anaemia Patient Care chairman Zakareya Ebrahim Al-Kadhem today hailed His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al-Khalifa for ordering the re-examination of the Health Ministry's protocols related to sickle cell patients. He hailed HRH the Premier for issuing directives to set up an efficient system and ensure ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304539/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:43:23 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304539/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Manama-june19(BNA)The participants in the National Consensus Dialogue have today agreed to observe a recess during the holy month of Ramadan. They decided to hold the 23rd session on Wednesday - June 26 - before recessing for one month. The parties engaged in the National Consensus Dialogue also agreed to resume sessions on August 28. This came as they convened today for the 22nd session at ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304540/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:43:22 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304540/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Egypt's tourism minister has resigned over the government appointment of an Islamic fundamentalist associated with the group behind the Luxor massacre as governor of Luxor ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304348/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:34:41 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304348/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 "Tunisia and Egypt are a big 'we can do it too,' not just for Swaziland, but for the rest of the African continent and the repressed Arab world," according to the Swazi ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304541/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:15:41 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304541/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Opposition groups, trade unions and Diaspora groups are preparing "Egypt-like" protests in Cameroon tomorrow, 23 February, to call for President Paul Biya to step down. The US Embassy warns of possible ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304534/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:15:27 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304534/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 BEIRUT (AP) -- Hezbollah fighters joined Syrian forces in battling rebels in a Damascus suburb that is home to a revered Shiite Muslim shrine, in a push to secure the area around the ornate, golden domed ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304495/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 15:13:15 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304495/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 There had been speculation Quique Sanchez Flores had requested a significant increase to his salary to remain at the Rashid Stadium. Pawan Singh / The ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303279/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:50:11 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303279/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Baniyas have confirmed Jorge da Silva always represented their first choice to lead the club next season as they prepare to formally introduce him as their new manager. The Uruguayan, 51, will meet members of the Baniyas board Thursday to finalise a one-year contract, although there is an option to extend the deal until 2016. Da Silva, who earlier this month guided Penarol, the Montevideo-based ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303280/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:50:09 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303280/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Cairo, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi welcomed today Catherine Ashton, vice-president of the European Union (EU) and high representative for foreign affairs, and talked to her about the dispute for the construction of the Ethiopian super-dam, according to the official media. In the meeting, they talked about the opening of communication channels between Cairo and Addis ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215302978/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:45:56 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215302978/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A new generation of teenagers in the Middle East believe honour killings to be 'justified', according to a new study of young people in ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215302892/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:30:41 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215302892/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 View Photo AFP/Ahmad Gharabli - An Arab Israeli man points to Hebrew graffiti that reads "Arabs out" (L) and "assimliation" (R), a negative reference to Jews and non-Jews mixing, on the wall of a house in the Arab ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303281/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:27:17 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303281/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 KABUL, Afghanistan ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304152/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:20:40 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215304152/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 WAM TOKYO, June 19, 2013 (WAM) -- Kuwait's trade surplus with Japan jumped 26.4 percent in May to JPY 107.7 billion (USD 1.1 billion) from a year earlier, expanding for the first time since February. Kuwait maintained black ink with Japan for the 64th consecutive month, Kuwait News Agency, KUNA, quoted the Finance Ministry as saying on Wednesday. Kuwait's overall exports to Japan ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303282/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:07:56 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215303282/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Special to WorldTribune.com TEL AVIV -- Israel’s intelligence community has determined that Qatar was serving as an operational base for Hamas. Officials said the intelligence community has tracked an increasing number of Hamas operations to Qatar. They said the Hamas presence in the Gulf Cooperation Council emirate, which included much of the political bureau, has led to initiatives ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301456/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:38 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301456/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Special to WorldTribune.com LONDON -- Germany has reported a major military order from the Middle East. Germany’s Rheinmetall said it received an order of 475 million euros from an unidentified Arab military. The company said it would supply the L-55 artillery for more than 60 Leopard-2A7 main battle ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301884/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:43:37 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301884/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Guests arrive for the opening ceremony of the new Taliban political office in Doha on June 18, 2013. The Taliban office opened in Doha to facilitate peace talks does not carry the name of the "Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan," as it appeared earlier, Qatar said on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301885/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:12:27 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301885/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 PARIS (Reuters) - The main nations making up the Friends of Syria will meet on Saturday in Doha to discuss assistance for the Free Syrian Army following recent successes by government forces, a French foreign ministry official ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301829/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:11:40 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301829/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Qatar , addressing a key issue in upcoming Afghan peace talks, said on Wednesday there was no clear definition of terrorism but suggested the Islamist group would one day clarify what it understood by the term. Speaking in brief remarks to Reuters, Mohammed Naeem, the group's spokesman in Qatar, was asked whether it would comply with a U.S. demand that it renounce al Qaeda during impending ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301886/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:10:30 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215301886/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Qatar is poised to invest into Germany's Solarworld, a loss-making company that could provide valuable technology and sales infrastructure. Qatar Solar Technologies (QSTec), a subsidiary of the Qatar Foundation, could reportedly spend close to US$50 million on a 30 per cent stake in the ailing producer of photovoltaic (PV) panels. It is also said to be ready to buy a EUR200m (Dh983.9m) ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299826/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:29:10 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299826/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 ZARQA, Jordan -; In a June 18 story about U.S.-led war games in Jordan, The Associated Press reported erroneously the organization that employs Tawfiq Hennawi. He works for the Jordan Hashemite Charity Organization, not the International Committee of the Red ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299737/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:03 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299737/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 FILE - In this Sunday, Jan. 2, 2011 file photo, Ahmed el-Tayeb the grand sheik of Cairo's Al-Azhar, the pre-eminent theological institute of Sunni Islam, talks to the media in Cairo, Egypt. El-Tayeb said on Wednesday that peaceful protests against the president are permitted, dismissing declarations by Islamist hard-liners that those behind protests planned for June 30 are heretics. (AP ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299738/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:27:02 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299738/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tehran, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Iran started today a diplomatic offensive in three of its Persian Gulf neighbouring nations, led by Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs, Hossein Amir-Abdollahian. According to a announcement released by IRNA news agency today, the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister is scheduled to meet with his counterparts from the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Oman. ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299828/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:25:16 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299828/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 CAIRO - For the Muslim Brotherhood, running Egypt has been like crossing a minefield. As President Mohamed Morsi ends his first year in office, fortifications being erected at his group's headquarters suggest a looming war.Behind a reinforced wall and a five-inch thick iron gate, the Brotherhood's Cairo compound bears scars of a divisive year that has triggered frequent protests and ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215298946/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:20:24 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215298946/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 View Photo AFP/UNHCR/AFP/File - Angelina Jolie (centre) meets refugees at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan near the Syria border last December. Jolie has urged the international community to boost aid to Syrian ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215300174/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:07:05 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215300174/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 MrKarzaisaid that his High Peace Council would "neither attend nor participate in the talks" until the process is "completely" in the hands of ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299830/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:05:50 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299830/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 President Morsi has enraged residents in Luxor, one of Egypt's main tourism destinations, by appointing as governor a former member of Al Gamaa ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299182/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:47:22 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299182/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 All over Africa, the dramatic events in Tunisia and Egypt are followed, with opposition groups and dissidents hoping the same could happen in their country. Mostly, these are only dreams, but some could come ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299813/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:45:41 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299813/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Excerpts: Egypt risks 30 June protest violence. 3,000 jobs in Saudi for Egyptians. Russia urges softening Iran sanctions. Fiji offers 500+troops for Golan June 19, 2013 +++SOURCE: Fox News 19 ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299832/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:43:41 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299832/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 DUBAI (Reuters) - The Taliban's spokesman in Qatar said representatives of the Afghan insurgency would meet U.S. officials for preliminary peace talks on Thursday but no time had been set.The spokesman, Mohammed Naeem, told Reuters by telephone that no Afghan government officials would be at the meeting. A team of U.S. negotiators arrived in Qatar earlier on Wednesday and held a meeting with ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297860/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:35 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297860/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 UNITED NATIONS // A daughter and son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi moved from Algeria to Oman in breach of UN sanctions, a UN ambassador said yesterday. The United Nations and international police organisation Interpol may soon issue a global alert over members of the Qaddafi family and other Qaddafi associates who are on the run and face UN sanctions. Aisha Qaddafi and Mohammed ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297861/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:07 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297861/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 One of India's largest listed real estate developers has announced plans to launch offices in some Gulf countries as part of an overseas expansion. In December, Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd, which has delivered 3.3m ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297862/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:05:48 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297862/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Qatar is likely to launch an international tender to renew its fleet of ageing fighter jets soon and is interested in France's Rafale, a French official said ahead of President Francois Hollande's state visit this week to the Gulf Arab ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297863/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:29 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297863/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:00am EDT * Fed could stem asset purchase programme in H2 -poll * EIA crude stocks post unexpected rise (Adds EIA weekly oil stocks data, updates prices) By Simon Falush LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Brent oil rose on Wednesday supported by fears that violence in Syria could spread elsewhere in the region, disrupting supply, while investors looked to a meeting of the Federal ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299747/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:00:37 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299747/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The West may be flip-flopping over whether or not to send lethal arms to the Syria rebels, but that has not stopped a 12-day military exercise in Jordan, in which thousands of troops from a variety of countries are preparing for the possibility of fighting in Syria. The war games come to an end ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297421/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:58:43 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297421/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Jun (Bernama) -- Delegasi dari Arab Saudi dan Afrika berminat menggunakan teknologi dan pelan yang diguna pakai Syarikat Perumahan Negara Berhad (SPNB) dalam mengendalikan pembinaan projek perumahan kos rendah dan sederhana. SPNB dalam kenyataan di sini berkata perkara tersebut dinyatakan Profesor Seni Bina dan Perumahan, King Saud University Prof Dr Ali Bahammam dan ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297864/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:55:39 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297864/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas said on Wednesday its relations with financial backer Iran have suffered as a result of the Islamist group's support of rebels battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, a long-time Iranian ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297795/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:48:18 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297795/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed Jun 19, 2013 10:41am EDT By Brenda Goh, Praveen Menon and John Irish PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Qatar is likely to launch an international tender to renew its fleet of ageing fighter jets soon and is interested in France's Rafale, a French official said, while sources said it was also looking at the BAE Systems-backed Eurofighter Typhoon. Qatar said in 2011 it wanted to replace its fleet ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299831/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:41:14 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215299831/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Adel Mohamed al-Khayat is a former leader of terrorist group Gamaa Islamiya -- which in 1997 sent a terrorist squad that massacred 62 tourists before killing themselves at the ancient Temple of Hatshepsut in Luxor -- and now he's a governor. Egyptian President Mohamed Morsi this ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297600/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:57 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297600/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Forces loyal to Syria's embattled President Bashar Assad are reported to be tightening a cordon around the northern city of Aleppo, once the country's commercial heart, in a major offensive against rebels who hold 60 percent of the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215298875/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:39:56 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215298875/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 has a nifty insurance policy for any dull moment that may arise. The Emirati singer and all-out diva has more than once stolen the show from her fellow judges and contestants with controversial quotes, colourful outfits and a regal guest performance in the semi-final. The result so far has this year's series follow two plot-lines: Who will make it to the final? And what will Ahlam say ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296080/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:07:37 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296080/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 UAE authorities for allegedly setting up an illegal branch of Egypt's Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, a prosecutor said on Wednesday.The suspects have been referred to the Gulf nation's State Security Court, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296244/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:31 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296244/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 U.S. President Barack Obama, left, gestures during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel at the German Chancellery on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, in Berlin. (AP Photo/Evan ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296245/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:29 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296245/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 ALGIERS: After an absence of 10 years, the Miss Algeria beauty contest is to resume on Friday in the western city of Oran, organisers said.A total of 20 women aged between 18 and 26 have been carefully selected from Algeria's main cities to line up for the beauty pageant, co-organiser and jury member Hamza Ameziane ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296224/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:28 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296224/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Iraq on Wednesday killed the leader of a provincial political party and four relatives, officials said, on the eve of elections his bloc was to participate in.Yunus al-Ramah, head of the United Iraq party, had been hosting a social gathering at his home in the town of Al-Hadhr, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296139/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:28 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296139/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Ating President of the Syrian National Council (SNC) George Sabra (C) and members of Syrian National Council attend a press conference at the end of Syrian Opposition meeting on May 30, 2013 in Istanbul. AFP PHOTO / OZAN ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296246/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:55:27 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296246/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 JERUSALEM, Israel -- Police rescued two Jewish men just in time Wednesday morning after Israeli Arabs bombarded their car with rocks, smashing all the windows. The two men fled from the car, escaping an attempted lynching as the mob began beating them. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld told CBN News police arrived on the scene within eight minutes and initiated a search for the perpetrators, who ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296247/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:53:55 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296247/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Middle Eastern version of "American Idol" is the feel-good story of the year Performers say they're lucky to be part of show, talk about its power to bring people together "I'm trying to make people love one another again," Syrian singer says Executive producer's proud to be part of "something that all of the Arab world" can unite ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296197/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:47:44 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296197/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 "United Arab Emirates Endoscopy Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2019" report to their offering. "United Arab Emirates Endoscopy Devices Investment Opportunities, Analysis and Forecasts to 2019", this new report provides key market data on the United Arab Emirates endoscopy devices market. The report provides value (USD million), volume ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296248/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:45:19 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296248/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The ceremony will be held under the patronage of Shaikha Hind Bint Maktoum Al Maktoum, wife of His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, to honour orphans and spread joy among ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296249/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:43:28 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215296249/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 LONDON, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 9:28am EDT LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC : * Rolls Royce-wins $200M order from oman air * Contract to deliver trent 700 engines to power three airbus A330 aircraft * Source text for ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297553/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:28:12 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215297553/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 An Egyptian signs a petition for Tamarod, Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections in the Shubra neighborhood in Cairo, Egypt, June 2, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294310/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:00:15 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294310/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The approximately 1 billion the EU gave to the Egyptian government from 2007 to 2013 to fight corruption and promote human rights made little progress, according to the European Court of Auditors. A report by the ECA declared EU support for governance in Egypt, the most populous Arab country and a priority of the European Neighborhood and Partnership Instrument, as "well-intentioned but ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294030/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:52:25 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294030/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Manama, June 19. (BNA) -- APM Terminals Bahrain,(APMT) the operators of the state-of-the-art Khalifa bin Salman Port, (KBSP), today welcomed the largest container vessel yet to enter Bahrain's waters. APL Antwerp, on route from Asia docked in Bahrain for one day. The vessel is on its Asia-Middle East schedule calling at Jebel Ali, Bahrain and Dammam before heading eastbound to Singapore and ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294163/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:42:44 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294163/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A member of the Free Syrian Army aims his weapon through a hole as he takes up a defensive position in Deir al-Zor June 18, 2013. Picture taken June 18, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294272/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:28:46 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294272/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 CAIRO - Egypt's most powerful Muslim group has blamed the secular and liberal opposition for a wave of violence over the appointment of new Islamist governors. A Wednesday statement by the Freedom and Justice party, political arm of the Muslim Brotherhood, says the refusal of opposition leaders to talk to Islamist President Mohammed Morsi was to blame for the violence in four Nile Delta ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294358/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:26:58 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294358/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294359/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:25 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294359/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Some Arab members of the Israeli parliament, the Knesset, said Wednesday that Prime Minister Netanyahu's call for early elections was a simple political calculation. Netanyahu called on Tuesday for an early election, seeking to strengthen his political position after signaling that any military action against Iran could be months away.Opinion polls suggest Netanyahu's right-wing Likud ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294360/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:23 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294360/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 One Israeli soldier and three armed men have been killed in clashes along the Israel-Egypt border. Israeli troops shot the three heavily armed men when they crossed the Egyptian border and ambushed the soldiers, averting "a very big terror attack", an Israeli military spokeswoman said on Friday. The incident took place on the Israeli side of the frontier at a place called Har Harif, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294361/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:15:17 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294361/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Kuwait said Wednesday it was " determined to go ahead with" the construction of a port which neighboring Iraq said would affect its shipping lanes.Kuwaiti government spokesman Ali Al-Rashid said the Gulf emirate "won't be intimidated by any remarks," referring to those from Baghdad earlier Wednesday which called the construction of the Mubarak Al-Kabir port on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294171/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:14:06 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215294171/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Photographs of the Middle East on Zamaaan - your Passport to the Past are keeping alive links with the region's recent history, and the people who lived it. Courtesy Noor Al ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292833/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:51:39 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292833/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Egyptians looks through a decorated tent set by volunteers to offer a shade spot in Tahrir Square, the focal point of Egyptian uprising in Cairo, Egypt, Tuesday, June 18, 2013. Temperatures in Cairo reached 34 degrees Celsius (93 degrees Fahrenheit). (AP Photo/Amr ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292976/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:49:34 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292976/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:43am EDT (Adds dropped word "million" in first paragraph) PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - Boeing said on Wednesday it had won a firm order from Oman Air for five 737-900ER planes valued at $473 million at list prices. The order was previously logged as being from an unidentified customer. It marks the first order for a 787-900ER from a Gulf customer. Oman Air now has six ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215293989/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:43:06 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215293989/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 These are troubled times to be putting on a festival celebrating a culture that is, on several levels and in different regions of its rich geography, tearing itself apart. Three "cradles" of our many regional civilisations ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292800/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:42:10 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292800/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Only Saudi citizens are allowed to subscribe for IPOs The subscriptions to IPOs (initial public offerings) in the Saudi stock market dropped drastically during the year, according to a recent economic study."The total amount of IPO subscriptions since the beginning of the year till June fell to SR 1.2 billion, accounting for 53 percent compared to SR 2.5 billion in the same period last ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292977/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:37:35 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292977/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Ramadan is considered to be the holiest month in the Islamic calendar. A month in which Muslims around the world not only fast but celebrate this special time by showing humility, spending time with loved ones and giving the most of themselves as a means of charity. However Ramadan is a sensitive time when one can offend a colleague or acquaintance without ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292978/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:56 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292978/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Reflecting on love for enemies, the prefect of the Congregation for the Oriental Churches prayed that God might "render Eastern Christians [in the Middle East] strong and meek, filling them with the consolation of the faith, along with all those who partake in their tragic fate." "When one thinks of the vortex of violence - as unceasing as it is irrational - which has struck our ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292853/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:40 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292853/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The patriarch of the Maronite Catholic Church has consecrated Lebanon and the entire Middle East to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, a Catholic, and Prime Minister Tammam Salam, a Muslim, were present at the consecration. During the consecration, Cardinal Bchara Boutros Ra ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292854/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:20:39 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292854/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A group of demonstrators attempted to break into the Muslim Brotherhood's headquarters in Gharbiya governorate on Tuesday, an eyewitness said. They hurled petrol bombs and stones at the building, the eyewitness added. The demonstrators earlier attempted to barge into a services office belonging to the brotherhood yet they later withdrew. At the same time, a state of cautious calm ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292979/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:38 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292979/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The Salafi Nour Party said on Tuesday it will not participate in next Friday's demonstrations in order to avoid any violence that may break out. Demonstrating amid such circumstances leads to mobilising more crowds from the opposing side, the Middle East News Agency reported the party as saying. Several Islamist parties including the Freedom and Justice Party, the Building and Development ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292980/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:16:38 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292980/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Not too long ago, Ahmad Gamal spent most of his time in front of beakers in a lab rather than before a microphone on a star-studded stage. While the Egyptian has completed his pharmacy degree in his homeland, his once-hidden vocal and composing talents have gained the most recognition. "It has indeed been something I could never expect," he says. "To be here in the final is such ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291856/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:45:13 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291856/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 set, led by the four superstar judges: the UAE's Ahlam, Lebanon's Ragheb Alama and Nancy Ajram and the Egyptian Hassan El Shafei. "They all have their own personalities but they are very complimentary," she says. "For instance, Ragheb has a real love for the crowd, Nancy has a real soft heart and is easy-going while Hassan is just a real pro." Hilal singles out ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291857/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:45:08 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291857/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Secretary general of the Qatar 2022 supreme committee Hassan al Thawadi says in Brazil that the World Cup could be hosted at 'whatever time' as the debate regarding the scheduling for the global event rumbles on. Summer temperatures in Qatar are often around 40 degrees Celsius, which would take a toll on most players. Many European clubs are opposed to a winter World Cup due to ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291595/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:36:01 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291595/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Up to 15 people were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said."Our latest report said that 15 worshippers were killed and 30 others wounded by the suicide bombing at al-Husseiniyah (Shiite mosque) in Baghdad," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.The attack occurred around ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291858/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:35:31 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291858/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Philippine Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert Del Rosario talks about three big issues involving the Philippines, including the presence of the Philippine contingent to the UN peacekeeping forces at the Golan Heights during a news conference Wednesday June 19, 2013 in Manila, Philippines. (AP Photo/Bullit ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291859/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:33:42 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291859/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Mogadishu on Wednesday, police and witnesses said, in a strike that bore the hallmarks of al Qaeda-linked militants.The bomber set off his explosives outside the gate of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) base before attackers ran inside and opened fire on security guards, a senior police official told Reuters.Gunfire could still be heard more than 30 minutes after the initial ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291860/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:33:42 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291860/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Former British prime minister Tony Blair leaves after addressing delegates at the Iraq Britain Business Council (IBBC) fourth annual conference in central London on November 5, 2012. AFP PHOTO/JUSTIN ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291861/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:33:40 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291861/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Manama: June 19 -- (BNA) -- Aluminum Bahrain B.S.C. (Alba)'s decision to be a platinum sponsor of the United Nations Public Services Forum, Day and Awards Ceremony (UNPSD2013) taking place in the Kingdom of Bahrain from June 24 - 27, 2013 underlines the company's commitment to support global initiatives being formed to strengthen best practices in public service. Organized under ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291862/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:32:08 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291862/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The UAE ranked second and its inflow rose 25 per cent to $9.6 billion Foreign direct investment, or FDI, into Arab world rose by nearly 10 per cent in 2012 led by Saudi Arabia and the UAE, according to a latest report.Last year, Arab countries attracted FDI worth $47.1 billion despite political uncertainty in some of them compared to $42.9 billion in the previous year, the Arab Investment and ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291596/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:31:29 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291596/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Qatar Exchange has announced the introduction of government bonds issued by the Qatar Central Bank for trading on the exchange, which will commence on 20 June 2013, in a step that supports the development of the financial market in the State of Qatar on the one hand and diversification of investment tools available for banks, institutions and investors on the other.The trading of government bonds ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291864/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:31:22 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291864/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 For the third consecutive year, Zain Bahrain is sponsoring the celebration of the Social Media Club's Social Media Day, an annual event that takes place on the thirtieth of June every ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292487/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:31:18 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215292487/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Kuwait's acting oil minister said on Wednesday current oil prices were "fair" and that the Gulf Arab state was producing around 3 million barrels of crude per ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291725/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:13:32 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215291725/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 BEIRUT -; Syrian state television says an accidental explosion at a military depot outside the northwestern coastal city of Latakia has left six people lightly ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290948/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:38:34 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290948/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 MANILA, Philippines -- Brain drain has claimed another ranking official of the state-run weather bureau. Vicente Malano, officer-in-charge at the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration told INQUIRER.net on Wednesday in a phone interview that he received a text message from Pagasa administrator Nathaniel Servando Tuesday night informing him of his decision to ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290905/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:31:48 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290905/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Two people, including an army recruit, were killed and 16 others wounded Tuesday after a shell hit a military unit in the Upper Egyptian governorate of Assiut, the state-run Al-Ahram Online reported.A soldier and a civil servant were killed, Assiut Security Chief, Maj. Gen. Abul Qassim Abu Daif said.He added that the wounded have been sent to ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290690/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:30:28 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290690/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A suicide bomber killed a government-backed Sunni tribal leader and three people, and wounded six in a town in south of Iraq's northern city of Mosul, a local police source said Wednesday.The attack occurred late Tuesday night when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest near the tribal leader Sheikh Younis al-Rammahi while he was receiving his brothers and cousins at his house in the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290906/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:30:28 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290906/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Amman: June 19 -- (BNA)-- HM King Abdullah II Ibn Al-Hussein of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan departed from Amman today embarking on an official visit to the British Capital, London. The Jordanian News Agency (Petra) reported that HM King Abdullah II is expected to hold talks with British Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Minister William Hague. The Jordanian King is also expected ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290907/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:27:05 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290907/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Former Egyptian President waves from the dock (File photo: AFP) Toppled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said that his decision to step down was his own, adding that he could have remained in power if he had wanted to, in an interview ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290812/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:26:35 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290812/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 BEIRUT (Reuters) - A loud explosion was heard near a military site in the Syrian port city of Latakia on Wednesday, opposition groups and state media said, but the cause of the blast was unclear. Explosions in Latakia, part of President Bashar al-Assad's stronghold on the Mediterranean coast, have been rare during Syria's two-year-old conflict. State television said the blast was caused ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290788/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:24:47 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290788/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The fashion of the Arab world is characterized with its unique culture and traditions. But although designers from the Middle East have been getting a lot of attention lately, Arab fashion is still missing exposure to international runways and fashion events. In the rare cases in which fashion weeks include something from the region, it is usually shadowed by more mainstream and commercial ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290804/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:11:11 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290804/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 SANAA (Reuters) - Three people were killed and eight wounded in a town in northern Yemen on Wednesday when a suicide bomber riding a motorbike blew himself up in a busy market, a security official said. The attack occurred in Saada, a town near the border ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290953/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:10:41 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290953/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 After the war, Lebanon experienced a period of economic prosperity. Revenues from tourism in that period increased ten-fold. Lebanon is often called the "Switzerland of the Middle East." However, after the outbreak of the Civil War (1975-1983) the country faced difficult ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290875/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:56:33 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215290875/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 NEW DELHI, June 19 (Itar-Tass) - Eleven Russian seafarers were rescued from the MOL Comfort container ship that wrecked in the Arabian Sea, the Sri Lankan authorities said on Wednesday. They will be delivered to Colombo on Friday. After this a decision on restoring seafarers’ documents and their return to Russia will be taken. The Mol Comfort flying the flag of the Bahamas broke into two ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289958/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:28:02 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289958/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 China hosted an international conference on Israeli-Palestinian peace this week in a fresh attempt to relaunch the long-stalled talks between the two sides.Although it is widely recognized that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is the core issue in the Middle East, the strenuous and painful steps toward peace have stoked deep skepticism. In the last three years, when most of the world's ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289959/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:26:11 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289959/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 New York, June 19 (BNA) - Qatar signed last night the Protocol to Eliminate Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products. The signing ceremony took place at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, where the Permanent Representative of Qatar to the UN Shaikh Mishaal bin Hamad Al Thani signed the Protocol. The signing ceremony was attended by Representative of UN Secretary General and Head of the Treaty ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289853/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:22:43 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289853/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Kuwaiti telecoms operator Viva, part-owned by Saudi Telecom Co (STC) and the Kuwaiti government, has secured $270m to help fund plans to upgrade its network and expand in ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289960/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:22:07 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289960/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Demonstrators storm the offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political wing, the Freedom and Justice Party, in protest of President Morsi's expansion of powers in Alexandria, Egypt, on Nov. 23. (Photo: Mohamed Hanno, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289961/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:02:39 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289961/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A rockets barrage was launched by militants from the Gaza Strip early Wednesday toward southern Israel, a military source told Xinhua.The barrage included three rockets which were launched toward the Ashkelon coast area. According to a scan carried out by the Israeli military, none of the rockets made their way into Israel and they all exploded within the Gaza Strip territories.No damages or ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289030/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:36 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289030/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The G8 summit closed here on Tuesday amid consensuses, compromises and differences over various issues, in particular the Syria crisis this time.Whatsoever, all the G8 members hoped the Syria issue could be solved, and British Prime Minister David Cameron, the host of this summit, called on all parties to implement their consensus to help Syria end its domestic ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289029/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:35 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289029/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Japekrom (B/A), June 18, GNA - Mr Paul Evans Aidoo, Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, has appealed to Muslims to prioritize the education of their children as it was the bedrock for ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289031/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:21:29 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215289031/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Bahrain's parliament unanimously voted to deny any more building permits for nightclubs and bars in the residential and commercial district of Juffair, a move which could be the start of a clampdown across the whole of the island state, it was reported on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288863/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:17:09 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288863/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 More than half (55 per cent) of respondents said they invested locally rather than internationally While other markets are busy finding ways to stem capital flight, there is a growing trend of Middle Eastern investors keeping their money at home and taking control of their assets.Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Qatar are now being seen as safe havens for investors to park their wealth. This trend became ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288971/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:16:55 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288971/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A majority of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the Middle East believe wealth creation is faster today than in the past, more than any other region globally, according to the latest report by of Barclays Wealth Insights.Over half (60%) of respondents in the Middle East agreed that wealth can be created faster today than in the past, in comparison to 43 per cent in Europe and 31 per cent in ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288164/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:20:32 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288164/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Egypt as the country attempts to emerge from British occupation and forge its own identity. Palace Walk tells the story up to the 1919 revolution against the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288140/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:18:00 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288140/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Unknown assailants vandalized vehicles and sprayed grafitti in an Arab village near Jerusalem overnight Monday, unleashing a wave of condemnation by Israel's top leadership. Residents of Abu Ghosh, located 10 kilometers west of the capital, woke up early Tuesday to find nearly 30 vehicles with slashed tires and graffiti on walls that read "Arabs go home," in what police suspect ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288201/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:17:44 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288201/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Babel, english company filming about tourism in arab countries. Iraq, 1961, Ani, Latif el - Professional photographer, Ani, Latif el Collection, Copyright Arab Image Foundation (Photo from the event's Facebook ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288202/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:13:38 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288202/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 WAM ABU DHABI: "What do the new Egypt rulers want by singling out the UAE as the reason for their failure to rise up to the challenges of the post-January 25 Revolution facing the largest Arab country?," a local UAE paper on Wednesday asked. Describing the constant attacks on the UAE by senior leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood, the ruling party in Egypt, as inexplicable, the English ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288203/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:47:39 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215288203/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 HSBC Holdings has been appointed to manage a public share offer of a joint venture firm that owns and operates a $1bn water and power project in Oman, two banking sources said on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287175/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:09:56 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287175/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Kuwait hanged two Egyptian men on Tuesday, one for murder and the other for abduction and rape, state news agency KUNA reported, in the second set of executions in the Gulf Arab state this ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287303/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:09:55 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287303/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 SolarWorld still needs the backing of some bondholders for a wide-ranging debt restructuring that would make Qatar a major new shareholder in the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287304/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:09:55 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287304/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Kuwait mobile operator Zain will make acquisitions and partnerships in computer-based industries this year to exploit rising demand for data and help offset falling conventional call and text income, its chief executive told ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287135/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:09:54 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287135/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Oman should consider fiscal reforms as a priority because continued growth in public spending may be unsustainable in the long run, its central bank has ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287176/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:52:46 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287176/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A grand slam home run off the bat of Matt Dominguez was the big blow in Houston's 10-1 rout of the visiting Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday. Dominguez went 2-for-3 with five RBI for the Astros, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287630/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:48:24 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215287630/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 US-based global provider of real estate services, Coldwell Banker has announced the launch of its Oman operations, Muscat Daily has reported. The company's operations in the sultanate will provide professional real estate services like residential renting, buying and selling services, commercial renting, market research and property valuation, and property and facility ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215286376/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:05:23 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215286376/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Kuwait Financial Centre (Markaz) recently published the executive summary of its report on GCC education sector. In this research note, Markaz analyzes status of the GCC education sector and highlights its current and expected enrollment trends and market size. The report also discusses challenges and investment opportunities in the GCC education sector. Based on the report's estimates, in ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215286618/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:59:27 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215286618/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Tuesday welcomed the understandings reached on Syria by leaders of the Group of Eight industrial nations in a communique on the same day.In a statement released here by his spokesperson, Ban welcomed the commitment to bring the Syrian sides to the negotiating table, saying that he stands ready to convene the Geneva Conference on Syria as soon as possible to ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284753/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:57 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284753/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Syrian analysts said that the G8 leaders brought "nothing new" on the Syrian issue during their two- day summit at Lough Erne in Northern Ireland.After their summit, the G8 countries stressed their commitment to achieve a political solution to Syria's long-standing crisis but didn't call for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as precondition to political dialogue ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284754/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:56 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284754/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Israeli President Shimon Peres urged Tuesday Israeli and Palestinian leaders to give their children a "ray of hope.""We long for peace with our neighbors. The yesterday between us and the Palestinians is full of sadness," Peres said, adding that "I believe that the Israel of tomorrow and the Palestine of tomorrow can offer our children a ray of hope."The president ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284755/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:55 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284755/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The Lebanese army completed its deployment in various neighborhoods of the southern city of Sidon which witnessed sectarian clashes Tuesday that left one person dead and four injured.The army Command-Guidance Directorate said in a statement that the army units managed to "eliminate all armed manifestations, opening roads to traffic and fully restoring normal situation."Clashes erupted ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284756/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:54 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284756/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday that Israel will not accept anything less than the total halt of Iranian uranium enrichment."We cannot accept anything less than a total cessation of all enrichment of nuclear materials at all levels, removal of all enriched nuclear material and a closure of Iran's illicit nuclear facilities," Netanyahu said during a ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284757/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:53 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284757/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 France was ready to work with the newly-elected Iranian moderate cleric Hassan Rohani, urging him to take concrete moves to build the confidence with the West, Foreign Affairs Ministry said Tuesday."France has taken note of the election of Mr. Hassan Rohani and ... was determined, with its partners ... to find a long-term diplomatic solution," to suspend Teheran's uranium ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284758/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:52 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284758/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 The US technology giant Cisco plans to open a new research and development center in Israel, the company's CEO John Chambers said during his meeting with Israel's Minister of Finance Yair Lapid on Tuesday.The new center is expected to offer 100 jobs, to be added to about 2,000 employees already work at Cisco center in Israel.Chambers said the new project, whose main focus is information ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284759/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:51 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284759/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati reiterated Tuesday his appeal for the international community to cooperate with Lebanon in sharing the burden of Syrian refugee influx.Miqati called for imposing certain standards on the refugees entering Lebanon during a conference attended by UN Higher Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.The prime minister said Lebanon would not be able to cope with ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284760/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:50 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284760/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Clashes erupted on Tuesday between followers of a Sunni cleric and alleged pro-Hezbollah fighters in Sidon of southern Lebanon, a local security source told Xinhua.Unconfirmed reports said one of cleric Sheikh Ahmed al-Assir's supporters was killed in the clashes.The Lebanese army units were deployed in the region immediately in a bid to restore security.Several media reports said ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284762/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:49 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284762/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Visiting EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday discussed with Lebanese officials the plight of Syrian refugees in the country and urged "a political solution to the conflict in Syria."According to a statement, Ashton said after a meeting with Lebanese President Michel Suleiman that "de-escalating tensions in Lebanon is a priority."Ashton said "any country ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284761/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:48 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284761/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Leaders of the Group of Eight (G8) said on Tuesday a peace conference on the Syrian crisis should be held "as soon as possible."In a final communique, G8 leaders said they were determined "to work together to stop the bloodshed and loss of life in Syria and to support the Syrian people to establish peace and stability through political means.""We are gravely concerned at ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284763/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:46 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284763/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 KHALIL HANWARE | Arab News Staff Last Update 19 June 2013 2:05 am JEDDAH: Saudi Arabia topped the list as foreign direct investment (FDI) into Arab states rose by 9.8 percent last year. Despite unrest in some of them, FDI in Arab states exceeded $ 47 billion in 2012 compared with $ 42.9 ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284994/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:54:57 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284994/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 DEIR EL GABRAWI, Egypt ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284470/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:58:07 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215284470/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 will add a direct port call at Bahrain to its South China Sea Express and Middle East Express services.The new rotation will begin on Aug. 12, with the sailing of the NYK Theseus, voyage 26w/27e33, according to the container ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215283676/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:52:32 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215283676/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Leaders of the Group of Eight nations on Tuesday condemned "in the strongest terms" any use of chemical weapons in Syria and called on all sides to allow U.N. investigators to look into their alleged use, as they wrapped up their two-day summit in Northern ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215283857/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:40:14 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215283857/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 More than 100 American citizens have been trapped on two U.S. Army bases in Kuwait for months because of a contract dispute. (Wikipedia/public ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215282552/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:27:19 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215282552/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 This is where we are today, as a country and a society. You can't even hold an Arab American film festival in Dearborn, Michigan, a center of the Arab American community in this country. The festival was supposed to run this month, but last month the Arab American Chamber of Commerce pulled the plug on it. What a shame! Young filmmakers from across the US and the world would have come ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215282553/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:34 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215282553/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said ';we must not lose sight of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict,'; whose resolution was no less urgent. Calling for a ';clear political horizon'; to break the impasse and maximize present momentum, Mr. Ban told the UN Asia and Pacific International Meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, in ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281370/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:55 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281370/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 WASHINGTON (AFP) - US envoys will launch talks this week with the Taliban, officials announced Tuesday, in a tentative first step towards finding a negotiated escape from the decade-long Afghan war.The chance to start a dialogue came as the Islamist insurgent group opened a political office in the Qatari capital Doha to act as an embassy to its foes in Washington and President Hamid Karzai's ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281418/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:51:46 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281418/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Russian President Vladimir Putin, British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama wave during a group photo opportunity during the G-8 summit at the Lough Erne golf resort in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, on Tuesday, June 18, 2013. (AP Photo/Lefteris ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281306/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:39 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281306/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Gulf Research Center in Jeddah. Since the fall of Syrian rebel stronghold Qusair this month, there has been growing unease in Saudi Arabia’s dusty capital Riyadh about the opposition’s chances. Riyadh has been backing the mainly Sunni rebels with arms, money and political support, while Western countries, above all the U.S., have given mixed signals, calling for Assad’s ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281420/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:38 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281420/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 File - In this Sunday, March 3, 2013 file photo, A Kurdish female member of the Popular Protection Units stands guard at a check point near the northeastern city of Qamishli, Syria. Taking advantage of the chaos of the civil war, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281419/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:37 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281419/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 TRT said 13 had been held in Eskisehir.Protests have frequently turned into fierce clashes between police firing tear gas and water cannons and masked demonstrators throwing bottles and other missiles, images that have dented Turkey's reputation for stability in a volatile Middle East.Western countries have expressed concern about the police's handling of the protests against Erdogan, ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281421/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:35 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281421/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Russia Tuesday urged the West to consider relaxing sanctions against Iran, saying there was unprecedented hope of a breakthrough in the nuclear standoff ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281422/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:26 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281422/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 They secured a 2-1 success at home to South Africa on Sunday, however, their place in the last phase is under threat following an announcement from FIFA that they are face an investigation for allegedly fielding an ineligible player in a fixture with Botswana on June ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281176/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:17:01 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215281176/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Moscow, June 18. (BNA) - A Bahrain parliamentary delegation led by Mp Abdulrahman Boumajeed today met Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Russian President's Envoy to the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov and discussed regional and international developments. Talks focused on steps undertaken to implement the recommendations set by the Bahrain Independent Commission of Inquiry (BICI), the ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280254/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:32:58 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280254/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Among the 17 provincial governors appointed by Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi on June 16, at least 7 are affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood, and one is affiliated with a suspected Islamic terrorist group. The appointments by Morsi show that the Egyptian president is feeling pressure from Islamic groups, notes the AsiaNewes service. The appointment of Adel Asaad el Khayat as governor of ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280255/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:40 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280255/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 CAIRO, Egypt Egypt's foreign minister is in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa today to diffuse a diplomatic standoff over access to the Nile River that had led President Mohamed Morsi to threaten his Ethiopian counterparts with the prospect of "war." Foreign Minister Mohamed Kamel Amr's visit comes a week after Ethiopia's parliament voted to strip Egypt of its right to ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280212/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:16:07 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280212/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A United Nations official says more needs to be done to support the estimated 1 million Syrian refugees who will have fled to Lebanon by year's end. The worsening violence in Syria has prompted an estimated 1.5 million people to flee to neighboring Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey with refugee camps already filled beyond capacity in the countries. U.N. High Commissioner for ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280288/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:10:04 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280288/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A controversial dam on the Nile River will be the subject of negotiations by Ethiopia, Egypt and Sudan, foreign ministers of the countries announced Tuesday. The negotiations will deal with the political and technical aspects of dividing the river's waters between the countries, Egypt's Ahram Online reported. The $4.2 billion dam is planned by Ethiopia to power a hydroelectric plant. ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280253/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:09:59 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215280253/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Syrian children roll used car tyres on a street in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on April 12, 2013. An epidemic of measles is sweeping through parts of northern Syria, with at least 7,000 people affected because the ongoing civil war has disrupted vaccination programmes, Doctors Without Borders said on ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215279030/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:12:19 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215279030/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 A son and daughter of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi moved from Algeria to Oman in apparent violation of a U.N. travel ban, the committee monitoring U.N. sanctions against Libya said Tuesday. Rwanda's U.N. Ambassador Eugene Richard Gasana, who chairs the committee, told the Security Council that Algeria's U.N. Mission confirmed on June 5 that Aisha Gadhafi and Mohammed Gadhafi ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215278985/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:27 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215278985/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 FILE - In this Friday, May 17, 2013 file photo, An Egyptian protester shouts anti-President Mohammed Morsi slogans as he holds an application for "Tamarod", Arabic for "rebel", a campaign calling for the ouster of Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi and for early presidential elections, during a protest in Tahrir Square, in Cairo, Egypt. Opponents of Egypt’s Islamist ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215278996/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:10:03 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215278996/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 ADDIS ABABA - Egypt and Ethiopia are taking steps to defuse tension over Ethiopia's diversion of the Nile River to construct a massive hydroelectric dam. The ministers of foreign affairs from both countries held talks in Addis Ababa on Monday and Tuesday. At issue: the tensions that rose after Ethiopia began diverting part of the Blue Nile to advance construction the Great Ethiopian ... http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215278995/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:06:49 -0400 http://www.theiraqnews.net/index.php/sid/215278995/scat/48fcf33f9aeb6130