Fireworks, Performances by 120 Entertainers Khaleej Times DUBAI - Daily fireworks and performances by more than 120 artistes from different countries will entertain shoppers and visitors during the 15th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival that begins tomorrow. | The fireworks, sponsored by Al Zarooni Group, will be held everyday throughout DSF in Al Seef ar...
The Big Question: What would a genocide charge mean for Sudan's leader and his country? The Independent | Why are we asking this now? | The International Criminal Court has decided that Sudan's president Omar al-Bashir may be charged with genocide after all. Appeal judges in The Hague yesterday reversed an earlier ruling by the ICC's own pre-trial cham...
On Feb. 3, 1959, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and "The Big Bopper" died in a ... KDVR Today is Wednesday, Feb. 3, the 34th day of 2010. There are 331 days left in the year. | Today's Highlight in History: | On Feb. 3, 1943, during World War II, the U.S. transport ship Dorchester, which was carrying troops to Greenland, sank after bein...
Herodotus, and the Parsis at Thermopylae The News International Sunday, January 31, 2010 | Aakar Patel | In 480 BC, Persia's emperor Xerxes attacked and defeated Greece. He bridged the Hellespont, the slim neck between Europe and Asia now called the Dardanelles, and marched his army of Iraqis, Iranians, Egyptians...
Sunday, January 31, 2010 By Aakar Patel The News International In 480 BC, Persia's emperor Xerxes attacked and defeated Greece. He bridged the Hellespont, the slim neck between Europe and Asia now called the Dardanelles, and marched his army of Iraqis, Iranians, Egyptians and Indians across to Macedonia and then...
Melrose Resources strikes oil in Egypt Money Week | Melrose Resources has found oil at its South Damas No.1 exploration well in Egypt. | The company penetrated 76 feet of net gas pay with good reservoir properties after drilling down 4,345 feet in the Sidi Salim formation in the South East Mansoura ...
Egypt's EFG-Hermes eyeing RBS Pakistan unit Daily Star Lebanon | Friday, February 05, 2010 | - Powered by | KARACHI: Egypt’s No. 1 bank EFG-Hermes has expressed interest in buying the operations of the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) in Pakistan, a central bank official said Thursday. Pakistan’s MC...
Minimum Wage Not Enough All Africa A stalemate between labour unions and business associations is preventing Egyptian authorities from setting a minimum wage that could improve the lot of millions of citizens living in poverty. | ...
Egypt court delays ruling over politician appeal The Guardian * Court set to rule on Moustafa appeal request on March 4 * Talaat shares up 4 percent on hopes appeal to be accepted (Adds quote by defence lawyer, background) By Yasmine Saleh CAIRO, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Egypt's highest court on Thursday postponed unt...
Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown IRINnews web | Photo: Hugh Macleod/IRIN SANAA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - From the Shiite rebellion in Saada in the north to the surge of secessionist movement in the south and the dangerous alliance forged between tribes and Al-Qaeda in the east, one factor un...
Ghana to host 7th Africa Investment Forum Joy Online Ghana will be hosting the Africa Investment Forum from 8 - 10 February 2010 at the Accra International Conference Centre. | The Forum which is being organised by the Ghana Investment Promotion Centre (GIPC) and the Commonwealth Business Council (CBC)...
Analysis: Yemen's rebellions fuelled by economic meltdown IRINnews web | Photo: Hugh Macleod/IRIN SANAA, 4 February 2010 (IRIN) - From the Shiite rebellion in Saada in the north to the surge of secessionist movement in the south and the dangerous alliance forged between tribes and Al-Qaeda in the east, one factor unites analyses of the forces pulling Yemen apart: the failure of its economy. | "In my view, the root...
Assad vows to stand by Lebanon in any conflict with Israel Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, February 08, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Syria would support Lebanon in the event of any attack by Israel, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri on Sunday, the official Syrian news agency SANA reported. “Syria will stand alongside the government and people of Lebanon...
