The Gulf kingdoms of Bahrain and Kuwait are seeing fresh public outcries against the country’s unelected rulers, who have been stepping up their crackdowns on dissent for the last 2 years. Calls for more rights and Democracy are increasingly met with arrests and brutal force, as the conservative monarchs refuse to concede. While the West is accused of turning a blind eye to violations by its key Arab allies, as Lucy Kafanov reports.
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The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) and Border Guard have foiled another attempt by Palestinian Authority Arab terrorists to kidnap someone within pre-1967 Israel – but the facts were withheld under gag order till Sunday. The attempted attack took place just a few weeks ago – on January first – when members of the Islamic […]
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As reported by news.nationalpost.com, “The town best known as the place Osama bin Laden was tracked down and killed — hopes to boost tourism with a new amusement park.” Read Article
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CAIRO: With bright neon vests and hardhats gleaming at dusk, a dozen Egyptian volunteers fanned out through Cairo’s crowded Tahrir Square. Their project: end a surge in sexual assaults on women that activists say has become the darkest stain on the country’s opposition street movement. Patrolling on Friday, the men and women have joined Tahrir […]
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A member of a Turkish leftist group that accuses Washington of using Turkey as its “slave” carried out a suicide bomb attack on the US embassy, the Ankara governor’s office cited DNA tests as showing on Saturday. Ecevit Sanli, a member of the leftist Revolutionary People’s Liberation Army-Front (DHKP-C), blew himself up in a perimeter […]
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CNN.COM reported that Turkish police found the New York woman’s body near ancient stone walls in Istanbul’s Sarayburnu district, the semi-official Anatolian Agency reported. Police suspected she had been killed at another location. Police told CNN’s sister network CNN Turk that the body of the 33-year-old mother of two showed signs of stab wounds. Read […]
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As reported by tourexpi.com, “A Filipino engineer was locked inside his Saudi Arabia hotel room for four days because he was unable to pay all of his bill. An Egyptian hotel employee locked up the guest in his room and slipped food for him beneath the door, Emirates 24/7 reported.” Read Article
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Zeenews.india.com reported the following…..Cairo: Egyptian Prime Minister Hesham Qandil rushed to visit a five-star hotel near Tahrir Square to assuage a panic-stricken hospitality industry after an attack by armed assailants shook the staff and prompted guests to rush out of the chaos-hit area. The Semiramis Intercontinental in central Cairo came under attack overnight when masked […]
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dw.de reported that Egypt’s public prosecutor has ordered the arrest of mysterious “Black Bloc” members who have emerged during fatal unrest in recent days. Egypt’s army chief has warned of state collapse if widespread strife drags on. Egypt’s state news agency MENA said Public Prosecutor Talaat Abdullahhas ordered police to bring before court members of […]
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tripolipost.com reported that speculation about Libya continues in the international media and the latest report by a German magazine that Al Qaeda is plotting to kidnap German and British citizens in Libya continues to fuel the speculation. The German weekly magazine Der Spiegel that made the report, said it was quoting German intelligence sources and […]
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