Libya plans to recruit Jordanians to help in rebuilding
Jordan Premier, delegates discuss with officials prospects of cooperation by Jordan Times | Feb 08,2012 | 23:45AMMAN — Jordan on Tuesday offered to put all its capabilities and expertise at […]
Arab Spring and Libyan prophecy
by Hasan Abu Nimah | Dec 21,2011 | 23:23 JORDAN TIMES When, in March 2008, the Libyan leader, Muammar Qadhafi warned the Arab leaders that their “turn was coming”, they […]
Jordan: ‘Syrians to receive free medical care; Libyans to be treated outside Amman’
Jordan Times: MAFRAQ — Minister of Health Abdul Latif Wreikat on Monday said the ministry will offer free medical care to Syrian refugees in Jordan, provided that they obtain registration documents from the UNHCR. During a field visit to medical care centres in the Sarhan and Housha districts in Mafraq […]
Libyan Sufis mark prophet’s birthday despite tension
TRIPOLI — Libyan Sufis staged a joyous parade through the heart of Tripoli on Saturday to mark the Prophet Mohammad’s birthday, defying radical Salafi Muslims pressuring them to scrap the centuries-old tradition. Chanting hymns to the beat of drums and cymbals, marchers choked the narrow alleys of the walled old […]
Was Gaddafi execution a war crime?
By Samuel Olara Gaddafi’s death raises questions for the ICC over the brutal disregard for the rule of law by his executioners Aisha Gaddafi, the daughter of the late Libyan […]
More than 70 die in Egyptian soccer pitch invasion
By REUTERS ARABNEWS CAIRO: Seventy-three people were killed and at least 1,000 injured on Wednesday after a soccer pitch invasion in the Egyptian city of Port Said, a health ministry […]
Aisha Qadhafi seeks to help brother Seif Al Islam
AP | Feb 01,2012 JORDAN TIMES THE HAGUE — One of Muammar Qadhafi’s daughters asked Tuesday to intervene in proceedings against her brother at the International Criminal Court (ICC), saying she wants to protect his interests. The court has charged Seif Al Islam Qadhafi with crimes against humanity for his […]
Islamic Experiment
Source: Spiegel on Line: Can Egypt Make Democracy Work? By Juliane von Mittelstaedt and Volkhard Windfuhr in Cairo Scott Nelson / DER SPIEGEL One year after the revolution, Egypt may have a parliament, but it still has a long way to go before it can call itself a true democracy. The […]
Cancer in ancient Egyptian mummy proves the disease is genetic
CAIRO — A professor from American University in Cairo says discovery of prostate cancer in a 2,200-year-old mummy indicates the disease was caused by genetics, not environment. The genetics-environment question […]
Egypt Islamist MP scolded for religious reference
A newly elected Islamist deputy was scolded on Monday for adding a religious reference to the swearing-in oath at the opening session of Egypt’s first post-revolution parliament. The deputies started to be sworn in one by one, pledging to “preserve the safety of the nation and the interests of people […]
Arabs to Davos: Invest in us, don’t fear us
By REUTERS ARABBEWS DAVOS: Leaders of the Arab Spring sought to assure the world’s elite in Davos that the rise of political Islam is not a threat to democracy, and pleaded for help creating jobs and satisfying the hunger of their people for a better life. Politicians, activists and entrepreneurs […]
First modern humans settled in Arabia
Following genetic footprints out of Africa A new study, using genetic analysis to look for clues about human migration over sixty thousand years ago, suggests that the first modern humans […]
The True Heroes of Libya
Devon DB, Global Research It has recently been reported that forces identified as “pro-Gaddafi fighters” have been fighting back against Libya’s National Transitional Council and have taken the town of […]
Reports of Libyan detainee torture drive Doctors Without Borders away
Source: MSN ARABIA Doctors Without Borders (MSF, Medecins Sans Frontieres) has suspended its operations in detention centers in the Libyan city of Misrata because detainees are being tortured and denied […]
Views on Abortion
GBC News: There have been reactions to the call by Population and Sexual Health expert, Prof F. T Sai to legalise abortion…….. Meanwhile, a Deputy Ameer of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Mission, Maulvi Hafiz Jibraeel Saeed, says though Islam frowns on abortion, the practice is permissible under certain difficult circumstances. Hafiz […]
Moammar Gadhafi loyalists have seized control of Libyan town Bani Walid
Moammar Gadhafi loyalists have seized control of Libyan town, officials and fighters say BENGHAZI, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi loyalists seized control of a Libyan city and raised the ousted regime’s […]
Libya suspends transitional government members
Transitional council deputy head quits after protests Jordan Times: Agencies | Jan 23,2012 BENGHAZI — The head of Libya’s transitional government on Sunday suspended delegates from Benghazi, the city that […]
India, Mauritius begin talks on revised tax treaty
India, Mauritius begin talks on revised tax treaty New Delhi: Indian and Mauritian tax officials have begun talks on revising the double taxation avoidance pact between the two countries and the issue is likely to come up for discussion during the upcoming visit of the Prime Minister of Mauritius to […]
Island in the sun
The quiet appeal of Mauritius was immediately evident as the plane descended. A verdant gem of just 1,860 sq km, located 800km east of Madagascar amidst the shimmering sapphire waters of the Indian Ocean, it is part of a chain of islands formed during a series of undersea volcanic eruptions […]
The Real Threat in the Middle East
Islamic political parties don’t endanger democracy. Powerful leaders do by Fareed Zakaria As 2011 was coming to a close, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made a remarkable speech to his parliament. Assessing the Arab Spring barely a year after it had begun, Netanyahu announced triumphantly that it had failed, that […]