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ARAB NEWS – Islamic Solidarity Summit

Final Communiqué of Extraordinary Islamic Solidarity Summit Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah speaks during the OIC summit in Mecca.    |    |  A A http://platform.twitter.com/widgets/tweet_button.1345016233.html#_=1345175140851&count=horizontal&counturl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&id=twitter-widget-0&lang=en&original_referer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&size=m&text=Final%20Communiqu%C3%A9%20of%20Extraordinary%20Islamic%20Solidarity%20Summit%20%7C%20ArabNews%3A&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129%23.UC2-YlM1NC8.twitter https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&size=medium&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DI5V0PLgEMWQ.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!YLz4zcRjznaA2Lb5GQ%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTOZFeBWoUW9R3WD-JeCrvEkHSfOUQ#id=I1_1345175140157&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com&rpctoken=970645997&_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.arabnews.com%2Fnode%2F421129&layout=button_count&show_faces=false&width=100&action=like&font=arial&layout=button_count ARAB NEWS Friday 17 August 2012 Islamic solidarity Summit’s complete Final Communiqué The Summit was briefed on the reports and recommendations submitted to it […]

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Arab News – Saudi Women to Get Their Own City

Saudi Women to Get Their Own ‘City’ http://www.facebook.com/plugins/like.php?action=like&api_key=172525162793917&channel_url=http%3A%2F%2Fstatic.ak.facebook.com%2Fconnect%2Fxd_arbiter.php%3Fversion%3D9%23cb%3Df3600ead3c%26origin%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fabcnews.go.com%252Ff2c88ff574%26domain%3Dabcnews.go.com%26relation%3Dparent.parent&extended_social_context=false&font=arial&href=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fblogs%2Fheadlines%2F2012%2F08%2Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%2F&layout=button_count&locale=en_US&node_type=link&ref=.UCsrR7OVTwk.like&sdk=joey&show_faces=false&width=90http://ct1.addthis.com/static/r07/tweet019.html#href=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fblogs%2Fheadlines%2F2012%2F08%2Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%2F%23.UCsrR4I7ISI.twitter&dr=&conf=url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fabcnews.go.com%252Fblogs%252Fheadlines%252F2012%252F08%252Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%252F%26title%3DSaudi%2520Women%2520to%2520Get%2520Their%2520Own%2520%25E2%2580%2598City%25E2%2580%2599%26description%3DReporter%25E2%2580%2599s%2520Notebook%2520by%2520ABC%2520News%25E2%2580%2599%2520Lara%2520Setrakian%253A%2520Separate%2520has%2520never%2520meant%2520equal%2520in%2520Saudi%2520Arabia.%2520But%2520a%2520new%2520women-only%2520development%2520in%2520Saudi%25E2%2580%2599s%2520Eastern%2520Province%2520is%2520aimed%2520at%2520moving%2520women%2520forward%252C%2520easing%2520more%2520of%2520them%2520into%2520the%2520workplace.%2520The%2520new%2520industrial%2520%25E2%2580%259Ccity%25E2%2580%259D%2520is%2520expected%2520to…%26data_track_clickback%3Dtrue%26username%3Dabcnews%26pubid%3Dabcnews&share=url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fabcnews.go.com%252Fblogs%252Fheadlines%252F2012%252F08%252Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%252F%23%40!title%3DSaudi%2520Women%2520to%2520Get%2520Their%2520Own%2520%25E2%2580%2598City%25E2%2580%2599%23%40!description%3DReporter%25E2%2580%2599s%2520Notebook%2520by%2520ABC%2520News%25E2%2580%2599%2520Lara%2520Setrakian%253A%2520Separate%2520has%2520never%2520meant%2520equal%2520in%2520Saudi%2520Arabia.%2520But%2520a%2520new%2520women-only%2520development%2520in%2520Saudi%25E2%2580%2599s%2520Eastern%2520Province%2520is%2520aimed%2520at%2520moving%2520women%2520forward%252C%2520easing%2520more%2520of%2520them%2520into%2520the%2520workplace.%2520The%2520new%2520industrial%2520%25E2%2580%259Ccity%25E2%2580%259D%2520is%2520expected%2520to…%23%40!templates%3Dtwitter%253D%25257B%25257Btitle%25257D%25257D%252520%25257B%25257Burl%25257D%25257D%252520(via%252520%252540ABC)%23%40!url_transforms%3Dshorten%253Dtwitter%25253Dbitly%2523%2540!defrag%253D1%2523%2540!remove%253D0%25253Dsms_ss%252523%252540!1%25253Dat_xt%252523%252540!2%25253Dat_pco%252523%252540!3%25253Dfb_ref%252523%252540!4%25253Dfb_source%23%40!shorteners%3Dbitly%253Dlogin%25253Dabcnewsdotcom%252523%252540!apiKey%25253DR_d4cafa374645b367f59563f4d327ebed%23%40!imp_url%3D0%23%40!passthrough%3Dpinterest_share%253Dmedia%25253D%2525252Fimages%2525252FInternational%2525252Fgty_saudi_women_thg_120814_wblog.jpg%252523%252540!url%25253Dhttp%2525253A%2525252F%2525252Fabcnews.go.com%2525252Fblogs%2525252Fheadlines%2525252F2012%2525252F08%2525252Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%2525252F%252523%252540!description%25253DSaudi%25252520Women%25252520to%25252520Get%25252520Their%25252520Own%25252520'City'&tw=via%3Dabc%23%40!related%3Dabc%23%40!url%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fabcnews.go.com%252Fblogs%252Fheadlines%252F2012%252F08%252Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%252F%2523.UCsrR4I7ISI.twitter%23%40!counturl%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fabcnews.go.com%252Fblogs%252Fheadlines%252F2012%252F08%252Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%252F%23%40!count%3Dhorizontal%23%40!text%3DSaudi%2520Women%2520to%2520Get%2520Their%2520Own%2520%25E2%2580%2598City%25E2%2580%2599%23%40!width%3D110 https://plusone.google.com/_/+1/fastbutton?bsv=pr&url=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com%2Fblogs%2Fheadlines%2F2012%2F08%2Fsaudi-women-to-get-their-own-city%2F&size=medium&count=true&origin=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com&hl=en-US&jsh=m%3B%2F_%2Fapps-static%2F_%2Fjs%2Fgapi%2F__features__%2Frt%3Dj%2Fver%3DEjqGhgylh8o.en_US.%2Fsv%3D1%2Fam%3D!OgKRzknZ1ASAaEDr2w%2Fd%3D1%2Frs%3DAItRSTMZtB6F10Jl9BMhSmuZWEaSbtAUBQ#_methods=onPlusOne%2C_ready%2C_close%2C_open%2C_resizeMe%2C_renderstart&id=I0_1345006414847&parent=http%3A%2F%2Fabcnews.go.com Email5Smaller FontTextLarger Text|Print                                                              (Image Credit: Fayek Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images) Reporter’s Notebook by ABC News’ Lara Setrakian: Separate has never meant equal in Saudi Arabia. But a new women-only development in Saudi’s Eastern Province is aimed at moving women forward, easing […]

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A Brotherhood coup in Egypt

Credit:Asoa Times: Egypt’s ostensibly inexperienced president Mohammed Morsi accomplished nothing short of a coup d’etat on Sunday when he replaced the men who were widely seen as Egypt’s rulers – Field Marshal Mohammed Hussein Tantawi and Lieutenant general Sami Anan, among others – and shredded the latest constitutional amendment issued […]

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Saudis to Muslim Brotherhood: Drop Dead

by David P. Goldman • Aug 8, 2012 GATESTONE INSTITUTE “The uneasy modus vivendi between the Muslim Brotherhood and the military most likely will fail, and probably sooner than later,” I argued July 9, and the aftermath of the terrorist execution of sixteen Egyptian soldiers in the Sinai peninsula supports […]

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Egypt could pardon ‘ill and elderly’

A report, published in Egypt’s state-run al-Gomhouria newspaper, reveals that the ‘ill and elderly’ prisoners, over the age of 60, might possibly be pardoned earlier. According to several media reports, some of the Egyptian prisoners with chronic diseases might be pardoned on grounds of their health conditions. Many activists worry […]

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The circle of global criminals expands

By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star A noteworthy but troubling recent development across the Middle East and North Africa has been the quiet resurgence of Al-Qaeda affiliates and Salafist militants confronting established regimes. This has occurred alongside the emergence of nonviolent Salafist movements taking the opposite route of engaging […]

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Wager on Arab legitimacy any day

By Rami G. Khouri The Daily Star Two new men who appeared on the fast-changing stage of Arab politics this week: General Manaf Tlass, who defected from the Syrian regime, and Egypt’s newly appointed prime minister, Hisham Kandil. They may play pivotal roles in shaping evolutions in their countries. Some […]

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FIJISUN – Saudi Arabia’s Olympic Paradox and updates

Syrian Rebels Free 2 Journalists After Weeklong Ordeal With Islamic Extremists New York Times … Weeklong Ordeal With Islamic Extremists. By ROD NORDLAND. Published: July 27, 2012. CAIRO — Two foreign journalists captured by Islamic extremists in Syria and held for a week were rescued by Syrian opposition fighters, one of them said on Friday. See all […]