All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Tunisia was ranked respectively first in North Africa, third in the Arab world and fourth in Africa by the 2009 edition of the UK based Legatum Prosperity Index. Tunisia is ranked 68 th in the world, preceding China, Russia, and Turkey.
Thoughts About K4D (Free subscription) | yesterday
Former NAS President Bruce Alberts, former NIH Director Elias Zerhouni, and Nobel prize-winning chemist Ahmed Zewail have been appointed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to serve as science envoys to Muslim majority countries. The envoys will travel to North Africa, the Middle East, and South and Southeast Asia "to fulfill President Obama’s mandate to foster scientific and technological...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | yesterday
"The assault of two independent journalists in Tunisia and the arrest of a third in the wake of last week’s elections must be punished, Amnesty International said on Friday. » It appears that these three journalists were targeted because they have criticized the government and opposed the re-election, for a fifth term, of President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali , » said Malcolm Smart,...
Human Rights Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday
(Washington, DC) – Cuban authorities should cease all attacks on human rights defenders, journalists, bloggers and civic activists, Human Rights Watch said today. The international community should condemn attacks on those who peacefully exercise their basic rights to freedom of expression, opinion, and assembly in the strongest terms. read more
The Marple Leaf (Free subscription) | yesterday
This weekend we will mostly be remembering. We will be remembering my Mum's father Frances Edward O'Hare who died in a field in Germany in 1943 before his daughter was even born, shot down in the Royal Canadian Airforce Lancaster Bomber he was navigating. We will remember the sacrifice and the contribution made by John Stanley Taylor of the Royal Commando Regiment in special operations in Burma, North...
Egyptology News (Free subscription) | yesterday
Google Docs Thanks very much to the anonymous comment on a much older post. He/she has provided a new URL for the above article, the original link to which is now broken. The abstract is shown below but click on the above link for the full paper. Clines and Clusters Versus “Race:” A Test in Ancient Egypt and the Case of a Death on the Nile C. LORING BRACE, DAVID P. TRACER, LUCIA ALLEN YAROCH,...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Bertha Burns, a former Civil Service officer stationed in North Africa, has joined the Paramount Business Services management program as an affiliate manager for the greater Lexington, KY area. Paramount Business Services has combined many decade's of expertise, competitive pricing and excel...
People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is more than delighted when he talks with African trainees face-to-face and via a video system at the Middle East and North Africa training center of Huawei, a leading Chinese company in communication technology, "My Chinese name is Hua Mulan," a woman at Huawei's Nigerian training center introduced herself to Premier Wen through the video system. "I...
Movie Moxie (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Hello Film Fans and Fanatics! Welcome to Film Fan Fridays for Friday November 6, 2009! In limited release this week we have the Canadian documentary When We Were Boys , which following the lives of students at private boys school in Toronto. More docs to choose from with Inside Hana's Suitcase . If you are looking for comedy check out Gentlemen Broncos from Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess. Also...
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is chairing Saturday November 7th, 2009, a ceremony marking the 22nd Anniversary of the Change, it was announced by the Official Spokesman for the Presidency.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
As part of the celebration of Tunisian theater centenary, the M'hamed Maarouf Sousse cultural center is hosting from November 4 to 7, 2009 the 7th edition of Hadramaut Comic arts workshop.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
Tunisia is currently taking part in the 4th edition of the World Science Forum, the international conference series on global science policy, under the theme "Knowledge and Future" which runs from November 5 to 7, 2009 in Budapest, Hungary.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
The Us energy Company, Pioneer has announced that its daily production in Tunisia has increased by 13% to average 7,000 Barrels of Oil Equivalents Per Day (MBOEPD) during the first nine months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008.
TigerHawk (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
It looks like Kanye West needs to man up, get on an airplane and go to Egypt to represent for his homegirl, Beyonce, kind of like what he did at the MTV music awards earlier this year. The talented singer and actress is facing a great deal of criticism from certain faith-based political quarters in Cairo, who have objections to her upcoming performances in North Africa. The critics are affiliated
BiblePlaces Blog (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
A new exhibit opens on November 11 at the Davidson Center south of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. From Arutz-7 : Among the artifacts to be displayed next week is a rare collection of 2,000-year-old coins that were burnt during the Great Revolt by the Jews against the Roman occupation, in which the Second Holy Temple was destroyed. The Western Wall, which was outside the Temple and not a part of it,...
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