Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has accepted an Arab League request to calm tension between Egypt and Algeria sparked by their soccer World Cup play-off matches, Libyan state media reported Tuesday.
News from TheMediaLine.org. (Free subscription) | yesterday
Yemeni rebels are recruiting Somalis from refugee camps as mercenaries. Al-Houthi rebels on Yemen's northern border are hiring Somalis from refugee camps to fight against the Yemeni government. Ibrahim A-Shuweimi, the Arab League's envoy to Mogadishu, said in a report that the conflict in Somalia was forcing many Somalis to flee for Yemen and offer their services to the Al-Houthi rebels for financial...
Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
From Al-Arabiya: The Arab League is currently mulling several proposals after it was forced to step in, rebuffing a provocative Israeli offer, to end a bitter tit-for-tat spat between Egypt and Algeria following their 2010 World Cup qualifier playoff match in Sudan. An Arab League spokesman, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said that since the tension has been rising Secretary General Amr Moussa...
Palestinian Pundit (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
Adventurism, Opportunism, and Recklessness By Rannie Amiri Information Clearing House "....Yet, the U.S. signed a cooperation agreement on military intelligence and training with Saleh’s government last week, thus making them party to the conflict . This ironically puts them on the same side as elements of Al-Qaeda , employed by Saleh to fight the Houthis. Although the Gulf monarchies and...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
The general secretariat of the Arab League has called for opening the Israeli jails for international inspection and monitoring to put an end to the Israeli violations of Arab and Palestinian prisoners' rights. WRH permalink
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 22/11/2009
President vows to defend Egyptians abroad as violence spreads across Cairo and Algiers Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak ratcheted up the diplomatic tension with Algeria yesterday as football-related violence continued to spread across both countries. In a statement to parliament, he told cheering MPs that "Egypt will not be lax with those who harm the dignity of its sons". It is the president's...
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
n 1951 the Arab League established the Bureau for Boycotting Israel. Based in Damascus, Syria, the bureau has lost much of its authority since Egypt, Jordan and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) signed peace treaties with Israel… Before the US-led invasion, Iraq adhered closely to the instructions of the bureau. Israeli companies, those with Israeli shareholders [...]
Leftnews.org (Free subscription) | 18/11/2009
“The European Union has rejected a plan to push for recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN Security Council, saying the move was ‘premature’ … The plan, backed by the Arab League, has also been rejected by Washington, which along with the EU backs a negotiated solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.” The impasse in negotiations [...]
Memri Latest Blogs (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
The Houthi rebels in Yemen have called on the Arab League to stop the Saudis' "unjust aggression" against the Yemeni people, affirming that they have no relationship with Iran. Saudi Arabia became involved in the war with the Houthis on ... November 17, 2009, 9:44 am
Snuffysmith's Blog (Free subscription) | 17/11/2009
guardian.co.uk home Palestinians call for EU to back independence • Frustration at impasse on 'two-state project' • Israel warns of retaliation over any unilateral move Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat. Photograph: Sebastian Scheiner/AP Palestinians have formally asked the European Union to urge the UN security council to recognise a fully...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 16/11/2009
• Frustration at impasse on 'two-state project' • Israel warns of retaliation over any unilateral move Palestinians have formally asked the European Union to urge the UN security council to recognise a fully independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip in response to the current impasse in peace negotiations with Israel. Saeb Erakat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, confirmed that...
All About domains (Free subscription) | 15/11/2009
Saudi, UAE top gulf cyber-crime victims Saudi Arabia was ranked first and the United Arab Emirates second as the most vulnerable of the Gulf countries to fall victim to cyber crimes, such as website hacking, according to a statistics report recently published by Trend Micro. In Saudi Arabia 796,000 cases of computer system crashes instigated by hackers were recorded in the past nine months, accounting...
The Radical Moderate (Free subscription) | 12/11/2009
Saudi Arabia has been fighting in Yemen for a while. They've recently blockaded the country using the Saudi navy. They've shelled villages and reports of civilian casualties have come out. Where is the UN General Assembly resolution condemning the attacks? The UN Human Right's Council's? How about the Arab League or the OIC? The EU? Human Rights Watch? Amnesty International? When's Goldstone going...
People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday criticized the Arab League (AL) for not boycotting his bitter rival Islamic Hamas movement which rules the Gaza Strip. Abbas told a group of Palestinian businessmen at his Ramallah headquarters that the AL should boycott Hamas movement "because it is the one which obstructs reaching an inter-reconciliation agreement." "There has been a previous...
GrEaT sAtAn'S gIrLfRiEnD (Free subscription) | 10/11/2009
Well, well -- wail! News that the so nice - he be nom d'guerr'd twice! Abu Mazen/M'Moud Abbas -- the President of the West Bank and the rocket rich Strip turf (collectively called Palestine) is ready to jettison the escape pod and high tail it for his super swanky beach front villa in Q'Tar. Saw that one a mile away . Just like the happy happy fact that HAMAS couldn't get re elected as grave diggers...
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