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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Israel Herald.com http://www.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/10/id/48fcf33f9aeb6130/ en-us Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:43:23 -0400 30 Authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have fixed a five-hour work schedule in various government offices during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400106/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:01:03 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400106/cs/1/ Germany's national railway company Deutsche Bahn will help the Gulf nation of Qatar in integrating its various proposed railway networks into a comprehensive and consolidated railway system. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400068/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:16 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400068/cs/1/ Bahrain has launched a new women empowerment project designed to raise the status of women in that Gulf nation. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400062/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:05 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400062/cs/1/ Bahraini authorities have issued a new order specifying the working hours at government offices and other establishments during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400013/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:01:58 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400013/cs/1/ Member of the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) Supreme Council and ruler of the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah Sheikh Saqr Bin Mohammed Al Qasimi has ordered the release of 60 prisoners lodged in various jails in the emirate. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400009/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:01:48 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400009/cs/1/ Bahrain's banking sector continued to show dynamic and confident growth in the first half of 2008, according to that Gulf nation's leading economic authority. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/399853/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:00:15 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/399853/cs/1/ Bangalore, Aug 28 (ANI/Business Wire India): Wipro Infotech, the India and Middle East IT Business of Wipro Ltd and a leading provider of IT and business transformation services announced that it has won the prestigious Intel Global Innovation Award for Storage at the Intel Developer Forum 2008 in San Francisco. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400041/cs/1/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:00:11 -0400 Israel Herald.com http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/400041/cs/1/ Denver, Colorado - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is vowing to end US dependence on Middle East oil within 10 years if elected president, according to excerpts released ahead of his spee... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17299536/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:42:07 -0400 Earth Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17299536/ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has established a lead of more than 20 points over her closest rival ahead of next month's Kadima party leadership election to replace Prime Mi... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295191/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:20 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295191/ RIYADH: A court in conservative Muslim Saudi Arabia has ruled against a man who had disowned his daughter for 50 years after accepting the results of a DNA paternity test, a report said on Thursday. T... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295188/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:27 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295188/ I stared for a time at the museum-case model that portrayed early Abu Dhabi as a sandy flat with a loose scattering of mud huts, on which the most sophisticated architectural feature were the goat pen... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295184/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:50:59 -0400 Miami Herald http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295184/ Dubai: Since the early 1980s staff at Dubai International Airport have been training in the pursuit of excellence. This essential training continues to this day, moulding employees who become the eyes... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295171/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:40 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295171/ DENVER, Colorado: Barack Obama was Thursday to summon America to join his crusade for change, as the Democratic convention climaxes in a historic echo of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295185/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295185/ Dubai: Religious decrees will now be regulated by the official Fatwa (religious decree) Centre which falls under the federal General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Awqaf, the security information o... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295166/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:50 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295166/ AMOSCOW: Russian Premier Vladimir Putin accused the US Thursday of spurring the Georgia conflict as tensions mounted with the United States threatening to scrap a nuclear deal to protest Moscow's acti... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295186/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295186/ WASHINGTON: Iran could emerge as a big winner, at least in the short term, from the rapidly escalating tensions between the US and Russia over Moscow's intervention in Georgia, according to analysts h... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295192/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:18 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295192/ KUWAIT: The first ever Arab economic summit, to be hosted by Kuwait in January, will focus on worsening poverty and unemployment in the Arab world, and boosting inter-Arab trade, a minister said Thurs... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295197/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:09 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295197/ Dubai: Like any other morning Suresh Kumar, a 25-year-old tile fixer, was making paratha (Indian bread) together with another roommate when Tuesday’s Naif blaze broke out. Kumar, who has lived i... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295168/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:49 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295168/ MADRID: The United Nations has not renewed the mandate of its mediator on the Western Sahara dispute, Peter van Walsum, the Dutch diplomat announced in an article in a Spanish newspaper Thursday. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295066/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:09 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295066/ Dubai: Four countries will have contestants participating for the first time in the Dubai International Holy Quran Award, which will be held at the Cultural and Scientific Association this year. The ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295167/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:45 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295167/ CAIRO: A US probe into the shooting of an Egyptian man by a US Navy chartered boat near the Suez Canal in March said Thursday that the ship's arrival at the wrong time was a "significant factor" in th... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294711/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:14 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294711/ Scottish police had information that might have changed the outcome of the Lockerbie bombing trial, a BBC TV programme has learned. The information could have affected the credibility of key eviden... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295165/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:30:36 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295165/ I've been reading Gulf News for the past two years. I enjoy reading it over a coffee. My favourite section is the sports pages and I would like to see more focus on current international issues. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295172/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:38 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295172/ CAIRO: Twenty-one members of Egypt's main opposition Muslim Brotherhood were arrested on Thursday in the Nile Delta for holding an illegal meeting at a former MP's home, a security official said. "The... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295189/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:24 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295189/ Dubai: Four men have been jailed for beating up their housemate who later bled to death in his bedroom, and also for injuring his brother. The men, all Kenyans, will have to spend two years and three ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295176/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:31 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295176/ Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi paid high Mauritanian officials $170 million in cash for signing a peace treaty with the Polisario front guerrilla movement. In a peace agreement signed in Algiers on Aug... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295178/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:27 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295178/ DUSHANBE, Tajikistan: Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad issued a scathing attack on NATO Thursday, saying the Western alliance was failing to bring security to Afghanistan and fanning tension with... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295193/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295193/ GAZA CITY: Pro-Palestinian activists who sailed to the Gaza Strip in symbolic defiance of an Israeli blockade headed back to Cyprus on Thursday with seven residents of the besieged territory on board ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295196/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:03 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295196/ ANKARA: Turkish Cypriot leader Mehmet Ali Talat said Thursday he was hopeful UN-brokered peace talks due to begin in September would end the 34-year-old division of Cyprus. "I am optimistic for the re... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295190/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:22 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295190/ Abu Shagara is known to be one of the most congested areas in Sharjah, due to the vast number of used car showrooms. A new car park will help solve the problem. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295179/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:25 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295179/ VALLETTA: Seventy would-be illegal African immigrants to Europe perished when their boat sank in the Mediterranean Sea, according to eight companions rescued Wednesday off Malta, officials said. If th... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295152/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:21 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295152/ AMARA, Iraq: An earthquake hit parts of southern Iraq early Thursday, causing panic among residents, an AFP correspondent said, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or serious damage. The... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295065/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:25 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295065/ WASHINGTON: A Nepalese man and relatives of 12 of his slain comrades filed a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday against the construction and services giant KBR on charges of human trafficking, for all... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295067/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:05 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295067/ The Singapore Tourism Board expects the Formula One race to generate Dh12.9 million in additional tourism receipts from Middle East visitors. Organisers said 40,000 of each day’s 100,000 tickets... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295043/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:50 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295043/ Washington: When Russian forces crossed into South Ossetia and Georgia, Syria was one of the few countries to voice support for Moscow's actions in the Caucasus as the West was busy condemning the inv... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295198/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:24 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295198/ MOGADISHU: Somali pirates freed an Omani fishing vessel with its six crew members after more than seven months in captivity, officials in the country's semi-autonomous Puntland region said Thursday. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294712/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:11 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294712/ KABUL: Thousands of jubilant Afghans packed the national stadium to give the country's first Olympic-medal winner Rohullah Nikpai a hero's welcome on Thursday. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295195/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:07 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295195/ Dubai: Sudan is set to launch a diplomatic campaign to explain the consequences of the International Criminal Court's indictment against President Omar Al Bashir on the security of the developing coun... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295199/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:22 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295199/ Dubai: His Highness Shaikh Mohammad Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, on Thursday inspected ministries and governmental departments in Ras Al Khai... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295177/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:29 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295177/ Dubai: Gulf News is proud to announce the revival of one of its most popular promotions ever: a competition for readers based on the hugely successful British game show Blockbusters. The event, which... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294587/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:47 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294587/ Gulf News looks back over the years at concerns and issues raised by readers in their letters to the newspaper. It's a retrospective that offers an insight into the community, the development of the c... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295175/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:33 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295175/ NAJAF, Iraq: Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Thursday ordered a halt to armed operations by his 60,000-strong Mehdi Army militia, and ordered his followers to protest peacefully against the US occupa... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295187/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:28 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295187/ As the skyline of the UAE changes so do traditional practices, say young Emiratis. "Just like Dubai has been changing rapidly in the past couple of years, so has Ramadan," Omar Al Busaidy, ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295170/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:42 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295170/ (ANHRI/IFEX) - The Egyptian authorities recently ordered the cancellation, without justification, of the videotaping of two programmes for an American satellite television channel, Al-Hura, just hours... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294307/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:48:09 -0400 IFEX http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294307/ TRIPOLI: Libya on Thursday announced an amnesty for more than 3,000 prisoners, including Europeans and Africans, to mark the 39th anniversary of Moammar Gadhafi's rule. The Justice Ministry said the d... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295151/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:26 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295151/ In a landmark trial, a US federal jury has cleared a former marine sergeant of the deaths of Iraqi detainees. The trial of Jose Luis Nazario is the first time a civilian jury has decided on the alleg... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295164/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:30:38 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295164/ ISLAMABAD: Hundreds of Pakistani lawyers protested on Thursday to demand the reinstatement of judges sacked by former President Pervez Musharraf, an issue at the heart of political instability in the ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294539/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:45:16 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17294539/ Dubai: Military experts and political analysts were united yesterday in saying the shooting down of a military helicopter in Southern Lebanon would have "grave" consequences on the track of ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295200/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:18:20 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295200/ The soon to be established panel will also call for giving priority to Arab manpower to protect the Demography of GCC countries and Yemen. It will also push for smooth transfer of GCC and Yemeni emplo... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295182/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:04:37 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17295182/ (RSF/IFEX) - Reporters Without Borders has called for the case to be dropped against journalist Yosef Azizi Banitruf, sentenced to five years in jail after he exposed excessive use of force against de... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290836/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:52:46 -0400 IFEX http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290836/ Exporting tiny houses When the U.S. real estate market began cratering, scale-replica maker Real Model shifted its focus to a new and booming market: Dubai. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290426/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:39:16 -0400 CNN Money http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290426/ Abu Dhabi: The Traffic and Patrolling Directorate at the Abu Dhabi Police on Thursday announced the revised Ramadan timings for peak hours ban of trucks and heavy vehicles within the city limit. As pe... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290083/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:26:27 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290083/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Saudi Arabia's recent decision to allow foreign investors to buy local shares indirectly is a dramatic step toward opening up the biggest stock market in the Middle East. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290834/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:32:08 -0400 Market Watch http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290834/ Dubai: The Roads and Transport Authority said the viaduct installation for the Red Line of the Dubai Metro Project has been completed ahead of schedule. The 46.5 km viaduct superstructure for the Red ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290830/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:26:25 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17290830/ Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas has been holding talks with senior Lebanese officials in Beirut at the start of a two-day visit. He is discussing issues including the future of hundreds of thousan... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285976/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:38:50 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285976/ Manama, Aug 28 (bna)-- Industry And Commerce Minister Dr Hassan Fakhro Commended The Outstanding Contributions Of All Civil And Volunteer Organisations In Bahrain, Affirming Their Great Role In Risin... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285980/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:28:29 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285980/ Statue of Kate Moss billed as largest gold statue built since ancient Egypt Called "Siren," the statue will be on display at the British Museum Moss statue will be displayed in gallery housi... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285695/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:40:22 -0400 CNN http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285695/ Galilee region police have recently arrested two Israeli Arab youths they believe belonged to a cell of Islamic Jihad operatives that planned to kill Israeli pilots, scientists and university lecturer... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17284779/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:00:23 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17284779/ Abu Dhabi: A five-year-old girl plunged to her death from the second floor of her home apartment building on Wednesday, police have confirmed. The girl, an Arab national identified only as S.Z, was pl... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285979/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:26:27 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285979/ Egypt is to partially open its borders with Gaza for two days to allow stranded and humanitarian cases to cross, Hamas sources in Gaza said on Thursday. The crossing will be open on Saturday and Sunda... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285981/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:56:33 -0400 People's Daily http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17285981/ Mrs Greenwald says being Haredi means being someone who fears God Sitting on a park bench in the late afternoon, Michal Greenwald watches her children run around the playground with dozens of other ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17281057/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:23:03 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17281057/ – US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice began on Monday a new negotiating tour, which Palestinian sources described as a waste of time. Meanwhile, Israeli sources said Israeli Defense Minister Ehud... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17280368/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:51 -0400 Middle East Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17280368/ Largest desalination plant with reverse osmosis technology in the Middle East already 3rd major success in the Middle East in 2008GDF SUEZ Energy International has won the contract to build, own, and ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17280607/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:48:45 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17280607/ The third birthday of Gilad Shalit in Hamas captivity does not bode well. What is publicly known so far - in negotiations of this sort there is always a chance that a deal is being reached away from t... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17275701/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:07:59 -0400 Haaretz http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17275701/ Nuclear Egyptian Foreign Minister Wednesday evening stressed that his country would reject any probable military action against Iran. Addressing a press conference in Lebanon, Ahmed Ali Aboul Gheith c... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276505/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:18:14 -0400 IRNA http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276505/ In his new role, Al-Majed will be responsible for developing and implementing an integrated public affairs and communications strategy for Kuwait and Egypt, in line with Dow's global corporate strateg... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276504/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:56:18 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276504/ Abie Nathan, the maverick Israeli peace activist, has died aged 81. Israeli President Shimon Peres paid his tributes saying Nathan was "a great fighter against war, poverty and discrimination". Abie... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276502/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:46:45 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276502/ A Lebanese army helicopter hit by gunfire has had to make an emergency landing in the south of the country, Lebanese officials say. One officer was killed and other crew members were injured, officia... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276503/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:46:46 -0400 BBC http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276503/ Tehran: Iran hanged four men and one woman in a Tehran jail for murder, a newspaper reported on Thursday. The five were executed on Wednesday in Tehran’s Evin prison, state newspaper Iran report... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276510/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:36:46 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276510/ Beirut: A Lebanese army helicopter was hit by gunfire in south Lebanon on Thursday, forcing it to land, a Lebanese security source said. The helicopter pilot was killed in the attack, the source said,... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276507/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:36:51 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276507/ Paris: Jordan has signed an accord on civilian nuclear cooperation with France, French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s office announced. The office said the deal will "reinforce and institution... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276511/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:36:44 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276511/ Dubai: AGMC, exclusive importer of BMW, MINI and Rolls-Royce in Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates, recorded its highest sales for the first half of the year, selling 1,953 units between January... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276353/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:36:44 -0400 Gulf News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276353/ Daraa, south Syria, (SANA)- The Italian Ortachis folklore ensample performed several shows at Bosra ancient amphitheater as part of its participation in the underway 20th Bosra International Festival ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276512/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:31:06 -0400 SANA http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276512/ Dell today unveiled two new Vostro laptops and two desktops designed specifically to meet the needs of small businesses, government and educational institutions operating on limited budgets in Middle ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276358/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:16:28 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17276358/ MANAMA: The Gulf is now a major centre for the work boat industry with multi-billion dollar offshore land reclamation development projects running concurrently with major oil and gas projects.With thi... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272723/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:15:13 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272723/ Oil Many oil reserves in Iran's continental shelf in the Persian Gulf have not yet been tapped, said managing director of National Iranian Offshore Oil Company. Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, Mah... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272416/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:27:38 -0400 IRNA http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272416/ By RASHA AL QAHTANI A DECISION to include women in Bahrain's national budget for the first time is set to revolutionise the way health, housing and childcare services are provided. Supreme Counci... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272719/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:15:02 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272719/ By SARA SAMI A BAHRAINI man was yesterday fined BD500 and jailed for a month after being caught in possession of hashish. He was arrested last month after police were tipped off about his addicti... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272722/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:55 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272722/ WINNERS of the painting competition 'Thailand Through Your Eyes' were announced at an award ceremony last night. The competition was staged at Bahrain Arts Society by the Royal Thai Embassy, to promo... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272721/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:58 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272721/ UNION members at a Bahrain company elected new leaders yesterday, with a pledge to fight for a 50 per cent increase in pay for Bahraini workers. Incumbent union leaders at Dyncorp International had e... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272720/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:59 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272720/ DETROIT -- A group of Arab-American community leaders met Wednesday with Detroit Police officials to discuss what they are calling a possible hate crime involving the fatal beating last week of a 21-y... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272717/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:13:05 -0400 The Detroit News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272717/ By mandeep singh A MINI emergency room was opened at the American Mission Hospital (AMH) in Manama yesterday. "The setting up of the BD127,000 Increased Acuity Unit will ensure that some of the p... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272602/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:15:04 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272602/ Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni authorities have arrested 30 suspected members of the al-Qaeda terrorist network believed to have been plotting attacks in neighbouring Saudi Arabia, official sources said Thurs... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272716/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:13:18 -0400 Earth Times http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272716/ BAHRAIN's fate in the 11th GCC Under-19 Volleyball Championship will be decided tonight when they take on Kuwait at 7pm at the Juffair Youth Centre. The last match of the tournament will see hosts Ba... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272725/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:57 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272725/ NAVY ships from Bahrain, the UK and the US are conducting a joint exercise to track and locate hostile vessels in the Gulf, officials confirmed yesterday. Operation Goalkeeper aims to ensure a lawful... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272450/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:14:56 -0400 Gulf Daily News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272450/ Packshot of Kawasaki Quad Bikes from the Popcorn Arcade series interACTIVE, a business unit of interFRONTIERS in Cyprus, has teamed up with UK video game publisher and developer Data Design Interacti... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272648/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:06:09 -0400 Arabian Business http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272648/ HCC, the Manama-based advertising and media agency, revealed the appointment of Makram Hachem, as Account Director who will be acting as its operations manager. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272715/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:05:40 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272715/ Qatari Diar Real Estate Investment Company announced today the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding with German-based Deutsche Bahn to kick-off a multi-billion dollar national project through sett... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272714/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:24:10 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272714/ interFRONTIERS interACTIVE, a Regional Business Development unit operating in the Middle East, Mediterranean & the Balkans, has teamed up with Data Design Interactive (DDI), a successful video gam... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272606/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:24:08 -0400 AME Info http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17272606/ CRACKDOWN ON INTERNET USE WIDENS As its blogosphere burgeons, Egypt is finding new ways to crack down on bloggers and other Internet users. On 9 August, the Arabic Network for Human Rights Informati... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17269770/ Thu, 28 Aug 2008 00:26:52 -0400 IFEX http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17269770/ Agencies BEIRUT: Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has offered his country’s assistance in rebuilding Lebanon’s army, in a bid to improve security amid ongoing sectarian tensions... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17266370/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:52:23 -0400 Arab News http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17266370/ (ANHRI/IFEX) - On 20 August 2008, ANHRI expressed its objection to, and firm condemnation of Al Ahram Press's refusal to print the second edition of "Al-Badeel" daily independent newspaper. The press'... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261401/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:59:11 -0400 IFEX http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261401/ ABUJA: Senior government officials from Iran and Nigeria opened talks on Tuesday aimed at boosting ties between the two oil-producing nations. Head of the Iranian delegation, junior Commerce Minister ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261897/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261897/ AL-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian authorities have arrested 33 African migrants, including four children, who were trying to cross the border illegally into Israel, a security official said on Wednesday. "The... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261923/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:31 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261923/ DUBAI: Eleven Asian workers, most of them Indians, died in their sleep in a fire that broke out in a cramped hostel in Dubai, reports said Wednesday. Another six workers were injured in the dawn blaze... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261922/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:28 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261922/ WASHINGTON: Two detainees at the Guantanamo "war-on-terror" jail were recently transferred to Algeria, the US Defense Department said Tuesday, adding that about 260 people are still being held at the ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261896/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:29 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261896/ TRIPOLI: Two hijackers of a Sudanese plane surrendered to Libyan authorities at a remote desert airport on Wednesday after freeing all passengers on board, almost 24 hours after the drama began in Dar... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261894/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261894/ KARACHI: Eight judges among dozens sacked by Pakistan's former President Pervez Musharraf were reappointed by the government Wednesday, a move condemned by many lawyers as a political stunt. http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261379/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:25 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261379/ JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Police found the bullet-ridden body of a Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan Wednesday, a day after he was kidnapped, as scores of rebels died in bloody clashes across the natio... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261328/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:23 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261328/ OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel has published tenders for the construction of 1,761 illegal housing units for Israeli settlers in Occupied East Jerusalem alone, according to the Israeli rights group Peace ... http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261483/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:56:22 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.israelherald.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/48fcf33f9aeb6130/id/17261483/