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SPA - The Secretary General of World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), Dr. Saleh bin Suleiman Al-Wahaibi received here yesterday Director of Oxfam in the Middle East Jimmy Paul. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of joint cooperation between the
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SPA - The Secretary General of World Assembly of Muslim Youth (WAMY), Dr. Saleh bin Suleiman Al-Wahaibi received here yesterday Director of Oxfam in the Middle East Jimmy Paul. During the meeting, they discussed aspects of joint cooperation between the
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“People voted for the Muslim Brothers because of the good social work they did in the past. Now they will have to deal with the economy and lack of jobs. “In five years (at the next election) the people will judge them on what they achieved.
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"For schools to be successful, they need to have community ownership and leadership," Neilson said in an interview. "Raising Malawi shouldn't be running schools in Malawi. Local communities in Malawi should be running those schools, so that's a big part
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Election fatigue and controversy over funding of civil society groups result in low-key interest in upper house vote. Egyptians take to the polls in two phases to elect members for the Shura Council - lower house of parliament [Reuters] The second part
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Libya: Libya's ruling National Transitional Council said it adopted on Saturday a new electoral law on the basis of which the North African country will form its first constituent assembly in June. The law, announced on the NTC's Facebook page, scraps a
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Palestinian student groups have issued an open letter condemning Britain's Labor party student officers for taking part in a recent propaganda tour of the occupied Palestinian territories. The all-expenses paid tour organized by the British Union of
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All right is reserved by Iran Newspaper. Font Size Print News Cut Move Panel Bill to Halt EU Oil Export Due in Majlis From Page 1 The EU accounted for 18 percent of Iranian crude oil sales in the first half of 2011, according to the US Energy Information
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Women take part in a demonstration demanding that the Libyan National Transitional Council apply Islamic sharia rule in the country. (REUTERS) TRIPOLI The ruling National Transitional Council on Saturday adopted a new electoral law for Libya to form its
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KATIE PRICE IS GREAT, SAY CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS ABOVE: Katie Price stunned the undergraduates with a string of arguments about feminism. Katie follows in the footsteps of former US President Ronald Reagan, wartime PM Winston Churchill and
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Ask the Rabbi: May women serve as rabbis? While no widely-recognized decisors of Jewish law have endorsed such an innovation, it remains on the agenda of some Orthodox activists. To facilitate greater dialogue, Rabbi Michael Broyde and I wrote a 34- page
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Egyptian authorities have slapped a travel ban on several US citizens working for non-governmental organizations, preventing them from leaving the country, officials said on Thursday. "We understand that a number of Americans working for NGOs, including
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The Daily Star BEIRUT: More than 20 civil society groups called on the government Wednesday to treat foreign nationals who wish to visit Lebanon the same way their countries treat Lebanese when they apply for visas, expressing frustration that Lebanese
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GATES HAILS UK ON POVERTY ACTION ABOVE: Bill Gates is to present his vision for improving lives at the launch of an anti-poverty initiative 25th January 2012 Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates has praised the UK for its "fantastic" commitment to fighting
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SPA - Six Pakistani soldiers were killed and four others wounded during a militant attack in the northwest tribal region Wednesday, a senior government official said. About 50 militants attacked security forces during a search operation... Khartoum,
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LONDON: Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has defended his reorganisation of the NHS, describing a highly critical report by MPs as “out of date” and “unfair” to the health service. Lansley insisted that the NHS was delivering efficiency savings
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Essam el-Erian , (1st L) on second row, vice chairman of the Freedom And Justice party, and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed El-Beltagy (R) attend the first Egyptian parliament session after the revolution that ousted former President Hosni Mubarak.
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Equal rights for women in Egypt has controversial topic among new political parties. (Reuters) CAIRO Many Egyptian political parties, especially dominant Islamist groups, have refused to commit to protecting women’s rights and to abolishing the death
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Many Egyptian political parties, especially dominant Islamist groups, have refused to commit to protecting women's rights and to abolishing the death penalty, Amnesty International said on Tuesday. "Most of the biggest Egyptian political parties have
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WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama will likely shift his strategy on healthcare in his State of the Union speech, political observers said. Last year, in his State of the Union speech, the president called for bipartisan co-operation, an idea that was
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SPA - Acting Vice President of Saudi Red Crescent Authority Fayez Al-Ahmari received here today Undersecretary of Health Ministry for Planning Affairs of Sultanate of Oman, Dr. Ali bin Talib Al-Hanai and the accompanying delegation. During the meeting,
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A U.S. embassy official says “egalitarian” Israel set an example for the US by its positive response to “social justice” protests. American Embassy Economic Officer Dewitt Conklin recently told a panel discussion at the University of Haifa that
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Illustrating how such racism is ignored, former Dutch Parliamentarian of Somali origin Ayaan Hirsi Ali said: “I studied social work for a year in the Netherlands. Our teachers taught us to look with different eyes toward the immigrant and the foreigner ...
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Guardian News and Media/London Nick Clegg has defended the governments NHS reforms in England against a barrage of criticism from a cross-party group of MPs warning that the health service cannot be frozen in time as the welfare secretary, Iain Duncan