Election Panel Puts Off Start of Iraq Parliament Races The New York Times | BAGHDAD - Iraq's independent elections commission announced Thursday that the parliamentary elections campaign, scheduled to start Sunday, would be postponed for five days, as confusion reigned over an appeals court decision that overturned a ban on hundreds of candidates. | The campaign for the M...
UK's Blair faces "pivotal day" at Iraq War inquiry The Star | LONDON (Reuters) - Former British prime minister Tony Blair makes a much-anticipated appearance before an inquiry into the Iraq War on Friday, his personal reputation as well as that of the Labour government at stake. British Middle East envoy Tony Blair speaks at the Global Competitiveness Confer...
Lawyer: HRC can't intervene in Buraidah girl's case now Arab News | Walaa Hawari | Arab News | RIYADH: The lawyer hired by the Human Rights Commission (HRC) to investigate the case of the 12-year-old girl married to an 80-year-old man in Buraidah, Sultan Al-Zahim, said he has not received any official information o...
12-year-old Saudi girl in divorce battle with 80-year-old husband The Times | A 12-year-old girl fighting to divorce her 80-year-old husband in Saudi Arabia is to receive legal assistance from the Government in what could become a test case for banning child marriage in the kingdom. | The state-run Human Rights Commission ha...
Saudi rights panel take up child bride case Khaleej Times JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia - Saudi Arabia's state human rights body has hired a lawyer to review the case of a girl whose mother sought her divorce from an 80-year-old man, a move activists hope is a first step against child marriage. | Saudi Arabia, a pat...
Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula urges jihad BBC News | A Yemen-based offshoot of al-Qaeda has called on Muslims in the region to wage holy war against the US and its allies. | A purported audio statement by Said al-Shihri, deputy leader of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, warned "American and Cr...
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Candidate Bans Worsen Iraq's Political Turmoil The New York Times | BAGHDAD - Iraqi officials have done little to clarify who, exactly, has been disqualified from running for Parliament in March because of ties to Saddam Hussein's Baath Party. Th...
Opinion: To Struggle for Gay Rights is to Struggle for All Rights Human Rights | (New York) - The email came to Human Rights Watch anonymously, late one night. | "I am a gay, working in Saudi Arabia ... last night me and my friends were in the shopping mall and suddenly the Saudi police attack us and arrested my friend Mu'...
Saudi Interior Ministry accused of torture The Siasat Daily | Riyadh, February 04: A Saudi civil rights group has called on King Abdullah to launch an investigation into alleged abuses the Interior Ministry committed under the guise of "fighting terrorism." | In an open letter to the King, the Saudi Civil and...
12-year-old Saudi girl drops push to divorce octogenarian: media Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Thursday, February 04, 2010 | - Powered by | RIYADH: A 12-year-old Saudi girl unexpectedly gave up her petition for divorce from an 80-year-old man her father forced her to marry in exchange for a dowry, Saudi media ...
Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani sets sights on buying Liverpool from Hicks and Gillett The Times | Liverpool emerged as a takeover target for the seventh-richest man in the world last night as the pressure mounted on Tom Hicks and George Gillett Jr to cut a deal to sell Anfield. | Mukesh Ambani, the wealthiest man in India, is one of two tycoons from the sub-continent competing to buy a stake in the Merseyside club. | The Sahara Group's chairm...
India aims to double trade with Arab world The Hindu | Special Correspondent | - PHOTO: S. SUBRAMANIUM | EXIT TIMING: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma (right) with FICCI President Rajan Bharti Mittal (centre) and Ahmed Benhelli, Deputy Secretary General, League of Arab States, at the second India-Arab Investment Projects Conclave in New Delhi on Monday. | NEW DELHI: Asserting that...
