Belgian Cyclist Nolf Found Dead in Hotel During Tour of Qatar

Frederiek Nolf was found dead of an apparent heart attack in his hotel room in Doha just 5 days before his 22nd birthday. " DOHA, Qatar - Belgian cyclist Frederiek Nolf was found dead in his Doha hotel room...

Arab Emergency Sumit condemns Israel for its aggression of Gaza

The heads of Arab states participating in Doha summit condemned Israel for its invasion of Gaza in a strong word never seen in an Arab initiated meeting before. The meeting also asked Israel to stop aggression and accept, unilaterally, the cease fire and allows...

Al Jazeera Announces Partnership with The Independent

Doha Qatar, January 14, 2009: Al JazeeraAl Jazeera and The Independent have announced a new partnership that brings Al Jazeera English video news bulletins to the web pages of the www.independent.co.uk, one of...

JWT Ad Agency Offers 90 Things to Watch in 2009

Ever wonder what trends, fads and buzzwords are likely to become popular during the next 12 months?  Wonder no more.  JWT, one of the largest advertising agencies in the world, released a list of 90...

Gas exporters form new organization not a cartel

After months of negotiations, main gas producing countries agreed to form an Organisation to protect their common energy interests. The initiative has been criticised by those fearing the formation of a...

Brazil's foreign policy: The samba beat, with missteps

The following article at the Economist recounts the Brazilian diplomatic mischiefs in the region amid the recent celebration of the LatAm Summit. It also analyses the Brazilian falling of grace with left...

Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge

Jobless claims hit 25-year high, imports plunge Doug Palmer WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers drawing jobless benefits hit a 25-year...

A troika first, then a Gas OPEC?

As Iran, Qatar and Russia prepare to attend a new round of talks on gas cooperation in Doha, on Wednesday, Moscow expressed its willingness to create a Gas Troika to boost cooperation and stabilise world prices....

"Terror 32 climate 0 " Bush speach in UN

   George Bush seems to have forgot that where he is speaking, UN is not the platform where you are supposed to speak only about terror. Same age old fundamentals of politicians, fuel the sense of fear among the...

TI: African Accra Aid Forum Falls Short Anti-Corruption Vow

Transparecy International - an NGO that looks at corruption from the accounts of private sector- expressed disappointment at the conclusion of the High-Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness. It claimed...

UN says wealthy failing the poor

Unsurprisingly, an UN report finds little progress towards millenium development goals. Very little improvement has been achieved to erradicate poverty by 2015. Trade and aid are still major barriers. "The report...

Brazil to dispute US subsidies

In reaction to the collapse of the Doha round of talks at the World Trade Organisation in Geneva last week, Brazil would take actions against the US over alleged illegal subsidies and other trade barriers. Earlier...

Turkish court rules against closing ruling party

" Turkish court rules against closing ruling party ANKARA JULY 30 - Turkey’s top court on Wednesday ruled against closing the governing AK Party for Islamist activities but decided to impose partial financial penalties on the party, chief judge Hasim Kilic...

Lebanon: A unity government at last

After weeks of political uncertainty and some civil unrest, a new 30 member national unity was announced in Lebanon. It marks the return of Fouad Siniora as Prime Minister and the allotment of 11 posts to the opposition -Hezbollah, Amal, Michel Aoun party and shiite...

Gulf currency revaluation ought to top the agenda in Doha today « Peter J. C...

" Are the Central Banks spending too much time looking at the details of monetary union and even using it as a reason not to tackle more pressing issues at hand, such as the wholly inappropriate monetary policy now thrust upon the region courtesy of the dollar peg?"

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