Saudi Arabia detains 10 more in Iran spying case

Reuters - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia has detained 10 more people in a spying case it announced in March that it said was linked to Iran, state television reported on ...

Jordan keeps out Syrian refugees in border clampdown

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Syria on Wednesday, has already taken in 473,587 Syrians out of a total of 1.5 million who have fled the conflict in an exodus that has accelerated in the past four months, U.N. figures show. All four unofficial crossing points used by refugees trying to escape bombardments in the southern province of Deraa have been closed for the past six days, refugees and aid workers say, although the ...

Hezbollah Syrian army renew Qusair offensive

Jerusalem Post - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

AMMAN - Lebanese Hezbollah fighters and Syrian soldiers, backed by air strikes and artillery, renewed an offensive aimed at driving Syrian rebels from the town of Qusair near the Lebanese border on Tuesday, opposition activists said.They said fighting was raging in Qusair, as well as in areas to the east where several army bases are located, and in the Hezbollah-held southern and western ...

GIHS graduate receives scholarship to study in Jordan

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Boren Scholarship winner Elena Herfi poses in the studio on May 9, 2013. The Michigan State University senior and Grosse Ile High School graduate will study Arabic in Amman, Jordan, for the 2013-14 year. Photo by G.L. Kohuth Elena Herfi, a 2009 graduate of Grosse Ile High School and senior at Michigan State University, recently received a Boren Undergraduate Scholarship to study abroad in ...

Ahmad Battah honors winners of Sixth National Technology Parade

AME Info - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Deputizing for HRH Princess Sumaya bint El Hassan, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Princess Sumaya University for Technology (PSUT), Prof. Ahmad Battah, Mutah University's Vice-president for Academic Affairs, honored the winners of the Sixth National Technology Parade ...

Arab Education Summit concludes in Amman

AME Info - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Arab Education Summit concluded earlier this month in the Jordanian capital, after participants from around 15 Arab countries examined the latest issues in technology in education and vocational training, among other ...

East Lancashire man to run 100 miles in 24 hours in memory of his stillborn son

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Simon Jordan A FATHER is doing a gruelling 100-mile ultra-marathon in memory of his stillborn son. Simon Jordan, assistant principal at Burnley College, aims to complete the run inside 24 hours and raise 25,000 for charity. The 33-year-old will set off from his home in Feniscowles and complete three-and-a-half laps of a 28-mile route taking him through Blackburn, Ribble Valley, ...

NZ Football confirms Jordan fixture

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

New Zealand Football has confirmed that a New Zealand selection coached by Neil Emblen will play Jordan at North Harbour Stadium on June 4. Jordan - ranked 77 in the world - is set to play Australia in an Asian World Cup qualifier in Melbourne on June 11, and will use the match against New Zealand 'A' at North Harbour Stadium in Auckland as preparation for the crucial clash. ...

IMF raises Egypt 2013 CPI fcast to 10.9 pct highest since 2010

General Sources - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

DUBAI, May 21 (Reuters) - Inflation in Egypt is expected to climb to 10.9 percent this year, the highest level since 2010, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday, more than it expected in April. "Inflation is expected to rise in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, and Tunisia, reflecting recent and planned subsidy cuts and, in some cases, pressure from monetization of fiscal deficits ...

Worlds most luxurious train station planned by Saudi Arabias King Abdullah

AdelaideNow - Monday 20th May, 2013

WITH gold-plated walls and marbled walkways, this isn't your average train station. Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is planning to build an extravagant new six-line train network, in a move that's sure to make travellers around the world extremely envious. Its breathtaking, sweeping design was created by architect Zaha Hadid to mimic the country's wind-blown sand dunes. It's ...

Coronavirus cases deaths reported in Tunisia Saudi Arabia

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

May 20, 2013 (CIDRAP News) – A media report today said the Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) has reached Tunisia, killing one man and infecting two of his relatives, while Saudi Arabia has reported another death and a new case since May ...

SARS-like virus claims new life in Saudi ministry

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

View Photo AFP/Fayez Nureldine - A foreign medical staff enters the emergency section in a local hospital in the center of the Saudi capital Riyadh, on May 13, 2013. A Saudi man who had contracted the coronavirus ...

Freeport softball pitcher Sidney Schneider I believe in this team

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

Freeport softball players yell for a rally during a late-season loss to Hononegah. The Pretzels are seeded No. 1 at the Boylan Regional and begin postseason play Tuesday searching for their first regional title since ...

UK World News Jihadist files in Qatada home

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

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How Irans Syria Policy Is Making it Lose the Regional Popularity Contest

The Atlantic - Monday 20th May, 2013

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (L) chats with Syria's President Bashar al-Assad (C) and Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) while on their way to an official dinner in Damascus on February 25, 2010. (Reuters) These days, there are not many things that Arabs agree on. In fact, it may be fair to say they agree to disagree more often than not when it comes to regional ...

Jordan Arab Spring clears way for press freedoms

Lexington Herald-Leader - Monday 20th May, 2013

FILE -- In this Thursday Sept. 29, 2011 file photo, Jordanian journalists protest in front the Jordanian House of Parliament, symbolically wearing tape over their mouths, as they protest over proposed changes to the anti-corruption law they believe will muzzle press freedoms, in Amman, Jordan. Jordan’s prime minister Abdullah Ensour told a meeting of the Geneva-based International Press ...

Radical cleric Abu Qatada denied bail in Britain

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

View Photo AFP/AFP/File - Jordanian terror suspect Abu Qatada arrives at his home in northwest London after he was released from prison, in this file picture taken on November 13, 2012. Abu Qatada was on Monday ...

Abu Qatada admits defeat and says he could be gone within weeks

The Telegraph - Monday 20th May, 2013

The firebrand father of five and his family have also complained that their house, provided at taxpayers' expense, is too cramped and does not have enough storage space. His lawyers also described his family as being "under siege" from right wing protesters and being "exhausted and terrified". Robin Tam QC told Siac that Qatada's offer to return home ...

Abu Qatada believes he can be cleared of terror charges

The Telegraph - Monday 20th May, 2013

Qatada's barrister told an immigration court that the measure "substantially raises the prospect of his acquittal of what we say are tainted ...

Saudi coronavirus work stymied at Canadian lab May 20 2013 1249 AM ET The National

Congoo - Monday 20th May, 2013

Strict contract prevents scientists from collaborating on deadly virus The National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg is working with a sample of the new coronavirus that's causing clusters of infections abroad -- but can't share the material with other researchers across the country despite the ...

Hot summer spells trouble for Syrian refugees

General Sources - Monday 20th May, 2013

The onset of a hot summer may spell trouble for the estimated 1.5 million Syrians living as refugees, international agency Oxfam warned Monday. Oxfam said it expected temperatures in the Middle East to reach 100 degrees Fahrenheit in the coming weeks. Regional Oxfam coordinator Rick Bauer said that will strain the capacity of humanitarian agencies working to address those people displaced by ...

Israel cancels UNESCO mission to Jerusalem

The Courier Mail - Monday 20th May, 2013

ISRAEL announced on Monday it was calling off a United Nations investigative mission to the Old City in annexed east Jerusalem because of Palestinian efforts to politicise the visit. "Israel has cancelled the delegation," which was due to have arrived the same day, a foreign ministry official told AFP "The Palestinians were not respecting the understandings. The visit was supposed to ...