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Also in the News | Global Arab Network

YEMEN: Spotlight on water contamination

Global Arab Network - - Adam Turner

Sunday, 12 April 2009 00:50
Contaminated water is an ever-present and growing problem across Yemen. “Four years ago my three-year-old son died of acute diarrhoea. The doctor told me the disease was caused by contaminated water,” Fawziah Ismael from Bani Matar District, Read more... Add new comment

IMC University Launches Outstanding Education Project in Oman

Global Arab Network - - Adam Turner

Sunday, 12 April 2009 00:21
The IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems is being awarded the tender for the structural and academic development of the University of Buraimi, Oman. Therewith, one of Austria's most international Universities of Applied Sciences has been able to assert itself against five international competito [ … ] Read more... Add new comment

OIC Conference..an opportunity to strengthen joint work by Islamic humanitarian organisations

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Friday, 03 April 2009 23:56
The Secretary General of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference expressed thanks and appreciation of Libya for the support offered to the pan-Islamic body. Read more... Add new comment

MAURITANIA: Thank you for reparations – but where is the justice?

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Friday, 03 April 2009 17:51
Twenty years after a military regime killed hundreds of mostly black Mauritanians, another military government is promising to compensate their families. While some victims’ associations welcome reparations, other affected families and many NGOs Read more... Add new comment

WFP launches first food voucher operation in Palestinian

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Friday, 03 April 2009 17:44
The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a food voucher operation, the first of its kind in the Middle East, to assist some 30,000 people in the occupied Palestinian territories (oPt). Read more... Add new comment

The Bahrain Society for Children with Behavioral organizes ‘Untangle Autism’ conference

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Friday, 03 April 2009 17:30
The Bahrain Society for Children with Behavioral & Communication Difficulties is hosting a conference on the theme ‘Untangle Autism. The conference being held at the Sheraton Hotel, Bahrain on April 2 - 4, 2009 aims to bring together educators, Read more... Add new comment

Shafallah Center & Qatar Airways promote global awareness of autism

Global Arab Network - Qatar Airways

Friday, 03 April 2009 17:24
Shafallah Center For Children With Special Needs and Qatar Airways have announced a partnership to promote global awareness of autism. The two organisations have combined resources in a campaign that will run throughout the month of April and Read more... Add new comment

Anger over delays in food distribution to flood victims in Yemen

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Wednesday, 01 April 2009 18:07
Delays in distributing food aid are generating anger and despair among people in the southern Yemeni governorate of Hadhramaut affected by the October 2008 floods, flood-displaced people and community leaders say. Read more... Add new comment

Fitch Affirms KFH's IDRs; Downgrades Individual Rating

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Wednesday, 01 April 2009 18:02
Fitch Ratings has today affirmed Kuwait Finance House's (KFH) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) at 'A+' and Short-term IDR at 'F1'. The Individual Rating was downgraded to 'C/D' from 'C' and placed on Rating Watch Negative (RWN). KFH's Support '1' and Support Rating Read more... Add new comment

NGOs incensed over Iraqi government moves to regulate them

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Wednesday, 01 April 2009 17:51
A group of Iraqi NGOs are incensed by government moves to monitor and control the funding and operations of NGOs. Activist Basil Abdul-Wahab al-Azawi, who heads the Baghdad-based Commission for Society Enterprises (an umbrella group of more than Read more... Add new comment

GCC Theatrical Festival starts in Kuwait

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Wednesday, 01 April 2009 01:13
Kuwaiti Minister of Information Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Sabah opened here Tuesday evening the 10th Theatrical Festival of local threater bands in the six Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries. Read more... Add new comment

EU rejects Mauritania govt's 'road map' to constitutional rule

Global Arab Network - - Maha Karim

Wednesday, 01 April 2009 00:58
The European Union (EU) has rejected the 'road map' drawn up by the military government in Mauritania, describing it as ''unconstitutional and unilateral''. Read more... Add new comment