Irans Ahmadinejad says will challenge allys ban from election

Baltimore Sun - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Iran's electoral watchdog on Tuesday disqualified Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, Ahmadinejad's former chief of staff, from running in the June 14 presidential vote. "In my opinion there will be no problem with the Leader and I will take up this issue until the last moment with him," Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, according to the ISNA news agency. "I am hopeful the problem ...

Egypt TV 7 security personnel kidnapped in Sinai freed

CBS News - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Egyptian soldiers deployed at Rafah Crossing border between Egypt and Gaza Strip on May 21, 2013 as Cairo was intensifying efforts to secure release of seven security personnel captured in Sinai Peninsula week ...

Hunger poverty rates rise in Egypt over the past three years UN

New Kerala - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

New York, May 22 : Poverty and food insecurity in Egypt have risen significantly over the last three years, according to a joint reports released Tuesday by the United Nations food agency and ...

10 insurgents killed in E. Afghan raids

Global Times - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Ten insurgents have been killed in eastern Afghan provinces during operations started on Tuesday, said the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Wednesday."Afghan National Security and Coalition Forces killed 10 insurgents, detained four suspected insurgents and safely cleared six improvised explosive devices (IEDs) during operations in eastern Afghanistan throughout ...

Egyptian army says security officers kidnapped in Sinai released

The Daily Star - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Sinai last week have been released and are on their way to Cairo, army spokesman Ahmed Ali said on his Facebook page on Wednesday."The seven kidnapped Egyptian soldiers are on their way to Cairo after their release thanks to the efforts of the Egyptian military intelligence in coordination with the elders of the tribes and families of Sinai," he ...

Gulf pension funds ramp up assets amid Arab Spring

Arabian Business - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

State pension funds in the Gulf are sharply increasing their investments in new assets on the back of the Arab Spring and demographic shifts, a report ...

Qatar wins green light for London Shell Centre

Arabian Business - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Qatar's sovereign wealth fund has secured local government approval to build almost 900 homes and eight office blocks at the site of Royal Dutch Shell's London ...

Eastday-Arab League warns against foreign interference in Syrian conflict

Yahoo - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

CAIRO, May 21 (Xinhua) -- The Cairo-based Arab League (AL) warned against the interference of foreign parties, directly or indirectly, in the ongoing military conflict in Syria, a statement said ...

Study says India Jordan Bangladesh Hong Kong worlds most racially intolerant

whatsonsanya - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

INDIA, Jordan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong are among the the most racist countries in the world - but Britain is among the most accepting of different races, a survey has found. The World Values Survey asked people in more than 80 countries what type of people they did NOT want as neighbours. More than 40 per cent of those quizzed in India, Jordan, Bangladesh and Hong Kong said they didn't ...

17 of Egypts population suffered food insecurity

albawaba - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

Average Egyptian household spends 40.6 percent of its expenditures on food The World Food Programme (WFP) in Egypt released a report on Tuesday showing that 17 percent of Egypt's population, an estimated 13.7 million people, suffered from food insecurity in 2011, compared to 14 percent in 2009.According to the joint report by the World Food Programme, the International Food Policy Research ...

Armed man threatens to shoot himself at Jordan Hospital www.privateofficer.com

Private Officer News - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

A Marshfield man threatened to shoot himself at Jordan Hospital Monday after being told he'd missed his appointment for treatment of pain. Police said the 66-year-old man told a nurse he had a gun in his pocket and was going to shoot himself in the head if he did not get help soon. The man never showed the weapon or threatened anyone else, but he was carrying a .380-caliber semi-automatic ...

Burundi enacts new air services agreement with Qatar

eTN - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

(eTN) - The Burundi government has formally signed a new air service agreement with Qatar Airways, allowing the two national airlines (Qatar Airways and Air Burundi) to fly up to seven times a week between Doha and Bujumbura. The agreement covers passengers and cargo services and allows for intermediate stops enroute from and to Bujumbura. Burundi is currently the least-connected country in ...

Senior PGA player practices with Ranken Jordan patients

News Channel 5 - Wednesday 22nd May, 2013

ST. LOUIS COUNTY (KSDK) - In golf, major championships are a big deal and so are the practice sessions leading up to them. On Tuesday, golfers continued their practice rounds at Bellerive, perfecting their swings for the Senior PGA Championship. Veteran golfer Scott Simpson is in the field for the Senior PGA Championship. NewsChannel 5's Art Holliday asked him about giving back, the ...

Syria on target U.S. wants 20000 troops arriving in Jordan

Pravda - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The Pentagon plans to relocate an effective military force beginning with 200 then up to 20 000 soldiers and station them in Jordan in order to be prepared for a possible military intervention in ...

World Briefing | Middle East Egypt Security Forces Fire on Funeral

International Herald Tribune - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Egyptian officials say soldiers and police officers mistakenly fired on a Bedouin funeral in the Sinai Peninsula during a search for kidnapped security personnel. The officials say the troops thought the funeral convoy was carrying gunmen who refused to ...

15 killed 90 wounded in fresh attacks in Iraq

China.org.cn - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

A car bomb went off near the Abu Ghraib Grand Mosque, a Sunni mosque in Abu Ghraib area, 25 km west of the capital Baghdad, on Tuesday evening, killing eight people and injuring 15 others, a police source told Xinhua on condition of ...

Debate in Egypt as IMF official urges govt to cut

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

The statement of an International Monetary Fund (IMF) official urging the Egyptian government to cut energy subsidies has stirred up debate among local experts.On Tuesday, Masood Ahmed, IMF chief for the Middle East and Central Asia, told reporters in Dubai that Egypt should cut energy subsidies and spend more in other fields to reinvigorate its ailing economy.Ahmed said Egypt spends on energy ...

Syrian missiles in Israeli cities a matter of time Israeli

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Syrian missile strikes on major urban centers in Israel are "just a matter of time," Israel's Home Front Defense Minister Gilad Erdan said Tuesday ahead of a national civil defense drill scheduled for next week."It is no longer a question of whether missiles will be fired toward dense population centers, but when. My answer is that it doesn't really matter. It can happen ...

Irans Hashemi-Rafsanjani Rahim-Mashaei barred from

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

In a statement issued by Iranian Interior Ministry on Tuesday, the presidential hopefuls Akbar Hashemi-Rafsanjani, former moderate president, and Esfandiar Rahim- Mashaei, top aide of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, were not qualified for the country's upcoming presidential election.The statement said that Iran's Guardian Council of Constitution, the high legislative body of the ...

Israeli minister nuclear Iran poses largest threat to Israel

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

Israeli Minister of Strategic and Intelligence Affairs, Yuval Steinitz, said on Monday that the most critical issue threatening Israel's security is a nuclear Iran.Steinitz made the comments in a speech given at an international security conference called the C5I (Command and Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber and Intelligence), which is aimed at sharing knowledge and ideas on ...

1 militant killed 3 arrested in Egypts Sinai

Global Times - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

One militant has been killed and three others arrested in a military campaign in the Egyptian governorate of North Sinai on Tuesday, a security official told Xinhua."During a military campaign in southern Rafah in North Sinai, the security forces were surprised by heavy gunfire at Al-Barth area and exchanged fire with the militants," the security source said.Afterwards, the security ...

Iran bars Rafsanjani Mashaei from election

The Daily Star - Tuesday 21st May, 2013

This combination of eight pictures shows eight candidates approved Tuesday, May 21, 2013 for Iran's June 14 presidential election to replace Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who cannot run again because of term limits, clockwise from left: Mohammad Gharazi, Mohsen Rezaei, Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, Gholam Ali Haddad Adel, Saeed Jalili, Ali Akbar Velayati, and Hasan Rowhani, taken between May 9 and May ...