Bahrain’s King Hamad Bin Eisa has called for a formation of a ministerial committee to address alleged financial and management irregularities that have caused tense standoffs between the parliament and the government. The committee will be made up of officials from the ministries at the centre of the controversy between MPs and ministers and...
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Qatar’s new national museum will help highlight the country’s culture and environment, Shaikha Al Mayassa Bint Hamad Al Thani, chairwoman of the Qatar Museums Authority (QMA) Board of Trustees, has said. The opening of the museum coincides with the celebrations of “Doha, Capital of Arab Culture 2010″ and marks a new step towards developing...
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US President Barack Obama’s demands during his meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week mark a dramatic change in US policy toward Israel, Israeli political sources have said. The demands are the tip of the change iceberg and indicate an intention to impose a permanent settlement on Israel and the Palestinians in...
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A Tunisian waiter chose not to follow the old saying “Finders keepers, losers weepers” when he discovered that 120 million Tunisian Dinars ($85 million) were deposited by mistake in his bank account and returned them to the bank. Habib Omrani, a waiter in a restaurant in the coastal city of Sousse, 150 kilometres south...
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