Israel’s Knesset may withdraw parliamentary immunity from six lawmakers who traveled to Libya to meet the country’s leader Moammar Gadhafi, the chairman of the chamber’s House Committee Yariv Levin has said. “Knesset immunity is not a license to inflict continual damage on the state and make a mockery of parliament and the public,” Levin...
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Archive for April 28th, 2010
Six Israeli lawmakers may lose immunity following trip to Libya
Forum recommends boosting Arab online journalism
Online and multi-language productions should be the new focus of the Arab media, media specialists have agreed. “The Arab media should be more creative and should invest heavily in the use of new technology and the Internet while stressing the drive to disseminate digital content,” the Arab Media Forum recommended at the end of...
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US decision on Kuwaiti Guantanamo detainees blasted
The head of a popular committee defending Kuwaiti nationals held in Guantanamo has blasted the US administration for seeking to impose restrictions on former prisoners before it could consider the release of the remaining detainees. “The US wants to impose new security conditions on former detainees because it was unable to detain or condemn...
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Bahrain’s culture and information undersecretary dies
Bahrain’s undersecretary for culture and information died on Wednesday shortly before noon follwoing a long battle with cancer. Mohammad Al Banki, the former editor-in-chief of Al Watan newspaper, was earlier this month admitted at the Military Hospital in Riffa after he suffered from abdominal pains. Al Banki, who holds a Master’s degree in Arabic,...
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Rise of countries like Bahrain and Qatar will result in increasing strength and impact on regional foreign policy
The rise of countries like Bahrain and Qatar will result in increasing strength and impact on regional foreign policy, a Middle East scholar said in Manama. “Over next 10 years, we will continue to see the economic ascendance of small Gulf states like Bahrain and Qatar,” Mehran Kamrava, Interim Dean of Georgetown University School...
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France to train Qatari doctors
Qatari doctors will be trained in France under an accord signed by the two countries. According to an agreement signed on Tuesday, a committee will be formed to encourage the development of partnership between French and Qatari hospitals and to ease possible difficulties in the implementation of the accord, Qatar News Agency (QNA) said....
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