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Tunisia’s labour union calls for Arab aid convoy, hands US envoy protest letter

June 10, 2010
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Tunisia’ labour union federation has handed a letter of protest to the US ambassador and a letter of praise to the Turkish envoy in Tunis as it called for sending a new humanitarian aid convoy to Gaza to help the besieged Palestinians.  “A labour union delegation handed the letter to the American envoy in...
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MP calls for calm with Qatar as Bahrain plans tighter checks of maritime borders

June 10, 2010
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A Bahraini lawmaker has urged Bahrain’s media and rights activists to avoid exacerbating tension between Manama and Doha over the detention of fishermen in Qatar. “We want a prompt settlement of this issue and we urge newspapers and human rights organizations here not to fuel tension,” Ibrahim Al Hadi, MP for the Islamic Menbar,...
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Kuwait pledges zero-tolerance for unlicensed charity work

June 10, 2010
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Kuwait’s social affairs and labour ministry has pledged a zero-tolerance towards unlicensed charity work, mainly for foreign causes. “We have not licensed any Kuwaiti charitable organization or any Kuwaiti national to collect donations for charity work abroad,” the ministry said in a statement. “We will take stringent legal action against anyone who breaks the...
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Arabian Gulf a major priority in Britain’s new government foreign policy

June 10, 2010
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Arabian Gulf a major priority in Britain’s new government foreign policy

The Arabian Gulf will be a major priority in Britain’s new government foreign policy, its ambassador in Doha has said. “One of the things Foreign Secretary William Hague has clearly picked up is that he wants to ensure that British engagement remains strong in Europe and North America, but that it also stretches beyond...
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Qatar calls for the establishment of a global humanitarian operation force

June 10, 2010
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Qatar calls for the establishment of a global humanitarian operation force

Qatar has called for the establishment of a humanitarian operation force (HOPEFOR) that will bring hope and emergency relief to the victims of natural disasters. “I propose the establishment of a Humanitarian Operation Force also known as HOPEFOR,” Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Shaikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani. “Such a force would draw...
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Born August 3, 1960 in Monastir, Tunisia
Career
Media career:
  • ABC News (Tunisia)
  • Bahrain Tribune
  • Gulf News
  • Bahrain Television News
Teaching career:
  • Monastir (Tunisia)
  • University of Bahrain
Education
  • MA  Mass Communications, University of Leicester
  • BA  in English & US literature and studies, University of Tunis

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