Rear Admiral Mark I. Fox will this month take over as commander of the US Naval Forces, US Central Command, in Bahrain. The 54-year-old Navy officer will replace Vice Admiral William Gortney who was on May 17 nominated director, Joint Staff, Pentagon, by US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates. A native of Abilene, Texas,...
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Bahrain is still looking into whether the fishermen currently held in Doha were arrested in Bahraini or Qatari waters, the foreign minister said on Saturday. “Either way, the arrest of Bahraini nationals who did not commit a crime is not within the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) principles and spirit,” Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al...
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Egyptian authorities have barred a group of 16 Algerian activists carrying humanitarian aid into Gaza from crossing into the besieged strip, Algerian media reported. “They have said that only the three parliamentarians could use the Rafah crossing and without taking with them any of the humanitarian aid,” the activists said. “We were shocked because...
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Bahrain is set to re-open its embassy in Lebanon after a 34-year hiatus, Bahrain’s foreign ministry has said. “The political decision has been made, and it will be matter of only a few days,” Shaikh Khalid Bin Ahmad Al Khalifa said following talks with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri. “I have conveyed to President...
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Faced with the world’s first peacetime sabotage of live television transmission, Al Jazeera Sport said that it was taking legal action against whoever blocked its Arab world exclusive coverage of the World Cup opening ceremony and first match between hosts South Africa and Mexico. Football fans watching the ceremony and the match on Al...
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