An aid convoy is setting out from Algeria towards Gaza, after the Guidance and Reform Society, the organizers of the humanitarian assistance, obtained the necessary permits from Egypt, Algeria media reported. “The convoy will be in support of the Freedom Flotilla since its ships were the first to try to break the blockade of...
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Bahrain’s education ministry on Wednesday denied claims that it was abusing teachers’ rights by depriving them of the two breastfeeding hours. A local paper on Tuesday said that teachers at a girls’ school in Muharraq, Bahrain’s second largest city, were up in arms with their principal for not allowing them to use their two...
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A Saudi man wrongly accused of stealing a mobile phone in Qatar has been released after spending three years in prison. Doha court of first instance said that there had been a “severe technical deficiency” in filing the charges against him. The man’s woes started after a resident filed a case in August 2007...
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An Irish woman has been sentenced to seven years in prison after she was convicted of throwing the Quran at the women’s mosque at Doha airport nine months ago. According to the testimony of female cleaning workers, the accused on September 14 entered the mosque “wearing indecent clothes, took a copy of the holy...
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A move to grill Kuwait’s prime minister over government inaction on pollution in a residential area was on Tuesday aborted after the lawmaker who filed the questioning request failed to show up. Parliament Speaker Jassem Al Khorafi said that he dropped the item from the session agenda. “The prime minister was present at the...
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Bahrain is keen on moving ahead with the construction of a long-planned causeway linking Bahrain and Qatar, a Bahraini newspaper has reported. “The causeway is highly significant and the peoples of Bahrain and Qatar have pinned great hopes on it,” Bahraini sources told Al Ayam daily. “The terrestrial link will bring in great economic...
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Hamad Victor Agha will in two weeks make history by becoming the first Qatari national to be admitted to the United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point. He had to outclass candidates from 69 students to be among only 12 non-American students who will study at the prestigious academy. USMA usually allocates 15...
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Reports about the fate of Bahraini and expatriate fishermen being tried in Qatar for allegedly illegally entering Qatari waters clashed, causing confusion among their families and friends. An initial report said that the Qatari court on Monday morning ordered the release of 14 Bahrainis after paying a QR 1,000 fine. However, hours later, news...
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A Kuwaiti astronomer said that the first day of Ramadan will be on August 11 and that Muslims should get ready to fast up to 15 hours. “The first day will be on August 11 and the last day should be on September 9,” Dr Salah Al Ajuri said. “Although it is still too...
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Shaikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, wife of Qatar’s emir and Unesco Special Envoy, called upon international agencies to help Palestinian children and youth in Gaza with their education. “The right to an education is a human right. Today, schoolchildren and university students in Gaza and the West Bank are not able to fully...
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