Archive for July 6th, 2010

Kuwait foreign minister lashes out at Avigdor Lieberman

July 6, 2010
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Kuwait’s foreign minister has lashed out at Israel’s foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, saying he was an “unbalanced man” who is destroying Israel’s reputation. “I do regret the abusive language used by Lieberman about the Palestinians,” Shaikh Mohammad Al Salem Al Sabah’s said. “His past statement about Israel’s readiness to bomb the High Aswan Dam...
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Medical society to hold fresh elections following irregularity charges

July 6, 2010
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Bahrain’s social development ministry has annulled the medical society’s elections and called for fresh polls within one month. The new elections should be based on the principles of transparency and credibility, the ministry said following a meeting between ministry officials, last month’s medical society elections committee and the two contenders for the post of...
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Laid-off journalists agree on action plan to draw attention to their plight

July 6, 2010
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Bahraini journalists who have become unemployed after their newspaper shut down in May said that they had agreed on a schedule for public action to get their long-due financial compensations. “We will implement the schedule to press for our demands within days,” Ahmad Al Boosta, the former head of international news at Al Waqt...
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Qatar doctors encouraged to report suspected cases of child abuse at home

July 6, 2010
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Doctors in Qatar have been told to report suspected cases of child abuse at home after they confirm them by using a specific line of questioning. “Although we do not have data on child abuse in Qatar, we know that it does exist in our society,” Dr Khalid Al Saadi, from the Paediatrics Department...
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Qatar Charity (QC) opens field office in the Comoros Islands

July 6, 2010
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Qatar Charity (QC) has opened a field office in the Comoros Islands to oversee its development projects there. The office in the capital Moroni will co-ordinate the efforts of other Qatari Charitable organisations in the development of the island, Mohamad Bin Abdullah Al Rumaihi, assistant foreign minister for follow-up, said at the inauguration ceremony...
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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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