Archive for December, 2009
Protesters Gather in Cairo for March to Gaza
December 31st, 2009 | 
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The march is intended to mark a year since Israel’s military assault on the Palestinian territory, and to protest the blockade of Gaza.
Popularity: 12% [?]
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Egypt widens terms of triple-play licences
In September the National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority said it was offering two “triple play” licences for cable, telephone and internet services in Egypt’s rapidly growing residential compounds in suburbs and satellite cities.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Furor grows as Iranian gov’t holds bodies of 5 protesters
CAIRO, Egypt a ‘ Iranian authorities said Monday that they were holding the bodies of five slain anti-government protesters, including the nephew of the opposition leader, in what appeared to be an attempt to prevent activists from using their funerals as a platform for more demonstrations.
Popularity: 10% [?]
Al-Qaida in Arabian Peninsula claims responsibility for attack on US airliner
In this image taken from a video posted on extremist Web sites affiliated with al-Qaida on Thursday Dec 21, and reported to be made at an unknown location in Yemen, a man identified by the sites as Mohammed al-Kalwi, an al-Qaida activist, delivers a eulogy for militants killed in a Yemeni airstrike on a militant training camp to a large gathering …
Popularity: 7% [?]
Bin Laden’s daughter turns up at embassy in Iran
CAIRO, Egypt — A daughter of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden has taken refuge in the Saudi Embassy in Tehran, Iran, after eluding guards who have held her, her sister and four brothers under house arrest for eight years, a Saudi-owned newspaper reported Wednesday.
Popularity: 7% [?]
Fight begins to supply wheat to Saudi Arabia
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has decided to end domestic wheat production by 2016 and may eventually need to import more than 2.5 million metric tons, or about 9-million bushels of wheat per year.
Popularity: 9% [?]