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Saturday, November 07, 2009 |
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Palestinians in no rush to succeed Abbas as president
Younger Palestinian leaders were in no rush on Friday to step into the shoes of President Mahmoud Abbas after he said he did not want to run for re-election in January. Making clear Abbas' Fatah movement is, so far, unwilling to take the 74-year-old president at his word, none of the men seen as potential successors threw their hats into the ring after Ab bas' announcement Thursday. Full Story |
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Global unemployment still rising despite signs of recovery
Despite signs of an economic revival gathering pace around the globe, the millions of people laid off during the worst recession in 70 years are unlikely to see relief any time soon as joblessness is still climbing in many of the world's largest economies. Unemployment data typically lags other indicators of economic health as companies hold off adding staff in the early stages of a rebound. Full Story |
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Even moderates have their limits
It was described as an expression of frustration or a tactical ploy; magnanimity or maneuvering, depending on the commentator. However, one thing is still certain; the decision taken by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday not to run in elections planned for January has changed the game dramatically. Abbas' decision, he later explained. Continue |
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A new film festival is born in the Gulf
At the cusp of October and November two brands were wed in the Qatari capital. From October 29 to November 1, the inaugural edition of the Doha-Tribeca Film Festival (DTFF) played itself out, the latest exercise in brand expansion involving a Western cultural institution and Gulf Arab capital. The four-day event was crammed with activities. Full Story
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Turning the table on the Arab security state
By Rami G. Khouri
About once a year, I go through an intense week of meetings, workshops, seminars and conferences that invigorate my sense of optimism and confidence in the capacity of the Arab world to transform itself from a militarized and polarized showcase of turbulence, abuse of power and vulnerability, to a condition of productive, creative decency, dignity and stability. Continue
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Scavengers rummage for a living in Sidon's notorious dump
The squalid carbuncle that is Sidon dump rises from the sea just a five minute drive from the center of one of Lebanon's most picturesque and historic towns. Originally created to dispose of debris from buildings bombed in Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, the city has been piling its rubbish here ever since: creating a 600,000 cubic meter heap that reaches the height of a four-storey building. Full Story |
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Navigating the Najaf mantra with the four grand ayatollahs
By Haider Hamoudi
There are certain nuggets of conventional wisdom one learns upon entering any particular institution, passed among the cognoscenti and from them to the recently initiated, who absorb them quickly, to the extent they wish to be included as members of the institution. This is as true in an American university, my professional home, as it is in the Shiite religious seminaries of Najaf. Continue
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