l-Arish – Ma’an – The Egyptian government claims that police have discovered and shut down a major warehouse in the city of Rafah storing civilian goods intended to be smuggled through tunnels into the besieged Gaza Strip.
The beer made at Taybeh Brewery – named for the town where it was first brewed and, incidentally, the Arabic word for “delicious” – is not only popular among Palestinians, but has a following across the world.
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CAIRO — More than eight in every 10 Egyptians believe corruption is rife and nearly half lack confidence in the government, according to the results of a ministerial survey reported in the press on Wednesday.
The official SPA news agency quoted ministry spokesman General Mansur al-Turki as saying the early morning shootout took place at a police checkpoint in Jizan province on the southern border with Yemen.
SHANGHAI — The first in a series of trials got under way in China’s western municipality of Chongqing that may reveal how senior police officials conspired with local gangsters to run rackets in one of the country’s biggest cities. It is also the latest reminder of the government’s challenge in rooting out corruption.
Looking at the main gate of the Alexandria University medical campus at eight in the morning, it looks as if it were a queue at airport security. Since the start of the new academic year, the same scene has been repeated every morning.
He is now also be posed to take over as president of EPAD, the public agency in charge of developing La Defense, from Patrick Devedjian, who is leaving the post after reaching the 65-year age ceiling for the job.
France suspended international arrest warrants for four Moroccans over the 1965 abduction of an opponent to Morocco’s then King Hassan II early on Saturday after it had issued them earlier citing a request for information from Interpol.
(CPJ/IFEX) – New York, September 30, 2009 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the closure of a Moroccan independent daily amid an escalating government campaign to silence critical journalists. On Tuesday, police prevented Taoufik Bouachrine, managing publisher and editor of the daily Akhbar al-Youm, and dozens of staff members from entering the offices of the Casablanca-based newspaper.