MIDDLE EAST

Middle East battle for rights to Angry Birds theme park

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:00 GMT

Source: travel.cnn.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Tweet Abu Dhabi, Al Ain and Doha are competing to build the world's largest theme park based on the popular game ...

Seatronics announces large purchase of advanced sonar equipment & new sales representation with EdgeTech in the Middle East

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:34:30 GMT

Source: www.yoursubseanews.com --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Seatronics Ltd. , an Acteon company, is pleased to announce the purchase of more than $1.5 million of advanced sonar imaging systems and associated equipment from EdgeTech. The purchase is part of a multi-million dollar investment by Seatronics which will expand the world’s ... more ...

Sharon Stone: Middle East peace process ‘like going to the gym’

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:03:39 GMT

Source: english.alarabiya.net --- Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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Angry Birds rights battle in Middle East

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:00:58 GMT

Source: www.cnn.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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BlackBerry fans in the Middle East can celebrate as the first BlackBerry Retail...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:18:13 GMT

Source: www.facebook.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
BlackBerry fans in the MIDDLE EAST can celebrate as the first BlackBerry Retail Concept Store in the MIDDLE EAST will be unveiled for customers on Thursday, June 20th 2013 at 5 PM. Located on level two of the Dubai Mall, conveniently close to the … BlackBerry to Open First MIDDLE EAST BlackBerry Store in Dubai Mall ...

BlackBerry to Open First Middle East BlackBerry Store in Dubai Mall

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:46:33 GMT

Source: n4bb.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
BlackBerry fans in the MIDDLE EAST can celebrate as the first BlackBerry Retail Concept Store in the MIDDLE EAST will be unveiled for customers on Thursday, June 20 th 2013 at 5 PM. Located on level two of the Dubai Mall, conveniently close to the Dubai Metro Link, the BlackBerry store will provide UAE residents and visitors a chance to experience the latest models through live demo’s, as well as to pre-register for upcoming smartphones. For the first time in the MIDDLE EAST, UAE-based users and Dubai Mall visitors will experience a personalised BlackBerry-branded service that will reflect the priority and importance given to the region by the global smartphone brand. The new store will also ensure local users are taking full advantage of their devices thanks to the in-store maintenance and repair service hub offering free software upgrades, data back-up and transfer solutions, product set-up, service collection and warranty verification, as well as the first one-hour repair or replace service in the MIDDLE EAST. The post BlackBerry to Open First MIDDLE EAST BlackBerry Store in Dubai Mall is from N4BB.COM ...

Christians face being driven from the Middle East

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 02:50:33 GMT

Source: a12iggymom.wordpress.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Egyptian Coptic Christians try to put out their burning clothes after they were attacked in Cairo in April 2013. (AFP) This could be the greatest story never told. The Arab Spring has turned to bitter mid-winter for Christians across the MIDDLE EAST. Members of orthodox faiths are being driven from their biblical heartlands by hard line Muslim governments with no toleration of religious diversity. All behind the increasingly opaque veil of chaos and civil war as the rest of the world looks the other way. The exodus comes just 24-months into the biggest political upheaval in a generation, according to Father Peter-Michael Preble, an Orthodox priest with the Romanian Orthodox Archdiocese in the Americas. He says Christians are the single most persecuted minority in countries including Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Algeria Iraq, Iran and the Lebanon. READ MORE: http://www.torontosun.com/2013/06/09/christians-face-being-driven-from-the-MIDDLE-EAST ...

[YouTube / Ezekiel] Signs - The Coming War in the Middle East

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:30:00 GMT

Source: ironburka.blogspot.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Fadel Gheit: Avoid the Middle East, Invest in US Refineries

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:23:17 GMT

Source: www.gold-speculator.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Energy Report: During your last interview in March, you said that oil prices were inflated by about 30% based on replacement costs of about $70/barrel ($70/bbl). Do you still believe that or are prices more realistic today? Fadel Gheit: Nothing really changed over the course of the year. Oil prices are still inflated. I still stand by my estimate that oil should be trading between $70 and $80/bbl, not $90 or $100/bbl. TER: What are your top picks among the large-cap exploration and production (E&P) companies in the oil and gas space? FG: There are three or four categories of companies. The large, integrated oil companies are Chevron Corp. (CVX:NYSE), Exxon Mobil Corp. (XOM:NYSE), Royal Dutch Shell Plc (RDS.A:NYSE; RDS.B:NYSE), Total S.A. (TOT:NYSE) and the like. This is a shrinking universe because most of these companies are breaking up. ConocoPhillips (COP:NYSE) used to be a major integrated company and it split into two separate companies. But of all the major integrated comp... ...

The End of Hezbollah in the New Middle East | New Civilisation

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:45:48 GMT

Source: forums.islamicawakening.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
As-Salaamo 'Alaaykum, New article on the ideological and strategic blunders of Hezbollah in Syria; The End of Hezbollah in the New MIDDLE EAST | New Civilisation Fi Amaanillaah ...

NU-Q study shows divisions over Web freedom in Middle East, North Africa

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:50:32 GMT

Source: dailynorthwestern.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Northwestern University in Qatar today released the preliminary results of a four-month survey on media usage in the MIDDLE EAST and North Africa, revealing tensions between those who want more freedom on the Internet and those who want to see it more regulated. The findings show a range of public opinion on whether the countries surveyed are “headed in the right direction,” though participants were optimistic about their own futures. Many Web users in the region supported the freedom to express opinions online, but many also said they believe the Internet should be more controlled. The survey was conducted by NU-Q Dean Everette Dennis, journalism Prof. Justin Martin and Robb Wood, media and external development strategist, in association with market research firm Harris Interactive. It polled more than 10,000 respondents across eight countries, including Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar. “While most respondents feel people should be able to state their opinions online no matter what those opinions may be, they also express caution about using the internet to speak frankly about political affairs or public issues," the researchers wrote in their final report. "Adding to this apparent paradox is the fact that many – including younger adults – say that they would like to see more regulation of the internet.” A majority of those surveyed perceived the quality of news about th ...

Radical Islam: The Real Roots of Conflict in the Middle East

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:23:55 GMT

Source: unitedwithisrael.org --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The international community should focus on the true root of conflict in the MIDDLE EAST, which is the human rights violations occurring in the Muslim world. ...

Something a Bit Different . . . the Archaeology of WWI Palestine and the Beginning of the Modern Middle East

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:07:00 GMT

Source: mideasti.blogspot.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Current Events are moving quickly so let's take a break in the past, from the Friends of the American Schools of Oriental Research, Jeffrey A. Blakely on "The Archaeology of World War I in Palestine and the Beginning of the Modern MIDDLE EAST." ...

BlackBerry to open first Middle East Store in Dubai on June 20

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:06:16 GMT

Source: www.tbreak.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Over 1000 square feet dedicated to Blackberry will open to the public at Dubai Mall. ...

'Arab Idol' unites Middle East

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:39:03 GMT

Source: www.cnn.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
"Arab Idol" is more than just a contest. In a divided region, it's a ratings juggernaut that's also a feel good story. ...

China hosts Middle East peace talks

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:00:53 GMT

Source: www.thenational.ae --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Palestinian envoy to the United Nations praises China's growing involvement in the MIDDLE EAST peace process. ...

Wealth creation is faster in Middle East: HNWIs

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:05:00 GMT

Source: www.khaleejtimes.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
A majority of high net worth individuals (HNWIs) in the MIDDLE EAST believe wealth creation is faster today than in the past, more than any other region globally, according to the latest report by of Barclays Wealth Insights. ...

WHO Warns About a Dangerous New SARS-Like Virus from the Middle East

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:00:01 GMT

Source: www.topsecretwriters.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
MIDDLE EAST respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) was first recognized by reported deaths in September 2012. This severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) has over a 50% mortality rate which is why it’s being called a threat to the entire world population by the World Health Organization (WHO). (1) The latest report from WHO on June 7, 2013 stated that “The Ministry of Health in Saudi Arabia has notified WHO of an additional laboratory-confirmed case with MIDDLE EAST respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)”. (2) The latest victim of this dangerous virus strain was an 83-year-old man who had serious health problems prior to infection. He contracted the virus on May 27, 2013 and died four days later. His death was the result of the latest outbreak that struck a health-care facility in Al-Ahsa in April 2013. Since 2012, there have been “55 laboratory-confirmed cases of infection with MERS-CoV”. Out of those, 31 patients died. (2) The following countries have reported MERS-CoV cases to WHO. The first number signifies the number of people infected and the second number within parentheses signifies the number of patients that died: --> Jordan 2 Read more... ...

Obama Doctrine: Backing Middle East Radicals After 10 Previous Western Failures

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:04:19 GMT

Source: pjmedia.com --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
There is a long history of Western powers believing that they could manipulate or work with radical Arabic-speaking states or movements to redo the regional order. All have ended badly. –During the 1880s and 1890s, Germany became convinced that it could turn the forces of jihad against British, French, and Russian rivals. The kaiser presented himself as the Muslim world’s friend and German propaganda even hinted that their ruler had converted to Islam. –In World War One, the Germans launched a jihad, complete with the Ottoman caliph’s proclamation. Wiser heads warned that the Ottoman ruler didn’t have real authority to do so or that the raising of the jihad spirit could cause massacres of Christians in the empire. They were ignored. As a result, few responded to this jihad; Armenians were massacred at times with the at least passive complicity of the German government. –Nevertheless, Adolf Hitler, whose close comrades included many veterans of the earlier jihad strategy, tried the same approach in World War Two. This time, the Jews in the MIDDLE EAST were to be the massacred scapegoats. Yet despite close collaboration by the leader of the Palestine Arabs, Hajj Amin al-Husseini, and the Muslim Brotherhood, among others, the defeat of the German armies along with other factors (incompetence, unkept Arab promises, and German priorities) prevented this alliance from succeeding. By the way, the Nazi collaborators were the same Muslim ...

Sharon Stone: Middle East peace process 'like going to the gym'

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:53:31 GMT

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk --- Tuesday, June 18, 2013
On a visit to Jerusalem, Hollywood actress Sharon Stone compares the feasibility of the MIDDLE EAST peace process to choosing to stay in shape. ...