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Sitting on a powder keg

  • I woke up to an especially beautiful Alexandria morning yesterday, a clear blue sky punctuated with meandering fluffy clouds. Savoring the aroma of percolating coffee, I watered the multi-hued flowering plants on my terrace before pausing to feel the sun’s rays bathing my face. Feeling that all...
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Babri Masjid demolition

  • In January 1993, the federal government of India passed a law to take over 69 acres of land surrounding the masjid and other temples in its vicinity for construction of Ram Janambhomi-Babri Masjid complex. In view of the conflicting claims the government asked the Supreme Court to give its...
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Test ahead for US law limiting gun-seller liability

  • Recent deadly shootings in Wisconsin and Colorado reignited calls for more gun control in the United States, but one element has been largely missing from the debate: Should gun makers or sellers be held liable?A 2005 law that protects the gun industry from certain lawsuits has been challenged in...
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Malaria: A solid investment for GCC countries

  • DESPITE best efforts and tremendous progress, malaria continues to infect an estimated 216 million people around the world each year. Nearly half of these cases occur in predominantly Muslim countries.Malaria kills more than 650,000 people each year, of which approximately 560,000 are children...
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Time to earn that Nobel, Mr. President!

  • Some of the loudest cheers over Barack Obama’s re-election originated in the Middle East. Although the Arabs and Muslims didn’t have much to celebrate during his first term, they still plumped and prayed for the candidate Obama perhaps a little more than the rest of the world hoping...
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While I am writing (Part 1)

  • Certainly some writers are in agony and some are in trouble. They are the writers who write with conscientious awareness of responsibility and believe that God will ask them about their writings. I certainly do not mean those who write for the sake of their own interests and acquire a cheap name...
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NRA offensive exposes deep divisions on guns

  • Any chance for national unity on US gun violence appeared to wane a week after the Connecticut school massacre, as the powerful NRA gun rights lobby called on Friday for armed guards in every school and gun-control advocates vehemently rejected the proposal....
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Thirst for change at the heart of Pakistan protest

  • Tears roll down Mohammad Zubair’s cheeks as he speaks about the misery of being jobless in Pakistan, cursing the ruling elite and pinning his hopes for a better future on a populist religious scholar....
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Local problems, global solutions

  • It was definitely not a part of the official agenda of the Arab Economic Summit in Riyadh which concluded yesterday. The summit had a clear focus on economic issues. Nevertheless it would definitely be there on the sidelines of the high-level official meetings in direct or indirect deliberations....
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Al-Naimi’s message

  • In a changing world environment politically and economically, Saudi Arabia is sending a reassuring message that it is committed to its traditional role of balancing the market at a price by keeping an excess capacity while joining hands to make use of new technology that can even address some of...
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