EBRD starts donor-funded work in N.Africa
LONDON Dec 13 (Reuters) - The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development said on Tuesday it had started donor-funded activities in North Africa through a technical cooperation fund, ahead of plans to extend the development bank's mandate into North Africa. More...
Sultan Qaboos University — 25 Glorious Years
Oman Daily Observer REFLECTIONS — By Dr Rajan Philips — Twenty-five years is quite a short period when we consider universities that boast of centuries of tradition. For instance the University of Karaouine in Fes, Morocco, and Al Azhar University, in Egypt, among the...
EU to launch scoping exercise with S Mediterranean states
EUROPOLITICS /Print this article | Trade Council By Lénaïc Vaudin d'Imécourt The Trade Council, scheduled to be held in Brussels on 14 December, will most likely agree to launch the scoping exercise for a deep and comprehensive free trade agreement (DCFTA) with...
Solidere, BLOM listed on S&P AFE 40 index
BEIRUT: Lebanon’s Solidere and BLOM Bank stocks joined the S&P AFE 40, a pan-Arabian stock index that will measure the performance of 40 leading companies from Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and the United...
A Potted History From Our Presidential Ph.D.
Huffington Post Dr. Charles G. Cogan In footage aired on December 9, Newt Gingrich told the Jewish Channel that the Palestinians were an "invented people": Remember, there was no Palestine as a state -- (it was) part of the Ottoman Empire. I think we have an invented...
French press review 13 December 2011
By Michael Fitzpatrick Change in North Africa following the Arab Spring, the ongoing saga of the eurozone crisis and rumblings in the bowels of the French nuclear industry dominate Tuesday's French newspapers. The economics supplement of Le Monde looks at how the new...
ISESCO/Culture: Workshop on development of national commissions’ documentation centers and libraries
BY IINA RABAT, 16 Muharram/12 déc.(IINA)-The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), in collaboration with the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco, will hold a regional workshop for the officials of documentation centers and...
A year of uprisings and revolutions: uncertainty reigns in the Arab world
From Egypt's Tahrir Square to Libya and Syria, the fate of the region still hangs in the balance Ian Black Guardian Weekly Article history People power ... Libyans celebrate the rebel victories in Benghazi. Photograph: KeystoneUSA-ZUMA/Rex Features This has been a...
Will Turkey Act as Model for Arab Islamists?
By Samia Nakhoul Journalist Tuesday, 13 December 2011 02:52 Turkey’s Erdogan and his government are intent on influencing the reformists in the Arab Islamist parties. (Reuters) - As Islamist groups emerge triumphant in Tunisia, Egypt and Morocco, Turkey's ruling...
Sika acquires Axim from Italcementi Group
Sika AG / Sika acquires Axim from Italcementi Group . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Sika AG acquires the global concrete admixture and cement grinding aid business of the...