Nigerian e-mail scams flourish despite global crackdown
WASHINGTON, 25 JAN 2003 --Nigerian e-mail scams continue to defraud investors of savings despite efforts by the United States and foreign governments to crack down on the schemes.
Saturday, January 25, 2003
EDITOR'S PICK:
ARAB NEWS EDITORIALl: BY OTHER NAMES
JEDDAH, 26 JAN 2003--When William Shakespeare wrote “A rose by any other name smells just as sweet”, he could have been anticipating the modern trend of finding new verbal disguises for awkward truths. Slaughter by any other name, be it the Americans’ “taking out” or Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution”, is just as deadly, just as barbarous.
ARAB NEWS EDITORIALl: BY OTHER NAMES
JEDDAH, 26 JAN 2003--When William Shakespeare wrote “A rose by any other name smells just as sweet”, he could have been anticipating the modern trend of finding new verbal disguises for awkward truths. Slaughter by any other name, be it the Americans’ “taking out” or Adolf Hitler’s “Final Solution”, is just as deadly, just as barbarous.
Jeddah school bans girl for wearing scarf
JEDDAH, 26 JAN 2003 — An international school in Jeddah, which has boys and girls of varying nationalities on its rolls, has banned an Egyptian Muslim girl for wearing a head scarf. The girl, Lujain, was banned from Jeddah Prep and Grammar School and was forced to look for another in order to continue her studies.
JEDDAH, 26 JAN 2003 — An international school in Jeddah, which has boys and girls of varying nationalities on its rolls, has banned an Egyptian Muslim girl for wearing a head scarf. The girl, Lujain, was banned from Jeddah Prep and Grammar School and was forced to look for another in order to continue her studies.
Somali Refugees Deny Reports of Recruiting by Muslim Extremists
NAIROBI, 26 JAN 2003 (VOANEWS)--Somali refugees living along Kenya's border with Somalia deny reports their camps have become a recruiting and training ground for Muslim extremists.
NAIROBI, 26 JAN 2003 (VOANEWS)--Somali refugees living along Kenya's border with Somalia deny reports their camps have become a recruiting and training ground for Muslim extremists.
Friday, January 24, 2003
EDITOR'S PICK: When will we resist?
Edward Said: The US is preparing to attack the Arab world, while the Arabs whimper in submission
LONDON, 25 JAN 2003 *GUARDIAN)--One opens the New York Times on a daily basis to read the most recent article about the preparations for war that are taking place in the United States. Another battalion, one more set of aircraft carriers and cruisers, an ever-increasing number of aircraft, new contingents of officers are being moved to the Persian Gulf area. An enormous, deliberately intimidating force is being built up by America overseas, while inside the country, economic and social bad news multiply with a joint relentlessness.
Edward Said: The US is preparing to attack the Arab world, while the Arabs whimper in submission
LONDON, 25 JAN 2003 *GUARDIAN)--One opens the New York Times on a daily basis to read the most recent article about the preparations for war that are taking place in the United States. Another battalion, one more set of aircraft carriers and cruisers, an ever-increasing number of aircraft, new contingents of officers are being moved to the Persian Gulf area. An enormous, deliberately intimidating force is being built up by America overseas, while inside the country, economic and social bad news multiply with a joint relentlessness.
ETHIOPIA: Violence on the increase in remote Gambella region
ADDIS ABABA, 24 JAN 2003 (IRIN) - Dozens of people have been killed amid spiralling ethic clashes between rival groups in Ethiopia's western Gambella Region, on the border with Sudan.
ADDIS ABABA, 24 JAN 2003 (IRIN) - Dozens of people have been killed amid spiralling ethic clashes between rival groups in Ethiopia's western Gambella Region, on the border with Sudan.
ETHIOPIA: Government accused of "intellectual repression
NAIROBI, 24 JAN 2003 (IRIN) - The Ethiopian government is muzzling educators and students with a policy of harsh repression, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Friday.
NAIROBI, 24 JAN 2003 (IRIN) - The Ethiopian government is muzzling educators and students with a policy of harsh repression, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said in a report released on Friday.
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