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Opinion: Middle East ‘Spies’: A New Front for Gaza’s Conflict
By Ramzy Baroud |
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The reverberations of the Israeli war on Gaza are still felt throughout the Middle East. One could in fact speak of a silent war being waged in the region.
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Opinion: Urban Planning Authority Cracks Down on Illegal Buildings
By Sami Zapita |
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On the April 6 my mobile received no less than three SMS messages from the Urban Planning Authority (UPA). This is the authority in Libya responsible for all of Libya's urban planning.
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Opinion: Time to Rethink the Development Paradigm on Earth Day
By Bobby Ramakant |
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Not only modern lifestyles are causing un-brindled exploitation of natural resources upsetting the ecosystem and upping the global warming, but also the national policies in India related to environment are not in tune with International mandate to save the planet Earth.
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Opinion: Non-Violence in Palestine: Timing and Intentions
By Ramzy Baroud |
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When one speaks of or advocates non-violence, does he promote such an idea because he believes that historically it has been a more effective means of liberation, or is it purely because he thinks that it is a more self-respecting means of struggle?
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Opinion: Practical Lab of God
By Mohammad Azeemullah |
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The recent earthquake that cost many precious lives in Italy was more in news for how the destruction could have been avoided than for helping to overcome the very tragic experience.
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Opinion: On Reducing Bureaucracy: Bureaucracy Cannot Down Size Itself
By Sami Zaptia |
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As a result of decisions from its third and fourth ordinary meetings in April 2009, the Libyan General Peoples Committee (GPC) informed all the other Libyan GPCs of a series of decisions, including the need to present proposals for the reduction of their own central bureaucracies.
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Opinion: Israel Investigated, But Will It Repent?
By Ramzy Baroud |
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Any variation of the words “Palestine” and “massacre” are sure to yield millions of results on major search engines on the World Wide Web. These results are largely in reference to hundreds of different dates and events in which numerous Palestinians were killed by the Israeli army or settlers. But references to massacres of similar nature precede the state of Israel itself, whose establishment was secured through the ever-expanding agenda of ethnically cleansing Palestinians.
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Opinion: Approaching Our Arabness with More Pride than Nostalgia
By Fathi El-Shihibi |
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When one investigates the involvement of people of Arab descent in defining and promoting their culture and heritage one comes to the conclusion that all their efforts usually come short when compared to the involvement of other communities in celebrating and affirming their past and present.
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Opinion: Inhaling Fire Within
By Mohammad Azeemullah |
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Neither diamond nor gold nor even any other metal of outstanding worth is as valuable to human being as health. A good health is the greatest and finest gift of God. It is the most supreme donation man has ever been favoured with.
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Opinion: Netanyahu and the 'Future of the Peace Process'
By Ramzy Baroud |
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It seems that the Palestinian-Israeli ‘peace process’ is in serious jeopardy. At least, this is the immediate impression one gleans from media reports from Israel.
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Opinion: Libya's Credit Rating: Great News for Investment
By Sami Zaptia |
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The news that Libya is to receive its first ever investment grade sovereign credit rating last week is great news for future foreign investment possibilities into Libya.
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| Opinion: One-third of Tuberculosis (TB) Cases Go Undetected: WHO By Bobby Ramakant |
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About 3 million people fail to access TB treatment under directly-observed treatment shortcourse (DOTS), according to the World Health Organization (WHO) Global Tuberculosis Control Report 2009.
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Opinion: Intifada: A Third Chapter?
By Ramzy Baroud |
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Today, the dust has finally settled in Gaza, the rubble from the untold number of demolished buildings, homes and mosques is far from being cleared away. Graves continue to receive victims, young and old alike, from Israel’s most recent onslaught. And in the midst of this, with the hopes of some respite and recovery on the horizon, rumors of a third Intifada swell among politicians, scholars and everyday people alike.
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Opinion: Libya's National SME Project is re-launched
By Sami Zaptia |
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As reported by the Tripoli Post, the Tripoli Business Incubator project was launched at a ceremony well attended by dignitaries in Tripoli on 10th March. During this launch, it was announced that twenty billion Libyan dinars (about US$16 bn) are to be allocated to this programme for the promotion of small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) all over the country.
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Opinion: Hamas Support Goes Wider
By Terry Lacey |
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A survey by the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey research conducted March 5-7 in the West Bank and Gaza Strip shows that the popularity of Hamas rose sharply after the Israel-Gaza war. (Reuters Jakarta Post 10.03.09)
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