DP World Djibouti Rejects Ethiopian Request for Dedicated Berth
11 Aug 2009: Disagreement is brewing between officials in the marine sector in Ethiopia and Djibouti over the use of the Port of Djibouti, and whether or not Ethiopia’s flagship carrier should continue to pay security fees, reliable sources disclosed to Fortune. TheDP World Opens New Terminal in Djibouti
08 Feb 2009: DUBAI - DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, on Saturday officially opened its new Doraleh Container Terminal in Djibouti, the largest and most modern terminal in East Africa. The Doraleh terminal has the capacity to handle 1.2 millionAccess to Food Halved
17 Aug 2008: Access to food in Djibouti has been cut by more than 50 percent because of reduced availability and rising prices, according to a humanitarian official. "The price of rice [the main staple] had gone up by 28 percent since January and by 88 percent fromInvestors in tiny Djibouti are thinking big
31 May 2008: DJIBOUTI: For centuries, nomads have dropped down from the rocky hills around here to carve bricks of salt from an ancient lake and haul them away on the backs of camels. But a new salt miner is trying his hand, and he may be a harbinger of what is toTen killed in US Djibouti crash
20 Feb 2006: The US military has confirmed that 10 crew members died in a collision between two of their helicopters off the coast of Djibouti on Friday. A spokesman for the US military in the Horn of Africa also confirmed that two of the 12-man crew were rescued. TheUS army helicopters crash off Djibouti
18 Feb 2006: Two US Marine Corps helicopters on a night time training mission have crashed into the waters of the Gulf of Aden, leaving two crew members injured and 10 others missing. The CH-53 helicopters went down around 5.30pm local time on Friday in the watersDjibouti deports Ethiopian pilots
20 Jul 2005: Djibouti has confirmed that two Ethiopian airmen who defected there in June have been returned to Ethiopia. Interior Minister Yassin Elmi Bouh told the BBC the pilots were handed over last week after agreeing to go home. A third man, their flightGuelleh sworn in for second presidential term
15 Jun 2005: NAIROBI, 9 May 2005 (IRIN) - Ismail Omar Guelleh was on Saturday sworn in for a second and final six-year term as president of the tiny Horn of Africa nation, the official news agency, Agence Djiboutienne d'Information (ADI), reported. Guelleh won 100Rumsfeld: Djibouti Service Difficult, Potentially Dangerous
03 Jun 2005: March 24, 2005 Abdullahi Mohamed (Deputy Editor Geeka Afrika Online) Nairobi (HAN) March 24, 2005- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld thanked the U.S. service members based here for their sense of duty. He said their service in the country on the HornDrought Is Taking a Heavy Toll on Djibouti
23 Apr 2005: April 24, 2005 Geneva - Nearly 30 000 people in Djibouti who have lost livestock due to worsening drought need emergency food and clean drinking water, the United Nations said on Friday. Supplies would be needed over the next six months due toDjibouti leader wins one-man poll
11 Apr 2005: Saturday, 9 April, 2005, 04:32 GMT 05:32 UK Djibouti's incumbent leader, Ismail Omar Guelleh, has won presidential elections boycotted by the opposition and in which he was the sole candidate. The high turnout - 78.9% - was the only unpredictable elementUnions protest new Djibouti labour code
19 Feb 2005: afrol News, 17 February - As the government of Djibouti prepares to introduce a new labour code, trade unions warn that labour rights, which already are limited, will be seriously undermined. "The new labour code will take us back 100 years," protestsDjibouti denies meddling in French judge death probe
27 Jan 2005: DJIBOUTI, Jan 25 (AFP) - Djibouti on Tuesday said it had fully cooperated with investigators probing the death of Bernard Borrel, a French judge whose alleged 1995 suicide under unusual circumstances has sparked a row with France. In a strongly-wordedDubai Customs signs strategic development agreement with Djibouti Customs
16 Jan 2005: The agreement was signed between Sultan Ahmad bin Sulayem, Executive Chairman, Ports Customs and Free Zones Corporation (PCFC) and H.E. Yasin Elmi Bouh, Minister of Finance, Republic of Djibouti in Dubai yesterday (Sunday, 9 January 2005). Under the termsDjibouti Refuge Shelters Endangered Cheetahs
29 Nov 2004: Fri Nov 12, 2004 08:10 AM ET By Ed Harris DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - Working with cheetahs, the world's fastest land animal and now an endangered species, is a bit different from treating cats and dogs, but Bertrand Lafrance felt he had little choice. Fiveslashnews
Major quake shakes eastern city of Van
A 7.2-magnitude earthquake hit eastern Turkey yesterday, triggering the collapse of buildings and killing many people, according
to officials and experts. At least 50 people were taken to the single hospital in the city of Van, Anatolia news agency said,
The wretched scandal of Gaza
Past bombed suburbs and scrubland stands the house on the frontier of hell. Once, Abdullah Wahdem's home was a pleasant villa set
in the citrus groves of northern Gaza. Now its cream stucco frontage is pitted by the bullets and artillery salvos that
From Hate to Love -
Story of Adiy ibn Hatim
In the ninth year of the Hijrah, an 'Arab king made the first positive moves to Islam after years of feeling hatred for it. He
drew closer to faith (iman) after opposing arid combating it. And he finally pledged allegiance to the Prophet, peace be on him,
Microsoft Bing in search deal with China’s
Baidu
Microsoft has signed a deal with China’s top search engine, Baidu, to provide the site with censored web search services in
English. Baidu, which dominates 83 per cent of the local market and whose success is built on its Chinese language services, said
