Dina al-Shibeeb: Is Iran helping Iraq to become a civilian nuclear power?
23 Sep 2011: In the game I call politics, it is OK for western allies such as the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Jordan to go nuclear provided they are able to prove that the endeavor is purely of a civilian nature. Even if countries are not western allies, if they want toIraqi Lawmakers Question Oil Deals
09 Nov 2009: Lawmakers from the Iraqi parliament's oil and gas committee on Sunday questioned the legality of petroleum-development deals signed last week with BP PLC, Exxon Mobil Corp. and other big oil companies. The opposition isn't likely to derail the agreement,Twin car bombs in central Baghdad kill over 155
25 Oct 2009: Two car bombs in central Baghdad have killed at least 136 people and wounded more than 550 others, police sources have told Al Jazeera. The blasts went off less than a minute apart on Sunday, near the ministry of justice and the headquarters of theIraq to press for dropping debt at UN meeting
22 Sep 2009: BAGHDAD — Iraq’s president said Tuesday he will press his government’s case before the United Nations this week to have the country’s remaining multibillion dollar Saddam Hussein-era debts dropped. President Jalal Talabani said he will make theIraqi shot after hurling slipper at US patrol
18 Sep 2009: FALLUJAH, Iraq: American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade at them, the US military said Thursday — but local police and witnesses said the object was only the man’sIraqs neighbouring states drastically reducing the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates
04 Sep 2009: Dam projects by neighbouring states are drastically reducing the flow of the Tigris and Euphrates and helping to turn a once-fertile plain into desert. Phil Sands and Nizar Latif report as an environmental crisis deepens As bombs continue to tear apartMuntadhar al-Zeidi’s: Iraqi who threw shoes at Bush to be released early
30 Aug 2009: BAGHDAD — An Iraqi journalist imprisoned for hurling his shoes at former President George W. Bush will be released next month after his sentence was reduced for good behavior, his lawyer said Saturday. Muntadhar al-Zeidi’s act of protest duringAt least 27 killed in Baghdad serial bombings
01 Aug 2009: A string of bomb attacks targetting Muslim Shiite worshippers as they emerged from mosques across Baghdad on Friday killed at least 27 people and wounded 59 in the latest sectarian violence plaguing the country, security officials said. The six apparentlyIraq Detainees' Endless Ordeal
30 Jul 2009: BAGHDAD — With the first beam of the sun, Ghaliyah al-Yassir, 41, heads to a Baghdad prison hoping to hear a word about the fate of her husband. "My husband is a good man and until now he didn't have the chance to stand before a judge," the mother ofIraqi recounts Abu Ghraib abuse
23 Jul 2009: Photographs showing the abuse of inmates at Iraq's infamous Abu Ghraib prison by US prison guards have shocked the world. The latest one to be outraged is Admiral Michael Mullen, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff. Mullen has voiced his disgustUS damaged historic Iraqi site of Babylon: UNESCO
09 Jul 2009: US troops and contractors inflicted considerable damage on the historic Iraqi site of Babylon, driving heavy machinery over sacred paths, bulldozing hilltops and digging trenches through one of the world’ most important archaeological sites, experts forFujairah’s Streets to Get a Makeover
08 Jul 2009: FUJAIRAH — Roads in the new residential areas of Fujairah will be paved, ushering in a new era of well-planned network of roads in the emirate, a top municipality official has said. Streets in the emirate are littered with construction wasteAt present,Iraq, IMF Near Deal on $5.4b Loan
06 Jul 2009: BAGHDAD - Iraq will meet with the International Monetary Fund, or IMF, in September to finalise a $5.4 billion standby loan to the war-battered country and may launch the sale of treasury bonds worth $3 billion within two months, a Central Bank officialIraq hit by worst sandstorms
06 Jul 2009: BAGHDAD - The weather in Baghdad has been biblical of late. Great walls of sand, driven by scorching hot winds, have crashed against the walls and windows of the city, delaying historic business deals, waylaying diplomatic visits, even interfering withIraqi oil licensing in trouble as companies ask for too much
01 Jul 2009: Iraq's long-awaited licensing round to develop some of its massive oil reserves stumbled Tuesday as oil and gas companies dug in their heals, demanding more money for their efforts than the government was willing to pay. International oil companies wereslashnews
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
