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Arab Countries Aim to Improve Journalism Education With UNESCO's "Model Curricula"

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 12.30.2009 | World

Read More: The Middle East, Europe, Russian, French, Converged Media, Unesco, North and South America, American, Asia, University of Bahrain, Chinese, Arabic, Journalism, Paris, English, Singapore, Mauritania, Un, North Africa, Spanish, Africa, Media Academic Programs, Morocco, Tunisia, World Journalism Education Congress, Media Ethics, Anglo-Saxon, Bahrain, Model Curricula for Journalism Education, Media Laws, Education, Arab, Algeria, Gulf Cooperation Council, Manama, Francophone, Rabat, World News
Magda Abu-Fadil

Arab countries are making strides in trying to improve journalism curricula, but still face strictures, obstacles and challenges to press freedom as w...

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The Fool's Errand

Daniel Bruno Sanz | Posted 11.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Karzai, Kurds, Algeria, Dubai World, Greg Craig, Doobie Brothers, Peter Galbraith, Taliban, Mathew Hoh, Franz Josef Jung, Charles De Gaulle, Diem, South Vietnam, Guantanamo Bay, David McKiernan, Stanley McChrystal, French Fourth Republic, Porcupine, Politics News
Daniel Bruno Sanz

Change the names, dates and particulars of the Algerian War, the Vietnam War and Soviet war in Afghanistan, and the history of mighty powers recycles itself in Af-Pak-Iraq.

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'Agitated' Mubarak issues veiled threat in Algeria soccer row

Haaretz. | Haaretz | Posted 11.21.2009 | Home

Read More: Algeria, Egypt, Home News

An "agitated" President Hosni Mubarak entered Egypt's bitter soccer row with Algeria on Saturday, vowing in a televised speech that attacks on Egyptia...

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Soccer game fractures relations between Algeria, Egypt

WorldFocus.org | WorldFocus.org | Posted 11.20.2009 | Home

Read More: Cairo, Algeria, Egypt, Home News

Angry football fans converge on the Algerian embassy in Cairo. Photo: madmonk Hoda Osman, a special correspondent for Worldfocus and an Egyp...

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Egyptian Soccer Fans Riot Against Algeria (PHOTOS)

Posted 11.21.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Soccer, Egypt Riot, Egypt Algeria Soccer, Soccer Fans, Soccer Riot, Algeria, World Cup, Egypt Soccer, Slideshow, World News

(AP) CAIRO — Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an ...

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Egypt Recalls Algerian Ambassador As Soccer Rift Grows

AP | MAAMOUN YOUSSEF | Posted 11.20.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt Algeria, Algeria Egypt, Algeria, Egypt, Soccer, Soccer Sudan, Soccer Egypt, World News

CAIRO — Egypt on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer riv...

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Egypt-Algeria in football spat

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.19.2009 | Home

Read More: Cairo, Algeria, Egypt, Home News

Cairo recalls ambassador over reports of attacks on fans after World Cup qualifier. ...

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Soccer In Sudan: Guns And Soldiers Required

New York Times | JEFFREY GETTLEMAN | Posted 11.19.2009 | World

Read More: Sudan, Sudan Soccer, Egypt, Algeria, Soccer, World News

KHARTOUM, Sudan -- The streets emptied at sunset. Twitchy-faced soldiers hit the pavement, literally thousands of them, wearing all stripes of camoufl...

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A matter of life and death? (Egypt vs Algeria is more important than that)

The Independent | Independent | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Cairo, Algeria, Egypt, Home News

Had Bill Shankly hailed from Cairo rather than a Scottish mining village, he might have said: "Football's not a matter of life and death - but it can...

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Egypt Vs. Algeria, November 18: Sudan Hosts World Cup Soccer Qualifier

AP | JOHN LEICESTER | Posted 11.18.2009 | Sports

Read More: Egypt vs Algeria, Egypt Algeria, Egypt vs Algeria November 18, Egypt vs Algeria in Sudan, World Cup, Algeria, Egypt, Soccer, Egypt vs Algeria 18 November, Sports News

PARIS — The first rock was thrown with such force that it traveled through the bus, smashing windows on its way in and out, Michel Gaillaud, a F...

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Sudan alert over Algeria-Egypt tie

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.18.2009 | Home

Read More: Algeria, Egypt, Sudan, Home News

Sudan puts 15,000 police in place for the grudge World Cup football qualifier....

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A matter of life and death? (Egypt vs Algeria is much more important than that)

The Independent | Independent | Posted 11.17.2009 | Home

Read More: Cairo, Algeria, Egypt, Home News

Had Bill Shankly hailed from Cairo rather than a Scottish mining village, he might have said: "Football's not a matter of life and death - but it can...

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Cairo match ends peacefully

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

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No violent incidents as Egypt celebrates football victory over Algeria. ...

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Rivalries persist over Cairo match

Al Jazeera. | Al Jazeera | Posted 11.14.2009 | Home

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Tensions rise as Algeria and Egypt prepare for crucial World Cup qualifying game....

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Algerian Soccer Team Attacked With Bricks In Bloody Cairo Assault (VIDEO)

Posted 11.13.2009 | Sports

Read More: Cairo Football Attack, Algerian Football Team Attacked, Video, Algeria Soccer Team Attack, Cairo, Egypt, Algeria, Soccer, Algerian Football Bus Attack, Algerian Soccer Bus Attack, Cairo Soccer Attack, Sports News

A bus carrying the Algerian national soccer team was attacked after leaving the airport in Cairo, Goal.com reports. According to the web site, bricks ...

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No Toilets or Air For "Forgotten Prisoners"

Betwa Sharma | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Egypt, Syria, Uruguay, Jordan, Torture, Tunisia, Morocco, Toilets, United Nations, Corporal Punishment, United States, Special Rapporteur, Equitorial Guinea, China, Human Rights Violations, Montevideo, Iran, Amman, Alien Deportation, Russia, Israel, Falun Gong Camps, Togo, India, Saudia Arabia, Cuba, Algeria, Nigeria, Manfred Nowak, Immigration Laws, Toga, World News
Betwa Sharma

Prison conditions worldwide are worse than the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture could have imagined. Jails without air, toilets and food are not rare.

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A Changing Threat: Al-Qaeda Eight Years Later

Peter Henne | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Al-Qaeda, Afghanistan, Algeria, Counterterrorism, Saudi Arabia, Terrorism, Obama Counterterrorism, President Obama, Iraq, Yemen Terrorism, Counterinsurgency, Al Qaeda, World News
Peter Henne

Al Qaeda's greatest weapon is not its bombs but its voice, and the threat it will hijack discourse in the Muslim world, which requires a concerted US outreach campaign to counteract.

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The Complement Between Islam and Science

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

Read More: Science, Islam, Uae, Johns Hopkins, Algeria, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

Every Ramadan, Sheikh Mohammed gathers intellectuals from across the Arab world to personally listen to their success stories and to benefit from their wisdom.

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The Arabs Need a Nelson Mandela, Who Knows When to Go

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 08.20.2009 | World

Read More: Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, Lebanon, Yemen, Gamal-Abdel-Nasser, Algeria, Morocco, Democracy, Fatah, Hamas, Bashar Al-Assad, Nelson Mandela, Arabs, Egypt, Israel, Kuwait, Syria, World News
Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

We desperately need a visionary leader in the Arab world, monarch or republican, who steps aside and oversees in his lifetime a peaceful democratic transfer of power.

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Death toll in China riots rises to 192

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home

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Chinese authorities on Wednesday announced a higher death toll from ethnic riots in a predominantly Muslim western city, after the government warned its overseas workers in Algeria of possible attacks from Islamists.

Chinese companies and workers in Algeria were warned to be on alert after an Islamist Web site called for retaliation to Beijing's crackdown to quell the unrest in Urumqi.

The unrest began July 5 with a protest by Muslim Uighurs that spiraled into violence against Han Chinese. In subsequent days, roaming groups of Han Chinese men launched revenge attacks. The turmoil represents the worst ethnic violence China has seen in decades.

On Wednesday, the Communist Party in Xinjiang province, of which Urumqi is the capital, said the death toll from the ethnic violence had risen to 192 from 184 reported earlier, according to the Xinhua News Agency. The number of people injured also rose to 1,721 from 1,680.

Xinhua said 881 people remained hospitalized, with 66 in critical condition. A total of 331 shops and 627 vehicle were burned down in the unrest.

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Robert Lady: I Was Just Following Orders

AP | ARIEL DAVID | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Italy, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Milan, Extraordinary Rendition, Rendition, Robert Seldon Lady, Robert Lady, Algeria, World News

ROME — A former CIA agent on trial for the alleged kidnapping of a Muslim cleric and terror suspect in Milan acknowledged in an interview publis...

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Rai Star Cheb Mami Arrested For Attempted Forced Abortion

Huffington Post | Posted 07.31.2009 | World

Read More: Cheb Mami, Rai Star, Interpol, Algeria, France, Foreign Affairs, Rai, Advocacy, Cheb Mami Arrested, Cheb Rami Arrested, World News

Algerian pop star Cheb Mami was arrested in France Monday due to allegations that he attempted to force a woman with whom he had previous relations to...

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Algeria Al-Qaeda-Linked Militants Kill 21 Police

AP | ALFRED de MONTESQUIOU | Posted 07.19.2009 | World

Read More: Africa, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Algeria, Al Qaeda, Al-Qaeda, Al Qaida, Al Qaeda Algeria, World News

ALGIERS, Algeria — Al-Qaida-linked militants ambushed a convoy of Algerian police escorting Chinese construction workers near a highway building...

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Obama's First 100 Days: A Start On Guantanamo, But Not Enough

Andy Worthington | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Preventive Detention, Geneva Conventions, Pentagon Guantanamo, War on Terror, Algeria, President Obama, Guantanamo, Taliban, Binyam Mohamed, Omar Khadr, Eric Holder, Habeas Corpus, Obama Executive Orders, Dick Cheney, Politics, Libya, UN Convention Against Torture, Enemy Combatants, Robert Gates, Col. Patrick Parrish, Obama Guantanamo, Saudi Arabia, US Senate, Habeas Corpus Guantanamo, Judge Emmet G. Sullivan, Col. James Pohl, Judge Reggie B. Walton, Closing Guantanamo, Pentagon, US Supreme Court, Tunisia, Terrorism, Judge Ricardo Urbina, Neal Katyal, Guantanamo Detainees, Susan Crawford, David Addington, Ayman Batarfi, Justice Department, US District Court, Boumediene v. Bush, Barack Obama, Uighurs, Al Qaeda, Military Commissions, Guantanamo Uighurs, Lawrence Wilkerson, Judge Richard Leon, Uzbekistan, Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly, Obama First 100 Days, China, 100 Days, World News
Andy Worthington

Just Binyam Mohamed and the Yemeni doctor, Ayman Batarfi have been cleared for release. At this rate, of course, it will take decades to close Guantánamo.

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The New Terror in the Middle East: Swine

Jamal Dajani | Posted 06.01.2009 | World

Read More: Palestinian Territories, Palestine, Hysteria, Jews, Lebanon, Jerusalem, Terror, Algeria, Egypt, Middle East, Terrorism, Swine Flu, Muslims, Swine Hysteria, Israel, Copts, Jerusalem Gay Parade, H1n1, World News
Jamal Dajani

A spokesman for the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt calls swine flu "more serious than a hydrogen bomb" during a symposium on the health scare. Egypt's pa...

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