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  • Anti-Muslim reprisals after Woolwich attack

    Members of the English Defence League congregated near Woolwich Arsenal station on Wednesday night after plans for a protest were circulated on social media. Photograph: Rick Findler/Barcroft ...

  • Saudi Specialty Chem launches Jubail facility

    Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has further demonstrated its national growth commitment by opening its first engineering thermoplastics compounding facility as well as a new polypropylene compounding (PPc) plant, at its manufacturing affiliate, Saudi Specialty Chemicals Company (Specialty Chem), in Jubail. These new facilities in conjunction with initiatives like the National ...

  • ‘Clear plan’ urged for...

    LONDON: The International Monetary Fund has urged Britain’s government to adopt a "clear" plan to sell its stakes in state-rescued lenders Royal Bank of Scotland and Lloyds Banking Group, but warned it may first need to inject more capital. "A clear strategy is needed for the two government-intervened banks, with a view to returning them to private ownership," the IMF ...

  • Abha becomes Air Arabia’...

    Air Arabia's, described as the first and largest low-cost carrier (LCC) in the MENA, has started operating to Abha from its primary hub in Sharjah. The new service marks the carrier's eighth destination in the Kingdom and 85th worldwide. Air Arabia offers two weekly flights to Abha, making it easier and more convenient for passengers to travel between the two cities. Operating on ...

  • New GCC tobacco tax...

    The dilemma facing GCC finance ministers as they deliberate over a 100 percent increase in duty on tobacco products is underlined by a White Paper published yesterday which spotlights growth in illicit trade, beyond the control of police and customs authorities, as an inevitable consequence of a sharp overnight rise in the cost of cigarettes. Based on a round table discussion examining the ...

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American Gangster

American Gangster

American Gangster has had one of those insanely tortured production histories that makes you wonder if, at the end of the day, it was all worth it. The real-life story of 1970s Harlem crime king Frank Lucas, the film was set to roll several years ag ... ...

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  • British officials Radical Islam behind London attack

    Police and forensic officers near the scene of an attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people injured near Woolwich barracks in London Wednesday, May, 22, 2013. Scotland Yard said officers responded to reports of an assault Wednesday afternoon in the London neighbourhood of Woolwich. London Ambulance service said one man was found dead at the scene and two other men were taken to ...

  • Muslim Groups Condemn Woolwich Attack

    Religious groups and charities have come together tonight to condemn the Woolwich attack. The Muslim Council of Britain said the killers' use of "Islamic slogans" indicated they were motivated by their faith. A statement from the council said: "This is a truly barbaric act that has no basis in Islam and we condemn this unreservedly. Our thoughts are with the victim and his ...

  • Muslim Brotherhood Not Qualified to Run Egypt Says Former Member

    Hossam Abdel Moniem, a former leading member of the Muslim Brotherhood, said that the leaders of the Egypt's ruling group are not qualified to rule the country, given that the members were once prevented from taking any executive position during the era of the Hosni Mubarak ...

  • Amid Oklahoma devastation search for survivors...

    June Simson,right, receives a hug from her neighbor Jo McGee while embracing her cat Sammi after she found him standing on the rubble of her destroyed home in Moore, Oklahoma, on Tuesday. ...

  • France beefs up Mideast...

    PARIS: France will invest about 20 million euros ($ 25 million) to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.Spokesman Philippe Lalliot confirmed an email sent by Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius to staff on Tuesday saying the measure had to be taken following the ...

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