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  • Angelina Jolie visits Jordan to mark World Refugee Day

    After undergoing a double mastectomy last month, Angelina Jolie has returned to her charity work. The actress visited Jordan to celebrate World Refugee Day, which is observed June 20. She travelled to the Middle East for an official visit as an ambassador with the United Nations, Tuesday. The 38-year-old met several women and children in Syria and listened to their stories as they expressed ...

  • UAEs efforts to preserve environment exemplary says daily

    Environment related authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have not been resting on their laurels since receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, a UAE daily has reported. The UAE authorities in charge of tacking environmental issues were recognised as number one in the world in terms of having the biggest ecological footprint. "Proactivity has been their ...

  • Tourism Protests Keep New Luxor Governor Away in Egypt

    LUXOR A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office on Wednesday as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of killing 58 foreign tourists ...

  • 5000 Indian expats in Saudi Arabia get new jobs

    Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian consul general in Jeddah said. Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said the consulate's various pro-active measures have helped these Indians rectify their residency status and get new jobs, Arab News reported Wednesday. Indian expatriates were badly hit by the new ...

  • Azerbaijani youth studying in Egypt to support Ilham Aliyevs candidacy

    Azerbaijani youth studying in universities of Egypt fully supports the policy of the current government and will vote for the candidacy of President Ilham Aliyev at the upcoming October 16 Presidential elections. Student of the famous Islamic University "Al-Azhar" Ali Gyulalizade told AzerTag that many Azerbaijani students supported the initiative of the Forum of the National Council ...

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The Fugitive Kind [DVD]

The Fugitive Kind [DVD]

It is perhaps easier to recognize the merits of The Fugitive Kind from our vantage point today, some 50 years after its initial release, than it was when it first played in theaters. At that time, the movie industry was in Tennessee Williams overload, having produced six fi ... ...

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  • Frida Ghitis U.S. mishandling relations with Egypt

    Last summer, then-Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was received in Egypt with a barrage of rotten tomatoes. Protesters, mostly pro-democracy activists, shouted their rage for a very troubling reason: They believed, as many still do, that Washington wants the Muslim Brotherhood in ...

  • Qatar foreign merchandise trade surplus up 2.2 per cent in April 2013

    Qatar foreign trade saw rise according to figures In April 2013 Qatar's trade balance of goods showed a surplus of QAR 35.2 billion, i.e. an increase of QAR 0.8 billion, (2.2 per cent) compared to the same period of 2012, accordint to the QSA.QSA has released preliminary figures of the value of exports, re-exports and imports for April 2013. A short analysis by the QSA of the data is given ...

  • Filipino diplomats ordered back home over sexual abuse of women migrant workers in Arab capitals

    (16 mins ago) Philippines has ordered home several diplomats and labor officials over sexual abuse and harrassment of the country's women migrant workers in Jordan, Syria and Kuwait. Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario said he would ensure "transparent'' investigations into allegations, noting that he knew of at least one possible victim, media reports said today. ...

  • Afghanistan peace talks US-Taliban meeting in Qatar cancelled

    Hamid Karzai, who was irritated by a press conference in Qatar at which the Taliban effectively portrayed themselves as a government in exile. Photograph: Omar ...

  • Christians Urged to Participate in Month-Long Prayers During Ramadan

    Open Doors USA, a persecution watchdog organization, is urging Christians to pray during this year's Ramadan, which will be observed by millions of Muslims around the ...

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