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Khaleej Times: UAE begins drive against H1N1 for Hajj pilgrims
ABU DHABI: The United Arab Emirates has started a drive to vaccinate Hajj pilgrims from the country to protect them from the potential threat of being contracted by H1N1 virus during their pilgrimage. The competent healthauthorities in the UAE, in cooperation with the General Authority for Islamic Affairs and Awqaf, also completed a comprehensive health plan to deal with health emergencies that may occur due to potential spread of the pandemic flu virus during the current Hajj season. The plan...
The Independent: Robert Verkaik: Evidence mounts that practice was rampant
It was Mr Justice McKinnon, the judge at the Baha Mousa court martial, who first summed up the deepening sense of disquiet over the truth behind the abuse committed by British soldiers inIraq. He told the tribunal, which cleared six of the seven soldiers, that there had been "more or less obvious closing of ranks". This week there were...
Daily Star Lebanon: Tent cities raised as Saudis flee border bombardment
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Powered by AHAD-ALMASARHA, Saudi Arabia: Thousands of Saudi Arabians are huddling in tent cities after abandoning their homes as fighting between Yemeni troops and Shiite rebels spilled across the border. They were evacuated from scores of villages earlier this month and relocated to camps far from the border as the Saudis began to bombard the Zaydi rebels in a bid to drive them back. The UN Children’s Fund UNICEF said on...
Daily Star Lebanon: British Airways-Iberia $7 billion merger deal creates world's third-largest airline by revenues
Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Powered by Tracy Rucinski and Rhys Jones Reuters MADRID/LONDON: British Airways (BA) and Spain’s Iberia announced Thursday a preliminary agreement for a $7 billion merger, to create the world’s third-largest airline by revenue. The deal, which the companies hope to close by the end of 2010, ends the British flag carrier’s long pursuit of Iberia to create an enlarged group, able to cope with the industry’s largest...
Daily Star Lebanon: Japan Airlines posts $1.5 billion first-half loss
Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Powered by Yuri Kageyama Associated Press TOKYO: Japan Airlines said Friday it racked up a $1.5 billion loss and was seeking government help to fend off creditors as the beleaguered carrier struggles to recover from the travel industry’s deepest slump in years. The fate of Asia’s largest airline was so uncertain that it abandoned any forecasts for the year – a sign of the hardships it faces as it presses for a government bailout...
Daily Star Lebanon: Intel to pay AMD $1.25 billion in antitrust case
By Agence France Presse (AFP) Saturday, November 14, 2009 - Powered by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON: IntelCorp. agreed on Thursday to pay Advanced Micro Devices $1.25 billion to settle the long-running legal dispute between the two chipmakers on antitrust and patent issues. Intel, the world’s biggest maker of semiconductors, is facing litigation in the United States, Europe and Asiaalleging it abused its dominant position in the sector and the AMD...