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Sunday 2 March 2008 (23 Safar 1429)

Gulf States Insist on Lebanese President's Election on Schedule
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
RIYADH, 2 March 2008 — Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), who met here yesterday, insisted on electing a president by the Lebanese Parliament on March 11 as scheduled....  Full Story 
 
 
Balghunaim Says Flour Crisis Was Artificially Created
Arab News
JEDDAH, 2 March 2008 — Agriculture Minister Dr. Fahd Balghunaim has said that the flour crisis that hit the Kingdom earlier this month was artificial and that the flour produced by state-owned mills...  Full Story 
 
 
Madinah Woman Complains to NSHR of Abusive Half-Brother
Arab News
MADINAH, 2 March 2008 — A teacher in Madinah whose half-brother has prevented her from contacting her husband for five years and subjected her to abuse, insults and death threats has sought the help...  Full Story 
 
 
Divorces Get on Fast Track With E-Communication
Arab News
RIYADH, 2 March 2008 — Living in a high-tech world, many husbands have opted for new ways of divorcing their wives rather than confronting problems head on through discussion and dialogue. Jawhara,...  Full Story 
Deadly Israeli Attacks Kill 52
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News

 
GAZA CITY, 2 March 2008 — Israel killed 52 Gazans — including women and children — and injured more than a hundred in a ground incursion yesterday deep into the Gaza Strip, making Saturday the deadliest...  Full Story 
 
 
Warsaw Ghetto and Gaza: Disturbing Parallels
Steve Hutcheson, Arab News
I saw a photo last week of a father holding his 6-month-old baby son. The father’s face was devoid of expression; the child in his arms was dead. The boy’s name was Mohammed Al-Borai; he along with...  Full Story 
 
 
Editorial: Shift in Attitude
2 March 2008
The arrival today of Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Iraq for a visit at the invitation of Premier Nuri Al-Maliki is being widely publicized, in stark contrast to the secrecy surrounding the...  Full Story 
 
 
Looting the Vote Bank
M.J. Akbar, mjakbar@asianage.com
Jobs, unfortunately, are flexible. In a perfect world I would take just one year off and be a farmer on the eve of a P.C. Chidambaram election budget — after having taken good care to avoid committing...  Full Story 

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