Sunday, August 7, 2011

UPDATES: News and Links

Several hundred thousand people march in the streets during a protest against the rising cost of living in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Tel Aviv Tent City Protest Grows
Market Report: US debt crisis sends Egypt's main index to 2-year low
Egyptian stocks feel the early impact of the US credit downgrade, mirroring regional markets to lose more than 4 per cent as worries build over the global economy

US crisis impact on Egypt 'will not be heavy,' says minister of finance
A locally-made liquidity crunch is recently-appointed Hazem El-Beblawi's worst fear as he warns of the country's perilously high budget deficit

Former Port Said security chief to be tried for killing protesters
Port Said's ex-security chief will be tried for killing protesters during the height of Egypt's revolution, alongside former minister of interior Habib El-Adly

Iraqis angry over Abu Ghraib ringleader's release
raqis express their outrage at the release of the ringleader of US guards who abused detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, stating that US troops should not be safe from Iraqi judicial prosecution

Israel media hails 'revolution' of protests
As more than 250,000 protesters flood the streets on Saturday, the Israeli media claims it has amounted to a revolution that cannot remain unnoticed for much longer

Israel PM forms panel to quell protests
Committee to discuss socio-economic reform, after hundreds of thousands protest across Israel over high cost of living.

Israel ex-president appeals rape conviction
Former Israeli president Moshe Katsav goes before the Israeli Supreme Court to appeal his conviction and sentence for rape and sexual harassment

The PA and September
Determined to petition the UN next month to recognise Palestine, leaders in Ramallah are busy convincing Washington and Tel Aviv that the move is nothing to worry about, writes Saleh Al-Naami

Just buying time
With Yemen's President Saleh still hanging on, tribal conflicts throughout the country continue without resolution in sight, writes Nasser Arrabyee

London wakes up to aftermath of worst riots for years
Large wave of riots and arrests escalate in London as a result of the shooting of a man by armed officers

Somalia fighters quit capital but remain a threat
The Shabaab fighters still hold control of southern Somalia, while Mogadishu is given up

NATO investigates deadly Afghan helicopter crash
NATO forces in Afghanistan investigates the helicopter crash that killed 30 US soldiers - from the unit that killed Bin Laden - and eight Afghans amid Taliban claims that they brought down the aircraft

US economy dealing blow to Obama's 2012 hopes
Analysts say the gloomy economic situation in the United States creates uncertainty regarding the President Barack Obama's chances for re-election in 2012

World leaders confer on debt crisis
French and UK leaders discuss twin debt crises in Europe and US, amid calls for G7 nations to convene emergency summit.





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