“Look, mate, this is my country”. Was the Daily Mail listening? Before the opening of the Olympics, the Daily Mail ran a series of stories on those athletes it called “plastic Brits “. By this ugly term, it referred to... Read more
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Bristol Palestine Film Festival has launched in campaign to raise funds for 2012. The festival began in 2011 and attracted over 500 people to its events, receiving extensive media coverage, including several interviews on BBC... Read more
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Police released a member of Kuwait’s Al-Sabah ruling family on Sunday after holding him for several days over remarks on Twitter in which he accused the authorities of corruption and called for political reforms
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Nazir Al Majid, known for tackling issues of religion on his blogs, was arrested in March last year Saudi Arabia has released a prominent Shi’ite blogger after more than a year in detention without charges, it has been reported
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Tadhamon Capital and partners plan student accommodation project in English capital Bahrain and UK-based investment firm Tadhamon Capital and Apache Capital Partners on Sunday announced the acquisition of a prime Central London accommodation... Read more
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Mid-February 2011 – a surprise email arrived in my inbox from a talented and well-established British photographer, James O Jenkins, asking if I would like to sit for a photo-portrait to represent Libya’s participation at the London 2012... Read more
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British property developer Safi Qurashi, this week freed by a Dubai court after two-and-a-half years in jail, was rearrested on Tuesday over criminal charges brought against him by debt-ridden developer Nakheel
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