Positive news from Saudi Arabia
House Cat Origin Traced to Middle Eastern Wildcat AncestorOxford, England, UK - Cat fanciers have long known that their feline friends have wild origins. |
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Palestinian breakthrough on unity governmentMecca, Saudi Arabia - Rival Palestinian factions have agreed at crunch talks in Mecca on who would hold ministries in an eventual government of national unity, but remained at odds over policy towards Israel. |
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Saudi women find their voiceRiyadh, Saudi Arabia - One of the most demonstrable examples of reform in Saudi Arabia has to be the national response to the issue of abuse of women and children. |
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Tearing down the Great Firewall of ChinaToronto, ON - Looking at them you might not guess it. But deep in a basement room on the University of Toronto campus, three unassuming computer hackers with messy hair and wrinkled T-shirts are working to tear down China's "Great Firewall," the most sophisticated Internet censorship system in the world. |
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Hello boys: lingerie leads the fight for Saudi women’s rightsRiyadh, Saudi Arabia - An awkward exchange is taking place at the till of a lingerie shop in the hyper-modern Al Faisaliah shopping mall in downtown Riyadh. |
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News from the Middle East
- A sporting victory for equal rights
- Saudi woman driver’s lashing ‘overturned by king’
- Saudi women to get right to vote
- Internet activism stop F1 race in Bahrain
- Former Israeli pres. Katsav gets 7yrs in jail for rape
- Israeli extends helping hand to sick Palestinians
- Pneumonia vaccine ‘to save thousands of lives’
- Ambitious project to green the desert to begin in Jordan
- Women Entrepreneurs in Baghdad Making Their Own Light
- Israel overpowers deadly blaze after four-day battle