http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_meast.xml Updated every 5 minute of every day - FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 06:55:10 Asia/Riyadh(AST) Copyright: 2009, Alarabiya News Channel. http://www.alarabiya.net/rss/en_meast.xml http://www.alarabiya.net/files/gfx/img/alarabiya.gif http://www.alarabiya.net Protesters hurled stones and firebombs at police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, wounding 11 officers and 24 policemen as anger mounted over attacks on Egyptians after the countries' World Cup qualifier. The interior ministry that 15 cars were also damaged in thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91844.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not to hold the vote. Abbas, speaking to BBC Arabic, said the Palestinian leadership would take measures to avoid a constitutionalhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91868.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThe publication of mugshots of Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's son after his arrest in Switzerland led Tripoli to block the return of two Swiss nationals from Libya, the Swiss President told newspapers Friday. Daily newspaper La Tribune de Geneve on Sept. 4 printed policehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91885.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTHassan Nasrallah was re-elected head of Hezbollah late on Thursday following a congress that also adopted a new manifesto, which is to be revealed in coming days, the armed Shiite party announced. Nasrallah, 49, has been heading Hezbollah since 1992 when his predecessor, Abbashttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/20/91871.htmlAl ArabiyaThu, 19 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTCairo recalled its envoy to Algiers and Egyptians burned the Algerian flag on Thursday after Egypt's soccer team lost to Algeria in a play-off to reach the World Cup finals, accusing its fans of post-match thuggery. The move is the latest in a tit-for-tat spat between the North Africanhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91801.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTFearing loss of life and money, Palestinians are abandoning tunnels that supply the blockaded Gaza Strip with everything from food to fridges to weapons. On the Gaza side of the border with Egypt, there is little activity in an area that was once as busy as an industrialhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91790.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTPeace talks with Israel have failed and the Palestinians must launch popular and diplomatic campaigns to achieve statehood, Marwan Barghouti said in an interview from his prison cell. Still popular and articulate despite five years behind bars, the 50-year-old activist is seen by some as ahttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91783.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThe Yemeni army succeeded in aborting an attack on the northern governorate of Saada, killing and injuring dozens of insurgents, according to media reports Thursday. As the conflict escalated between Houthi rebels on one hand and the Saudi and Yemeni armies on the other, the insurgent grouphttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/19/91763.htmlAl ArabiyaWed, 18 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTWorld powers came down hard on Israel on Wednesday for its approval to build hundreds of new homes in annexed Arab east Jerusalem as the United States warned it was undermining efforts to relaunch Middle East peace talks. The unusually biting response from President Barackhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/18/91642.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTFrance's President Nicolas Sarkozy wrapped up Wednesday a Gulf visit during which he agreed with Saudi King Abdullah on the need to restart Middle East peace talks and took a firm stance on Iran. In three hours of "deep" talks at Abdullah's Janadiriyah deserthttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/18/91699.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTIraq's election commission halted all preparations for elections in January after Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed part of an election law that had paved the way for the poll, an electoral official said on Wednesday. "As a result of the veto, we have decided to stop allhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/18/91662.htmlAl ArabiyaTue, 17 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTIsrael approved the construction of 900 new housing units in the occupied east Jerusalem on Tuesday in defiance of calls by the United States to freeze the project as the Palestinian leadership said it was headed to the United Nations to gain state recognition. Earlier today press reported thathttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/17/91543.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 16 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTThe United Nations atomic watchdog said Tuesday it was inspecting a nuclear research reactor in Damascus because it had doubts about Syria's explanation as to how traces of uranium got there. In its latest report on Syria, circulated to member states on Monday, thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/17/91624.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 16 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTSaudi King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz confirmed late Monday that all armed infiltrators have been driven of the Saudi territory by the country’s armed forces. He said that all residents who have been evacuated from their villages due to fighting are being taken care of with the government. Thehttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/17/91528.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 16 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTFrench President Nicolas Sarkozy arrived in Riyadh on Tuesday for talks with Saudi King Abdullah after warning of an extremist backlash if Middle East peace talks do not commence soon. Abdullah greeted Sarkozy late in the afternoon at King Khalid International Airport and the twohttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/17/91531.htmlAl ArabiyaMon, 16 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTIran's explanation about the nature and purpose of a previously undeclared second nuclear site "requires further clarification" and also raises concern about possible further secret nuclear sites in the country, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said in a report released onhttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/16/91479.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTAn Israeli cabinet minister said on Monday Israel could annex more of the West Bank if Palestinians declared statehood without concluding a peace agreement a move that has ruffled feathers in Tel Aviv with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warning against "unilateral action."http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/16/91426.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTSaudi and Yemeni forces pounded Shiite rebel positions along the border between the two countries on Sunday as the rebels claimed they used Katyusha rockets in attacking a Saudi military base in the border Jizan region to avenge the deaths of civilians killed. "Saudi jethttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/16/91428.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTRussia on Monday said it would not start a nuclear reactor at Iran's Bushehr atomic power station by the end of the year as planned, citing technical reasons. "The launch will not happen by the end of the year," Russian Energy Minister Sergei Shmatko told reporters.http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/16/91439.htmlAl ArabiyaSun, 15 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMTSaudi Arabia was ranked first and the United Arab Emirates second as the most vulnerable of the Gulf countries to fall victim to cyber-crimes, such as website hacking, according to a statistics report recently published by Trend Micro. In Saudi Arabia 796,000 cases of computer system crasheshttp://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/11/15/91411.htmlAl ArabiyaSat, 14 Nov 2009 21:00:00 GMT