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Google guilty of revealing Israelis� military secrets

by Haitham Sabbah December 26, 2005

Google, which offers satellite photos of locations across the globe, has agreed to limit the resolution of footage of sensitive military installations and vulnerable sites in Israel. The locations are: Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, the Dead Sea, Masada, the Dimona Nuclear Research Center (DNRC), Sdot Micha (listed as a nuclear weapons base), the Kinneret, and the [...]

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Sir, can we go home?

by Haitham Sabbah December 26, 2005

Last night, the emergency team in our company was called on a “red alert” flag. The story started when one of our employees at our Bahrain International Airport shop (a 24/7 duty), called his manager asking him if he can close the shop and go home. He explained that there is a very big gang [...]

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Wafa Bin Laden decided to show her butt, and Sabbah pays for it!

by Haitham Sabbah December 24, 2005

How come? Well, last few days were hard on my server load. But last night I noticed that the numbers of visitors to my blog exceeded 11K. This has never happened to me. The blog average number of visitors these days are +2K a day, and with 11K, you are talking about number nearly equal [...]

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EU Report on East Jerusalem

by Haitham Sabbah December 22, 2005

Dismayed by the refusal of EU to publish their own Ramallah and East Jerusalem Heads of Mission findings regarding Israeli state actions towards non Jewish residents of East Jerusalem, Jewish and other peace groups and Palestinian Solidarity campaigns around Europe have decided they must take matters into their own hands. [Quote: peacepalestine] Read the complete [...]

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WordPress 2.0

by Haitham Sabbah December 21, 2005

This is only really of interest for WordPress bloggers. According to the WordPress development blog, the WP 2. 0 Release Candidate is ready for all and sundry to download.

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Another journalist pen down!

by Haitham Sabbah December 12, 2005

A car bomb explosion killed anti-Syrian Member of Parliament and journalist Gebran Tueni in Beirut this morning. Tueni is Publisher, Chairman of the Board, General Manager and Editorialist of AN-NAHAR (Arabic) since 01/01/2000. Lebanon has been rocked by a series of bombings and assassinations since the killing of the former Prime Minister, Rafik al-Hariri, on [...]

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Flickr Blocked in Saudi, Again!

by Haitham Sabbah December 4, 2005

Not to be missing to follow the steps of UAE, Saudi blocked Flickr again. I just can’t get what stupid policy is this to block it one day and then open it later and then block it again. What is the benefit of doing such a thing? Is it a game some employees in these [...]

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Al Jazeera reporter arrested in West Bank

by Haitham Sabbah December 3, 2005

SOURCE: Reporters sans frontières (RSF), Paris Reporters Without Borders has condemned the arrest of Palestinian journalist Awad Rajoub on 30 November 2005 at his home in Doura, 10 km from the West Bank city of Hebron. The organisation called on the Israeli military to explain why he is still being held. Rajoub reports for the [...]

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Israelis trained Kurds in Iraq?

by Haitham Sabbah December 2, 2005

According to an exclusive report by the Israeli newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, A number of Israeli companies have won contracts with the Kurdish government in northern Iraq to train and equip Kurdish security forces and build an international airport: According to the report, the Kurdish government contracted Israeli security and communications companies to train Kurdish security [...]

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Iraq Hostages Were Palestinian Solidarity Activists

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2005

Three of the four Christian Peacemaker Team (CPT) hostages in Iraq of whom a video was released today have been in Palestine working as Palestinian Solidarity activists, International Solidarity Movement reports.

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Saudi women score twice in first polls

by Haitham Sabbah November 30, 2005

Following up on my post few days ago, here comes the good news: Two Saudi businesswomen swept to an unprecedented victory in elections to the board of the Jeddah Chamber of Commerce and Industry on Wednesday in the first polls in which women stood as candidates in the conservative Muslim kingdom.

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UAE rocked by Iran quake

by Haitham Sabbah November 27, 2005

A tremor was felt also in the neighbouring United Arab Emirates, prompting many people to evacuate buildings. Witnesses in high-rise buildings said they felt the ground shaking beneath them for about a minute. Many residents evacuated their buildings and waited on the streets. Quake of 6.1 magnitude, hit some 58 km (36 miles) southwest of [...]

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Saudi women throw their hats in the ring

by Haitham Sabbah November 26, 2005

17 women contesting alongside 54 male candidates for the first time in the history of Saudi Arabia. Women’s participation in the elections is expected to grab attention worldwide. Women members will vote today and tomorrow and businessmen will vote on Monday and Tuesday at the chamber’s Sheikh Ismail Abu Dawood Hall. Hmmm… separation here? What [...]

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It Could be Murder!

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2005

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Brussels, accuses US Over Killing of Al-Jazeera Journalist in Baghdad. IFJ calls for re-opening of investigation into 2003 US attack on Al-Jazeera; fears the media may have been deliberately targeted. (details here)

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Don’t Bomb Us – A blog by Al Jazeera Staffers

by Haitham Sabbah November 24, 2005

"Don’t Bomb Us – A Blog by Al Jazeera Staffer" Bookmark this http://dontbomb.blogspot.com/ Al Jazeera staff members decided to start a new blog to to give voice to a lot of concern around the office regarding what is going on – and will also serve as a tribute to fallen journalists. [Hat tip: Staff Member [...]

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