QUITO, Ecuador – OPEC ministers decided Saturday to keep oil output at current levels, citing ample inventories amid persisting global economic uncertainty and a price of just under $90 a barrel. The 12-member cartel said after an unusually short meeting that it based its decision on projections showing demand for crude would grow more slowly [...]
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Outcry After Indonesian Maid Suffers Violent Abuse In Saudi Arabia
November 23rd, 2010
davidguide Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Jakarta, Indonesia (AHN) – A 23-year-old Indonesian maid is being treated in a hospital in Saudi Arabia after her employers cut off part of her lips, burned her body with a hot iron, fractured her finger and beat her legs to the point that she could hardly walk. [...]
Researchers Say Some Countries Have Better Chance Of Eradicating Malaria
October 29th, 2010
davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer London, Great Britain, United Kingdom (AHN) – An article in The Lancet journal by a team of international researchers examines efforts to eradicate malaria worldwide over the past 150 years and outlines some of the remaining financial, technical and operational challenges that malaria-eliminating countries still face. If not treated, [...]
Syria, Iran Object To $2.75 Billion U.S.-Israel Defense Deal
October 9th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Damascus, Syria (AHN) – Just a day after the United States signed a $2.75 billion deal to sell 20 F-35 fighter jets to Israel, Syria opposed the move and said that the defense deal will threaten security in the region. The deal came as an offer from Washington to Tel Aviv to [...]
Saudi Arabia to Re-Educate Its Clerics against Extremism
September 26th, 2010
davidguide The Media Line Staff Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (TML) – Saudi Arabia is set to train mosque imams and preachers to resist extremist ideologies in a new government-run program. The program, which begins this week and will include 20 simultaneous sessions in the capital city of Riyadh and its surrounding provinces, is run by the kingdom’s [...]
Historic shifts are underway on the New Silk Road where East meets West creating alternative investment opportunities
October 15th, 2009
davidguide You probably have heard of NAFTA (North America Free Trade Association), OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countires), the EU (European Union) and the BRIC (Brazil Russia India China) countries … but have you heard about MENA? Ok, you ask … what is it and why should I care? When conventional wisdom is not [...]
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