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OP-ED: Unfinished Business Awaits Obama’s Second Term
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Nov 08 (IPS) - Several critical issues of unfinished business in the Middle East face President Barack Obama as he begins his second term. Washington must become more engaged come January because these issues will directly impact regional stability and security and U.S. interests and personnel in the region.
U.N. Warns Syria Heading Towards Destruction
- Inter Press Service
UNITED NATIONS, Nov 06 (IPS) - Following its failed efforts to contain the 19-month-old insurrection in battle-torn Syria, the United Nations has issued a new warning: the besieged country is heading towards "destruction".
Egypt’s Women Rebel Against Harassment
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Nov 01 (IPS) - Egyptian bullies who sexually harass women in the streets, often taking advantage of mob situations and the anonymity these provide, are getting a taste of their own medicine - and they don’t like it.
Algeria Skips the Spring of Discontent
- Inter Press Service
ALGIERS, Oct 31 (IPS) - As the Arab Spring continues to rage across the Middle East and North Africa, the gaze of the international media has largely passed over a country that was once known for its restive population, its long and bloody decolonisation struggle and revolutionary zeal.
Dignity Grows On Olive Trees
- Inter Press Service
SALEM, Occupied West Bank, Oct 29 (IPS) - Affixed to a large cement bloc, the rusted, grey gate leading Palestinian farmers from the northern West Bank village of Salem to their olive groves was opened for four days this year.
Egypt Revolution Makes It Worse for Women
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 25 (IPS) - During the uprising that toppled Egyptian dictator Hosni Mubarak women stood shoulder to shoulder with men in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, pressing the revolution’s demands for freedom, justice and dignity. But those who hoped the revolution would make them equal partners in Egypt’s future claim they may be worse off now than under Mubarak’s authoritarian rule.
U.S.: Greater Middle East Dominates the Last Debate
- Inter Press Service
WASHINGTON, Oct 23 (IPS) - U.S. strategy in the Greater Middle East, which has dominated foreign policy-making since the 9/11 attacks more than 11 years ago, similarly dominated the third and last debate between President Barack Obama and Governor Mitt Romney Monday night.
Christians Worry Over a Future in Egypt
- Inter Press Service
CAIRO, Oct 23 (IPS) - The tranquil, green, upper class Cairo suburb Maadi is a bubble of privilege separated from the city’s noisier, dirtier and overcrowded suburbs where working class Egyptians struggle to make ends meet and where Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood (MB) has established a strong following.
Bombing Leaves Lebanon Shaken
- Inter Press Service
BEIRUT, Oct 21 (IPS) - The assassination of Lebanon’s top security official on Friday not only ravaged a quiet Beirut neighbourhood but also shattered the precarious sense of security many Lebanese have been desperately clinging to in recent months.
Pill Fails to Cure Occupation
- Inter Press Service
GAZA CITY, Oct 21 (IPS) - It’s being taken as an antidote to the stresses of Occupation. But the prevalence of the painkiller Tramadol in the Gaza Strip has more to do with its ease of availability than its singular effectiveness as a reality-numbing substance.
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