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In West Bank, Palestinians gird for settler attacks on olive trees
More than 80,000 Palestinian farmers derive a substantial portion of their annual income from olives. Harvesting the fruit, pressing the oil, selling and sharing the produce is a ritual of life. Now, so is losing trees. Last year, the United Nations reported that Israeli settlers damaged or destroyed nearly 11,000 olive trees and saplings owned by Palestinians in the occupied West Bank. The trees were burned, toppled by bulldozers, felled with chain saws.
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When the Petrodollars Run Out
Twenty countries depend on petroleum for at least half of their government revenue, and another 10 are between half and a quarter. These countries are clearly vulnerable to big changes in the price and quantity of oil and gas that they might sell. But which ones would have the hardest time coping?
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Saudi student killed in ‘accident’ in US
A Saudi student at Tennessee Tech University was killed when he was run over by his friend in the US city of Coalfield, Tennessee, Al-Hayat newspaper reported.
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Saudi launches campaign to vaccinate primary school students
The campaign will include government, private, international and community schools all over the Kingdom.
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Middle Easterners See Religious and Ethnic Hatred as Top Global Threat
With growing conflicts engulfing the Middle East, people in the region name religious and ethnic hatred most frequently as the greatest threat to the world. Moreover, publics across the globe see the threat of religious and ethnic violence as a growing threat to the world’s future. But in Europe, concerns about inequality trump all other dangers and the gap between the rich and the poor is increasingly considered the world’s top problem by people living in advanced economies, including the United States.
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Saudi ‘mother of all IPOs’ runs into Shariah storm
"NCB's IPO is the mother of all IPOs", John Sfakianakis, Regional Director at Ashmore Group, told CNBC. "It's significant for the banking sector because it's the only bank of systemic significance that is going to be publicly traded and enhances transparency and governance".
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The Black-Market Battleground
At a time when the Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, and other groups are killing, enslaving, and displacing thousands of people across Syria and Iraq, what happens to ancient artifacts may seem like a sideshow. But according to Danti, who is also a professor at Boston University, ISIS's profits from looting are second only to the revenue the group derives from illicit oil sales. ISIS's profits from looting are second only to the revenue the group derives from illicit oil sales. So understanding the Islamic State's approach to the fate of ancient artifacts actually could be key to stopping its advance.
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Saudi’s NCB Pledges Conversion To Islamic Bank After Pressure From Scholars
State-owned National Commercial Bank (NCB), which has about $116 billion of assets, currently has a mixed business – most of it conforms to Islamic principles such as bans on interest payments and pure monetary speculation, but some of it involves conventional banking. Some other banks in Saudi Arabia are also mixed.
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‘The Guide to Sleeping in Airports’: Jeddah airport second worst in the world
Three Saudi airports were included in the top five worst in the region, compiled by readers of the Canadian website sleepinginairports.net. Jeddah King Abdulaziz International Airport was the worst – also taking out second place in a global list of the worst airports to sleep in. Dammam King Fahd International Airport and Riyadh King Khalid International Airport were ranked fourth and fifth, respectively.
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The Meaning of Kobani
he Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani has been under a relentless siege by the Islamic State (IS) for the past few weeks. Surprisingly its defenders have endured, defying the long odds. Whether it falls or survives, Kobani is likely to become for Syrian and Turkish Kurds what Halabja became for Iraqi Kurds in 1988: a defining moment of nationhood and identity.
- Foreign Policy - U.S. Ramps Up Push to Save Key Syrian Town
- McClatchy - Obama's Decision to Aid Kobani Puts Him Squarely at Odds With Turkey's Erdogan
- WSJ - What Turkey Wants in the War on ISIS
- The Atlantic - The Tide Slowly Turns in Kobani
- Reuters - Turkey to let Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani as U.S. drops arms to defenders
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