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Israel/Palestine: Palestinian Rights Defenders Threatened (HRW - Human Rights Watch)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Aug 2016
The Gaza-based Al-Mezan issued a statement on August 11, 2016, that a staff member working in Europe reported receiving three anonymous email threats ... Since last year, unknown people have sent threats to staff members of Al-Mezan and the Ramallah-based Al Haq and spread false information to their donors, including in forged communications purporting to come from staff members, officials, and auditors....

Domestic worker recruitment problems to be addressed through foreign investment

Edit Arabnews 15 Aug 2016
Saud Al-Subaie, a member of the Shoura Council, submitted a proposal to address the domestic employment file in Saudi Arabia, by suggesting canceling the recruitment activity on banned firms on the “negative list,” stipulated in accordance with Article 5 of the Foreign Investment Law, a local publication reported ... Al-Subaie believes that this step ......

No more new licenses for health programs in colleges

Edit Arabnews 15 Aug 2016
Minister of Education Ahmad Al-Issa issued a ruling suspending issuance of new licenses for health programs in private universities and colleges, citing the need to develop and modernize the licensing mechanism ... Al-Mefreh suggested reducing the number of medical faculties to five and providing the world's best equipment and laboratories to support doctors and improve their efficiency....

Souq Okaz impresses diplomats

Edit Arabnews 15 Aug 2016
The delegation was received on arrival by Rashid Al-Ghamdi, director of Souq Okaz, who projected a visual presentation on the history of Souq Okaz and what it used to represent for the Arabs in the past and how the original location of this Souq was discovered in the reign of King Faisal ... Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, adviser to the Custodian of the Two ......

Expansion of Mina roads complete

Edit Arabnews 15 Aug 2016
Attached Files. . ID. . 1471215767737779400. Publication Date. . Monday, August 15, 2016. MAKKAH ... 204 and No ... Hisham Al-Falih of the authority told a website that roads No ... Al-Falih said that there were many ground visits made for the project and other such projects being done by the authority at the holy sites ... Jalal Al-Kaki, spokesman of the Makkah Development Authority, said that the work on the expansion of roads No ... 206 ... ....

King Salman gives bonus to Saudi troops in Yemen

Edit Press TV 15 Aug 2016
The decree was issued after Saudi Arabia’s Grand Mufti Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Abdullah Al Sheikh called on banks, businessmen and nongovernmental organizations to donate funds towards aiding Saudi border guards....

Fulmer, Tigers shut out Rangers for 2nd straight day, 7-0

Edit Springfield News-Sun 15 Aug 2016
The Detroit rookie did his fellow starter two innings better, putting himself in the company of 2011 AL Cy Young Award winner Justin Verlander ... He retired 16 of the last 17 hitters he faced as Detroit kept the AL West-leading Rangers scoreless over the final 21 innings of the three-game series ... He's the first AL pitcher this season with six outings of at least six scoreless innings....

The Latest: Bangladesh minister condemns NYC imam slaying

Edit The Roanoke Times 15 Aug 2016
The Sunday afternoon service was held at Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque in the Ozone Park neighborhood ... Authorities said the shooter approached Imam Maulama Akonjee and Thara Uddin from behind as they left the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque Saturday afternoon ... The shooter approached them from behind as they left the Al-Furqan Jame Masjid mosque shortly before 2 p.m....

Rangers blanked again by young Detroit starter in 7-0 loss

Edit The Oklahoman 15 Aug 2016
Still, the Rangers have been shut out an AL-high four times since the All-Star break ... Fulmer (10-3) retired 16 of the last 17 hitters he faced as Detroit kept the AL West-leading Rangers scoreless over the final 21 innings of the three-game series ... "What I learned was that they were an aggressive team against him," Fulmer, the AL rookie leader in wins, said after striking out nine — two off his career best — with no walks....

Dying comfortably and with dignity

Edit Denver Post 15 Aug 2016
The 41-year-old artist with ALS held the gathering to say goodbye before becoming one of the first Californians to take a lethal dose of drugs under the state’s new doctor-assisted suicide law for the terminally ill.Niels Alpert via The Associated Press ... to taking a lethal dose of drugs to free her from the agonizing death of ALS....

Islamic State faces uphill 'branding war' in Afghanistan, Pakistan

Edit Business Insider 15 Aug 2016
Anxiety over Islamic State - also known as ISIS or "Daesh" - in Afghanistan and Pakistan has been building since the al Qaeda breakaway movement seized portions of territory in Iraq and Syria in 2014 and began promoting itself worldwide ... Jamaat-ur-Ahrar, in fact, at one point swore allegiance to Islamic State's leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi in 2014 during a spat with the Pakistani Taliban leadership....

20,174 cell phone shops comply with telecom sector Saudization

Edit Arabnews 15 Aug 2016
Fahad Al-Owaidi, deputy minister for inspection and development of work environment at the ministry, said the nationwide inspection campaign is working hard to implement the ministerial decision that replaces expat salesmen and maintenance workers with Saudi males and females. Al-Owaidi said that a total of 20,174 establishments have shown ......

U.S. Junior Men’s Team Defeats Jordan to Reach World Juniors Quarterfinals (United States Squash)

Edit Public Technologies 15 Aug 2016
(Source. United States Squash). wsfworldjuniors.org. The U.S ... After pushing the world junior champion to five games yesterday, Andrew Douglas led off the match against Jordan with another five-game effort. Douglas traded games with Mohammad Al Sarraj until the Jordanian edged the U.S ... Spencer Lovejoy ... The U.S ... Andrew Douglas 2-3 Mohammad Al Sarraj 4-11, 11-9, 7-11, 11-8, 10-12 (61m) ... (noodl. 34945721) ....
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