Saudi Arabia: Group Condemns Sentence of 40 Lashes
New York Times - Mon Dec 14, 9:19 pm ETAmnesty International called on Saudi Arabia on Monday to stay a sentence of 40 lashes against a 75-year-old woman for breaching a sex segregation law.
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Harassment across Arab world drives women inside
El Paso Times - 2 hours 40 minutes agoCAIRO—The sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and work places of the Arab World is driving them to cover up and confine themselves to their homes, said activists at the first-ever regional conference addressing the once taboo topic.
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Women in Arab world driven inside by sexual harassment, says 1st regional conference on topic
Sun-Sentinel - 2 hours 54 minutes agoCAIRO (AP) — The sexual harassment of women in the streets, schools and work places of the Arab World is driving them to cover up and confine themselves to their homes, said activists at the first-ever regional conference addressing the once taboo topic.
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Abu Dhabi May Demand More Power for $10 Billion Dubai Lifeline
Bloomberg - 2 hours 58 minutes agoDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Four days before Dubai World sought to delay $26 billion of debt repayments last month, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum set out to race his horse, Al Ayed, across 120 kilometers (75 miles) of Persian Gulf desert.
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Egypt Forces Copts to Hide as Muslims Hit Swiss Minaret Ban
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 1:19 am ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- On a side street in the far northeast Cairo suburb of Ain Shams, the door of a five-story former underwear factory is padlocked.
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Amnesty Urges Saudi Arabia to Halt Lashes for 75-Year-Old Woman
Bloomberg - Tue Dec 15, 1:00 am ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- Amnesty International urged Saudi Arabia, a Group of 20 member, to stop the flogging and imprisonment of a 75-year-old woman and two younger men found guilty of being in the company of the opposite sex.
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Iran intends to try 3 Americans accused of spying
Washington Post - Tue Dec 15, 12:00 am ETTEHRAN -- Three Americans who were accused of espionage after entering Iran illegally during a hiking trip will be put on trial, Iran's foreign minister said Monday, raising the stakes in a case likely to exacerbate tensions with the United States.
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Arabtec, First Gulf Bank, NBAD, Shuaa: Gulf Equity Preview
Bloomberg - Mon Dec 14, 11:30 pm ETDec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- The following stocks may rise or fall in Persian Gulf markets. Stock symbols are in parentheses and prices are from the last close.
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Professional honor hits the classroom
The New Britain Herald - Mon Dec 14, 6:01 pm ETBERLIN — The first clue David Bosso had Friday that something might be different was when his wife showed up in his social studies classroom, aiming a camera at him.
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Officials: World power meeting on Iran canceled
AP via Yahoo! News - Mon Dec 14, 5:48 pm ETAn upcoming meeting by five world powers on trying to curb Iran's nuclear program has been canceled at China's request, senior officials from three of the countries involved said Monday.
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Lilia E. Deslate
The Staunton News Leader - Mon Dec 14, 3:54 pm ETSTAUNTON — Lilia Evangelio Deslate, 73, widow of Federico Deslate, of 302 Audubon St., died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. She was born Aug. 13, 1936, in the Philippines, a daughter of the late Benigno Evangelio and Escalastic-Deslate.
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Lilia E. Deslate
The Staunton News Leader - Mon Dec 14, 2:09 pm ETSTAUNTON — Lilia Evangelio Deslate, 73, widow of Federico Deslate, of 302 Audubon St., died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. She was born Aug. 13, 1936, in the Philippines, a daughter of the late Benigno Evangelio and Escalastic-Deslate.
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Lilia E. Deslate
The Staunton News Leader - Mon Dec 14, 2:09 pm ETSTAUNTON — Lilia Evangelio Deslate, 73, widow of Federico Deslate, of 302 Audubon St., died Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the University of Virginia Medical Center in Charlottesville. She was born Aug. 13, 1936, in the Philippines, a daughter of the late Benigno Evangelio and Escalastic-Deslate.
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Emirates up for $2B Chinook deal
UPI - Mon Dec 14, 2:09 pm ETABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- The United States plans to sell the United Arab Emirates, a key ally in the Gulf, 16 Boeing CH-47F Chinook helicopters worth $2 billion, while General Dynamics Land Systems gets a $17.6 million contract to upgrade some of Saudi Arabia's U.S.-built M1A2 Abrams tanks.
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Al-Qaida warns 'traitors' with execution tape
UPI - Mon Dec 14, 1:49 pm ETSANAA, Yemen, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Al-Qaida is currently circulating a gruesome videotape showing the interrogation and execution of a senior Yemeni intelligence officer, Col. Suleiman Tarbush, kidnapped in June, as a warning to Muslims who collaborate with the United States and Israel.
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Exxon's Deal: Gas Yes, Iraq No
Forbes - Mon Dec 14, 1:31 pm ETWith $41 billion XTO buyout, Rex Tillerson maps a path energy companies will likely follow in the decade to come.
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