http://arabinform.org/ Site news Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:32:52 GMT uCoz Web-Service The two imprisoned human rights activists have been freed in Bahrain. They were jailed last year for supporting the pro-democracy movement in the Gulf island kingdom. Fadheela al-Mubarak was released on Monday, nearly a year after she was detained for listening to what was called "revolutionary music" in a car. The other activist was Naser al-Raas, a Kuwait-born Canadian citizen who was serving a five-year term for breaking kingdom's illegal-assembly laws. ...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/human_rights_activists_freed_in_bahrain/2012-02-08-898 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-02-08-898 Wed, 08 Feb 2012 03:32:52 GMT Kuwait's Islamist-led opposition has won a majority in parliamentary polls, securing 34 seats out of 50. The snap polls were held after the ruler of the oil-rich Gulf state dissolved parliament following anti-government protests in last December over alleged corruption and disputes between opposition MPs and authorities. Sunni Islamists took 23 seats compared with just nine in the former parliament, while liberals won only two places against five previously...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/kuwaiti_islamist_led_opposition_wins_majority/2012-02-06-897 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-02-06-897 Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:16:14 GMT Western nations have strongly condemned the blocking by Russia and China of a UN resolution deploring the crackdown in Syria on anti-government protests. The US called the veto "shameful", while Britain said it "lets the Syrian people down". France also condemned the veto at the UN Security Council. Russia and China said the proposed by Morocco draft was "unbalanced". The document was rejected just hours after activists accused Syrian government of killing ...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/west_condemns_russia_and_china_on_un_syria_draft_veto/2012-02-05-896 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-02-05-896 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:00:09 GMT At least 30 people, including policemen, were injured during clashes at Tiaret in Algeria after funeral of man who set himself on fire to death. Tiaret is located 340 kilometres west of Algiers. Then violence spread to the nearby towns of Sougueur and Rahaouiya, where young people blocked several roads and clashed with police. Gacem, a young seller of spectacles, poured petrol over and burn himself on Janauary 26 after an act of humiliation by a police offi...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/algeria_suicide_fire_triggers_new_wave_of_popular_uprising/2012-02-04-895 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-02-04-895 Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:52:26 GMT Special UN tribunal investigating the killing of the former Lebanese PM Rafik Hariri in 2005 has said it will try the four accused in absentia. The Islamist group Hezbollah members were named as suspects and warrants for their arrest issued last summer. But its leaders have refused to hand them over and let to be detained. Hezbollah denies any role in the assasination of Hariri and 21 others in Beirut in February 2005. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon issue...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/suspects_of_hariri_assassination_to_be_tried_in_absentia/2012-02-03-894 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-02-03-894 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 13:48:14 GMT At least 74 people have been perished in clashes between rival fans following a football match in the Egyptian city of Port Said. Dozens were injured as supporters - reportedly armed with knives - invaded the pitch after a match between clubs al-Masry and al-Ahly. According to Egyptian deputy health minister, “it is the biggest disaster in the country's football history”, bbc.co.uk reported.]]> http://arabinform.org/news/egypt_football_clashes_leave_scores_dead_in_port_said/2012-02-02-893 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-02-02-893 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:55:08 GMT Four overnight US air raids struck an Al-Qaeda meeting and control post in southern Yemen, killing around 15 rebels including a long-hunted regional fighters leader. According to a local military official raids were "carried out by US planes," They targeted bases in the Loder and Al-Wadih areas of Abyan province. Its biggest part was taken under control by militants after taking advantage of months of political turmoil, which has forced President Ali Abdull...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/us_air_raids_kill_about_15_qaeda_rebels_in_yemen/2012-02-01-892 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-02-01-892 Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:56:46 GMT Iraq's opposition Iraqiyya bloc has made a decision to end a boycott of parliament. Iraqiyya - a Sunni Muslim-dominated nationalist bloc – claimed a boycott over the issue of an arrest warrant for fugitive Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi. He is accused of running death squads during the insurgency and now hiding in Kurdish northern Iraq. The bloc will decide later whether to end its boycott of cabinet, bbc.co.uk reported.]]> http://arabinform.org/news/iraqiyya_bloc_stops_parliament_boycott/2012-01-30-891 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-01-30-891 Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:07:52 GMT Egyptians will vote in the first stage of polls for the upper house of parliament. Voting for the Shura council will be held over two rounds; the first of which begins today. Islamists ‘The Muslim Brotherhood ‘ are seeking to repeat the success they enjoyed in referendum for the lower house. These elections were considered to be Egypt's most democratic since military officers toppled the king in 1952. The series of polls for both houses of parliament are th...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/egyptians_vote_for_upper_house_of_parliament/2012-01-29-890 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-01-29-890 Sun, 29 Jan 2012 07:50:38 GMT Amnesty International has called to investigate into what it says is inappropriate use of tear gas by Bahraini security forces. The organisation says that more than a dozen deaths may have resulted from misuse of tear gas in rpopulated areas. The most recent death case attributed by Amnesty International to tear gas was on Wednesday. Saeed Ali Hasan al-Sakri, 65-years-old, is said to have collapsed after a heavy volume of tear gas was unleashed near his hom...]]> http://arabinform.org/news/amnesty_international_criticise_bahrain_over_39_misuse_39_of_tear_gas/2012-01-28-889 Politics http://arabinform.org/news/2012-01-28-889 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:12:20 GMT