Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protestors over the issue of holy sites have provoked a wave of condemnation in the Arab press for Israel’s behaviour.
BBC News – ME anger at Israeli ‘escalations’
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Clashes between Israeli police and Palestinian protestors over the issue of holy sites have provoked a wave of condemnation in the Arab press for Israel’s behaviour.
BBC News – ME anger at Israeli ‘escalations’
With millions graduating from college each year and few jobs awaiting them, the country’s central planners worry that a mass social experiment that created a class of professionals is backfiring.
“They represent the pain and confusion of a whole generation,” wrote author Lian Si, a sociologist who spent two years living with and researching the graduates. [...]
Up to 10,000 people rallied in the Russian Baltic enclave of Kaliningrad Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin over living costs and unemployment, a rare show of anger with the popular figure.
Boris Nemtsov, a leader of opposition movement Solidarity, told Echo Moskvy radio people were protesting against a “25-30 percent” rise in [...]
China invented fireworks some 1,000 years ago in hopes of scaring away evil spirits. On Monday, it successfully tested a missile-defense system aimed at scaring away the U.S. from defending the island nation of Taiwan. By shooting down one missile with another, China demonstrated its growing military prowess. But it also telegraphed its anger over [...]
The deal, finally hammered out early yesterday, had been expected to commit countries to deep cuts in carbon emissions. In the end, it fell short of this goal after China fought hard against strong US pressure to submit to a regime of international monitoring.
China blamed as anger mounts over climate deal | Environment | The [...]
ISRAEL has responded to the UN endorsement of the Goldstone report with pressure on countries which supported the report and claims of anti-Semitism.
Anger grew among Israeli politicians and media outlets yesterday led by Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman, who targeted two of the countries which voted to endorse the report, China and Russia.
Israel accuses report’s [...]
Turkey’s decision to scrap a military exercise involving Israel has sparked concerns in Israel about threats to its close military and economic ties with a key Muslim nation and a NATO member not always willing to follow the Western line.
The weekend move by Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government comes at a time that the [...]
Palestinian Authority strongman Mohammed Dahlan, a member of Fatah’s Central Committee, warned a third intifada (civil uprising) could erupt and said Palestinians will not stand by idly. Dahlan said the Israeli government was responsible for the violence, the Palestinian Maan news agency reported.
Temple Mount clashes anger Arabs – UPI.com
Police arrest importers and seize jeans seen as disrespectful by devout Muslims
A Chinese clothing manufacturer probably thought it was on to a winner by exporting jeans bearing the Islamic expression “In the name of God, the compassionate, the merciful” to Iran. But an otherwise sound marketing ploy was undone by one embarrassing flaw: the phrase [...]
Polish President Lech Kaczynski has voiced his anger at the Soviet role in World War II at commemorations marking the beginning of the global conflict.
In front of Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and other world leaders, Mr Kaczynski said the 1939 Nazi-Soviet non-aggression pact had divided Europe.
At an earlier event in the port city of [...]