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BBC News
Interior Minister Ali Kordan faces impeachment after he admitted to faking a degree from Oxford University. Conservatives and moderate MPs have called on Kordan to resign or be dismissed from cabinet. The president of Iran, however, does not approve of the impeachment, saying that “the impeachment was illegal as Mr. Kordan committed no wrongdoing [...]
BBC News October 23, 2008
Summary: Economists survey the Middle East’s challenges of their global financial system. Robert Mabro, an energy economist and former director of Oxford Institute for energy studies, comments on the challenges that the Middle East will face, if they are not already. It is said that such crises like financial and associated [...]
Article found in the Economist:
This current event briefly gives an overview of the state in which Yemen is in right now. Yemen is located in the south of the Arabian Peninsula west of Oman and south of Saudi Arabia. Recentl, two car bombs went off outside the American embassy in Sana’a, Yemen’s capital. This attack [...]
UK suspects that arms of Taliban are being given to them by Irans. Taliban members say they are receiving Iranian-made arms from Iran and Iranian smugglers. These weapons are deadly; “The Dragon” can be adapted to fire grenades strong enough to destroy a whole bus. These arms are improving Taliban’s ability to attack American military [...]
Because it was the beginning of the holy month of Ramadan, Palestinian officials (Hamas) have opened the border as a kind gesture. Egypt opened its border crossing with the Gaza Strip at Rafah for two days, allowing Palestinians (of Gaza) with medical needs and foreign residency permits to leave Gaza. The Gaza Strip is located [...]
BBC Middle East