Al Bawaba back issues from September 2005:
QATAR AIRWAYS CELEBRATES THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST DOHA 2006 ASIAN GAMES BRANDED AIRCRAFT
Sep 01, 2005 ... Qatar Airways, the Official Airline for the 15th Asian Games Doha2006, and the Doha Asian Games Organising Committee (DAGOC), todayunveiled the first Qatar Airways Airbus A330 themed aircraft topromote the biggest ever sporting event to be staged in the region. With 15 months to go ...
Sales of luxury watches in the region set to accelerate
Sep 01, 2005 ... Georges Kern, CEO of International Watch Company (IWC), one of theworld's foremost luxury watch brands will be visiting the UAE fromSeptember 4 to 7 to announce the company's future plans for theregional market. "Mr. Kern's visit to the UAE forms part of a larger initiative ...
Saudi Arabia: 129,000 hotel rooms and 74, 000 apartments needed
Sep 01, 2005 ... A research carried out by the Saudi supreme authority for tourismhas indicated that cities, especially Abha, need 129,000 hotel roomsand 74, 000 apartments to cope with the growing ...
Saudi Arabia: New real estate investment company to set up
Sep 01, 2005 ... Saudi Arabia's minister of commerce and industry granted localbusinessman Abdulrahman Al-Rajhi a permit to set up a real estateinvestment company with limited ...
Oman: Number of students at six technical colleges
Sep 01, 2005 ... Dr. Abdul Hakeem bin Hilal al Ismaiel, director general oftechnical education in Oman stated a total of 6,103 male and 5,432female students are enrolled at the six ...
KSE: 2,044 real estate transactions
Sep 01, 2005 ... Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) index climbed 29.30 points Wednesdayto hit 9642 points at closing, against 9613 points at Teusday'sclosing. According to ...
Qatar to issue online building permits to prevent construction delays
Sep 01, 2005 ... Plans are ready to soon issue building permits through the e-government, according to a senior official handling the electronicservices project in Qatar. This development would ...
Dubai Properties, Empower in new deal
Sep 01, 2005 ... Emirates Central Cooling Systems Corporation (Empower) onWednesday signed a 25-year contract with Business Bay to supply350,000 tons of cooling over next quarter of a century. The agreement was signed by Hashim Al Dabal, CEO of DubaiProperties, which manages the Business Bay ...
Dubai Municipality's portal wins award at the UAE Contest for eContent
Sep 01, 2005 ... Dubai Municipality's portal www.dm.gov.ae has been declared thewinner in the 'e-Government category' of the UAE Contest foreContent, the pre-selection contest for the products nominated torepresent UAE in the World Summit Award (WSA). The award waspresented to Dubai Municipality at a ...
Dubai's trade in cars to reach more than 368,000
Sep 01, 2005 ... Recent statistics have indicated that the volume of Dubai's tradein cars will reach more than 368,000 by the end of current year. According to a report in Thursday's issue of The Gulf Today, thetotal value of Dubai's car imports in the current year has been morethan Dhs15.8 ...
Jordan denies king plans Israel visit
Sep 01, 2005 ... A Jordanian official on Thursday denied Israeli reports thatJordan's King Abdullah II has agreed to visit Israel. Israeli sourcessaid the monarch had agreed in principle to come to Israel, but adate has not yet been ...
Iran-Khodro Industrial Group makes inroads to regional markets
Sep 01, 2005 ... The Managing Director of Iran giant car manufacturing company,Iran-Khodro Industrial Group said on Wednesday that the share ofcompany in the region automobile markets is on the rise. According to Iran-Khodro Public Relations Department, ManuchehrManteqi referred to the successful ...
VCUQ Hosts Contemporary Architectural Development in Qatar: The Work and Vision of Ibrahim Jaidah and His Design Studio
Sep 01, 2005 ... The exhibition at Virginia Commonwealth University School of theArts in Qatar highlights some of Ibrahim Jaidah's most importantworks. It gives special focus to the process of developing buildingswithin his design studio, from sketches to finished buildings and theway Jaidah's ...
TLM Group seeks distributors for its floor tiles
Sep 01, 2005 ... TLM Group supplies Traficline PVC tiles for industrial and publicflooring. The group is seeking distributors who already operateprofessionally in the renovation of industrial flooring. Self-supporting PVC tiles for floors with heavy traffic,Traficline is an ad hoc solution for the ...
Yemen warns media representatives
Sep 01, 2005 ... An official source in the Yemeni defence ministry on Thursdaystrongly warned foreign and local media correspondents not to dealwith secrets related to the Yemeni army and national security ....
UAE Muslims urged to follow Prophet tolerant teachings
Sep 01, 2005 ... Mohammed bin Nakhira Al Dhaheri, UAE'S minister of justice,Islamic affairs and Awqaf, attended Wednesday night a religiousceremony organised by the ministry to celebrate anniversary of IsraWal Miraj (Prophet Muhammad's Night Journey) ....
Iran leader: Occupiers of Iraq responsible for stampede disaster
Sep 01, 2005 ... Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei, on Thursdaysaid that heart-rending tragedy of Kadhimiya district of Baghdadbrought sorrow for the humanity. According to IRNA, Khamenei saidthat his heart was filled with grief and shock at the extent of thehuman disaster in the holy ...
Ann E - Northern Mariana Islands
Sep 01, 2005 ... First Name: AnnLast Name: EE-mail: edg1416@yahoo.comDate ofBirth:4/11/1990Gender: FemaleCountry: Northern ...
DWTC ORGANISES UNIQUE CONTEST FOR GITEX SHOPPER
Sep 04, 2005 ... Organisers Dubai World Trade Centre (DWTC) have announced a uniqueand innovative talent contest titled "Dubai - The Future City 2030"in its continuing bid to spur creativity in the Middle East duringGITEX Shopper 2005. GITEX Shopper 2005, the consumer arm of GITEX, will be held at ...
Shares of Emaar and Amlak up
Sep 04, 2005 ... UAE stock indices went up with most market pivotals includingEmaar and Amlak reporting major gains Saturday. Property major Emaargained Dh1.05 (4.69 per cent) to ...
100 land transactions in Dubai during August
Sep 04, 2005 ... During August, there were a total of 100 cash sales during andthese were worth AED 863.34 millions, 102 mortgage transactions worthAED 1.47 billions, and 25 donations of land and property worth AED103.22 millions. The 100 transactions registered as sales by Land Department ...
Emaar Properties unveils Burj Dubai Business Hub
Sep 04, 2005 ... Emaar Properties, the world's leading real estate company bymarket capitalisation, has unveiled the Burj Dubai Business Hub itssecond major offering for Dubai's booming corporate sector. The Business Hub, which is available for lease from Sunday,September 4, is forecast to become ...
Royal Mausoleum of Mauritania on the List of World Heritage in danger
Sep 04, 2005 ... Classified in 1982 by UNESCO as one of the sites of the worldinheritance, the royal Mausoleum of Mauritania, more commonly knownas "Tomb of the Christian woman" was listed as one of the worldheritages in danger according the list prepared by UNESCO's committeeof world inheritance. The ...
Special radio program to promote the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation
Sep 04, 2005 ... The Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation, which aims atending terrorist actions in the country, will be voted by Algeriansin a referendum to be held on September 29. Before this referendum, alocal radio station in the wilaya of Ghardia has been airing aspecial program to promote ...
Marwane Hanjaf - Morocco
Sep 01, 2005 ... First Name: MarwaneLast Name: HanjafE-mail: e.shaimi@menara.maDateof Birth:23/11/1996Gender: ...
Three famous DJs to compete in Pasha Marrekech
Sep 01, 2005 ... Three famous DJs, namely DJ Ones (Younes Bahmad) of Platinium, DJAlex B (Alexandre Baroudi) of White Room and DJ Hak' X (SoufianeHakiki) of Mombay will compete in the evening named "Thirst ofHeineken". The competition will take place on September 10 at PashaMarrekech., which was ...
Belgium, Morocco to discuss legal cooperation
Sep 01, 2005 ... Laurette Onkelinx, Belgian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister ofJustice, will pay a visit to Morocco on September 2. Onkelinx willmeet Mohamed Bouzaubaa, the Moroccan minister of Justice in order todiscuss the prospects of a legal cooperation between the ...
Bulletin published in Washington praises reforms in Morocco
Sep 01, 2005 ... "Al Marsad AD-Dimocrati" (Democracy Watch), a new monthly bulletinpublished in Washington by the Center for the Study of Islam andDemocracy (CSID), devoted its second issue published at the end ofAugust to the "successful reforms" carried out in Morocco in ...
Nador to represent Morocco in Danone Nations Cup for kids
Sep 01, 2005 ... The Moroccan mini-soccer squad of Nador will represent Morocco inthe Danone Nations Cup, the biggest international football cup forkids gathering 32 countries and more than 2.5 million players aged 10to 12. Danone Nations Cup ...
Sousse hosts Mediterranean Football Tournament of juniors
Sep 01, 2005 ... Organized by the League Center, the sixth Mediterranean FootballTournament of juniors is currently being held in Sousse. Four teams,namely ESS1, ESS2, US Monastir (Union Sportive Monastirienne) andCambro are taking ...
Tunisian Federation of Motorcycle established
Sep 01, 2005 ... With the initiative of the Ministry for the Youth, Sports andPhysical Education, the Tunisian Motorcycle Federation wasestablished in order to promote motorcycle sports such as motorcycleracing. Chakib Brahmi, former president of Marsa moto-crossAssociation, was appointed as the ...
Free computer and internet courses for young people in Tunisia
Sep 01, 2005 ... Organized by the alumni associations of "El Horrya" and "9 April"colleges, free computer and internet classes will be given for youngpeople in Jendouba. The courses are envisaged to be held in OmarEssaidi Art Centre in Jendouba starting from mid-September ....
New sports complex to be built in Oran
Sep 01, 2005 ... Yahia Guidoum, the Minister responsible for the Youth and Sports,at the time of a visit on Tuesday August 30, announced that a newSports Complex with a total cost of about 16 million dinars will bebuilt in Oran. On the same day the ...
Visual arts exhibition in Ezzahra ends
Sep 01, 2005 ... First Edition of Visual Arts Exhibition of Ezzahra has recentlyended. The exhibition, which organized with the initiative of thephotographer Zouheir Ben Amor, gathered the work of nineteen well-known artists. Contemporary artists like Brahim Azzabi, NjibBelkhodja, Acha Chachia, Adnan ...
Tunisia guest of honor in International Izmir Fair
Sep 01, 2005 ... Tunisia is the guest of honor in the International Izmir Fair,which will take place from September 8 until September 18 in Izmir,Turkey. Tunisia aims at promoting Tunisian products and services withits participation in this fair. Within the framework of the ...
New projects launched in Algiers
Sep 01, 2005 ... The city council of Algiers has launched a series of projectswhich aim at reorganizing the city. Algiers, the capital and thelargest city of the country, covers an area of 3,7 km2 with apopulation of 100,000 people. The new projects launched in the citywill include ...
World's largest container ship arrives at Jebel Ali Port
Sep 02, 2005 ... Dubai Ports has announced the arrival of MSC Pamela, the world'slargest container ship at the Jebel Ali Port. The 337 meter longvessel has a capacity of 9,200 twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs)with a gross tonnage of 107,200. The high quality infrastructurefacilities and equipment at ...
Bosra Festival opens in Syria
Sep 02, 2005 ... The 18th Bosra Festival opened Thursdayin Syria with theparticipation of 14 Arab and foreign states. During the event, 17popular dancing bands will be posed as a gesture that keeps worldheritage and ...
Iraq plans to reopen embassies in Riyadh, Kuwait city
Sep 02, 2005 ... Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiar Zibari said on Friday that withinthe coming weeks the Iraqi embassies in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia wouldreopen. Zibari ...
Yemen partakes in global parliamentary gathering
Sep 02, 2005 ... The chairman of Yemen's Shura Council (Parliament) Abdul-AzizAbdul-Ghani left on Friday morning for New York to participate in 2ndconference of heads of national parliaments to be held in theheadquarters of the United Nations, September 7-9 ....
Iran supreme leader: Resistance, Jihad only ways to deal with Israel
Sep 03, 2005 ... Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei Saturdaystressed the importance of continuing resistance and Jihad againstthe Zionist regime. In a meeting with secretary general of thePalestinian Islamic Jihad Organization, Ramadan Abdullah Shallah, theIranian praised the great ...
Syria: Five "terrorists" die in clash with security forces
Sep 03, 2005 ... Syrian security forces raided a hideout of members of the"terrorist" organization called "Jund al-Sham" in Hama, northwesternSyria Friday evening, an official source at the Syrian InteriorMinistry stated Saturday. "A clash took place between our forces and the terrorists ...
Nawal Al Zoughbi shines in London
Sep 03, 2005 ... Lebanese singer Nawal Al Zoughbi recently held a grand performanceat the Apollo Hammer Smith Hall in London before an audience of over1600, comprised of Arabs from all over Europe. The singer's performance was a remarkable success; she sang acollection of new songs, a few sung for ...
Private screening for 'Halim'
Sep 03, 2005 ... A press release by the production company for the film"HalimHikayit Sha'eb" (HalimA Nation's Story) announced that it heldan exclusive screening for producer Emad El Din Adeeb, directorSharif Arafeh, the production team, and other VIP figures. Those present for the screening ...
Muna Zaki and Ahmad Al Sakka on the radio
Sep 03, 2005 ... Director Hussein Ibrahim has begun recording episodes for the newradio drama series "Walad Adeem Wa Bint Spoor" (An Old Fashion Guyand a Hip Girl), to be broadcast during the holy month of Ramadan. Young Egyptian actors Ahmad Al Sakka and Muna Zaki will play theleading ...
Bahrain: Another protest against housing delays
Sep 04, 2005 ... Bahraini families marched towards the Housing Ministry, in theDiplomatic Area, Saturday to protest against delays in the allocationof government housing. According to The GDN, some of the ...
SABIC HADEED awards automation network upgrade contract to HP
Sep 04, 2005 ... Hadeed, the largest iron and steel mill in KSA, one of major SABICaffiliates has recently awarded HP the automation infrastructureupgrade project, which involves the installation of the NetworkManagement Solution (NMS) based on HP OpenView platform. The solutionalso includes an upgrade ...
Global Investment House: Assets under management cross $5 billion barrier
Sep 04, 2005 ... Mrs. Maha K. Al-Ghunaim, Global Investment House "Global" ViceChairman and Managing Director, has announced the company's assetsunder management has broke the $5 billion barrier. Mrs. Al-Ghunaim expressed her profound delight for thisbreakthrough in the company's investment ...
Tanmia launches PRO training program for national jobseekers
Sep 04, 2005 ... Under the directions of H.E. Dr. Ali Abdullah Al Kaabi, Ministerof Labour and Social Affairs and Chairman, Board of Directors,Tanmia, the National Human Resource Development and EmploymentAuthority, Tanmia today (September 03, 2005), announced the launch ofits Public Relations Officer ...
OGS 2005 introduces trade segment focused on Instrumentation and Automation
Sep 04, 2005 ... The Arab Instrumentation and Automation Show, a trading forum forInstrumentation, Control & Automation technology, products andservices, will debut under the umbrella of OGS 2005 (Arab Oil and GasShow 2005). Organized by IC&E, the Instrumentation and Automationsegment will run parallel ...
Empost`s Jawaz Service made mandatory for clients of the Indian Embassy and Consulate
Sep 04, 2005 ... The Jawaz courier service of Empost, the UAE national couriercompany, has been the preferred choice of the Embassy of India in AbuDhabi and the Consulate General of India in Dubai for the delivery ofpassports and other consular documents to the applicants. Empostcourier service has been ...
New hydraulics project launched in Algeria
Sep 04, 2005 ... Within the framework of the five-year program initiated by thePresident of Algeria, a new hydraulics project was launched in theWilaya of Relizane. In the southern part of the Wilaya, tendistricts, which are namely Lakhlef, O Yaich, Hassi, Zemmora, BeniDerguen, O Djemaa, Dar ...
70,000 students with financial need to receive 140 million dinars
Sep 04, 2005 ... Within the framework of an education program initiated by theAlgerian President and the Ministry for National Solidarity, in theWilaya of Tebessa, 70,000 students with financial need will receivegrants amounting to 140 million dinars. Apart from these ...
The Capacity of the Tangier Port Reaches to its Highest Level
Sep 04, 2005 ... In the last day of August with the increasing activity, theTangier Port has reached to its highest level, which mainly stemsfrom the increasing number of Moroccan expatriates leaving ...
Yusra refuses to be Enas El Dughaidi's 'Virgin Woman'
Sep 04, 2005 ... Prominent Egyptian actress Yusra has declined an offer to play theleading role in the new film "Saideh Athra" (A Virgin Woman) bycontroversial Egyptian director Enas El Dughaidi. The actress explained that she is preoccupied with the filming ofher upcoming television drama "Imra'a ...
Nadia Lamlili receives CNN award
Sep 04, 2005 ... Nadia Lamlili, of the weekly magazine l'Economiste in Morocco wonthe Francophone General Award for her article on migration titled,"When I grow up, I want to be a migrant", which decipher thepsychology of men and women in ...
Moroccan Tennis Player Younes El Aynaoui Eliminated From US Open
Sep 04, 2005 ... Famous Moroccan tennis player Younes El Aynoui was eliminated fromthe US Open recently being held in the USTA National Tennis Centre inNew York, which came as a surprise. Paradorn Srichaphan from Thailanddefeated Younes El Aynaoui in three sets 6-4, 6-3, 6-0. Anothersurprise of the first ...
Israeli exports to Morocco up
Sep 04, 2005 ... According to the report of IEICI (Israeli Export and InternationalCooperation Institute), Morocco is one of the largest Arab exportmarkets for Israel. For the first half of the year 2005, Israeliexports to Morocco reached 6 million dollars. This figure ...
CSHL gains first victory in Tunisian League 1
Sep 04, 2005 ... CSHL achieved its first victory against EOGK in the TunisianLeague 1. Habib Mejri, the trainer of the CSHL said following thethree point win, "We did not start the season very well. We had a lotof missing players, which affected the results ...
Wafa Amer turns to singing
Sep 04, 2005 ... Egyptian actress Wafa Amer has turned to singing, and will performseven different songs in her upcoming television drama series "ImamMohammad Abdo". In the drama Wafa plays the role of Nowara, a singer at a localnightclub who gains notoriety in the music industry and ...
Expert says Russia attracted about 17 billion dollars in the first half of 2005
Sep 04, 2005 ... According to Mr. Alexander Garese, a French lawyer who deals bothin Europe and the CIS, Russian foreign investments amounted to almost17 billion dollars in H-1 of 2005. Mr. Garese added that 7 maincountries are responsible for about 82 percent of the total foreigninvestments. The ...
Tunisia's foreign currency revenue boosted by growing tourism
Sep 04, 2005 ... Tunisia's foreign currency revenue has shown an increase of about38.1% thanks to the increasing number of the tourists visitingTunisia. For the first six months of the year 2005, the number of touristshas recorded an 11% increase in Tunisia. Among the European tourists,French ...
Tunisian handicraft displayed in UNESCO's exhibition
Sep 04, 2005 ... In the "Heritage and Creativity" Exhibition, which was organizedby the "Cultures Sud" Association as part of UNESCO's Global Alliancefor Cultural Diversity, ceramics, weaving and jewelry produced byTunisian craftsmen were displayed under the title "Reproduction ofmuseum ...
New business centers to be opened in Tunisia
Sep 04, 2005 ... Opening of new centers in different wilayas of the countrydominated the meeting of Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Aliwith Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi on August 31. Within thisframework, the President noted that he ordered the ...
Horsemen Festival ends in Moroccan Taounate province
Sep 04, 2005 ... The 19th edition of the Horsemen Festival in the Moroccan Taounateprovince (north of the kingdom) ended on September 1. during the fourday event, the traditional art of riding was displayed, the Moroccannewspaper, Al-Sabah has reported. Some 800 horsemen representing morethan 50 groups ...