Source

#Gulf News

Gulf News is the main newspaper devoted to the entire Persian Gulf . Circulation: more than 90,000 editions. Edited in Dubai in English, it is read largely by the important foreigner community residing in the region.

156 articles

français English русский Español

“U.S. denial of Amnesty report is absurd”

by Adel Safty

28 June 2005

Amnesty International recently condemned the “war crimes in Iraq and the evidence of torture and ill-treatment in American prisons.” Amnesty said that considering the U.S. power in the world such actions were a global threat to right and security. George W. Bush rejected these accusations by (...)

“Iran presidential race: expectations vs. reality”

by Bahman Baktiari, Haleh Vaziri

27 June 2005

Iran’s presidential candidates offer the widest-raging choices on the political spectrum for holding elections in Iran since the revolution of 1979; of course, within the confines of the Guardian Council of the Revolution, which guards the theocracy of the State but permits semi-competitive (...)

“In Congo, 1,000 die per day: Why isn’t it a media story?”

by Andrew Stroehlein

23 June 2005

We frequently hear discussions about the fact that media outlets do not pay attention to the conflict in Congo. However, this reflection does not make the media talk more about it, the deadliest conflict since World War II.
It is an absurd situation whose consequence is the absolute silence (...)

“Was Newsweek Really Wrong?”

by Linda S. Heard

20 May 2005

The entire Muslim world rebelled after Newsweek published an article affirming that interrogators at Guantanamo, the most famous of American gulags, had flushed a copy of the Koran down a toilet. There were violent demonstrations in Afghanistan in which Muslims leaders demanded the culprits be (...)

"What Russia Can Learn From Germany"

by Vaira Vike-Freiberga

11 May 2005

In my country, Latvia, the German Nazis and their local collaborators committed the most appalling crimes ever known to humankind in that territory. It takes modesty and courage to regret the past. Openly acknowledging the controversial aspects is crucial to wipe out the ghosts of the past and (...)

Source

#Gulf News

Most popular