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King's Fantasy with Marriage, at 35, 9 Official Wives, his father married 120 Times
The king who turns 35 next month on a day that will be observed as a national holiday, began marrying at aged 18. He currently has nine wives, and two fiancées. His father, King Sobhuza, married at least 120 wives, according to an official biography. In an interview he has disputed the claims made in some of the recent studies that polygamy is a major cause of HIV/AIDS spread" More
Info2cell.com gears to provide enhanced SMS Breaking News coverage on war situation
Info2cell.com, Middle East's leading wireless information service provider, has made arrangements for enhanced SMS Breaking News coverage to its subscribers in the UAE, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt, in view of the current war situation in the region.Info2cell, now fully owned by Acotel, the leading European wireless application service provider, has expanded its editorial team and sought inputs from its international partner to meet the projected increased demand for its SMS Breaking News service More
King to spend $72 million for Royal Jet, 40 per cent people living in abject Poverty
- Death toll mounts as violence escalates in
Niger Delta
- LAGOS, 19 March (IRIN) - Violence has escalated in southern Nigeria's Niger Delta, with militants from one community attacking villages populated by a rival ethnic group and storming an oil facility, officials and residents said on Tuesday.At least seven people were killed on Monday when armed Ijaw militants in speed boats attacked the Itshekiri villages of Aruton and Madangho, residents said, bringing the death toll in a week of clashes to 15. More
WHO Releases New Tool to Detect Counterfeit Medicines
International Pharmacopoeia to include all available new antimalarials GENEVA - To improve the quality and efficacy of medicines, facilitate control of counterfeit and substandard drugs and address problems of drug resistance, the World Health Organization (WHO) today releases a new edition of the International Pharmacopoeia (IntPh). More
Duboats enters the leisure boating market in the Middle East
India makes tremendous progress in Information Technology
The IT-Enabled Services sector in India has emerged as a prime catalyst of growth for the IT industry in the last five years. This segment is poised to grow world-wide very rapidly over the next few years. The first year of this millennium was a year of turbulence, tragedy, terrorism and slow-down in the world economy.More
Communications Sector to Drive Investment in Bahrain, says Wataniya Telecom
2nd annual General Motors ten showcases GM vehicles of yesterday and today celebrating 75 years of GM design
Illustrating the connection between automobiles and American pop culture, celebrity models, fashion designers and a collection of General Motors' innovative, cutting-edge concept, production and historic vehicles will take to the runway in a specially constructed pavilion on the corner of Sunset and Vine in the heart of Hollywood for the 2nd annual GM ten fashion show. GM vehicles will be incorporated into the fashion show, with 28 total vehicles featured throughout the evening. More
Asian Cell Phone Market Set To Change Design
Asian handset producers are set to change the future direction of the mobile phone, according to LG Electronics Chairman and CEO, John Koo. Delivering a keynote address at CTIA Wireless 2003, the world's largest mobile communications exhibition held in the USA, Koo said mobile video-conferencing, introduced for the first time at the opening of the FIFA World Cup in Seoul, heralded a paradigm shift in the mobile communication's market. More
Gulf Craft Inc. launches new luxury vessels at the Dubai International Boat Show
Enhanced High Speed Data Transfer in Bahrain
Dubai, March 19th 2003 - Inmarsat Limited, the Total Communications Network™ via satellite, has announced that it has re-tasked its backup satellite, establishing a 5th Ocean Region - Indian Ocean Region West (IND-W) - to meet predicted take-up of Global Area Network (GAN) Mobile ISDN services particularly in the Middle East by aid agencies, Governments and the media. More
Intel technology to end-users in Jeddah
In a new initiative aimed at taking leading edge computer technology to end-users, Intel, the world largest manufacturer, is organizing a live demonstration of its industry leading and high performance products at the Hera Mall, Jeddah, in association with leading Saudi PC assemblers. The event will be running over 3 days, commencing on Wednesday, March 18 until Friday, March 20, 2003. More
Eastern Networks awarded global project by Arab Bank
DUBAI-Anti money laundering software currently being installed in 22 countries. Arab Bank has signed up Eastern Networks to implement the SWIFT Interface and Data Extraction (S.I.D.E.) OFAC anti money laundering solution in all its branches across 22 countries in Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, the Far East and Australia.More
Yemeni kills three Including one American and one Canadian
IA, AI Flights to Gulf may be suspended if US Attacks Iraq
New Delhi,Tuesday, March 18, 2003: Government has decided to suspend Air India and Indian Airlines flights to Bahrain, Dammam and Kuwait as soon as the war breaks out in Iraq, which would lead the two carriers to suffer an aggregate loss of about Rs 1.4 billion per month. Stating this, Civil Aviation Minister Shahnawaz Hussain told reporters today that there was also a possibility of raising the fares of the two carriers by about ten per cent due to the hike in prices of aviation turbine fuel (ATF) by about 44 per cent since December last. More
Reconstruction Contracts Raise Eyebrows
The London Guardian reports today that the United States plans to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure within a year of war's end and will pay U.S. companies $1.5 billion to do the job, while the United Nations and nongovernmental organizations would receive just $50 million for their role in reconstruction. Documents obtained by the Wall Street Journal outlined the plan, according to the British newspaper. Typically the U.N. Development Program coordinates postwar rebuilding efforts. The UNDP has estimated that reconstruction will cost $10 billion a year for at least three years. More
Air India ready with evacuation plans
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 18 Air India is ready with a contingency plan to evacuate the non-resident Indians working in the Middle-East in the event of the US launching a military action against Iraq, according to company local Manager R Ghosh.Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh would be the base for the airline's evacuation operation, he told newsmen here last night, while announcing the summer schedule with effect from March 30. Mr Ghosh said NRIs based in Kuwait and Iraq would have to cross over to Riyadh to board the special flights from there.More
Terrorist Threats to Western Targets in Bahrain.
A gunman Tuesday shot and killed three oil workers -- an American, a Canadian and a Yemeni -- and then killed himself, according to the U.S. Embassy.The shooting took place in Marib. The workers were drilling for Hunt Oil, the CNN reported.
London- In view of the risk of hostilities with Iraq, there is an increase in the threat to British nationals in neighbouring countries. The threat to British individuals and organisations from terrorism is now high. It will rise further in the event of hostilities with Iraq. Terrorist attacks in the region could involve the use of chemical and biological materials. There is also a risk of an attack against Bahrain from Iraq in the event of hostilities. This might involve chemical and biological weapons. "We therefore advise against non-essential travel including holiday travel to Bahrain (but excluding airline passengers in transit, provided they do not break their journey). If you are already in Bahrain we advise you to consider leaving unless your presence is essential. As part of such consideration, you should review carefully your own security circumstances. If you do decide to stay, you should maintain a high level of vigilance and exercise good security practices.," the UK Foregn and Commonwealth Office said. More
Internet and telephone facilities in trains
New Delhi,Tuesday, March 18, 2003: The RailTel Corporation of India Ltd, a public sector undertaking under the Ministry of Railways, is planning to install internet service in trains and net kiosks at Railay stations More.
Kerala to set up AIDS testing centres in all districts
Thiruvananthapuram, Mar 17 Concerned over the alarming growth of HIV positive cases, the Kerala Government has decided to set up facilities of AIDS detection in all district hospitals. Replying to questions in the State Assembly, Health Minister P Sankaran said low-cost AIDS detection facility was available at five centres at present. The test was being conducted in the centres for a meagre Rs ten as against the actual cost of Rs 300. MoreGovt fixes 26% cap on foreign investment in TV News Channels
War to Hit Indian Economy, Affect Safety of 3.8 million Indians in the Gulf
"A nine per cent increase in the domestic oil prices has been projected in the event of Iraq war and the Rs 8,116 crore oil subsidy budgeted for 2003-04 was not adequate enough to bridge the gap," Muthiah said. However, the CII said in case of short duration war, the impact would be limited to disruption of only two million barrels per day of oil produced by Iraq with no other disruptions. "In this case, we are factoring in only a moderate increase in oil prices," CII said, maintaing that the impact would depend on the extent of disruption created by the war. The CII also raised concern over the safety of about 3.8 million Indians working in Gulf. More
Red Alert about terror strikes against British Citizens
London -A brief summary of the terrorist threat world-wide, and what help FCO Travel Advice can provide in warning of the dangers. It has long been the case that travellers overseas face a risk, usually small, of being caught up in terrorist attacks resulting from local political tensions. But recent years have seen a worrying increase in attacks against 'Western' targets. Since the mid 1990s, Usama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network and associated groups with the same extreme views have carried out several attacks against broadly 'Western' targets: the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York and Washington; More
Iraq war looks imminent; US advises arms inspectors to leave
Dubai,Monday, March 17, 2003: A US-led attack on Baghdad today became increasingly imminent with Washington advising arms inspectors in Iraq to pull out, UN observers leaving the demilitarised zone along Iraq-Kuwait border and many countries asking their citizens to leave the region but President Saddam Hussein remained defiant threatening "wider war if attacked." More News
IRAQ: U.S., U.K., Spain Abandon Vote; Annan Orders U.N. Staff To Leave-War can be averted if Saddam leaves country: Powell Indian Civil Services (Main) Examination, 2002 - Results Niger Embassy In Italy Reportedly Forged Documents For U.S.
Bomb scare creates panic in US, American targets in the Gulf
The American British Academy faces bomb scare.
University Night Postponed until further notice MUSCAT - This morning, March 17th, at approximately 8:50am, the school received a bomb threat via a telephone call taken by the school’s receptionist. Immediately, the school enacted security procedures that involved (a) sweeping the Hall to establish a “safe zone” and (b) evacuating all the children to the safe zone in an orderly fashion. Also according to procedure, we contacted the ROP and the American and British Embassies.We were advised at around 9:30 to clear out the campus so that the police could make a sweep of the entire premises. Teachers and staff immediately brought all the children out into the exterior parking lot, again according to procedure. At around 10:00, it became apparent that the police sweep of the campus would take several hours. At that point, the administration made a decision to call into effect plans to gather all the children at the Rugby Club. The PTA phone tree was activated and parents and guardians were contacted to take their children home from there."--Mona Nashman Smith, American British Academy. Muscat.More
- WHO Coordinates International effort to identify and treat
stars
WHO has today stepped up several activities aimed at strengthening the international response to the recent emergence of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). SARS is an infectious disease of unknown etiology characterized by atypical pneumonia (see WHO press release of 15 March and
additional information at www.who.int.) More
US-Britain-Spain not to press for vote on second resolution
Violence marks LDF march, call for hartal on Tuesday
Thiruvanantapuram,Monday, March 17, 2003: Nearly 500 people, including 171 police personnel, were injured today when a Left Democratic Front (LDF) march to the offices of Superintendents of Police across Kerala turned violent, leading to police firing rubber bullets in two places, besides using tear gas and lathicharge to disperse the protestors.More
NIGERIA: Five killed as troops, militants clash in Niger Delta
LAGOS, 17 March (IRIN) - Clashes between navy troops and ethnic Ijaw militants near Nigeria's southern oil town of Warri resulted in the death of five civilians, heightening tension in the town and other parts of the Niger Delta, community activists said on SundayMore
ZIMBABWE: Highest number of Africans seeking UK asylum
JOHANNESBURG, 17 March (IRIN) - Zimbabweans topped the number of Africans seeking asylum in Great Britain last year, the second highest group of people in the world next to Iraqis in the last quarter of 2002. More
Haifa Construction Worker Dies
One of the employees of Haifa Construction died here two days back due to what the company said was a heart attack. The worker from Andhra in his late thirties died due to a heart attack when he was working in the company's workshop in Ghala More
Emirates Computers aims to enhance market share by targeting UAE defence sector
Expatriate Found Dead under Mysterious Circumstances
Crime Monitor MUSCAT - March 16, 2003. An expatriate has been found dead in mysterious circumstances. According to eyewitnesses who found the deadbody early morning, the body of the expatriate in his mid 30s was found in a pool of blood apparently due to a fall from the second storied building adjacent to a contracting company. The deadbody was found lying looking towards the ground and the face of the victim is totally smashed beyond recognition. There was a pool of blood, and the wooden cover of the two air conditioners were also found near the body. More
Malayali Lady with kid arrested for Liquor Trade as hubsand absconds
