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October 2007Analysis of The Month
October at Arabian Business was dominated by three events - the end of Ramadan, which we covered in our Special Report, Cityscape Dubai, where the best of the region's new real estate projects were unveiled and a pre-emptive look at the Media & Marketing show, the biggest media event of the year.
The month opened with 'Red Skies Ahead', an ominous look at the airline industry in the region and the continued troubles it had been facing. Our investigations continued in the month with 'Blood, sweat and fears', asking the question, 'Where have Iraq's reconstruction billions gone?'
Prior to the actual event of the Media and Marketing show, Arabian Business brought readers an exclusive interviews with Wadah Khanfar, head of al-Jazeera Channel, who spoke out on George Bush, Bin Laden and building a global brand. Alistair Campbell, ex-spin doctor for the Blair government in the UK, was interviewed on 'life after Blair' in 'Spun Doctor.'
Some of our most popular stories in the month included Millions of expats could be kicked out of Gulf, Eid on Saturday, astronomers say and Six-year expat cap gets UAE backing.
Cityscape came in soon after Eid with the newest projects and features which ArabianBusiness.com covered in full glory as one our Special Reports.
Beautiful photo galleries in the month included Citycape and the Middle East mega project naturally, followed later by exclusive pictures of the Armani Apartments at the Burj Dubai and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia's tour of Europe.
ArabianBusiness.com Editor-in-Chief James Bennett, who edited the magazine before assuming his current post, recorded his views in 'Time to move to pastures new'.
The month opened with 'Red Skies Ahead', an ominous look at the airline industry in the region and the continued troubles it had been facing. Our investigations continued in the month with 'Blood, sweat and fears', asking the question, 'Where have Iraq's reconstruction billions gone?'
Prior to the actual event of the Media and Marketing show, Arabian Business brought readers an exclusive interviews with Wadah Khanfar, head of al-Jazeera Channel, who spoke out on George Bush, Bin Laden and building a global brand. Alistair Campbell, ex-spin doctor for the Blair government in the UK, was interviewed on 'life after Blair' in 'Spun Doctor.'
Some of our most popular stories in the month included Millions of expats could be kicked out of Gulf, Eid on Saturday, astronomers say and Six-year expat cap gets UAE backing.
Cityscape came in soon after Eid with the newest projects and features which ArabianBusiness.com covered in full glory as one our Special Reports.
Beautiful photo galleries in the month included Citycape and the Middle East mega project naturally, followed later by exclusive pictures of the Armani Apartments at the Burj Dubai and King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia's tour of Europe.
ArabianBusiness.com Editor-in-Chief James Bennett, who edited the magazine before assuming his current post, recorded his views in 'Time to move to pastures new'.
Top News Stories
Millions of expats could be kicked out of Gulf
Politics & Economics
Bahrain to propose six-year residency cap on all expats working in region at GCC summit.
October in Quotes
Had the figures in the American administration that criticized us been watching Al Jazeera carefully they would never had made as many mistakes in Iraq.
Al Jazeera boss Wadah Khanfar tells ArabianBusiness.com how the satellite channel is essentially viewing for those looking to intervene in the Middle East.
Partner's Cover Stories
Checking into tradition
Travel & Hospitality
Andrew White meets the CEO of Shaza Hotels to discover the company's regional twist on hospitality.
In Pictures
10 Most Viewed Stories
- Millions of expats could be kicked out of Gulf
- Eid on Saturday, astronomers say
- Six-year expat cap gets UAE backing
- Limitless unveils $61bn Dubai mega-project
- Dubai police chief warns over Iran war
- Nakheel to finance Burj Dubai rival
- Dubai makes record books with world's biggest ad
- Scores hospitalised in food poisoning scare
- Salaries soar for real estate executives
- Bin Laden to light up Saudi skies
Timeline
2007 Oct 1
In Lebanon Nasser Ismail, a suspected senior commander of the Fatah Islam militant group, was captured by Palestinian refugees and turned over to the Lebanese military after he spent weeks in hiding.
2007 Oct 1
Syria began requiring visas for Iraqis entering the country, hoping to stem the flow of refugees fleeing violence in their homeland.
2007 Oct 4
Iranian state television reported that Iran and Syria have signed an agreement for Tehran to export a billion dollars worth of gas every year to its chief regional ally.
2007 Oct 4
It was reported that in Kuwait the nomadic Bedouin, Arabic for "without," numbered about 100,000 people and have been refused what they feel is their birthright: citizenship.
2007 Oct 4
Egypt sent a high-level protest to dozens of European nations expressing "astonishment and regret" at their refusal to endorse Cairo's call for a Middle East nuclear free zone at a conference last month. At last month's IAEA session, 25 of the 27 EU nations abstained as did other countries hoping to join the union. In all, 47 nations abstained. Israeli objections forced a vote in which 53 countries, Muslim states and their supporters from the developing world, backed the proposal.
2007 Oct 5
US forces backed by attack aircraft killed at least 25 Shiite militia fighters north of Baghdad in an operation targeting a cell accused of smuggling weapons from Iran.
2007 Oct 5
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, Saudi Arabia's king, announced an overhaul of the country's judicial system, fulfilling a pledge he made several months ago to reform the current heavily-criticized administration.
2007 Oct 6
A Saudi newspaper said the Saudi Arabian government will temporarily release 55 prisoners recently transferred from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and will give each of them about $2,600 to celebrate the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
2007 Oct 7
Thousands of angry demonstrators destroyed the regional headquarters of Egypt's ruling party in El Arish, demanding government protection from lawlessness after a downtown shootout between Bedouin tribesmen and local residents.
2007 Oct 7
In Baghdad bombings killed at least nine Iraqis in three separate attacks, including one near Iran's embassy.
2007 Oct 7
Qatar's Diar real estate investment company announced it has agreed to buy phase two of the Grosvenor Waterside residential development in the upmarket London district of Chelsea.
2007 Oct 8
Iran reopened five border crossing points with Kurdish-run northern Iraq, closed last month by Tehran to protest the US detention of an Iranian official. An estimated 100 students staged a rare demonstration against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a "dictator" and scuffling with hardline students at Tehran University.
2007 Oct 8
Sudan said it will host hundreds of Palestinian refugees who have been stranded in terrible conditions on Iraq's border with Syria and Jordan.
2007 Oct 9
Two suicide car bombers targeted a local police chief and a prominent Sunni sheik working with US forces against al-Qaida in Iraq in Beiji, killing at least 19 people.
2007 Oct 10
It was reported that Turkey had begun shelling suspected Kurdish rebel camps across the border in northern Iraq. The government appeared unlikely to move toward sending ground troops until next week.
2007 Oct 10
Brazil's Supreme Court denied a Lebanese request to extradite a fugitive banker accused of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and wanted for questioning in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Rana Koleilat was given eight days to leave the country once her passport is returned. She was jailed on fraud charges in Lebanon in 2004, but fled the country. She was arrested in Sao Paulo on March 12, 2006.
2007 Oct 11
Turkey swiftly condemned a US House panel's approval of a bill describing the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as genocide, and newspapers blasted the measure on their front pages. Turkey also recalled its ambassador to Washington and warned of serious repercussions if Congress labels the killing of Armenians by Turks a century ago as genocide.
2007 Oct 14
In Egypt at least six people drowned and 15 others were reported missing after the gangplank on their Nile ferry collapsed.
2007 Oct 15
An army minibus slammed into a water tanker truck in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing 13 soldiers and the civilian driver.
2007 Oct 16
In Iran Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart and implicitly warned the US not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations should not pursue oil pipeline projects that are not backed by regional powers.
2007 Oct 17
A Greek-flagged cargo ship carrying coal sank in the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki after colliding with Panama-flagged Dubai Guardian. The captain of the Diamond 1 was killed.
2007 Oct 17
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on a visit to Turkey, said that Damascus would back a possible Turkish incursion into northern Iraq to crack down "against terrorist activities" there.
2007 Oct 17
Iran hanged eight men and one woman on murder charges in the notorious Evin Prison in northern Tehran.
2007 Oct 17
Turkey's Parliament gave the government a one-year window in which to launch cross-border offensives against Turkish Kurd rebels who've been conducting raids into Turkey. The vote removed the last legal obstacle to an offensive.
2007 Oct 18
Sunni and Shiite leaders in southwestern Baghdad signed an agreement intended to halt sectarian violence on the condition that security forces limit their raids and offensive operations.
2007 Oct 18
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert flew to Moscow in a surprise visit to discuss Iran's nuclear program with President Vladimir Putin, who just returned from talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran.
2007 Oct 18
US lawmakers offered apologies to Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, who was deported in 2002 by US counterterrorism officials to Syria, where he says he was imprisoned and tortured.
2007 Oct 18
The UN said action would be taken against the interpreter responsible for an erroneous report that Syria has a nuclear facility and expressed regret at the incident.
2007 Oct 20
The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain met with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
2007 Oct 21
Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish military convoy less than three miles from the Iraqi border, killing 12 soldiers with 8 missing.
2007 Oct 21
In Syria a high-level North Korean official held talks with PM Naji Otari on ways to improve cooperation between the two countries.
2007 Oct 22
A US Navy sailor allegedly shot and killed two female sailors in the barracks of an American military base in Bahrain.
2007 Oct 22
Bombs struck Shiite targets in Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding two dozen.
2007 Oct 23
A US helicopter opened fire on a group of men as they were planting roadside bombs in a Sunni stronghold north of Baghdad, then chased them into a nearby house, killing 11 Iraqis, including at least six civilians.
2007 Oct 23
Turkey's foreign minister rejected any cease-fire by Kurdish rebels as he met with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to press them to crack down on the guerrillas. Turkish forces massed on the border and tensions rose over a threatened military incursion.
2007 Oct 23
First lady Laura Bush helped launch a screening facility in Saudi Arabia as part of a U.S.-Saudi initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in the kingdom where doctors struggle to break long-held taboos about the disease.
2007 Oct 24
Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships reportedly attacked positions of Kurdish rebels just inside Turkey along the border with Iraq, as Turkey's military stepped up its anti-rebel operations.
2007 Oct 25
The Bush administration announced sweeping new sanctions against Iran, the harshest since the takeover of the US Embassy in 1979, charging anew that Tehran supports terrorism in the Middle East, exports missiles and is engaging in a nuclear build up.
2007 Oct 25
In northern Syria authorities hanged five men for murders they committed during attempted robberies.
2007 Oct 25
A senior security official said Yemen has set free Jamal al-Badawi, one of the al-Qaida masterminds of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 that killed 17 American sailors. Al-Badawi was granted his freedom after turning himself in 15 days ago and pledging loyalty to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
2007 Oct 26
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the headquarters of a nationalistic Sunni insurgent group that has turned against al-Qaida in Iraq, killing a woman on her way to the market and wounding four other people.
2007 Oct 28
Turkish troops killed some 20 Kurdish guerrillas in fighting in eastern Tunceli province. Turkey's PM Erdogan called for unity between Turks and Kurds against the rebels.
2007 Oct 28
In Dubai thousands of South Asian construction workers went on strike over harsh working conditions in the latest threat to a spectacular building boom already endangered by a falling currency and labor shortage.
2007 Oct 29
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced plans to build several nuclear power plants, joining several Arab countries in the Middle East that recently have broadcast their own atomic energy ambitions.
2007 Oct 29
Turkey's state-run news said soldiers battled separatist Kurdish rebels across southeast Turkey, trapping about 100 in caves near the Iraqi border after blocking escape routes across the frontier.
2007 Oct 30
In London Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah received a lavish welcome from Queen Elizabeth II as he started a state visit amid angry protests and headlines after accusing Britain of anti-terrorism failures. The Policy Exchange, an independent think tank, said Agencies linked to the Saudi government have distributed extremist literature to mosques and Islamic centers in Britain.
2007 Oct 31
In London King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met PM Gordon Brown to discuss Middle East issues and counter-terrorism, amid a swirl of protests.
2007 Oct 31
In Dubai more than 4,000 south Asian workers who had been jailed since a weekend labor strike were released, in an incident that has highlighted labor tensions in this booming city.
2007 Oct 31
The US acknowledged that it had undertaken military moves against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, including spy planes and providing Turkey with more intelligence.
In Lebanon Nasser Ismail, a suspected senior commander of the Fatah Islam militant group, was captured by Palestinian refugees and turned over to the Lebanese military after he spent weeks in hiding.
2007 Oct 1
Syria began requiring visas for Iraqis entering the country, hoping to stem the flow of refugees fleeing violence in their homeland.
2007 Oct 4
Iranian state television reported that Iran and Syria have signed an agreement for Tehran to export a billion dollars worth of gas every year to its chief regional ally.
2007 Oct 4
It was reported that in Kuwait the nomadic Bedouin, Arabic for "without," numbered about 100,000 people and have been refused what they feel is their birthright: citizenship.
2007 Oct 4
Egypt sent a high-level protest to dozens of European nations expressing "astonishment and regret" at their refusal to endorse Cairo's call for a Middle East nuclear free zone at a conference last month. At last month's IAEA session, 25 of the 27 EU nations abstained as did other countries hoping to join the union. In all, 47 nations abstained. Israeli objections forced a vote in which 53 countries, Muslim states and their supporters from the developing world, backed the proposal.
2007 Oct 5
US forces backed by attack aircraft killed at least 25 Shiite militia fighters north of Baghdad in an operation targeting a cell accused of smuggling weapons from Iran.
2007 Oct 5
Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, Saudi Arabia's king, announced an overhaul of the country's judicial system, fulfilling a pledge he made several months ago to reform the current heavily-criticized administration.
2007 Oct 6
A Saudi newspaper said the Saudi Arabian government will temporarily release 55 prisoners recently transferred from the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and will give each of them about $2,600 to celebrate the upcoming Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr.
2007 Oct 7
Thousands of angry demonstrators destroyed the regional headquarters of Egypt's ruling party in El Arish, demanding government protection from lawlessness after a downtown shootout between Bedouin tribesmen and local residents.
2007 Oct 7
In Baghdad bombings killed at least nine Iraqis in three separate attacks, including one near Iran's embassy.
2007 Oct 7
Qatar's Diar real estate investment company announced it has agreed to buy phase two of the Grosvenor Waterside residential development in the upmarket London district of Chelsea.
2007 Oct 8
Iran reopened five border crossing points with Kurdish-run northern Iraq, closed last month by Tehran to protest the US detention of an Iranian official. An estimated 100 students staged a rare demonstration against Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, calling him a "dictator" and scuffling with hardline students at Tehran University.
2007 Oct 8
Sudan said it will host hundreds of Palestinian refugees who have been stranded in terrible conditions on Iraq's border with Syria and Jordan.
2007 Oct 9
Two suicide car bombers targeted a local police chief and a prominent Sunni sheik working with US forces against al-Qaida in Iraq in Beiji, killing at least 19 people.
2007 Oct 10
It was reported that Turkey had begun shelling suspected Kurdish rebel camps across the border in northern Iraq. The government appeared unlikely to move toward sending ground troops until next week.
2007 Oct 10
Brazil's Supreme Court denied a Lebanese request to extradite a fugitive banker accused of a multimillion-dollar bank fraud and wanted for questioning in the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri. Rana Koleilat was given eight days to leave the country once her passport is returned. She was jailed on fraud charges in Lebanon in 2004, but fled the country. She was arrested in Sao Paulo on March 12, 2006.
2007 Oct 11
Turkey swiftly condemned a US House panel's approval of a bill describing the World War I-era mass killings of Armenians as genocide, and newspapers blasted the measure on their front pages. Turkey also recalled its ambassador to Washington and warned of serious repercussions if Congress labels the killing of Armenians by Turks a century ago as genocide.
2007 Oct 14
In Egypt at least six people drowned and 15 others were reported missing after the gangplank on their Nile ferry collapsed.
2007 Oct 15
An army minibus slammed into a water tanker truck in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, killing 13 soldiers and the civilian driver.
2007 Oct 16
In Iran Russian leader Vladimir Putin met his Iranian counterpart and implicitly warned the US not to use a former Soviet republic to stage an attack on Iran. He also said nations should not pursue oil pipeline projects that are not backed by regional powers.
2007 Oct 17
A Greek-flagged cargo ship carrying coal sank in the northern Greek port of Thessaloniki after colliding with Panama-flagged Dubai Guardian. The captain of the Diamond 1 was killed.
2007 Oct 17
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, on a visit to Turkey, said that Damascus would back a possible Turkish incursion into northern Iraq to crack down "against terrorist activities" there.
2007 Oct 17
Iran hanged eight men and one woman on murder charges in the notorious Evin Prison in northern Tehran.
2007 Oct 17
Turkey's Parliament gave the government a one-year window in which to launch cross-border offensives against Turkish Kurd rebels who've been conducting raids into Turkey. The vote removed the last legal obstacle to an offensive.
2007 Oct 18
Sunni and Shiite leaders in southwestern Baghdad signed an agreement intended to halt sectarian violence on the condition that security forces limit their raids and offensive operations.
2007 Oct 18
Israeli PM Ehud Olmert flew to Moscow in a surprise visit to discuss Iran's nuclear program with President Vladimir Putin, who just returned from talks with Iranian leaders in Tehran.
2007 Oct 18
US lawmakers offered apologies to Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian, who was deported in 2002 by US counterterrorism officials to Syria, where he says he was imprisoned and tortured.
2007 Oct 18
The UN said action would be taken against the interpreter responsible for an erroneous report that Syria has a nuclear facility and expressed regret at the incident.
2007 Oct 20
The foreign ministers of France, Italy and Spain met with Lebanon's feuding political leaders in a bid to break a long-running deadlock that is preventing the election of a president.
2007 Oct 21
Kurdish rebels ambushed a Turkish military convoy less than three miles from the Iraqi border, killing 12 soldiers with 8 missing.
2007 Oct 21
In Syria a high-level North Korean official held talks with PM Naji Otari on ways to improve cooperation between the two countries.
2007 Oct 22
A US Navy sailor allegedly shot and killed two female sailors in the barracks of an American military base in Bahrain.
2007 Oct 22
Bombs struck Shiite targets in Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding two dozen.
2007 Oct 23
A US helicopter opened fire on a group of men as they were planting roadside bombs in a Sunni stronghold north of Baghdad, then chased them into a nearby house, killing 11 Iraqis, including at least six civilians.
2007 Oct 23
Turkey's foreign minister rejected any cease-fire by Kurdish rebels as he met with Iraqi leaders in Baghdad to press them to crack down on the guerrillas. Turkish forces massed on the border and tensions rose over a threatened military incursion.
2007 Oct 23
First lady Laura Bush helped launch a screening facility in Saudi Arabia as part of a U.S.-Saudi initiative to raise breast cancer awareness in the kingdom where doctors struggle to break long-held taboos about the disease.
2007 Oct 24
Turkish warplanes and helicopter gunships reportedly attacked positions of Kurdish rebels just inside Turkey along the border with Iraq, as Turkey's military stepped up its anti-rebel operations.
2007 Oct 25
The Bush administration announced sweeping new sanctions against Iran, the harshest since the takeover of the US Embassy in 1979, charging anew that Tehran supports terrorism in the Middle East, exports missiles and is engaging in a nuclear build up.
2007 Oct 25
In northern Syria authorities hanged five men for murders they committed during attempted robberies.
2007 Oct 25
A senior security official said Yemen has set free Jamal al-Badawi, one of the al-Qaida masterminds of the USS Cole bombing in 2000 that killed 17 American sailors. Al-Badawi was granted his freedom after turning himself in 15 days ago and pledging loyalty to Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh.
2007 Oct 26
A suicide bomber blew himself up near the headquarters of a nationalistic Sunni insurgent group that has turned against al-Qaida in Iraq, killing a woman on her way to the market and wounding four other people.
2007 Oct 28
Turkish troops killed some 20 Kurdish guerrillas in fighting in eastern Tunceli province. Turkey's PM Erdogan called for unity between Turks and Kurds against the rebels.
2007 Oct 28
In Dubai thousands of South Asian construction workers went on strike over harsh working conditions in the latest threat to a spectacular building boom already endangered by a falling currency and labor shortage.
2007 Oct 29
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak announced plans to build several nuclear power plants, joining several Arab countries in the Middle East that recently have broadcast their own atomic energy ambitions.
2007 Oct 29
Turkey's state-run news said soldiers battled separatist Kurdish rebels across southeast Turkey, trapping about 100 in caves near the Iraqi border after blocking escape routes across the frontier.
2007 Oct 30
In London Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah received a lavish welcome from Queen Elizabeth II as he started a state visit amid angry protests and headlines after accusing Britain of anti-terrorism failures. The Policy Exchange, an independent think tank, said Agencies linked to the Saudi government have distributed extremist literature to mosques and Islamic centers in Britain.
2007 Oct 31
In London King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia met PM Gordon Brown to discuss Middle East issues and counter-terrorism, amid a swirl of protests.
2007 Oct 31
In Dubai more than 4,000 south Asian workers who had been jailed since a weekend labor strike were released, in an incident that has highlighted labor tensions in this booming city.
2007 Oct 31
The US acknowledged that it had undertaken military moves against Kurdish rebels in Iraq, including spy planes and providing Turkey with more intelligence.
Fundamental errors
Posted by James, Dubai, UAE on 26 January 2008 at 12:49 UAE time
Try - sent the US dollar to a 17 year LOW, not high. And the Ruppee is worth far MORE than it was 12 months ago.
By the way being proud of the chaos that ensued following your stroy on the dollar depeg is nothing to be proud of, if that what your implying happened.
HSBC and other major banks were profiteering in the aftermath buying dollars at 3.40 and selling at 3.69? Best of both worlds for them? Or just covering themselves? But a disaster for everyday businesses and people who were stuck with dollars and debts in dirhams... all on the back of mere speculation - go the market economy?!?. The banking industry - along with Arabian Business should be ashamed.
Posted by James, Dubai, UAE on 26 January 2008 at 12:49 UAE time
Try - sent the US dollar to a 17 year LOW, not high. And the Ruppee is worth far MORE than it was 12 months ago.
By the way being proud of the chaos that ensued following your stroy on the dollar depeg is nothing to be proud of, if that what your implying happened.
HSBC and other major banks were profiteering in the aftermath buying dollars at 3.40 and selling at 3.69? Best of both worlds for them? Or just covering themselves? But a disaster for everyday businesses and people who were stuck with dollars and debts in dirhams... all on the back of mere speculation - go the market economy?!?. The banking industry - along with Arabian Business should be ashamed.
Review 2007
Posted by N. A. Mirza, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 31 December 2007 at 17:39 UAE time
Looks sound and indeed worth preserving. December Timeline should have stories on the most peaceful and accident free Haj, BJP's history-making victory in India's western state of Gujrat and above all assassination of Benazir Bhutto. An analysis on King Abdullah's sincere peace efforts was a must.
Editor's reply: December's timeline will be updated with the happenings of the last two weeks of December shortly.
Posted by N. A. Mirza, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 31 December 2007 at 17:39 UAE time
Looks sound and indeed worth preserving. December Timeline should have stories on the most peaceful and accident free Haj, BJP's history-making victory in India's western state of Gujrat and above all assassination of Benazir Bhutto. An analysis on King Abdullah's sincere peace efforts was a must.
Editor's reply: December's timeline will be updated with the happenings of the last two weeks of December shortly.
BEST AND WORST NEWS OF 2007!
Posted by RAJENDRA ANEJA, DUBAI, UAE on 27 December 2007 at 11:50 UAE time
Best news:
1. Some peace in Iraq and refugee return.
2. More focus on climate
3. Dialogue between Bush, Putin
4. No war with Iran
5. Talks between Israel, Palesine
6. Shakira going to study at a university
Worst news:
1. Continuation of world poverty
2. No cure for Aids, cancer
3. Human rights violations and beating of monk in Burma
4. Inflation across the word, including Gulf.
5. Instability in India, Pakistan.
6. I have not become a movie-star (the pay is better, than that in management).
Posted by RAJENDRA ANEJA, DUBAI, UAE on 27 December 2007 at 11:50 UAE time
Best news:
1. Some peace in Iraq and refugee return.
2. More focus on climate
3. Dialogue between Bush, Putin
4. No war with Iran
5. Talks between Israel, Palesine
6. Shakira going to study at a university
Worst news:
1. Continuation of world poverty
2. No cure for Aids, cancer
3. Human rights violations and beating of monk in Burma
4. Inflation across the word, including Gulf.
5. Instability in India, Pakistan.
6. I have not become a movie-star (the pay is better, than that in management).
REVIEW 2007: PROFITS AND SOUL
Posted by RAJENDRA ANEJA, DUBAI, UAE on 26 December 2007 at 17:04 UAE time
The review writtn by Mr James Bennett, is sound, pithy and covers all key issues. Congratulations for this excellent encapsulation.
I hope 2008, will be a more enlightened year for the Gulf and for all of us. Let us hope, we realise that money is important, but without good HR practices, there can be no profits in the long run.
And as the Bible preaches, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, at the loss of his own soul."
Posted by RAJENDRA ANEJA, DUBAI, UAE on 26 December 2007 at 17:04 UAE time
The review writtn by Mr James Bennett, is sound, pithy and covers all key issues. Congratulations for this excellent encapsulation.
I hope 2008, will be a more enlightened year for the Gulf and for all of us. Let us hope, we realise that money is important, but without good HR practices, there can be no profits in the long run.
And as the Bible preaches, "What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, at the loss of his own soul."
Brilliant
Posted by Frank Dane, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 26 December 2007 at 11:26 UAE time
That is one of the best Year in Reviews I have seen. Really polished - especially on the later months - October to December. I love it. Thank you - another great reference site, and hugely entertaining as well.
Posted by Frank Dane, Dubai, United Arab Emirates on 26 December 2007 at 11:26 UAE time
That is one of the best Year in Reviews I have seen. Really polished - especially on the later months - October to December. I love it. Thank you - another great reference site, and hugely entertaining as well.
Pressure mounts on last female minister to quit
Posted by Adam, Kuwait, Kuwait on 25 December 2007 at 08:53 UAE time
The Kuwait government needs to get a life.. The men in parliament cannot handle a women minister. I admire her and for what she is doing and putting all these silly men to shame.. Wake up guys...
Posted by Adam, Kuwait, Kuwait on 25 December 2007 at 08:53 UAE time
The Kuwait government needs to get a life.. The men in parliament cannot handle a women minister. I admire her and for what she is doing and putting all these silly men to shame.. Wake up guys...