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Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails
Palestinians take part in a protest against the reduction of some of the financial and food aid services given by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) to Palestine refugees, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on April 9, 2013. Photo by Ahmed Deeb / WN
2013-05-21, Huffington Post
If Christopher Coyne's new book, Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why HumanitarianAction Fails needed a subtitle, I'd be willing to offer up "We Meant Well, Too." Coyne's book...
Rafsanjani, Ahmadinejad ally barred from Iran election
In this Sunday, March 10, 2013 photo, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, holds hands with chief of staff Esfandiari Rahim Mashaei, during a press conference in Tehran, Iran.
2013-05-21, Reuters
DUBAI (Reuters) - Iranian authorities on Tuesday barred former PresidentAkbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a relative moderate, from running in the June 14 election, along with a...
Separatist shutdown affects life in Srinagar
Indian paramilitary troops stand guard during a strike in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, on 21 May 2013. Most shops, businesses and schools were closed across Indian-controlled Kashmir on 21 May during an all-day strike called by separatist group Awami Action Committee, to mark the deaths of two key Kashmiri leaders. Mirwaiz Mohammad Farooq, chief cleric of Indian-held Kashmir, was killed by unknown assailants in 1990. Abdul Ghani Lone, was gunned down at a rally held to observe the anniversary of Farooq's death in 2002.
2013-05-21, The Siasat Daily
Srinagar, May 21: A shutdown called by separatists affected life in Srinagar Tuesday, although the authorities did not impose any restrictions in the city. While shops,...
Physician dismisses force-feeding concerns
File - Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Miguel Mejiacontrera takes a blood pressure reading from a detainee at the Camp 6 Medical Center.
2013-05-21, Al Jazeera
A military physician who oversees a team of nurses force-feeding hunger-striking prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility has dismissed ethical concerns raised...
Mango farming no longer fruitful
Mango tree - mango farming - agriculture
2013-05-20, Deccan Chronicle
Vijayawada: The Krishna district farmers, producers of world famous mango varieties —Banginapalli and Chinna-rasaalu — are facing bitter experience every year. The...
 
SoftBank pledges to work with US government as Dish sparks national security fears2013-05-23
The Verge: SoftBank CEOMasayoshi Son wants Sprint, and he’s willing to make some significant concessions to get hold of it, like letting the US government choose one of the 10 directors to its board. The Wall Street Journal reported the news today, writing that...
American Samoa to take frequent flier miles from government staff and give to needy2013-05-23
The Daily Telegraph: American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from government workers who travel on behalf of the US territory and give them to medical patients who need to travel overseas for treatment. American Samoa plans to take away frequent flier miles from...
South Korean girl killed by man jumping to his death2013-05-23
The Daily Telegraph: A seven-year-old South Korean girl was killed instantly after being struck by the body of a man as he plunged from his tenth-floor apartment in an apparent suicide. The SouthKorean port of BusanPhoto: Bloomberg 6:14AM BST 23 May 2013 The 40-year-old man...
10 Reasons To Worry About The Syrian Electronic Army2013-05-23
Houston Chronicle: A group of anonymous hackers sympathetic to the regime of Syria's PresidentBashar al-Assad is causing havoc with the world's media. They call themselves the SyrianElectronicArmy, and they're devoted to attacking sites they deem defamatory to the Syrian...
>10 Reasons To Worry About The Syrian Electronic Army2013-05-23
Seattle Post: A group of anonymous hackers sympathetic to the regime of Syria's PresidentBashar al-Assad is causing havoc with the world's media. They call themselves the SyrianElectronicArmy, and they're devoted to attacking sites they deem defamatory to the Syrian...
UTV boards Ship of Theseus2013-05-23
Screen Daily: Company picks up Indian rights to Anand Gandhi’s award-winning debut feature [pictured]. UTV Motion Pictures has picked up Indian rights to Anand Gandhi’s award-winning debut feature Ship of Theseus and will release it across India on July 19. The film will be...
Scottish public sector staff handed £561 million in payoffs2013-05-23
The Daily Telegraph: Thousands of Scottish public sector staff have been handed ‘golden goodbyes’ worth more than half a billion pounds in only two years, according to a report by auditors published today. By Simon Johnson, Scottish Political Editor 6:00AM BST 23 May...
Bhai doesn't want haram money from betting: Chhota Shakeel2013-05-23
The Siasat Daily: May 23: Fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim has denied any connection with the IPL spot-fixing racket. His lieutenant Chhota Shakeel called up TOI late on Tuesday evening and blamed the media for dragging them into the controversy. Excerpts: Your gang's...
Wrecked cars are revived in Afghanistan2013-05-23
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: HERAT, Afghanistan -- They sit in the sun harboring their lost histories, their forgotten dreams, their traces of funerals, graduations and stolen kisses. On dusty windshields, insurance stickers from Travelers and State Farm bear witness to wrecks in "Metro...
HSBC UAE: Output Levels and Rate of Job Creation Rise in Non-Oil Producing Private Sector, While Growth of New Work Eases2013-05-23
PR Newswire: DUBAI, UAE, May 23, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Summary According to the HSBCUnited Arab EmiratesPMI™, the UAE's non-oil producing private sector companies reported a further increase in output levels in April. While new orders continued to rise sharply, the...
Most Sharjah Transport users are Arabs2013-05-23
Khaleej Times: The SharjahPublic Transport Corporation, which saw nine million passengers commute last year, has affirmed that most of the passengers who benefit from the corporation’s public shuttle service across the emirate are Arab residents. According to a senior...
Dhahi for reducing Salik for doctors, journalists2013-05-23
Khaleej Times: Commander in-chief of DubaiPolice Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim has called on the Roads and TransportAuthority (RTA)...
New system for recording violations2013-05-23
Khaleej Times: The DubaiPolice will implement a new system for recording traffic fines, according to Lieutenant-General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Commander-in-Chief of Dubai Police. He...
Dawood pulls the fixing strings from Pak: Cops2013-05-23
The Times of India: NEW DELHI: The Times of India has accessed exclusive details of D-Company's spot-fixing in IPL and other leagues. The racket runs out of Pakistan. Some key names of those involved in betting, the money route and those who monitor it have emerged. Delhi Police...
 
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