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Review: 'A Hologram for the King' by Dave Eggers worth discussing
-------------------- A Hologram for the King A Novel Dave Eggers McSweeney's: 328 pp., $25 -------------------- More than any other writer of his generation, Dave Eggers is a brand. The 42-year-old author is accomplished in many fields — he's...
Tags: Abdullah II of Jordan, Authors, Alan Greenspan, Dave Eggers
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Iraq oil output will nearly triple by 2035, says 'landmark study'
Iraq could overtake Russia as the world’s second-largest oil supplier behind Saudi Arabia by the 2030s, nearly tripling its current output, according to a report from the International Energy Agency. In what the Paris-based group calls a “...
Tags: Iraq, Petroleum Industry, International Energy, Economic Indicator
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IKEA's Saudi Arabia catalog erases women; company expresses regret
IKEA removed images of women from the Saudi Arabia version of its catalog, a decision that the furniture giant now says clashes with its values. Swedish publication Metro posted a comparison of the Saudi Arabian mailer and the Swedish version, showing...
Tags: IKEA, Values, Religion and Belief, Human Rights, Companies and Corporations
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Syrian foreign minister accuses West of fomenting terror
World NowSyria's foreign minister blasted U.S. and other Western and Arab nations at the U.N. General Assembly on Monday, accusing them of supporting terrorism in their supply of weapons and guidance to rebels fighting for the ouster of Syrian President Bashar... -
The Week in Pictures | October 22 – 28, 2012
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Somali troops take key port of Kismayo after Al Shabab rebels retreat
World NowSomali troops and their foreign allies occupied the key city of Kismayo, the last strategic base for Islamist militants who had relied on the local port as an main source of revenue.... -
Lack of exercise kills roughly as many as smoking, study says
World NowPeople across the world are falling so far short on exercise that the problem has become a global pandemic, causing nearly a tenth of deaths worldwide and killing roughly as many people as smoking, researchers warned this week as an alarming series of... -
Egypt's Islamist president to visit Iran, news agency reports
World NowEgyptian President Mohamed Morsi plans to visit Iran this month for an international summit in what would mark the highest-level official contact between the two nations in more than 30 years, according to Egypt's state news agency.... -
Letters: Deadly nations
Re "Pakistani man's execution decried," Nov. 17 The "extremists" in Pakistan recently conducted their first execution in four years and came under withering criticism from human rights groups. Yet Texas executes inmates on a regular basis, and...Tags: Human Rights, Pakistan, Death Penalty, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Egyptian designer runs afoul of Saudi princess, gets 500 lashes
World NowThe plight of Nagla Wafa, an Egyptian mother sentenced 500 lashes in Saudi Arabia following a business dispute with a princess, drew the attention this week of human rights advocates who demanded her release.... -
Husband of slain Iraqi immigrant arrested in El Cajon in her death
L.A. NOWAt an Islamic memorial service in Lakeside before leaving for Iraq, Alhimidi pleaded with the public for help finding his wife's killer. Weeping uncontrollably, he threw himself on his wife's linen shroud, which was covered with red roses.... -
Well-off and middle-class Syrians join exodus
World NowThe latest wave of Syrians fleeing to neighboring Lebanon doesn’t always fit the image of bedraggled refugees escaping with only the clothes on their backs. Some arrive in style to this Lebanese border post, barely an hour’s drive from...
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