Arabia



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the Saudi Cables - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "the Saudi cables - of the Saudi government !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "it had warned - its citizens - to ignore - thousands !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "of its diplomatic documents - leaked by the transparency site - WikiLeaks !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "rare insight - Saudi government’s habit - buying - monitoring !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "61,000 cables - also showed the country’s sharp focus - on Iran !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "and support - for allies - and clients - in Lebanon - Iraq - and Yemen !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "but routine - secret correspondence - from the foreign ministry - in Riyadh !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and embassies abroad - catalogued many of - its preoccupations !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "especially during - the turbulent period - of the Arab spring !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "embassy in Beirut - showed contacts with the - Lebanese forces leader !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Samir Geagea - over cash payments - to ease financial problems !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Geagea had publicly - generally shown readiness - to do what he was asked for !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Saudi embassy in London - showed filming of - protesters !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and a discussion - of possible legal action !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "against - an article - by Saad al-Faqih - in the Guardian !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "an appearance by Faqih - on Egypt’s ON TV channel !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "brought a proposal - to find out - how to co-opt it !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "but the owner - of the station - Naguib Sawiris - did not want to be opposed !"

 


 

 

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  • "and he ordered - that Faqih - never be interviewed - again !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "a Saudi cable - backed opponents - of Nouri al-Maliki - the then prime minister of Iraq !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "according to one document - Gulf states were prepared !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to pay US$ 10bn - for the deposed - Egyptian Hosni Mubarak !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "the papers also showed - how they purchased - thousands of subscriptions !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to publications in - Beirut - Kuwait - Jordan - and Mauritania !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "in order to try - favourable - media coverage !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "oil - and money !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "reports from Sana’a - that proceeds of the sale of - 3m barrels of oil !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "given to Yemen - never reached the country’s treasury !"

 

 

 

 

 

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  • "Ala’a Shehabi - a Bahraini dissident - welcomed the - insight !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the Saudi government - had tried to make it - opaque !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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QATAR - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ QATAR



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Qatar Investment Authority - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09DOHA691

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  • "Qatar investment authority - executive - Hussain Al-Abdulla !"

 

 

 

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  • "said that the US - and the EU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "should not spend capital - supporting big banks - and big businesses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "and more help - all the - small businesses !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UN Agency criticised Qatar - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "the UN agency - criticised Qatar - over migrant workers' rights !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "the International Labour Organisation - criticised Qatar !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "over overseas - construction workers - and there was !"

 

 

 

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  • "ILO criticism - of the - kafala system !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that tied them - to their employers !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Qatar's rulers - should end - their system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "and accept - that their outdated - labour laws - have to change !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "migrant workforce - must not be exploited !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "there have to be - the most basic legal protections !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "a series of reports - and studies - by human rights organisations !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 


 

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  • "of the - 1.4 million - migrant workers - in Qatar !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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World Cup 2022 - the Guardian: LINK ¤ the GUARDIAN

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  • "in Qatar - there were serious questions !"

 

 

 

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  • "about the expenditure - in this region !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "and about thousands - Nepalese migrant labourers !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "documents - from the Nepalese embassy - 44 workers !"

 

 

 

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  • "some had not been paid for months - and their salaries retained !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "to them not running away - some of their employers confiscated passports !"


 

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  • "status not legal persons - longer hours - temperatures !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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WM 2022 - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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  • "die WM 2022 - in Katar - warf einige Schatten !"

 

 

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  • "dutzende - vor allem nepalesische Arbeitskräfte - auf den Baustellen !"

 

 

 

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  • "tausende Arbeiter - Arbeitsbedingungen !"

 

 

 

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  • "Arbeiter beklagten - dass diese monatelang - keinen Lohn erhalten hätten !"

 


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  • "deren Pässe - konfisziert worden waren - und keinen legalen Status hatten !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BAHRAIN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ BAHRAIN



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Energy - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09MANAMA647

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  • "deputy prime minister - Mohammed bin Mubarak Al Khalifa !"

 

 

 

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  • "told US ambassador - that Bahrain - would like !"

 

 

 

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  • "assistance - and guidance - in developing a domestic !"

 


 

 

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  • "nuclear energy program - and a US company - should build a plant !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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US Trade - US cable - 2009: LINK ¤ 09MANAMA646

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  • "the US embassy had lobbied - for a FTA !"

 

 

 

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  • "a US-Bahrain - free trade agreement !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "bilateral trade - in consumer - and industrial products - duty free !"

 

 

 

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  • "and Bahrain would permit - foreign ownership - of new industrial entities !"

 

 

 

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  • "the US embassy had looked - at the exports !"

 


 

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  • "and goods - trade balance - with Bahrain !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Central Bank Governor - US cable - 2007: LINK ¤ 07MANAMA1089

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  • "central bank of Bahrain governor - Rasheed Al-Maraj - told !"

 

 

 

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  • "US treasury secretary - Robert Kimmitt - that despite !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "the decline of the - dollar's value - in relation to the euro !"

 

 

 

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  • "it was unlikely - that Bahrain - would follow Kuwait !"

 

 

 

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  • "and de-peg - from the dollar !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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do no Harm - Bahrain Center for Human Rights: LINK ¤ PHR REPORT

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  • "a call for Bahrain - to protect doctors - and patients !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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KUWAIT - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ KUWAIT






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UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ UNITED ARAB EMIRATES






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OMAN - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ OMAN


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Sultan kündigt nach Protesten Reformen an - der Standard: LINK ¤ der STANDARD

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  • "der Sultan von Oman - kündigte nach Protesten - Reformen an !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "das Parlament - beschließt nun Gesetze - und kontrolliert die Regierung !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Saleh - US cable - 2005: LINK ¤ 05SANAA1352

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  • "a member - of a group of pragmatic - reform-minded !"

 

 

 

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  • "government insiders - said that many in Yemen !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "has had it - with the corruption - of Saleh - and his family !"

 

 

 

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  • "Ali Abdullah Saleh - more looked to - himself - and his family !"

 

 

 

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  • "than in making - the strategic choices - necessary !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

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  • "to lead - Yemen - into the future !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

 

 

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  • "Saleh - listened to - no one !"

 

 

 

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  • "and was - unrealistically - and stupidly - confident !"

 

 

 

 

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  • "that he - would always - make the right - decisions !"

 

 

 

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  • "the celebration - of the fifteenth Unity Day - held in Mukalla !"

 

 

 

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  • "costed - US$ 300 million - pockets officials arranged show !"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Arab League: LINK ¤ ARAB LEAGUE

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  • "the Arab League - is a regional organization - with 22 members !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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Arab Charter on Human Rights: LINK ¤ ACHR

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  • "the ACHR - was adopted by the Council of the League - in 2004 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "the Arab Charter on Human Rights - affirms some of the principles !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

 

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  • "contained in the UN Charter - but there is an incompatibility !"

 

 

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  • "of some of its provisions - with international norms - and standards !"

 

 

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ARABIAN PENINSULA - Wikipedia EN: LINK ¤ ARABIA

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Arabia - Map: LINK ¤ WIKIMEDIA
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