Jan 31, 2010
News that Mahmoud al Mabhouh, a leading member of Hamas's military wing, the Ezzedine al Qassam Brigades, was murdered in Dubai 11 days ago, has quickly prompted speculation that Israel was behind the killing. Hamas's political leader, Khalid Meshaal said: "You may kill us, you may hurt us, but we're going to kill your claimed legitimacy and we will tear the false image you've painted in recent decades."Read article "Murder in Dubai"
Jan 29, 2010
If humanitarian relief work was an Olympic event, Israel deserves a gold medal - at least that seemed to be the opinion of many Israeli commentators in the days after Haiti's catastrophic earthquake in which more than 200,000 Haitians died. After 12 days the Israeli field hospital wound up its operations and headed for home having declared its mission accomplished.Read article "Week in review: Israel and Haiti"
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Feb 10, 2013
Qatar plans to pursue joint investments with Gazprom after the Russian gas-export giant opened an office in Doha, Qatar's energy minister said.Read article
Dec 10, 2012
Two new reactors are to be built at the Czech Republic's Temelin nuclear power plant. The US is bidding for the tender, but a Russian consortium is favourite.Read article
