• Finds “exceptional” 232.08-carat white diamond at Cullinan (click here)
• Four analysts say stone could fetch between $10 million—$16 million
• Shares rise as much as 7 percent
From the Gulf News:
Dubai: Residents in Emaar communities (click here) are planning to launch a social media campaign to voice their anger after vans of a popular local ice cream company were banned from entering their communities.
For six years, UAE-based Desert Chill has been delivering ice cream in Emirates Living and Arabian Ranches in purpose-built vans. But last week, developer Emaar shut the door on them, saying they are reviewing the list of vendors who would be allowed in their communities.
Desert Chill said the ban came unexpectedly and is a big blow to their business. “The news has come suddenly and without warning after six years of serving the communities and without any incident or issue. We are in communication with Emaar to try and rectify the situation but as of now we have not been successful,” reads a message on Desert Chill’s Facebook page....
The Jordan Times:
September 9, 2014
AMMAN — Iraqi Ambassador (click here) to Jordan Jawad Hadi Abbas recently returned to Amman after nearly six weeks since he was called home following a conference held by Iraqi opposition figures in Amman.
Minister plenipotentiary of the Iraqi embassy Tahseen Alwan told The Jordan Times over the phone on Tuesday that Abbas returned early this month to resume his diplomatic duties.
The ambassador was recalled by the former government of Nouri Al Maliki on July 19 for urgent consultations days after a gathering was held in Jordan for Iraqi figures representing Sunni and tribal leaders and businessmen, who launched their first unified coalition calling on the international community to boycott the Maliki government.
But Alwan refused to say there was a diplomatic spat between Amman and Baghdad over the conference, stressing that the ambassador was on a holiday.
“There is no political stance against Jordan,” he said, adding the two neighbouring countries have always enjoyed good ties.
But the Iraqi News Agency said at the time that recalling the ambassador came as a response to Amman’s allowing the opposition’s gathering....
The Daily Star (Lebanon - the country with the invasion by Israel against goat farmers):
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama (click here) told congressional leaders Tuesday that he had the authority he needed to take action to destroy the militant group ISIS, signaling again that the White House would not ask Congress to vote to approve his plan.
The Daily Star (Lebanon - the country with the invasion by Israel against goat farmers):
WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama (click here) told congressional leaders Tuesday that he had the authority he needed to take action to destroy the militant group ISIS, signaling again that the White House would not ask Congress to vote to approve his plan.
Obama met with top Democratic and Republican leaders ahead of a speech Wednesday evening to lay out his plan to fight the group, also known as ISIL.
“The president told the leaders that he has the authority he needs to take action against ISIL in accordance with the mission he will lay out in his address tomorrow night,” the White House said in a statement.
“He reiterated his belief that the nation is stronger and our efforts more effective when the president and Congress work together to combat a national security threat like ISIL.”...
It must be comforting in the Middle East to conduct business as usual while the USA sustains the costs and deaths of military personnel to keep the peace within their borders. To hell with what is happening to the USA's sense of well being, it is paramount no other nation feels they have problems.
So the USA is entering another war while the Mideast continues to scrutinize Gitmo. Real good. But, that is not an election issue. Of course not.
MIAMI: At about 155 pounds, (click here) the Syrian prisoner is gaunt for a man over 6 feet tall. He is pale and weak, so lethargic at times that one of his lawyers said he had to lie on the floor when he met with her one day this summer at the prison on the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
So the USA is entering another war while the Mideast continues to scrutinize Gitmo. Real good. But, that is not an election issue. Of course not.
MIAMI: At about 155 pounds, (click here) the Syrian prisoner is gaunt for a man over 6 feet tall. He is pale and weak, so lethargic at times that one of his lawyers said he had to lie on the floor when he met with her one day this summer at the prison on the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The hunger strike that 43-year-old Abu Wa’el Dhiab started 18 months ago to protest his indefinite confinement without charge was supposed to be over by now. He was told in the spring he would be resettled in Uruguay, along with five other Guantanamo prisoners. But as the months have dragged on and the transfer put on hold, his standoff with military officials has only deteriorated, at times turning violent.
“Everyone who has seen him recently is alarmed,” said Alka Pradhan, one of his attorneys.
The prisoner has been engaged in a tense struggle with guards in recent months, according to documents filed in federal court in Washington, where Dhiab, who has been fed through a nasal tube to prevent starvation, is challenging some of the tactics used by the military to deal with prisoners on hunger strike....
The USA is on the job in the Middle East. There is absolutely no implications for USA national security, but, what the heck we are so welcome to conduct war there it serves the purpose for the Republican political machine. The GOP is so lucky to have the Middle East as a place for their agenda.
The USA is on the job in the Middle East. There is absolutely no implications for USA national security, but, what the heck we are so welcome to conduct war there it serves the purpose for the Republican political machine. The GOP is so lucky to have the Middle East as a place for their agenda.
