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Unionist Calls for consuming Algeria-Made products to Reduce Imports Bill

Secrertary General of the main Algerian trade union, l’Union Générale des Travailleurs Algériens or General Union of Algerian Workers, has called on authorities to encourage the consumption of Algeria-made products to reduce the country’s imports bill that stands at some of $ 60 billion. The UGTA Secretary General, Abdelmajid Sidi Said, argued in remarks to […]

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Sadi Shanaah: “Arab Spring – People Wished to Reinterpret What They Perceive as Islamic Values.”

Interview with Sadi Shanaah, an influential Czech-Palestinian political analyst and director of INSAAN – ‘Czech-Arab Centre for Cultural Dialogue’, about the roots of the Egyptian revolution, potential failure of Western media and U.S. support to the region. Mr. Shanaah, a special advisor for the Middle East to Mitt Romney‘s presidential campaign, Walid Pharees, says that […]

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A Quest for North Africa’s Economic Recovery: Lessons from Post-Communist Europe

In May 2012, leaders of the G8 countries met in France in order to discuss an eventual support of the ongoing revolutionary processes of the Arab Spring. Although a number of countries have already helped financially or otherwise, the current amounts of aid implicitly suggest that another Marshall Plan in not going to take place. […]

Business Emerging Markets

Egypt: tourism industry revived by land auctions

The revolt that brought an end to Hosni Mubarak’s presidency also prorogued the departure of investors and tourists in Egypt. To regain the 14.5 million visitors that generated 12.5 billion dollars, the actual tourism minister announced that lands will be auctioned for tourist developments. According to him “28 million sq meters will be put on […]

Lifestyle Technology

New iPad Apps for Arab Weight Watchers

A new iPad application has been approved and launched lately by Apple Company. It targets weight watchers in the Arab world and namely those concerned about their health and diabetes which rising at alarming rate due to lifestyle choices and lack of physical activities. The application, called Rokco is a development of European chef Rok […]

Business Emerging Markets

Tunisia struggles to reinvigorate its tourism

The tourism sector in Tunisia which was unstable since the Yasmine revolution has recorded a good performance during the first nine months of 2012 and according to the latest figures released by the Ministry of Tourism, some 4.4 million tourists visited the country from January 1 to September 20, posting a 32 percent increase compared […]

Business Finance

Major Job cuts to save UBS

Lately many European banks have been suffering because of the slow European economy. UBS, one of the major Swiss bank wishes to prevent dilapidating profits by diminishing operations that have been jugged risky. Thus deciding to mainly exploit its wealth management group. This bank that is based in Zurich was forced to put in place […]

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Daily Multivitamin Intake Can Reduce Men’s Cancer Risk?

Men who take daily a multivitamin pill could see their risk of developing a life-threatening form of cancer reduced considerably, according to a new medical study. The findings, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, showed that a daily intake of multivitamin helped to lower the risk of cancer by at least eight […]

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USA: the job growth, the tax hikes and voters’ expectations

The tight contest between Obama and Romney will finally come to an end on November 6th. However this week will be marked by the unveiling of the closely monitored employment report. Although Hurricane Sandy forced the government to stop working for 2 days, the Labor department plans to release the October jobs data as scheduled […]