http://www.gcclub.org ÎÏãÉ rss ÇÍÏì ÎÏãÇÊ Gulf Cultural Club InnoPortal 2010-03-11 Arab News: Saudi Arabia's annual inflation rate surged to 4.6 percent in February, its highest level since June and up from 4.1 percent in January, official data showed on Wednesday. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3681 2010-03-11 Arab News: Foreign ministers of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) called on Israel on Wednesday to refrain from provocative gestures and strongly condemned the incursion of Israeli forces’ into the courtyards of Al-Aqsa Mosque and their clashes with Palestinian worshippers. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3680 2010-03-11 Saudi Gazette: Prince Naif Bin Abdul Aziz, Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, said Tuesday that the Kingdom was closely pursuing the repatriation of Saudi nationals held at Guantanamo. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3679 2010-03-11 Khaleej Times: The GCC Ministerial Council has renewed its support for the sovereign right of the UAE over its three islands occupied by Iran, besides the UAE’s sovereignty rights over its territorial waters, airspace, continental shelf and exclusive economic zone of the three islands. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3678 2010-03-11 The Peninsula: Qatar yesterday called for a ‘joint and fitting’ Arab response to Israeli plans to build 1,600 housing units illegally in north-eastern Jerusalem. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3677 2010-03-11 Saudi Gazette: US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Saudi leaders Wednesday that the US effort for diplomatic engagement with Iran had come to naught and he asked for the Kingdom’s help to win wide backing for biting economic penalties against Tehran. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3676 2010-03-11 Destined for Peace or Failure? Paddy Docherty* Author of Khyber Pass, History of empire & Invasion Robin Yasin-Kassab** The author of The Road to Damascus Wednesday 9th March,2010 Paddy Docherty: Mr Docherty showed slides from his travels in Afghanistan. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3675 2010-03-10 Emirates News Agency: Dubai Public Prosecution has issued international arrest warrants for 16 more suspects wanted for the premeditated killing of Mahmoud Al-mabhouh, a top Hamas leader, in a hotel in Dubai last January, taking the total number of people on its wanted list to 27. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3674 2010-03-10 KUNA: Kuwait Deputy Premier and Foreign Minister Sheikh Dr. Mohammad Sabah Al-Salem Al-Sabah said Tuesday the GCC countries should deal effectively with key developments at the regional and international levels. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3673 2010-03-10 Oman Daily Ob server: The Sultanate took part in the International Conference on obtaining nuclear energy for civil purposes which was held in Paris on March 8 and 9. The Sultanate’s delegation at the conference was led by Sayyid Badr bin Hamad al Busaidy, Secretary-General of the Foreign Ministry and Chairman of the Steering Committee for Peaceful Nuclear Technology. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3672 2010-03-10 The Peninsula: Direct peace talks between Darfur’s main insurgent group and Khartoum will begin in Qatar on March 10 after months of clashes and potracted negotiations, the rebel Justice and Equality Movement said. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3671 2010-03-10 Saudi Press Agency: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, held a meeting with visiting Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan at Al-Faisaliya Center yesterday. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3670 2010-03-10 KUNA: Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) welcomed Tuesday return of calm on the Saudi-Yemeni borders and cessation of hostilities on the northwest region of Yemen. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3669 2010-03-09 Gulf Times: HE the Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jabor al-Thani with the visiting Iranian Interior Minister, Mustafa Mohamed Najar, in Doha yesterday. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3668 2010-03-09 Kuwait Times: Kuwait's Minister of Electricity and Water Bader Al-Shuraiaan yesterday affirmed Kuwait's interest in acquiring and harnessing alternative energy - namely nuclear and solar energy - and predicted the start of using this power resource in seven years. The minister, in a statement to KUNA on sidelines of the Paris international conference on peaceful usage of nuclear energy, affirmed that this source of power is clean and nature friendly. http://www.gcclub.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=3667