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“We underline the need to further mobilize Arab and international capacities to monitor … terrorism, limit the movements of terrorists across countries, dismantle terrorist networks and cells, (and) prevent the financing of terrorism”

TUNIS (Reuters) - Arab governments will make more progress fighting home-grown terrorist groups if security agencies across the region work together and share information, officials at a security conference said on Thursday.

“The Maghreb region is targeted by terrorist organizations seeking to…terrify people and thwart economic projects,” Omran Ahmida, a senior Libyan official, said of North Africa’s Arabic-speaking region at the meeting in Tunis.

“We need to do a serious job and strengthen communication between security officers,” he said. “It must be a real and concrete effort or decisions will remain only words.” Read more

“It was very difficult to get to work. Cars were sliding on the road”

Blankets of snow brought the Holy City of Jerusalem and other cities across the Middle East grinding to a halt today as icy weather gripped the mainly desert region. via Sunday Times

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee goes to Saudi Arabia next week, the first high-level Indian visit to the Gulf’s most influential nation after King Abdullah came here in 2006. via New Delhi News.Net

“To put pressure on the central government to help build the plant”

The head of an Iraqi electricity plant ranted about lack of help from officials in faraway Baghdad. via Las Vegs Sun

“The State spares no effort in providing support and resources. We should all stress the values of giving and loyalty to see this great investment to fruition”

KUWAIT : “Team spirit is essential, along with devotion, if we are to protect our country against division and lack of harmony,” says HH the Amir Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. “Kuwaitis should … via Arab Times

“As the banner was posted … by a webmaster of the forum, it seems as if the announcement of his death has been confirmed to the forum administrators”

CAIRO, Egypt - Abu Laith al-Libi, a top al Qaeda commander in Afghanistan who was blamed for bombing a base while Vice President Dick Cheney was visiting last year, has been killed, according to a militant Web … via Detroit Free Press

“With the successful conclusion of the agreement, airlines of both sides will be able to add new services on the Indian-Bahrain route, which will be in the interests of travellers”

New Delhi, Jan 31 : After concluding a major bilateral civil aviation pact with Saudi Arabia, India Thursday announced similar agreements with Bahrain and Oman to give more choice to the four million Indian … via Newkerala.com

Expressing your Valentine’s message to your lover through graffiti might be old news, but what if you have this message sprayed on the Palestinian wall? SendaMessage.nl lets you express your heartfelt love on … via Trend Hunter Magazine

Actor George Clooney arrives at United Nations headquarters Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008. via Athens Banner-Herald

“The companies that serve the US east coast and the UK are worst affected”

Internet outages have hit businesses and home use Disruption to internet services in south Asia and the Middle East is continuing the day after Mediterranean undersea cables were damaged. via BBC News