Archive for July, 2009
Deyaar’s ex-chief faces new charges
The former chief executive officer of property company Deyaar faces a new charge of conveying false financial information, Gulf News learnt on Thursday.
Man appeals conviction for having sex with murdered woman
A Syrian suspect has denied having consensual sex with a Mauritian woman after he was arrested for killing her. The woman was found murdered in Ibn Battuta mall’s parking lot in February.
Israel must come up with concrete proposals
The upcoming meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US Middle East peace envoy George Mitchell carries a certain significance to American efforts to draw a new peace plan that includes Arab normalisation for Israeli freezing of colony activities, Arab officials and analysts said on Thursday.
US panel demands Iran release 7 Baha’is on trial
A US government agency is demanding that Iran release seven Baha’i prisoners rather than submit them to trials on charges of spying for Israel and religious charges.