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Middle East

MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 44 for 17-20 October 2005

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CONTENTS:

EGYPT: Local focus pays off for NGO helping slum women to earn cash
EGYPT: Lifting the veil of taboo on HIV/AIDS
IRAQ: Saddam Hussein goes on trial, but some still support him
IRAQ: Universities recruit 5,000 teaching staff from Iraqis living abroad
IRAQ: Women and children killed in US air strikes on Ramadi, doctor says
LEBANON: Government lacks money to fully compensate bomb victims
LEBANON: The press is free, but journalists remain intimidated by violence
SYRIA: Bridging the gap between Muslims and Christians
SYRIA: Palestinian refugees complain of persecution and seek to leave

EGYPT: Local focus pays off for NGO helping slum women to earn cash

A micro project to help improve the income of women slum dwellers in Cairo has achieved excellent results and is set to be replicated elsewhere in this sprawling city of 12 to 15 million people.

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EGYPT: Lifting the veil of taboo on HIV/AIDS

Souad never suspected how much her life was about to change when she was summoned four years ago by the Ministry of Health and Population to test for HIV/AIDS. There she was told that her husband had been tested positive for the virus two years earlier.

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IRAQ: Saddam Hussein goes on trial, but some still support him

Deposed president Saddam Hussein went on trial on Wednesday for causing the death of hundreds of thousands of his fellow Iraqis during 24 years of brutal rule.

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IRAQ: Universities recruit 5,000 teaching staff from Iraqis living abroad

The Iraqi government has announced plans to recruit 5,000 qualified teaching staff for the country’s colleges and universities from Iraqis living abroad to fill vacancies and halt a decline in academic standards.

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IRAQ: Women and children killed in US air strikes on Ramadi, doctor says

Two days of US air attacks against insurgents in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi have caused heavy casualties among the city’s civilian population, a doctor and a senior Iraqi government official in Ramadi said.

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LEBANON: Government lacks money to fully compensate bomb victims

When Lebanon was rocked by a series of bomb explosions earlier this year, one of which killed Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, the government offered compensation to those who suffered injury and property damage.

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LEBANON: The press is free, but journalists remain intimidated by violence

A spate of politically motivated attacks on journalists has restricted press freedom in Lebanon, according to a new report on the country by Reporters Sans Frontieres (RSF).

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SYRIA: Bridging the gap between Muslims and Christians

Jesuit priest Paolo Dall’Oglio has been trying for 22 years to foster better understanding between Syria’s Christian minority and the country’s Muslim majority.

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SYRIA: Palestinian refugees complain of persecution and seek to leave

Representatives of the 40,000 Palestinian refugees living in Iraq say they have suffered harassment and persecution at the hands of security forces and ordinary Iraqi people since the fall of Saddam Hussein two years ago.

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Other recent MIDDLE EAST reports:

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MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 60 for 3 - 9 February 2006, 12/Feb/06

Journalists hoping to improve reporting on HIV/AIDS, 9/Feb/06

MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 59 for 27 January - 2 February 2006, 5/Feb/06

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WEST AFRICA: IRIN-WA Weekly Round-up 317 covering 11-17 February 2006, 17/Feb/06

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