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Tuesday 21 February 2006 |
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MIDDLE EAST: Weekly round-up Number 44 for 17-20 October 2005[ This report does not necessarily reflect the views of the United Nations]CONTENTS: 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report 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). Full report 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. Full report 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. Full report [ENDS]
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