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 SIX months after the Syrian
uprising began it seems clear
that peaceful protests aimed at
overthrowing the regime and
ousting President Bashar al-
Assad have failed. With no prospect of
meaningful national dialogue in sight,
the conflict now appears to be shifting
into a new, infinitely more hazardous
phase: the weaponisation of the revolution.
Syria is moving inexorably from
Arab spring to an ever darker, dangerous
winter of discontent.
The inability of unarmed civilian
demonstrators to bring down Assad, or
at least bring him to the negotiating
table, has several causes. One is the
lack of a unified, well-led opposition
with clear objectives... |
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FUTURE OF AMERICA |  IF you want a big swig of
despair, listen to the people
who know something about
the global economy. Roger
Altman, a former deputy
Treasury secretary, is arguing that
America and Europe are on the
verge of a disastrous double-dip
recession. Various economists say
it will be at least another three
years before we see serious job
growth. Others say European
banks are teetering - if not now,
then early next year.
Walter Russell Mead, who teaches
foreign policy at Bard College,
recently laid out some worst-case
scenarios on his blog: "It is about
whether the international financial
system will survive the next six
months in the form we now... |
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 | WISE award winners announced WORLD Innovation Summit for
Education (WISE) has announced
the names of the winning projects
for its third summit to be held in
Doha from November 1 to 3. Six of
the projects submitted to the jury
have been selected for the award...
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| | QatarDebate Center honours WSDC team |  THE QatarDebate Center
held a special event to honour
the participants of the
World Schools Debating
Championships (WSDC)
which was held in Dundee,
Scotland, in August.
Executive Director of
QatarDebate Dr Hayat
Maraffi, Educational
Programmes Manager Dr
Abdellatif Sellami,
Communications Manager
Ali S al Muftah, Events
Manager Jamal al Baker and
Head of English Programme
Kelly Bieringer were present
on the occasion.
A nine-member team from
QatarDebate Center represented
the country in the
championship. The team
members were students Safa
Kashayaf, Yousef Fakhroo,
Reem Hani, Majed al Ansari
and Khalid al Khulafi... |
| | SALEH SHOULD STOP LYING & STEP
DOWN IMMEDIATELY: ARAB EXPATS |  PROTESTERS in Sanaa
are preparing for a long
drawn, violent uprising
in Yemen after President
Ali Abdullah Saleh offered
no clear roadmap to hand
over power after his return to
the country. Saleh returned from
Saudi Arabia on Friday following
three months of convalescence
after an attempt on his
life. Saleh has called for elections
and a peaceful exchange of
power in a televised address on
Sunday. But his failure to take
any concrete steps to hand over
power has fuelled more anger
among anti-government demonstrators
on the streets of
Sanaa, where protests have
raged since January. Qatar
Tribune´s reporters Ihsan
Youssef and Mohamed
Khoulaidi spoke... |
| | QF & ABA IN HUMAN RESOURCE
DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP |  ALI BIN ALI Group announced a
remarkable initiative in which they are
partnering with Qatar Foundation, one
of the nation´s leading educational institutions.
Having proposed this notable
collaboration, Ali Bin Ali Group has
offered a mentoring opportunity to a
number of students from Qatar
Foundation´s universities.
Unlike most mentoring efforts, the Ali
Bin Ali initiative won´t simply be a sponsorship
or a Corporate Social
Responsibility (CSR) effort. The chosen
students who will participate in this
effort will not just receive a sponsorship
but also targeted exposure to a variety of
fields of work. Since the group has multiple
business operations, the company... |
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