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Lamu’s Muslim And Indigenous People Demand “Natural Justice”

With help from an international NGO, Lamu's Swahili and indigenous communities seek to redress potential harm to their natural resources. A small but important enclave...

Israel’s Leviathan Gas Find Will Have Widespread Repercussions for World Power

The gigantic $45 billion Leviathan gas find tosses out Israel's previous relationship with the world. The biggest deep-water gas find in a decade has...

21 Years After US, Turkey Finally Bans Asbestos

Somewhat belatedly, Turkey bans the procurement and use of asbestos throughout Turkey. Asbestos was once considered the darling of building materials given its extraordinary resistance...

Arugula Samples In Dubai More Contaminated Than A Toilet

Samples taken from arugula in 64 different stores literally contained million of E. coli bacteria. Although fledgling, Dubai's organic farming is growing, and Yael...

Egypt To Grow A New Generation Of Wheat, But Where?

Egypt is planning ahead for climate change with a new generation of wheat. This declaration raises some questions about its intent for Sudan. Following the...

Jordan’s Disi Water Conveyance is On Track – but to Where?

Until the well runs dry? Jordan's Al-Disi Aquifer pipeline is only a temporary water solution Jordan's long planned water conveyance project to bring water from...

Israel To Fine Manufacturers $700 Per Ton Of Non-Recycled Packaging

A new law in Israel could mandate manufacturers to take ensure their packaging is recycled, or reused. Despite its posh upcycled art installation, a quick...

Local Israeli Authorities Take More Control Over Environmental Protection

Who's responsible for this Tel Aviv tree?  The local Tel Aviv environmental committee. Some of the red tape preventing local environmental issues from being resolved...

Joint Israeli-Palestinian Project To Tackle Sewage Problems

The issue of raw sewage may not be hitting the headlines in the Middle East like concerns over water scarcity, but in the Palestinian...

11th ECO Summit In Istanbul

Members at 2009 ECO Summit in Tehran Turkey is hosting the 11th summit of the Economic Cooperation Organisation (ECO), which opened on Monday in...

28 Days To World Future Energy Summit In Abu Dhabi

There are only 28 days before the World Future Energy Summit from January 17-20, 2011 Abu Dhabi is beset with a kind of sustainability...

Israeli Hotel Owners Fear Diversion Of Dead Sea Tourism To Jordan

View from Israel to Jordan; hotel owners fear that years of construction projects will send tourists to the other side. The discussions over an appropriate...

Shale Company Responds To David de Rothschild’s Oil Shale Concerns

Responding to David de Rothschild's concerns, IEI attempts to convince Lord Jacob Rothschild that oil shale is good for Israel. Read all about in...

Reponse To Treehugger’s Pablo: Don’t Forget Ski Dubai’s Water

Can you guess where this winterland is located? In Dubai! In the middle of the desert. In a recent post, Pablo from Treehugger (a...

Dick Cheney Accused Of Bribing For Nigerian Natural Gas Project

Dick Cheney is on the board of Genie Energy which owns 89% of Israel Energy Initiatives, the company accused of operating a less-than-transparent oil...

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Key Rules Recreational Cannabis Users Must Follow in Pittsburgh

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Jujube, the sidr tree of medicine and magic

A magic holy sidr bath to deflect the evil eye? It needs 7 powdered sidr leaves stirred into a bucket of warm water. The hadith of the Prophet Muhammad allows to repeat healing prayers and verses from the Koran to increase the water’s potency. 5 grams, or 1 tablespoon of sidr powder equals 7 leaves.

Jean-Pierre Conte: Five Principles That Guide My Philanthropic Decisions

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Ancient Roman strategy game figured out with AI

Two thousand years ago, someone scratched a web of lines into stone in a Roman settlement on the empire’s northern edge. Soldiers, traders, or locals passing time in Coriovallum—now Heerlen in the Netherlands, moved small counters across those lines in a tactical duel of blockade and entrapment.
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