by Martin Bee | Oct 5, 2012 | Monitor
Protestors Begin to Gather in Amman Aljazeera Protesters gathered for a pro-reform rally following Friday prayers in Amman, Jordan. The protest, organized by the Islamic Action Front, occurred despite King Abdullah’s decision to dissolve Parliament and call for...
by Martin Bee | Sep 24, 2012 | Monitor
24 September, 2012 Arab Spring Leaving Women out in the cold Sarah Lynch/USA Today The Arab Spring uprising that have ousted dictators and ushered in democratic reforms such as free elections also gave some women hope that they, too, would see an end to...
by Martin Bee | Sep 14, 2012 | Monitor
14 September 2012 Navy admiral calls for more sailors and longer tours Ed Friedrich/Stars and Stripes The Navy shrank from 390,000 sailors to 320,000 during the past decade while demand for its ships and submarines ballooned. Atomic bond types discernible in...
by Martin Bee | Sep 10, 2012 | Monitor
10 September 2012 Yemen says deputy regional head of al Qaeda killed Andrew Hammond/Reuters Yemeni armed forces have killed Said al-Shehri, a man seen as the second-in-command of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), a government website said on Monday. Civilian...
by Martin Bee | Sep 5, 2012 | Monitor
5 September 2012 US Slips Down the Ranks of Global Competitiveness Ansuya Harjani/CNBC The United States has slipped further down a global ranking of the world’s most competitive economies, according to a World Economic Forum (WEF) survey released on Wednesday....
