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'Flame' Malware Spying On Middle East Computer Users, Researchers Say

May 29th 2012 - 03:49PM

For at least the past two years, a large, complex piece of malicious software has infected hundreds of computers across the Middle East, stealing victims' data and spying on their online activities, security researchers have discovered.

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Video: Watch the McLaren MP4-12C hit the dunes of Abu Dhabi

May 24th 2012 - 08:03PM

McLaren Middle East marks opening of Abu Dhabi showroom with new film charting the 12C's journey from the desert to Yas Marina Circuit. -

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Ida Lichter, M.D.: Women in the Muslim World Need Genuine Reform

May 24th 2012 - 07:53AM

In the latest edition of Foreign Policy magazine, Muslim reformer Mona Eltahawy called for a genuine revolution in the Middle East.

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Anne Izzillo: The United Arab Emirates -- a Fertile Frontier for Financial Women

By Anne Izzillo May 16th 2012 - 05:08PM

By now, most American women in finance have read the headlines about their female counterparts in the Middle East -- the trailblazers who are making great strides despite the many challenges that still exist in the region.

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12 Steps To Long-Term Travel

May 16th 2012 - 07:03AM

Would you hate me if I told you that I did?

middle east News From the Web

  • 06/03/12 Hospital Build Middle East Exhibition & Congress 2012 Source: ArabianBusiness.com Hospital Build is the fastest-growing, global business-to-business platform dedicated to bringing together investors, commissioners, backers and managers of healthcare-related building projects with key players in planning, design, construction, operations, management, supply and refurbishment.
  • 06/03/12 Twenty Years of Illusion about Islamism Source: Middle East Forum The broad lines of U.S. government, other government, and generally establishment policy toward Islamism were laid down on June 2, 1992, when Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Edward P. Djerejian delivered a major speech, " The U.S. and the Middle East In a Changing World ," at Meridian House International, in Washington, DC.
  • 06/03/12 : World Cup 2014: Jordan holds Iraq to 1-1 in Middle... Source: SceneDaily AMMAN, Jordan—Jordan held Iraq to a 1-1 draw in the final round of 2014 World Cup qualifiers in the Middle East on Sunday.
  • 06/03/12 Jordan not affected by Flame malware - expert Source: TMCnet The computer malware known as "Flame", which recently infected computers across the Middle East and North Africa, has not affected public or private institutions in Jordan, according to government officials and private sector experts.
  • 06/03/12 The lady vicar: Rola Sleiman, the Middle East's only... Source: Al Bawaba Rola Sleiman mutters to herself as she wrestles with a huge, leather-bound ledger in which every baptism, wedding, confession and Bible study group at Tripoli's Evangelical Church is assiduously logged.

Background on middle east

The Middle East or Mideast is a region that encompasses Western Asia and all of or part of Northern Africa, depending on the context.

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