Sunday, February 9, 2020

Sunday Stories - Part 2

As a cool Sunday heads toward evening, here are some more things going on:

From Morocco World News, about 10,000 Moroccans march in Rabat to protest U.S. President Trump's peace plan.

From Hürriyet Daily News, according to President Erdoğan, Turkey will not allow the Trump plan to threaten peace in the Middle East.

From Rûdaw, people are still being injured by land mines left over from the Iran-Iraq war.

From In-Cyprus, according to President Nicos Anastasiades, Cyprus is pursuing its energy strategy as planned.

From Arutz Sheva, according to knessetcritter Ayelet Shaked (New Right), the Israeli Supreme Court has allowed "a supporter of terrorism" to run for a seat.

From The Times Of Israel, an Al Jazeera host calls Israel the "most successful project in 120 years".

From The Jerusalem Post, knessetcritter Ayman Odeh (Joint List) praises the Israeli Supreme Court for allowing Heba Yazbak to run.

From YNetNews, according to an opinion column, it's not racist to point out the faults of Arab culture; ignoring those faults is.

From the Egypt Independent, Egypt is ready to host an African Union summit to form a force against terrorism.

From Egypt Today, according to Egyptian House Speaker Ali Abdel Aal, "without free press, there will be no free society".

From StepFeed, in the UAE's capital, picking up trash is literally for the birds.

From The New Arab, a humanitarian crisis unfolds along the Syrian border with Turkey.

From Radio Farda, an Iranian rocket fails to put a satellite into orbit.

From IranWire, in one out of five marriages in Iran, the bride is 17 years old or younger.

From Dawn, a cleric holed up in the Lal Masjid in Islamabad, Pakistan agrees to leave in exchange for a grant of land.

From The Express Tribune, Kashmir will remain a "cornerstone" of Pakistani foreign policy.

From Pakistan Today, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan promises to make examples of hoarders of flour and sugar.

From Khaama Press, five Taliban terrorists, including a "key" sniper, suffer premature detonation.

From The Hans India, three minority-dominated areas of Delhi, India have the highest voter turnout in the city.

From the Hindustan Times, 151 people are screened for the coronavirus at airports in the Indian state of Assam.

From ANI, over 190,000 passengers have been screened for the coronavirus at 21 airports in India.  (The article says "over 1.9 lakh".  In the Indian number system, a lakh is a hundred thousand.)

From India Today, a statue of Mahatma Gandhi is vandalized in Kumhartoli, India.

From The Times Of India, police in Kolkata, India will employ dogs of the breed which tracked Osama bin Laden.

From the Dhaka Tribune, a Bangladeshi worker who had not traveled to China contracts the coronavirus in Singapore.

From the Daily Mirror, 21 people, including an Army Colonel, are arrested for allegedly searching for gold buried by the Tamil Tigers.

From the Colombo Page, Sri Lanka plans to sign memoranda of understanding with four countries to promote tourism.

From The Jakarta Post, 61 Chinese tourists leave the Indonesian island of Bali and return to Wuhan, China in time for Cap Go Meh celebrations.

From The Straits Times, three new coronavirus cases are found in Singapore, while four people have recovered from the disease.

From the Borneo Post, 12 public hospitals and health labs in Malaysia are prepared to detect the coronavirus.

From Free Malaysia Today, according to Malaysia's de facto minister for Islamic affairs, any action against transgender entrepreneur Nur Sajat will be to safeguard Islam.

From The Mainichi, Japan puts a government intelligence-gathering satellite into orbit.

And from Gatestone Institute, France quietly reintroduces de facto the crime of blasphemy.

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