Headline News 02/01/2019
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- Qatar to Tax Alcohol
- Bringing Bashar back from the Cold
- Bangladesh Elections marred with Corruption
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Al-Araby Al-Jadid reported.... “Jordan ... Warnings of new protests against high prices and fines” that according to recent data issued by the Central Bank, the value of consumer and residential debt of individuals rose at the end of 2017 to about $15 billion, an increase of 9% from 2016, pointing out that about 67% of the income of individuals goes to repay debts to banks and other creditors.
Yesterday in the second largest city of the Netherlands, Rotterdam, around 500 people participated in a silent march against violence towards women. The march was organized after the violent death of three women within just one month.
Guardian Newspaper reported that in Britain “The number of people receiving legal aid has fallen more than 80% in eight years. Critics say the result is unnecessary conflict and stress, and unsatisfactory justice. The Guardian investigation revealed that the cuts to legal aid have swamped the family courts with unrepresented litigants