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Marriott appoints BPG
Marriott International, Inc has recently appointed BPG Public Relations as its public relations consultancy for the entire Gulf region. BPG Public Relations is part of the BPG Group, with a regional network of more than 210 professionals.
United Arab Emirates: Monday, February 25 - 2008 at 09:46

Al Jazeera wins Uefa Cup rights
Al Jazeera Sports has won exclusive broadcast rights to UEFA Champions League matches across the Middle East and North Africa for four years, reported The Peninsula. The UEFA said the deal includes rights to the quarter, semi and final UEFA Cup matches, the UEFA Super Cup, and Internet and mobile rights. The Doha-based channel beat off stiff competition from ART, Orbit, Showtime and Abu Dhabi to secure the deal.It includes rights to the quarter, semi and final UEFA Cup matches, the UEFA Super Cup and internet and mobile rights.
Sunday, February 24 - 2008 at 08:02

Blink sets up at Dubai Studio City
Blink Studios announced its new headquarters in Dubai Studio City. A subsidiary of UAE-based Greenline Interiors, its new facility will include a state-of-the-art in-house studio to execute its individual production projects, and for use by third parties on lease. Blink Studios' range services include high definition and 35mm shooting for cinema, TV commercials and documentaries, 3D walk-through animated graphics for the corporate sector, and fully animated TV cartoon programmes.
United Arab Emirates: Saturday, February 23 - 2008 at 09:50

Iran sentences journalist to death
Iran has sentenced a journalist to death, accusing him of being a member of a terrorist group in the country's southeast, the judiciary said, reported the New York Times. Yaghoob Mirnehad who is an ethnic Baluchi, was a journalist in southeastern Iran for Mardomsalari, a newspaper based in Tehran. He was arrested with his brother and four others in May. The other five men were released within three months, while Mirnehad was kept in prison. The number of executions in Iran has risen steeply in the past year. Iranian news agencies reported that 12 people were hanged this week bringing the total number of executions to 48 in 2008.
Iran: Thursday, February 21 - 2008 at 14:06

Media to help Bilharzias campaign in Yemen
WHO and WB discussed with more than 30 Yemeni journalists media's role in health campaigns and prospects and mechanisms for covering a campaign of getting rid off Bilharzias to be launched its firs phase next March 11, reported Saba. In the opening session of a workshop entitled 'Media Role in Eradicating Bilharzias in Yemen' organized by WHO in Sana'a, WHO's representative in Yemen Ghulam Rabbani stressed on dangers of Bilharzias disease and the important role of media on enlightening people on WHO's message through its campaign, which to be the first in the country.
Yemen: Thursday, February 21 - 2008 at 09:06 |

Saudi Arabia to hold film festival
Saudi Arabia will hold its first official film festival in May, reported Arab News. There have been smaller and informal movie screenings in recent years but the contest, to be underwritten by the government, will mark the first time film critics from the region will be invited to take part. The planned annual event will start on May 20 and is organised by a literary club based in the eastern city of Dammam and the Saudi Society of Arts and Culture.
Saudi Arabia: Wednesday, February 20 - 2008 at 08:58 |

Egypt bans papers over cartoons
Egypt has forbidden the sale of four international newspapers for printing pictures 'offensive to the prophet Mohammed', reported AFP, citing the official Mena news agency. The decree, issued by Information Minister Anas al-Fiqi, bans the sale of Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Die Welt, Britain's Observer and the US Wall Street Journal. It was not immediately clear which day's editions were banned. Last week, at least 17 Danish newspapers published a controversial cartoon featuring prophet Mohammed wearing a turban that looked like a bomb with a lit fuse, vowing to defend freedom of expression a day after Danish police said they had foiled a plot to murder the cartoonist.
Egypt: Wednesday, February 20 - 2008 at 08:52 |

Leo Burnett Kuwait hires new GM
Leo Burnett has appointed a new general manager to lead the agency's operations in Kuwait. Rasha Al-Azem, who took over the agency's management in January, brings with her eight years of industry experience, of which the last six have been in the Leo Burnett Group. Al-Azem will be working in partnership with Managing Director of Leo Burnett Dubai and Kuwait, Kamal Dimachkie.
Kuwait: Wednesday, February 20 - 2008 at 07:38