Backing vets; SBA loans are giving patriots a helping hand.
Byline: Warren Allen Christopher G. Ceddia was fresh out of Northeastern University in 1991 with a degree in engineering and a lot of bills. Mr. Ceddia enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served 16 months during the Gulf War, and developed skills in computer and...

Ruby Tuesday's International Franchise to Open Restaurants in Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon and Oman.
FOOD AND BEVERAGE CLOSE-UP-18 February 2008-Ruby Tuesday's International Franchise to Open Restaurants in Bahrain, Jordan, Lebanon and Oman(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Ruby Tuesday, a casual dining restaurant company, announced its international franchisee, Daliya Al-Wataniya for General Trading and Contracting W.L.L., will open nine Ruby Tuesday restaurants...

Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies.
9780863723230 Reform in the Middle East oil monarchies. Ed. by Anoushiravan Ehteshami and Steven Wright. Ithaca Press 2008 309 pages $54.50 Hardcover DS63 Edited by Ehteshami (international relations, U. of Durham,...

Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab States, 2d ed.
9780810854635 Historical dictionary of the Gulf Arab States, 2d ed. Peck, Malcolm C. Scarecrow Pr. 2008 397 pages $95.00 Hardcover Historical dictionaries of Asia, Oceania, and the Middle East; no.66 DS247...

Saddam Hussein's Iraq cooperated with jihadist groups, including al-Qaeda affiliates.
Saddam Hussein's Iraq cooperated with jihadist groups, including al-Qaeda affiliates. So concludes the Iraqi Perspectives Project, a Pentagon-commissioned analysis based on 600,000 documents captured by coalition forces since the March 2003 invasion. Why then do the mainstream media report, essentially, that the study found no indication of an operational...

Films from the Middle East screened at Clark and WSC.
Byline: Richard Duckett The Central Massachusetts Coalition for Middle East Peace will present its second Middle East Film Festival beginning tomorrow. Claire Schaeffer-Duffy, a member of the Coalition, said the purpose of the festival is to provide different ways of seeing the peoples of the...

National Day of Bahrain.
BAHRAIN celebrates its National Day today. Bahrain is an independent Arab nation in the Middle East. It is made up of 36 islands on the western side of the Persian Gulf, between Saudi Arabia to the east and Qatar to the west. The main island, also known...

Crossing cultures, changing lives.
Byline: Matt Cooper The Register-Guard PLEASANT HILL - Salman Al Hamri knows firsthand that the streets of Bahrain can be tough on someone with a disability. The 16-year-old from the island country in southwest Asia has short legs and stands just over 3 1/2 feet...

CTFA annual meeting takes place next month.
2007 Jan. 30-Feb. 3: Soap and Detergent Association (SDA), annual meeting, Boca Raton Hotel & Club, Boca Raton, FL. More info: (202) 347-2900; www.cleaning101.com. Feb. 15: 27th edition of ICMAD's FDA Cosmetic Regulations Workshop Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Long Beach, California More info: email info@icmad.org....

Around The Nation.
'Fruit of Hope' program on VILLAMOR AIRBASE, Pasay City -- A plane loaded with fresh fruits from war-torn Jolo, Sulu arrived yesterday at this military facility, signifying the start of the government's "Fruit of Hope" program in which produce from hard-to-reach areas of Mindanao will be sold...