March 17, 2014/ MIDDLE EAST BRIEFING - Three Qaeda fighters killed in botched Yemen car bombing Three suspected Al-Qaeda members, among them a Saudi, were killed Sunday when a car bomb they were preparing exploded in Yemens south, tribal and security sources said. - Dubai resident to bungee jump 200 times in 24 hours for a record Imagine freefalling 60 meters — like jumping off a 19-storey building — 200 times in 24 hours! Professional fitness coach Colin Phillips aims to do just that on Thursday and Friday to break a Guinness World Record for the Most Bungee Jumps in 24 hours for the Porsche Macan 24-Bungee charity event at the Dubai Autodrome. The record is currently held by Kevin Scott Huntly in South Africa for bungee jumping 105 times on May 8, 2011. - Oman rain death toll rises to 6 Two more people were killed and another went missing Sunday in the heavy rain that has been lashing Oman for the past three days, taking the death toll to six. - Man convicted of WhatsApp blasphemy aims to clear name According to the ruling the defendant was found guilty of forwarding blasphemous messages to the woman’s mobile phone and in which he cursed God. The defendant is scheduled to appear before Dubai Appeal Court next month. - Jordan king visits family of martyr judge killed by Israel King Abdullah II on Sunday visited the family of a Jordanian judge killed by Israeli soldiers to offer his condolences, the palace said on Twitter. A picture on Twitter showed the king hugging the father of 38-year-old Raed Zeiter. His majesty King Abdullah II offers condolences to the family of martyr judge Raed Zeiter, reads the caption. - Syrian refugee children die in Jordan blaze A fire caused by a candle tore through a Syrian refugee caravan in a town north of Jordan, killing two children, a civil defence department official said on Sunday. “The two Syrian brothers, aged two and five, died late last night after their caravan caught fire in Zaatari town in the Mafraq governorate,” he said. “The fire swept through the caravan. The children died after sustaining fourth-degree burns,” the official said, adding that “a candle sparked the fire”.
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 07:52:09 +0000
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