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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI agent who wrote a pre-Sept. 11 warning about Arab students at an Arizona flight school hoped his memo would lead to screenings of Middle Easterners who came to study U.S. airport operations, according to government officials familiar with his account. Agent Kenneth Williams testified behind closed doors Tuesday to lawmakers investigating what the government knew about terrorist threats before Sept. 11. Williams believed his information might provide a significant but prospective lead about Osama bin Laden's intentions, according to lawmakers and government officials familiar with his account. But Williams wrote his memo for terrorism experts...

Lack of resources and instability main causes of emigration Arab governments need to create the opportunities for young people to fulfil their aspirations if they are to reverse the brain drain which sees 95 per cent of students who study at universities in the United States and Europe stay overseas. According to Mohammed Gawdat, Vice President - Business Innovation at Google(X), the Arab brain drain is the result of two major factors: lack of resources and instability in the region. 'It is not about money. It is about taking the right decisions to allow young people to succeed. Once...

CAIRO - With fewer Arab students being welcomed into the United States because of stricter visa rules, Canada is becoming a popular second choice for post-secondary education. Representatives from more than two dozen Canadian colleges and universities spent the weekend in Cairo as part of a recruiting campaign. "The situation in the U.S. is very difficult these days after the 11th of September," says Mustapha Eman, a 24-year-old engineering student in Egypt. "Middle East students have restrictions placed on them." He walks slowly through the crowded room of tables and exhibits that makes up the Ottawa-sponsored education fair, hoping to...

Ayaz Nanji is a freelance writer. Last Wednesday, as New Yorkers honored those killed by terrorist attacks a year earlier, some Arab and Muslim students arriving to study in the city were fingerprinted and photographed by immigration officials. This practice reflected a nationwide policy change intended to give federal immigration officials the ability to monitor foreign students and other temporary visitors from certain Muslim or Arab countries.