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Breaking News Sun, 11 May 2008
 Bangladesh Cyclone
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 The Australian 
Deadly power of 'delicate daffodil'
NARGIS, the name of the killer cyclone that has devastated Burma, was revealed by Indian officials yesterday to be an Urdu language word meaning "delicate daffodil". BP Yadav, director of the Indian... (photo: AP Photo / Pavel Rahman)
 A forest of cranes have seen at the Dubai Marina, a new fast growing part of Dubai
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Middle East among the world's strongest hotel development markets
The fourth Arabian Hotel Investment Conference (AHIC) ended on a positive note with speakers and delegates unanimous on the strength of the regional hospitality sector, and potential for future... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa (ayt1)  The Star 
Arab foreign ministers appeal for Lebanon ceasefire
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers, holding an emergency session on Sunday, appealed for an immediate ceasefire between Lebanon's political rivals to end the country's worst civil strife since... (photo: AP Photo / Gustavo Ferrari)
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Mideast Lebanon Explosion  The Star 
Hezbollah battles Druze east of Beirut, 5 dead
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Shi'ites loyal to Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah battled Druze supporters of the ruling coalition east of Beirut on Sunday, adding to the worst civil strife since the 1975-90... (photo: AP Photo / ..)
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 Turkey´s Premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, talks with Pope Benedict XVI, left, upon the pontiffs arrival at the Ankara´s airport, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Turkey on Tuesday on his first visit to a Muslim Gulf News
Pope Benedict urges Lebanon to find compromise
Vatican City: Pope Benedict on Sunday called for a dialogue and urged the Lebanese people to find a "reasonable compromise" to end the... (photo: AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos   Vatican   Violence
 Villagers on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, catch boxes of food tossed from a US Navy (USN) helicopter during Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian operation effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia on December 26, 2004. The Australian
US help could save thousands of lives
ONE April day in 1991, the world awoke to the news that a devastating cyclone and tidal wave had struck the coast of Bangladesh. As bodies washed ashore by the thousand... (photo: US Navy file/PHAN Nicholas Morton)
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 KLdy1 - Augo6 - plastic bags - garbage bag - pollution - rubbish. (dy1) Gulf News
African answer to containing menace plastic bags

Dubai: The South African Government imposed a blanket ban on all plastic bags thinner than 30 microns in 2003. The thickness of a human hair is 50 microns. The... (photo: WN / deniseyong)
African   Dubai   Health   Photos   Plastic
 Burning cars are seen after a bomb exploded outside the a municipal building in Baabda, Lebanon The Australian
Beirut calm but violence spreading
AT least 12 people were killed in fresh sectarian clashes in Lebanon's second-largest city of Tripoli late yesterday as violence that erupted in Beirut on Thursday spread... (photo: AP)
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UAE rice importers call for 25% subsidy

Abu Dhabi: Rice importers in the UAE are demanding at least a 25 per cent subsidy for rice as international prices continue to rise and stocks come under pressure. The... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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 A Palestinian woman works in her field next to the Jewish settlement of Givat Zeev, north of Jerusalem Wednesday, June 6, 2001. According to an Israeli newspaper the United States has agreed to Israel´s interpretation of a settlement freeze, part o Palm Beach Post
Israelis uneasy about nation's next 60 years

JERUSALEM - Sixty years after its founding, Israel boasts a powerful military, vibrant economy,... (photo: AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)
Israel   Mideast   Palestine   Peace   Photos


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