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 Manama in Bahrain / wam2
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 Gulf Daily News 
Bahrain seeking to diversify economy
| TOKYO: Bahrain is looking to economic diversification in the long term, it was revealed yesterday. Crown Prince, Deputy Supreme Commander and Economic Development Board Chairman Shaikh Salman bin Ha... (photo: creative commons)
OPEC Vienna
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 The Times 
Opec members divided over oil price
| This could be a difficult moment for Saudi Arabia. After urgent calls for a meeting of the Opec cartel by its more hawkish members, the organisation has agreed to get together next month to consider... (photo: AP Photo / Ronald Zak)
Civil war in Iraq  CBS News 
France Markets Arms To Iraq After 2-decade Lull
France Seeks To Revive Arms Sales To Iraq After 2-decade Lull, Moving In On US-led Market | PARIS, Oct. 10, 2008 E-Mail Story | Print Story | Sphere | Share | Text Size: A A A (AP) France, which famou... (photo: WN / Kamaran Najm)
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Tibetan and world journalists waiting Dalai Lama  Star Tribune 
Jordan: American journalists who went missing in Lebanon say they were taken by force to Syria
| AMMAN, Jordan - Two American journalists who went missing during a vacation in Lebanon were quoted Friday as saying they were "kidnapped" by their taxi driver and taken into Syria, where t... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
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Meeting of the NATO-Georgia Commission International Herald Tribune
NATO allies reach deal on attacking Taliban drug trade
| : NATO allies reached a deal Friday on a U.S. call for direct attacks on the Afghan drugs trade that the alliance's military commander said was crucial to bringing secu... (photo: NATO)
Afghanistan   Military   Nato   Photos   Taliban  
Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, seen partially through glass, speaks at a ceremony marking the 38th anniversary of foreign troops leaving the North African country, in the capital Tripoli, Libya Wednesday, June 11, 2008. BBC News
Libya 'to pull Swiss bank assets'
| Libya is to withdraw all its assets from Swiss banks, estimated at $7bn, as a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Libyan leader's youngest son escalates. | Hannibal G... (photo: AP / Abdel Magid Al Fergany)
Assets   Bank   Libya   Photos   Swiss  
Airport Wladiwostok Middle East Online
Dubai to press on with airport terminal expansion
DUBAI - Dubai authorities showcased a state-of-the-art airport terminal on Thursday, vowing "not to blink" in face of the global financial turmoil and to press ahead with... (photo: GNU / Toen96)
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 An Emirates plane prepares to take off at the Dubai airport in a file photo from April 2006. Emirates airlines was once a money-losing state-run carrier. But that phase lasted just one year, 1986, its second year in business. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili, F Sydney Morning Herald
Emirates finally gets delivery date for second A380
| Dubai's Emirates airline will receive its second A380 superjumbo on October 24 and hopes Airbus will stick to the timetable of further deliveries after earlier delays, ... (photo: AP Photo )
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 GCC -General view showing the opening session of the Gulf Cooperation Council , GCC, foreign ministers meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, Sunday, Sept. 12, 2004. Arabian Gulf foreign ministers are meeting to discuss bilateral issues including terrorism and Bahrain Tribune
Saudi Arabia tops in competitiveness
Qatar and the Saudi Arabia have emerged as the most competitive economies in the GCC, according to the World Economic Forum's competitiveness rankings. Overall, the GCC e... (photo: AP Photo)
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 Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa opens the first session of the island kingdom´s new parliament Friday, Dec. 15, 2006, in Manama, Bahrain. King Hamad urged lawmakers, who for the first time include a large bloc from the country´s Shiite Bahrain Tribune
LMRA's annual report presented to HM
His Majesty, King Hamad Bin Isa Al Khalifa yesterday met the chairman of the Labour Market Regulatory Authority (LMRA) and Labour Minister Dr Majeed Al Alawi in the prese... (photo: AP/Bahrain News Agency)
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President George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class John Schackelford at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Houston, Texas, Sept. 16, 2008. Daily Star Lebanon
Bush is a strong contender for the title of worst US president ever
| By The Daily Star | Friday, October 10, 2008 | - Powered by | Editorial | If only US President George W. Bush could point to some meaningful successes, he and his admin... (photo: USAF / Senior Master Sgt. Marcus Fallea)
Defence   Economy   Photos   Politics   Washington  
Beggar - Poor Man - Sleeping - Resting - Poverty - Philippines Gulf News
Beggar mentality is at the heart of problem
| As I arrived home on a Friday noon, I noticed a woman standing next the gate of our house. She was at least 70 years old. Her face was covered and she only showed her e... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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- Iran urges oil market stability as prices plunge
- Gates sees Taliban reconciliation as possible
OPEC Vienna
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- Libya cuts Swiss oil and economic ties in protest
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Offshore Technology
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., left, and Republican candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., face off during a townhall-style presidential debate
Obama, McCain 'stretched facts'
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- Zardari seeks civilian nuclear deal with China
- 100,000 cameras keep an eye on UAE residents 24 hours a day
- New media reinforcements battle Taleban
- Mobile phones to take on Taleban propaganda in Afghanistan
- North Korea said deploying missiles, bars U.N. monitors
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Co-chairman and husband of the slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto's Pakistan People's Party Asif Ali Zardari gestures during a press briefing following a party meeting in Islamabad, Pakistan, Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2008.
Zardari seeks civilian nuclear deal with China
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Industry Trade
- Abu Dhabi teams with National Geographic on films
- MEIFF 2008 rolls out red carpet
- Libya to cut Swiss oil, economic ties in protest
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Girl selling newspapers in Sarajevo, Tuesday, July 22, 2008, all carrying headlines saying Bosnia's most wanted war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic
Spanish paper sold to lawyer
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- Lebanon attracts 4 percent more foreign investment in 2007
- Free trade deal on the way
- Global meltdown: the Arab repercussions
- Unscrupulous tactics
- Oh, what a lovely crisis for a PM to hobnob and strut
- Sudan: Poor face "blackmail" by rich
Palestinian refugees carry food aid from the United Nations Relief and Works Agency residents of Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Thursday, April 24, 2008. The United Nations on Thursday stopped distributing food to Palestinian refugees in Gaza because its vehicles have run out of fuel following an Israeli blockade, a U.N. official said
GLOBAL: Charity coffers face credit crunch
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Agriculture Maritime
- Kenya's Elephants Send Text Messages To Rangers
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- Saving Palestine--A Massacre of Children...
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Camels and bedouin village camp in the desert of Dubai, UAE, November 2007
Intrigues of 'the ship of the desert'
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