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Saudi job seekers take part in an interview exam
Arab World   Democracy   Dubai   Jobs   Photos		  Middle East Online 
Young Arabs want democracy and more jobs
Sun 7 Mar 2010
DUBAI - Young Arabs surveyed in nine Middle Eastern countries said they want greater democracy, affordable housing and more job prospects, according to results released on Sunday.... (photo: AP / AP)
Air India - airlines hoarding at airport - India
Airlines   Cabin Crew   India   Photos   Travel		  Mumbai Mirror 
Bad service: No bar on AI
Tue 2 Mar 2010
If you look forward to a peg of fine scotch and find it missing on an Air India (AI) flight, don't blame it on cost-cutting. Liquor is not being served on certain AI flights since last week by the... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Hyatt hotel, Muscat, Oman  The Siasat Daily  Mon 1 Mar 2010
Oman to launch summer campaign to attract tourists
Muscat, March 01: The government of Oman in partnership with the tourism and hospitality industry of the Sultanate has devised a new strategic promotional campaign to attract tourists during the... (photo: Creative Commons / File Upload Bot (Magnus Manske))
Campaign   Muscat   Oman   Photos   Tourists
Saddam Hussein Trial  The Siasat Daily  Sun 28 Feb 2010
Proof against barred Iraq candidates to be released
Baghdad, February 28: Evidence that led to candidates being barred from Iraq's March 7 election for suspected links to Saddam Hussein will be released in the coming days, the head of the committee... (photo: Creative Commons / gbworld)
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President Barack Obama acknowledges mayors in the audience as he addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Philadelphia Daily News Wed 10 Mar 2010
Sarkozy to take tanker fight to Obama
The Associated Press PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will raise concerns that the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion tanker contract is anticompetitive when he visits... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers about army's last Iraq incursion at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, four days after the Turkish military ended a week-long ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Ira Khaleej Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Erdogan gets Saudi nod as Mideast force
RIYADH - Turkey's role as a key player in Middle East and Arab affairs was set in cement when the Saudis honoured Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a prestigious... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
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Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol
Manama: Bahrain could become a dry country if a Bill backed by the parliament’s lower chamber to ban the import and sale of alcohol goes through the upper chamber.... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Alcohol   Ban   Parliament   Photos   Sale
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. The New York Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Will Israel Join the March of Folly?
Barbara Tuchman, in her classic book "March of Folly," examined four cases in history when governments acted contrary to their own best interests: the Trojans who let the... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)
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US Defense Secretary Robert Gates pauses during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not seen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday Jan. 16, 2007. Denver Post Wed 10 Mar 2010
Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was keeping up the pressure on Iran on Wednesday, consulting with the United States' closest and most... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
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Palestinian schoolgirls and women attend a protest against an Israeli plan to include two deeply contested holy sites in the occupied West Bank in a national heritage renovation plan, in the southern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Rafah on March 9, 2010. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sparked outrage late February when he said he hoped to include Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem and the Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron in a national heritage restoration plan. (Photo by Ahmed/WN) Gaza...1000 Days Under Siege The Siasat Daily
Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki talking with people in Baghdad PM Maliki emerges as front-runner after Iraq vote Khaleej Times
Residents gather at the scene of a blast which leveled a building in northeastern Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Election day attacks in Iraq kill 26; voters defy violence in hopes of national reconciliation Star Tribune
Energy
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports Daily Star Lebanon
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed China Daily
French president Nicolas Sarkozy gestures during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the chancellery in Berlin, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. The leaders of Germany and France are pushing for the Group of 20 summit in September to agree on action to control bankers' bonuses. Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy Wtop
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008. Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan The New York Times
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wave to the press ahead of their meeting in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jews in Palestinian-claimed east Jerusalem overshadowed Vice President Joe Biden's visit to the West Bank on Wednesday. Biden was to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, in part to ease their doubts about the latest U.S. peace efforts. Israel apologizes for embarrassing Biden Zeenews
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Asia Times
Travel
Qatar Airways Qatar Airways' fleet size rises to 80 aircraft TravelDailyNews
Moro Islamic Liberations Front members and supporters chant "Allahu Akbar" (God is Great!) near a military chekcpoint in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao, where thousands of rebels gather for a three-day plenum in this May 27, 2005 file photo. A new impasse in talks between the Philippine Government and Muslim separatists risks strengthening al-Qiada-linked militants and reversing U.S.-backed counterterrorism gains in the violence-torn south. Philippine troops kill seven Islamic militants in south DNA India
Fernando González questions a line call during the 2009 French Open semifinals Gonzalez endures odyssey to make it to Davis Cup tie Taipei Times
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