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Egypt urges Israel to stop Lebanon threats
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit has urged Israel to stop making threats against Lebanon after talks in Beirut with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman. (AFP Ramzi Haidar)
50 militants killed in Pakistan
At least 50 militants have been killed in clashes with Pakistani security forces near the Afghan border, officials said.
New Vice Dean of Clinical Sciences appointed at Duke—N..
SINGAPORE: The Duke—NUS Graduate Medical School Singapore (Duke—NUS) has appointed Dr Augustus John Rush as its Vice Dean of Clinical Sciences.
4 population zones planned
China has rolled out a new program for the development of four functional population zones. Its purpose is rational demographic distribution and migration, the National Population and Family Planning ...
McCartney to play Israel concert
Paul McCartney will perform for the first time ever in Israel next month - more than 40 years after The Beatles were blocked from giving a concert in the country. The former Beatle, who along with Jo...
Banned websites unblocked by Etisalat
While the TRA did not disclose which sites were to be unblocked, the authority had set a deadline of August 29 for the blocks to be removed.Many of the sites that have been unblocked were previously a...
Paul McCartney gig revives Israeli Beatles tale
An upcoming concert by Paul McCartney has revived memories of the 1960s, when an Israeli official supposedly called off a Beatles concert for fear it would corrupt the nation's youth.The episode is of...
Jumblatt says Israel is serious threat to United Nations Res..
BEIRUT: Progressive Socialist Party (PSP) leader Walid Jumblatt spoke on Monday of Israel's inability to learn from its military defeat in Lebanon during the summer 2006 war, saying the Jewish state p...
Afghan player killed by foreign forces
A former member of Afghanistan's cricket team has been killed in an overnight raid by international forces on his home, officials and former colleagues alleged on Wednesday.Rahmat Wali, 32, who played...
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Apply, Update or Redeem with e-Points and Become a Big Winner e-Points, a member of the OFFTEC Investment Group PLC ASE: BDIN, is launching the biggest interactive competition to date for all current...
Nepal - Journalist threatened with physical violence by lawy..
(FNJ/IFEX) - Ananta Raj Luintel, reporter of "The Himalayan Times" daily, was threatened by Charles Sobhraj's defence lawyer, Laxmi Devkota, on 18 August 2008 at the premises of the Supreme Court in S...
Assaad Vows to Penetrate Hizbullah
Ahmed al-Assaad, the son and political heir of traditional Shiite leader Kamel al-Assaad, pledged to compete Hizbullah and AMAL movement in the forthcoming parliamentary elections to achieve "surprisi...
Emaar shrugs off Tuesday
Dubai: Emaar Properties, long considered a proxy for the Dubai Financial Market, bounced back yesterday, surging 5.67 per cent to close at Dh9.51. It had reached a three-year low when it closed at Dh9...
Turkey and Senegal signed "bilateral civil aviation agreemen..
ISTANBUL - Turkey and Senegal signed "bilateral civil aviation agreement" in Istanbul on Tuesday. After the Turkey-Africa Cooperation Summit in Ciragan Palace, Turkish Transportation Minister Binali Y...
IHG To Add Close To 1,000 Hotel Rooms And Suites In South Ko..
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group) has signed an agreement with Gwangwondo Development Corporation (GDC) to manage two Resorts and Suites under the InterContinental Hotels & Resorts, Holiday Inn ...
FACTBOX - Religious clashes in Orissa
(Reuters)
Reuters - The murder of a Hindu religious leader in Orissa has sparked violent clashes between Hindus and Christians that have killed at least 11 people this week.
Meet the woman who is Oz town
Melbourne, Aug 27 : In a place where men outnumber the women by 10 to 1, Dani Walker has come out to be the only lady under 40, who is still single in Nar Nar Goon, Victoria.
UN calls for release of children from PLA cantonments
UN calls for release of children from PLA cantonments Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, Coomaraswamy, has called upon the Nepali authorities and CPN (Ma...
Iraq seeks loan from Japan for water projects
Japanese soldiers at a ceremony to inaugurate a new water pumping station 250 kms south of Baghdad in 2006. Iraq is negotiating a multi-million-dollar loan from Japan to fund water and sewage projects...
Turkey still attractive to investors
Permalink: According to New Turkish Properties, house prices in Turkey have risen by 40% in the last 2 years and an increase in the number of flights and improvements to roads and motorways is making ...
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