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  • UAEs efforts to preserve environment exemplary says daily

    Environment related authorities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have not been resting on their laurels since receiving an acknowledgment from the World Wildlife Fund in 2010, a UAE daily has reported. The UAE authorities in charge of tacking environmental issues were recognised as number one in the world in terms of having the biggest ecological footprint. "Proactivity has been their ...

  • Tourism Protests Keep New Luxor Governor Away in Egypt

    LUXOR A hardline Islamist appointed governor of Luxor stayed away from his new office on Wednesday as protesters barred access and demanded Egypt's president revoke a nomination they fear will hurt local tourism. Adel Mohamed al-Khayat, appointed by President Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood, is a member of al-Gamaa al-Islamiya, the movement accused of killing 58 foreign tourists ...

  • 5000 Indian expats in Saudi Arabia get new jobs

    Around 5,000 expatriate Indians in Saudi Arabia, affected by a new labour policy in the Gulf nation, have found new jobs, the Indian consul general in Jeddah said. Consul General Faiz Ahmed Kidwai said the consulate's various pro-active measures have helped these Indians rectify their residency status and get new jobs, Arab News reported Wednesday. Indian expatriates were badly hit by the new ...

  • Social media uproar after Jordan bans news sites

    "It's 2013 and the discussion about #blockingwebsites and laws restricting our freedom is taking us only further backwards," wrote one Jordanian tweeter after the government moved to block 290 news websites. The move has led to outraged protest both on and ...

  • Palestinians rally behind Gaza Arab Idol star

    GAZA - Palestinian fans and big business are rallying behind a 22-year-old singer from the Gaza Strip in a final push to vote him the next "Arab Idol" in a TV talent contest choosing a winner in Beirut on ...

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Into the Wild [Blu-Ray]

Into the Wild [Blu-Ray]

Early in his career Sean Penn developed a reputation as an intense actor, one who relished and excelled at playing anguished, internally divided characters, a tendency that has also informed his work as a director. His first three films behind the camera, 1991s The Indian Runner ... ...

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  • Cultural Advisor in Washington delivers a presentation on Education in Bahrain to International Professionals Group

    Washington, DC: June 20 -- (BNA)-- The Cultural Advisor in the Kingdom of Bahrain's Embassy in Washington, Mrs. Ayesha Murad, delivered a presentation on the history of public education in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The presentation was delivered during a reception for a delegation from the International Professionals Group, in the presence of the Head of Bahrain's Diplomatic Mission, Mr. ...

  • Hamas holding secret meetings with EU US across Middle East

    Hamas' political leader, Ghazi Hamad. (AFP) The political leader of the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas), Dr. Ghazi Hamad, revealed that Hamas officials have been holding secret meetings with European Union ambassadors and with high ranking US officials. Hamad said that the meetings largely focused on taking Hamas off the terror list. Speaking to Arabic Sky News, Hamad said that the ...

  • Egypt court orders release of Mubarak era PM Nazif

    Hosni Mubarak . The court accepted an appeal lodged by Nazif, who was prime minister from 2004 until Mubarak replaced him during the uprising in January 2011. He still faces trial for corruption. It was not clear when Nazif, the highest profile Mubarak-era official to be freed in recent months, would leave ...

  • Egypt Hunger Costs Egypt Billions of Pounds Yearly

    Cairo - Egypt lost an estimated 20.3 billion Egyptian pounds (US$3.7 billion) or 1.9 percent of Gross Domestic Product in 2009 as a result of child undernutrition, according to a study launched today in Cairo. The Cost of Hunger in Africa: The Social and Economic Impact of Child Undernutrition in Egypt report measures the losses to the Egyptian economy caused by child undernutrition, ...

  • Egypt Mursi Tells EU Representative Nation Will Not Compromise Water Security

    Egypt will not compromise its water safety, President Mohamed Mursi told European Union representative Catherine Ashton on Wednesday. Commenting on Ethiopia's dam project, the president said Egypt does not object to developmental projects in Africa. The president met with Ashton to discuss ties between Egypt and the European Union as well as several regional issues. Mursi affirmed ...

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