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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 ...

  • Palestinians should have a state as a right Blair

    Palestinians "should have a state, not as a reward for good behaviour but as a right", Tony Blair, the official envoy of the Middle East Quartet, said Wednesday. Blair cautioned Israeli leaders that the "window of opportunity" for peace with the Palestinians might close shortly, Xinhua reported. "Some say the two-state solution is a fantasy. The fantasy is thinking one-state is sustainable or ...

  • Egypts Coptic Christians say they are no longer safe

    Egyptian Muslim women hold a cross in support of Christians during a memorial march in Cairo for Christians who were killed during deadly clashes with Muslims in ...

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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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  • US-Taliban talks in Qatar not expected on Thursday Source

    Asked if the meeting would happen on Thursday, the source replied: "There is nothing scheduled that I am aware of." Asked if that meant they would not happen today, the source added: "Yes that's correct." A senior US official said on Wednesday that talks with the Taliban were likely to be held within the next few days in Qatar, after delays caused by tensions over the ...

  • Ramadan could limit taxi availability during Stampede

    The city and taxi industry may be striving to improve cab availability this Stampede, but the lunar calendar may play spoiler.Ramadan starts during Calgary's annual cowboy festival, for the first time in three decades. This means Muslim cab drivers will be breaking their long days of fasting every night at sunset -- which will fall just before 10 p.m., as prime time begins for cab demand at ...

  • Egypts tourism minister quits in protest ICTP President Geoffrey Lipman releases statement

    Tourism is one of the major industries in Egypt and Luxor is a ctiy visited by millions of tourists every year. The newly appointed Luxor governor is a member or is close to a terror group that killed 58 tourists in 1997. Egypt's current minister of tourism Hisham Zaazou is resigning because of this appointment. The International Coalition of Tourism Partners (ICTP) through his President ...

  • Bahrain University College CEO praises the Kingdom of Bahrains Higher Education Council

    Manama: June 20 --(BNA)-- The University College of Bahrain (UCB)'s Administrative and Financial Affairs CEO, Shaikh Ibrahim bin Khalid Al Khalifa, praised the Bahrain Higher Educational Council's signing of a Services Agreement with the British Accreditation Board regarding the setting up of academic standards for accreditation of higher educational institutions in the Kingdom of ...

  • Kuwaits KFH says 20 capital rise oversubscribed

    Kuwait Finance House (KFH), the Gulf Arab state's largest Islamic bank, said on Thursday its 20 percent capital increase had been oversubscribed by shareholders, without providing specific ...

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