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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 ...

  • US to join direct peace talks with Taliban over Afghanistans future in Qatar

    The United States is to open direct talks with Taliban leaders within days. The development comes after Washington agreed to drop a series of preconditions that have previously held back negotiations over the future of Afghanistan. According to the Guardian, political representatives of the Taliban will meet Afghan and US officials in Doha, the capital of Qatar. They will have discussions on ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • Qatar said to mull new $23bn UK investments

    Qatar is planning to invest another 10-15bn ($15-23bn) in the UK in the next few years, bringing its total investment to nearly $57bn, it has been ...

  • Afghanistan threatens to boycott US-backed peace talks in anger at Talibans Qatar office

    The United States was racing to gather up the pieces of its always fragile relationship with President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan after he broke off security talks with Washington and denounced plans for the start of peace negotiations with the ...

  • Syria war gives US-Jordan war games a sharp edge

    The US and Jordan have ended annual joint military exercises in the Arab country, with the drills taking on heightened significance due to the war raging in neighbouring Syria. The US is reportedly increasing its military presence in Jordan. Earlier this month it said it would deploy Patriot anti-aircraft missiles and F-16 fighter jets there, drawing swift criticism from Moscow. Nineteen Arab ...

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