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Jubilant Qataris revel in 2022 World Cup bid success
Tears of happiness filled the eyes of many Qataris celebrating on the streets of Doha on Thursday after learning that their country will host soccer’s biggest tournament in 2022. The decision to award the showpiece event to a tiny nation tucked off the waters of the Arabian Gulf came as a surprise to many around [...]
Qantas chief points finger at Rolls-Royce over A380 woes
SYDNEY : Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce has said an engine failure on an A380 superjumbo should be blamed on the engine’s design and had nothing to do with the airline’s operations. A mid-flight failure of a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine on November 4 forced Qantas to ground its six-plane A380 fleet. On Saturday, [...]
Rio police, troops invade drug gang stronghold
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil : Rio police backed by helicopters and armoured vehicles invaded a shantytown complex long held by traffickers on Sunday, quickly taking over the key drug gang stronghold, a top official said. Black-clad officers from elite police units entered the Alemao slum complex amid heavy fire, with TV images showing police and [...]
Lab Dom to roll out anti-aging therapies in Middle East
Lab Dom AVMM (Suisse), specialised in Swiss cell therapy, is set to introduce a range of anti-aging therapies, including MFIII of Switzerland PE Softgels Advanced Formula, a cellular therapy oral supplement, in the Middle East. Lab Dom claims that it had invented the first cellular therapy oral supplement product in the world, using hi-tech softgel [...]
O Brotherhood, where art thou?
CAIRO—The noise could be heard from well down the block in the muddy streets of Shubra al-Kheima, a grim industrial suburb just north of Cairo. A chanting sign-waving crowd, about 50-strong, worked its way through the Mit Nama neighborhood, singing the praises of Dr. Mohammed El-Beltagui — the district’s incumbent parliamentarian and a member of [...]
Rio de Janeiro Violence Rises
Deaths Mount as Police Battle Gangs in Slums; Worry Over Olympics, World Cup SÃO PAULO, Brazil: Armored personnel carriers on loan from the Brazilian military rumbled through the streets of Rio de Janeiro as police with assault rifles battled heavily armed gangs for a fifth day, raising concerns about the seaside city’s ability to keep [...]
Qatar to host Middle East Facility Management meet
DOHA: Qatar will host the inaugural Middle East Facility Management Association : conference on November 28. The inaugural regional conference is the first of a number of planned open days with the aim of reaching out to members and governments across the Middle East. “The Middle East Facilities Management Association is a first for the [...]
Top Gear’s Middle East tour reportedly shot for Christmas Special
Were you wondering what the Top Gear crew were doing in Israel when they were spotted there last month? Well wonder no more. Reports from the British Isles are now stating that the tour across the Middle East was actually shot for a Christmas Special in which Clarkson, Hammond and May retrace the steps of [...]
Gold demand in Middle East falls 11% in Q3
Across the region, the uplift in demand during July was concentrated in the 21 and 22 carat segments. JEDDAH: Tonnage demand in the Middle East declined 11 percent in the third quarter of 2010 to 60.4 tons from 68 tons in the third quarter of 2009, the World Gold Council said in its latest quarterly [...]
Is this really the end for Ahmadinejad?
Casual Iran observers tend to portray the country’s most prominent political division as that between fundamentalist hard-liners and secular moderates. In reality, however, the struggle for Iran’s future is a three-way fight waged by the different branches of conservatives that control the parliament, the presidency, and the theocracy. The Green Movement may have stalled, but [...]
Ashley Greene: Why Joe Jonas Brought Knives on a Plane
Leave it to a pop star to cause panic at an airport. As Joe Jonas and Ashley Greene prepared to fly out of Abu Dhabi over the weekend, the 21-year-old Camp Rock 2 star mistakenly placed some knives in his carry-on luggage. PHOTOS: Hollywood’s hot new hookups “We were going from the Middle East to [...]
Premier urges Palestinian state
BAHRAIN yesterday urged the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Al Quds as its capital. “More efforts must be exerted to settle festering issues and achieve Middle East peace, particularly the Palestinian cause,” His Royal Highness Prime Minister Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa said. He stressed Bahrain’s principled stance as he received US [...]
UN, US Effort to Restart Middle East Talks at Critical Phase
make money online At a briefing for the United Nations Security Council, the U.N. Under-Secretary General for Political Affairs, Lynn Pascoe, said “we are in the midst of a delicate period which will determine whether a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks is possible.” make money online Talks between Israel and the Palestinian authority halted when [...]
Status of Susanville man imprisoned in Middle East unclear
It is unclear to the family of a Susanville man, imprisoned in Abu Dhabi, why he wasn’t released on bail yesterday. Family members of 23-year-old Nicholas Moody say they expected his release Monday, and they say it’s unclear why he wasn’t. He was arrested at the Abu Dhabi Airport on September 30. He’s charged with [...]
Saudi prince returns as king readies for US treatment
Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz has returned home from Morocco, as King Abdullah is due to fly to the US for back treatment. The king, aged 86, has a herniated disc worsened by an accumulation of blood around the spine. The crown prince, who is in his early 80s and has been [...]
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