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Culture and Sports: 54th Flower Exhibition opens in Athens

08.05.2008 21:40    setimes.com
Over 2,000 flower and plant varieties are on display in the Greek capital. Also this week: Bucharest hosts an international jazz competition.


Pre-sale prices for Trump International Hotel and Tower rise to record

08.05.2008 17:35    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
Pre-sales of luxury apartments at the Trump International Hotel & Tower have already overtaken those at the Burj Dubai, with prices rising to a record 12,000 dirhams ($3,267) per square foot, an...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Shaikh Mohammed on Time's 100 heroes list

08.05.2008 17:34    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
Time, the American magazine, has named His Highness Shaikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, as one of the most influential individuals...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

Visa for six Schengen countries made easy

08.05.2008 17:34    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
The French, German and Italian missions in the emirate opened a "joint visa application centre" yesterday at Al Mina Road to handle and process visa applications to six Schengen countries...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

UAE Telco part of consortium of 16 international telecom operators bringing diverse submarine capacity into the region

08.05.2008 17:34    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
du, the integrated telecom operator in the UAE announced that it has signed a construction and maintenance agreement (C&MA) to build the first direct, high-bandwidth optical-fiber submarine cable...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

UN envoy: Hezbollah's rockets a threat to Lebanese civilians

08.05.2008 16:37    yalibnan.com
Beirut - Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN envoy for the implementation of UNSCR1559, held a press conference on Thursday urging the Lebanese to avoid confrontation with an armed and dangerous Hezbollah militia.
UN envoy: Hezbollah's rockets a threat to Lebanese civilians

Syrian mouthpiece vows to take down Lebanon's government

08.05.2008 16:37    yalibnan.com
Staunch ally of Syria Suleiman Franjieh vowed escalation, saying demonstrations across Lebanon will continue as long as the government is determined to stick to its decisions it had adopted against Hezbollah.
Syrian mouthpiece vows to take down Lebanon's government

Hezbollah chief inspires renewed violence in Beirut

08.05.2008 16:33    yalibnan.com
Fierce clashes with assault rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers raged in several densely populated Beirut districts immediately following Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah vowed to use weapons to defend his party's communications system.

Hamadeh accuses Nasrallah of turning hatred for Israel on Lebanon

08.05.2008 16:33    yalibnan.com
Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh responded to Hassan Nasrallah's rage filled press conference, accusing the Hezbollah chief of turning its weapons on the Lebanese people.

Grand Mufti: We had enough of Hezbollah

08.05.2008 10:59    yalibnan.com
Beirut- Lebanon's long-simmering political crisis erupted into violent clashes between supporters of Hezbollah-led opposition and those of the government Wednesday, with explosions and gunfire ringing out across the capital after Hezbollah paralyzed

Iran's proxy isolates Beirut from outside world

08.05.2008 10:59    yalibnan.com
By Nadim Ladki Beirut, Lebanon - Iranian-backed Hezbollah tightened its grip around Beirut airport on Thursday, the second day of a protest campaign against Lebanon's U.S.-backed government that has sparked gun battles in the city.

Lebanon MP: urges government to declare Qlei'at as Int'l Airport

08.05.2008 10:59    yalibnan.com
Beirut - The Chairman of the of the Public Works and transportation parliamentary Committee MP Mohammad Qabbani, said we do not have a labor strike in Lebanon , but we have riots and road blocking and this has already reached

Fisk: Black smoke engulfs Lebanon in another crisis

08.05.2008 10:59    yalibnan.com
By Robert FiskBurning tyres on the airport road, flights suspended, demands from the Druze leader Walid Jumblatt that Hizbollah moves secret cameras from runway 1-7 and end the militia's equally secret underground communications equipment.

GLC vows more strikes until demands are met

08.05.2008 10:40    dailystar.com.lb
Few Lebanese areas heeded the call of the General Labor Confederation (GLC) for a general strike on Wednesday to compel the government to raise the minimum wage to LL960,000 a month. Apart from the Shiite dominated areas in Beirrut's southern

Violence against Women Primary Database Report - Afghanistan

08.05.2008 09:18    topics.developmentgateway.org
Violence against women (VAW) is an issue affecting women around the world indiscriminate of their age, social strata, education level or religious affiliation. The situation in Afghanistan may be more distressing as the majority of citizens are not aware of

Nato troops die in Afghan blast

08.05.2008 06:40    afgha.com
Nato says two of its soldiers and a civilian have been killed by an explosion in eastern Afghanistan.

Families' tears at Nimrod inquest

08.05.2008 06:38    afgha.com (3)
Emotional scenes on the opening day of the inquest into the deaths of 14 men who died when a Nimrod crashed in Afghanistan.

Salary hike hailed

08.05.2008 00:19    uae-dubai.blogspot.com
A recent decision by President HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, ordering a salary hike for police personnel has been well-received, according to a senior police official.Brigadier Dr. Sheikh...Continue to the full story at www.dubaichronicle.com

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