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Two Arab girls watching the artificial camel in Dubai City Center UAE
Dubai   Entertainment   Festivals   Photos   Wikipedia: Dubai		  Khaleej Times 
Events galore for Eid in Dubai
Thu 3 Nov 2011
DUBAI ' Dubai will be decked up this Eid with the Dubai Events and Promotions Establishment (DEPE) unveiling exciting events for 'Eid in Dubai'. Starting from the first day of Eid Al Adha, 'Eid in... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
Peace in Afghanistan crucial for regional stability - Ban
Afghanistan   Crucial   Peace   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Afghanistan		  United Nations 
Peace in Afghanistan crucial for regional stability - Ban
Thu 3 Nov 2011
Afghan National Police in training in Kabul3 November 2011 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has stressed that establishing peace in Afghanistan will strengthen stability in the entire region and lauded... (photo: UN / UN)
Judge Richard Goldstone ( left ) Head of Fact Finding Mission with Navanethem Pillay ( second from left ) United Nations Hight Commissioner for Human Rights during the presentation of report of the UN Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict.  Al Jazeera  Thu 3 Nov 2011
Goldstone walks alone on a bridge to nowhere
Surely the New York Times would not dare turn down a piece from the new Richard Goldstone. He had already recast himself as the self-appointed guardian of Israel’s world reputation. This,... (photo: UN / Jean-Marc Ferre)
Israel   Palestine   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Richard Goldstone
Lebanese policemen, right, secure anti-Syrian regime protesters who they hold up Arabic placards read:"The crime of the regime in hour, arresting, kidnapping and killing, foreground, Yes for freedom Syria, yes for freedom Bahrain, yes for the revolution whenever it was," as they protest during a demonstration to show their support to the Syrian protesters, in Beirut, Lebanon, on Monday Aug. 15, 2011. Syrian troops besieged residential areas of two key cities Monday, firing on residents as they fled for safety and killing at least two people during broad military assaults to root out dissent against President Bashar Assad's autocratic regime, witnesses said. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)  Al Jazeera  Thu 3 Nov 2011
Arms sales to Bahrain under the scanner
After a false alarm announcing that a proposed $53m arms sale to Bahrain would be authorised, the Obama administration backtracked and postponed final approval of the sale pending a review of the... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Bahrain   Military   Photos   Weapon   Wikipedia: Bahrain
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100825-A-6588R-011 U.S. Army soldiers with Delta Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division search for weapons caches in Mosul, Iraq, on Aug. 25, 2010. DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Edward Reagan, U.S. Army. (Released) Al Jazeera Thu 3 Nov 2011
Deadly twin blasts target guards in Iraq
Two near-simultaneous bombings in the city Baquba, 60km northeast of Baghdad, have targeted a line of security guards waiting to collect their salaries, killing... (photo: US DoD / Staff Sgt. Edward Reagan, U.S. Army)
Baghdad   Baquba   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Operation Iraqi Freedom documents
In this Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011 photo, heavy weapons are seen in an unguarded storage facility in the desert, some 62 miles (100 kilometers) south of Sirte, Libya. The Boston Globe Thu 3 Nov 2011
Libya struggles to secure loose weapons
TRIPOLI, Libya-More than two months after the fall of Tripoli, Libya's new leaders are still struggling to secure massive weapons depots, stop the smuggling of munitions... (photo: AP / David Sperry)
Libya   Photos   War   Weapons   Wikipedia: 2011 Libyan civil war
Armed Palestinian Hamas militants keep patrol near the Rafah crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip on October 18, 2011 as an Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap deal gets under way. Buses carrying 477 Palestinian prisoners were headed for Gaza and the West Bank in the first stage of a swap deal to free captive Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit. Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN Khaleej Times Thu 3 Nov 2011
Pro-Palestinian activists sail from Turkey to Gaza
JERUSALEM - Pro-Palestinian activists set sail for the Gaza Strip from Turkey aboard two yachts on Wednesday and the Israeli military said it would not permit them to... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Gaza   Palestinian   Photos   Turkey   Wikipedia: Blockade of the Gaza Strip
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks during a session of the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. The Guardian Thu 3 Nov 2011
Poll shows Israeli support for attack on Iran
Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — A new poll shows the Israeli government would have significant support at home for a military strike against Iran's nuclear program.... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)
Iran   Israel   Mideast   Photos   Wikipedia: Iran–Israel relations
Hajj-Islam-Omra The Siasat Daily Thu 3 Nov 2011
Saudi vows to crush unrest during Hajj
Riyadh, November 03: Saudi Arabia's new Crown Prince Nayef bin Abdel Aziz has warned that the kingdom would employ all means necessary during the Islamic Hajj rituals to... (photo: WN)
Culture   Photos   Riyadh   Saudi   Wikipedia: Hajj
Palestinian demonstrators shout slogans and burn placards during protest in support of the popular revolt against embattled leader Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on February 25, 2011 in Gaza City. Gaza's Hamas rulers heaped condemnation on "the massacres" of anti-government protestors in Libya committed by regime of embattled veteran leader Moamer Kadhafi. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN) Joy Online Thu 3 Nov 2011
Feature: Wiil Libya emerge stronger or change forever?
Have you thought of why right from the start of the Libyan uprising in February, the media across the world labeled the protestors who now constitute the interim... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Egypt   Libya   Photos   Political   Wikipedia: Uprising Records
Kashmiri Haj pilgrims to go for their pilgrimage in Mecca, in Srinagar October 20, 2009. The first batch of 400 Kashmiri haj pilgrims set off on Thursday for the annual pilgrimage to Mecca, the holiest place for Muslims. A total of 7,600 pilgrims from the troubled state of Jammu and Kashmir region are expected to perform this year's ritual, authorities said. Jakarta Globe Thu 3 Nov 2011
Saudi Mobilized as 2.5 Million Pilgrims Prepare for Hajj
Mecca. Around 2.5 million Muslims begin Friday the rituals of the hajj pilgrimage, the world’s largest annual assembly, leaving Saudi authorities with a daunting... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Mecca   News   Photos   Saudi   Wikipedia: Mecca
Secretary General meeting with the Ambassadors of the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) -H.E. Mr. Maged A Abdelaziz (PR, Egypt) -H.E. Mr. Mohammed Loulichki (PR, Marocco) -H.E. Mr. Mohammad Khazaee (PR Iran) -H.E. Mr. Abdullah Hussain Haroon (PR, Pakistan) -H.E. Mr. Sirodjidin M Aslov (PR, Tajikistan and Chair of the OIC) -H.E. Mr. Abdul Wahab (Permanent Observer, OIC) -H.E. Mr. Riyad H. Mansour (permanent Observer, Palestine) Irna Thu 3 Nov 2011
Clergy: Ground paved for interactions among Iranian and Egyptian nations
Tehran, Nov 3, IRNA – Head of Parliament’s Surveys and Research Center said here Wednesday downfall of dictatorship and establishment of popular system in Egypt has paved... (photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras)
Egypt   Photos   Political   Tehran   Wikipedia: Iran
Prime Minister of Qatar Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim al Thani takes his seat the Darfur Peace Talks in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2009. The Star Thu 3 Nov 2011
Pressure on Syria's Assad to implement peace deal
CAIRO (Reuters) - Syria is under pressure from its Arab neighbours to end months of bloodshed, after agreeing to a plan to pull its military out of cities, release... (photo: AP / Maneesh Bakshi)
Cairo   Photos   Political   Syria   Wikipedia: Bashar al-Assad


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Indian Hindu Devotees Gather to performs worship of Lord Sun on the occasion of ?Chhat Pooja? celebration in at Babughat in Kolkata on Tuesday, 01 November 2011. The Chhat festival, also known as Surya Pooja (worshipping of the sun) is observed in various parts of India, where homage is paid to the sun and water gods. During Chhat festival devotees undergo a fast and offer water and milk to the Sun God at dawn and dusk on the banks of rivers or small ponds and pray for the longevity and health of their spouse in Eastern India City Pakistan grants India Most Favoured Nation status, trade set to triple The Times of India
Turkish President Abdullah Gul, right, and his Afghan counterpart Hamid Karzai speak during the Istanbul Conference for Afghanistan in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2011. Turkey is hosting a conference this week on creating a regional strategy for improving security and economic development in Afghanistan ahead of the withdrawal of international combat forces by the end of 2014.(AP Photo) Afghanistan focus needs readjusting Sydney Morning Herald
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Palestinian men slaughter cows in a street of Eid al-Adha in Gaza City, November 16, 2010. Muslims worldwide celebrate Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of the Sacrifice, by sacrificial killing of sheep, goats, cows or camels. The slaughter commemorates the biblical story of Abraham, who was on the verge of sacrificing his son to obey God's command, when God interceded by substituting a ram in the child's place. (Photo By AHMED DEEB/WN) Animal prices go up in Ajman and Sharjah Khaleej Times
Britain is very sympathetic to the US request for troops to be switched from their base near Basra to fill in for American combat groups tackling rebels in Iraq, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said today. sa1 Iraq had a Long Tradition as a Center of Higher Learning: How America's War Destroyed Iraq's Universities GlobalResearch
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