Middle East
Background
The Middle East is a historical and geographical region of Africa-Eurasia with no clear definition; it traditionally includes countries or regions in Southwest Asia and parts of North Africa. The corresponding adjective to Middle East is Middle-Eastern and the derived noun is Middle-Easterner.
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...Neeraj of Azara and Anamika Khanna. Calling it an international concept, Nair says, “Internationally, fashion weeks like Paris or Milan have similar formats.” FFI plans to take this fashion initiative to other parts of the world after testing the middle east...
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Hindustan Times
Latest news - About Middle East
Fueled by unrest in the Middle East and cuts in supply by OPEC, fuel prices continued to rise overnight, jumping 10 cents a gallon at some local stations.
The average price for a gallon of regular unleaded in the Asheville area hit $1.70.1 this morning,
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The Asheville Citizen-Times
...km from Baghdad. The Ashura ceremonies mark the holiest days for Shiites in a commemoration of the death of Imam Hussein in 680, grandson of the Prophet Mohammed. Coordinated suicide bombings in Baghdad and Karbala in 2004 killed more than 160 people....
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Deutsche Welle
...year, Over the five-year period of this study, illicit financial flows grew at the fastest pace in the Middle East and North Africa region (49.4 percent) followed by Europe (25.4 percent), Asia (15.7 percent), and the Western Hemisphere (2.8 percent). Flows...
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PR Newswire
...the dynamics of plastics and rubber development to visiting trade professionals mainly from all across the Middle East, North Africa and the Indian sub-continent." Arabplast and Tekno/Tube Arabia 2009 have attracted 900 exhibitors representing 34 countries...
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Middle East North Africa Financial Network
Pakistani Islamists torch an Israeli flag during an anti-Israel protest in Quetta on 6 January 2009, against the ongoing Israeli military offensive in Gaza. AFP
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iAfrica.com
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama should seek tougher sanctions against Iran, which will be his biggest Middle East challenge, outgoing White House national security adviser Stephen Hadley said on Wednesday.
In a speech to be
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Reuters
...Save the Children, Care, Oxfam International, Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Network, United Civilians for Peace, Christian Aid, World Vision and Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFAD). It structured its report by issues. Settlements The Quartet...
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Global Research
Will Gaza Fighting End?: Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies asks whether there can be a "meaningful strategic outcome" to the violence in Gaza or whether "it will simply be another peak of violence in a continuing
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U.S. News & World Report
...centre stage - attempting manfully to prise the warring parties apart," the paper, based in the north-western county of Durham, added with a dose of sarcasm. In the Middle East, correspondents said Blair's activities since he took over the job as special...
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Earthtimes.org
More than 2 million Shiite Muslims from across the Middle East have swarmed the shrine city of Karbala in central Iraq for the climax of the annual Ashura ceremonies amid tight security.
Weeping men and even young boys in flowing white robes marched
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ABC Online
Spice - About Middle East and Delhi
...Palestinians from their land. A belligerent Israel is again on the brink of an all-out war against the Hamas as it did against the Hezbollah in the summer of 2006. The U.S. has again played a dubious role in the Middle East crisis. Whatever the cause, the...
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The Hindu
...office in Dubai. The focus of the company is to invest in infrastructure and construction companies in the Middle East, South Asia and South-East Asia. Sources said that RBS Credit and Financial Developments holds 53 lakh fully convertible warrants issued...
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Hindu Business Line
...slashed the fares on many popular routes yesterday, firing the first shots in what is expected to be a long price war. British Airways knocked more than 20 per cent off some flights. Their New York return fares now begin at £259, a saving of £78. Other reductions...
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The Daily Record
Last Week - About Middle East
...market, especially in this region, and has invested a lot of research and development and marketing resources in the Middle East for the past several years,' said Samsung Gulf Electronics general manager, mobile phones division, Sandeep Saihgal. 'Consequently,...
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TradeArabia
...President Nicolas Sarkozy will fly to the Middle East "as of Monday" in a bid to "find a roadmap towards peace" between warring Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers, he said in a televised New Year message. "France will continue to be active in Africa,...
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ABC Online
...Wahhab organization, any Western democracy should be allowed to build a media outlet, church, synagogue, temple, and school in the Gulf States. That would more closely resemble justice and tolerance. Third, whenever non-Muslims are persecuted in Muslim states,...
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Red County
... "France will continue to act in Africa and Asia and, of course, in the Middle East, which I will visit from Monday, because it is France's vocation to seek the path of peace," Sarkozy said in an address on French television. (Reuters) French...
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Ynetnews
...24 with wires - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will fly to the Middle East on Monday in a bid to "find a path toward peace" between warring Israel and the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers, he said in a televised New Year message. "France will continue to be...
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France 24
...- French President Nicolas Sarkozy offered Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek his "total support" as France prepares to hand over the presidency of the EU to the Czech Republic on Thursday. The two leaders spoke by telephone on Wednesday evening, his office...
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EUbusiness
... There was a day when we worried about the "Arab masses" – the millions of "ordinary" Arabs on the streets of Cairo, Kuwait, Amman, Beirut – and their reaction to the constant bloodbaths in the Middle East. Could Anwar Sadat restrain the anger of his peopl...
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The Independent
...Author's Website The United Nations this week asked for calm from the Israelis and Palestinians as the situation in the Middle East escalated out of control. Calm, is a funny thing to ask for when hundreds of people are dying and even more fear for their lives....
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To The Center
...a French proposal for a 48-hour ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, which was to allow humanitarian aid to be taken in. Prime Minister Ehud Olmert says conditions are not right for a truce at the moment. Meanwhile, a meeting has been taking place in Cairo to discuss...
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Big News Network
...with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman, Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the Speaker of Parliament Nabih Berri in Beirut the next day. France has called for a 48-hour ceasefire in Gaza to allow humanitarian...
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Xinhua
Last Month - About Middle East
Do you remember 'decoupling' -- the notion that emerging market economies China, India, and Brazil / Latin America, among others, could grow independently without needing U.S. consumption?
Well, decoupling is on pace to to go down in history with
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Blogging Stocks
...and polypropylene (PP), creating a new and transparent pricing mechanism specific to two regions - the Middle East and Southeast Asia. For the first time, plastic futures prices will incorporate local costs and regional demand-supply differences, enabling...
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Expressindia.com
...from Pakistan would remain buoyant in coming future despite the world economic downturn and global financial crisis as Middle East has still huge demand of cement. Oil producing countries of the Middle East would require massive housing and construction works...
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The News
...earn a qualifying degree. He must also earn a teaching certificate. The individual who wants to help bring peace to the Middle East may want to earn a degree in international relations and be elected or appointed to a political position. Each of these accomplishments...
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Consumerism Commentary
...for Honda Motor Europe, has been quoted as saying the car company aims to be the industry's environmental leader by 2015. Honda's Insight hybrid has not been launched yet in the U.S.; a previous model marketed in America as the Insight is not the same car. Wieden's...
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AdWeek
...is a danger that the current economic downturn will further strengthen the shift in economies and financial power away from North America and western Europe towards the Middle East, Asia and Russia. What does this mean for our graduates? Major companies can...
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Guardian Unlimited
...take this opportunity to thank everyone who works at Qatar Airways for making the airline the success that it is today," Mr. Al Baker concluded. Qatar Airways operates a young and modern fleet of 64 Boeing and Airbus aircraft serving 83 cities across Europe,...
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PR-Inside.com
...Brian Bruce joins us now, the CEO at Murray & Roberts. Brian, a big announcement - R6bn worth of work for you at he Dubai International Airport. You have already done quite a lot of work for them. How much is left to do at the airport? BRIAN BRUCE: Well, this...
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Moneyweb
...the decision-maker on what goes into the Lipton teas that can be purchased at supermarkets across the Middle East and North Africa region. And it is clear that he knows his stuff. Bharucha has memorised the flavours of almost every tea in the world. With...
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Khaleej Times
...2008, ARIG improved the level of diversification within its business. Through the integration of Scottish Re Limited"s (now Pacific Life Re Limited) Middle East life portfolio, ARIG increased the proportion of life business within its portfolio from a very...
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PR-Inside.com