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Chairman and CEO of News Corporation, USA, Rupert Murdoch gestures while speaking during a media conference at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday Jan. 28, 2009. Business participants will search for solutions to the financial crisis with some 40 world leaders, but without the top finance officials of the new U.S. administration who are occupied by the crisis or by the confirmation process at h
Arab   Business   Censorship   Emirates   Photos		  The Boston Globe 
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive
Tue 9 Mar 2010
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday called censorship counterproductive and urged Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity. The chairman and... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
Emirates Airlines - Aeroplane - DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - pjb1
Airline   Dubai   Emirates   Photos   Recruit		  DNA India 
Dubai's Emirates to hire 2,000 staff in 2010
Tue 9 Mar 2010
Dubai: Dubai government-owned airline Emirates [EMIRA.UL] said on Tuesday it planned to recruit 2,000 cabin crew in 2010 as it expands its fleet and routes. The Arab world's largest airline has... (photo: AP / Aziz Shah)
Joe Biden Democratic Vice President nominee speaking to supporters at a rally at the Bank Atlantic Center in Sunrise, Florida on October 29, 2008  Hartford Courant  Tue 9 Mar 2010
Vice President Biden on goodwill trip to Israel
Reporting from Jerusalem - Vice President Joe Biden was due to arrive Monday in Israel on a mission to mend relations after a rocky first year for new administrations in both countries. During the... (photo: WN / Aruna Gilbert)
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President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, speaks during a meeting with lawmakers at the presidency in Tehran, Iran.  Daily Star Lebanon  Mon 8 Mar 2010
Iran MPs back Ahmadinejad budget, despite harsh criticism
By A.F. Al Hajj Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - Powered by Reza Derakhshi Reuters TEHRAN: Iran’s Parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio... (photo: AP / ISNA, Alireza Sotakbar)
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File:Tower Theater (Los Angeles).jpg The Examiner Mon 8 Mar 2010
Free Film Screenings Tonight at the Tower Theatre and the University of Utah
                                              ... (photo: Creative Commons / Los Angeles)
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers a speech in an open session of parliament to debate on his nominees for the posts of three new government ministers, in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2008. The parliament has approved President Ahmadinejad's choices for the posts of interior, roads and economy ministers. Since coming to office in 2005, Ahmadinejad has replaced nine ministers to strengthen his control over the administ Khaleej Times Mon 8 Mar 2010
Iran parliament approves Ahmadinejad budget
TEHRAN - Iran's parliament approved President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's 2010/11 budget on Monday, state radio reported, but some lawmakers attacked the plan, saying planned... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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Senate Majority Leader Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., second right, with Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., left, Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., second left, and Dick Durbin, D-Ill., right, speaks to the media about the Democratic health care bill on Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009, in Washington. Newsvine Mon 8 Mar 2010
Poll: Would you vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)?
Poll: Would you vote for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)? By: David Phillips Las Vegas Democrat Examiner Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) has done a lot... (photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta)
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Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. The Siasat Daily Mon 8 Mar 2010
Iran, US trade accusations afresh
Tehran, March 08: Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said on Monday that US and British forces are fomenting terrorism in the region. "I accuse the US, Britain... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
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A part of the facility of the phases 4 and 5 of South Pars gas field during the official opening by Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, unseen, in Assalouyeh, southwestern Iran in the Persian gulf, Saturday April 16, 2005. South Pars gas field is planned to be developed in around 30 phases over at least 25 yea Asia Times Mon 8 Mar 2010
China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline
By Stephen Blank For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed China Daily
French president Nicolas Sarkozy gestures during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the chancellery in Berlin, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. The leaders of Germany and France are pushing for the Group of 20 summit in September to agree on action to control bankers' bonuses. Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy Wtop
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi speaks during a news conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the National People's Congress, Sunday, March 7, 2010. China says Iran sanctions offer no cure Daily Star Lebanon
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An election official checks the seals on a ballot box after the polls closed in the country's provincial elections in central Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009. Iraqis passed through security checkpoints and razor-wire cordons to vote Saturday in provincial elections that are considered a crucial test of the nation's stability as U.S. officials consider the pace of troop withdra SNAP ANALYSIS - What next after Iraq vote? The Star
Iraqi police officers Merwan Abid, Riyadh Hameed, and Khalaf Ali Hamed display their ink-stained index fingers as proof that they participated in Iraq's 2010 National Parliamentary and Council of Representatives election March 4, 2010, in Tikrit, Iraq. What next after Iraq vote? Khaleej Times
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, right, speaks to Brazil's Foreign Minister Celso Amorim during a meting at the Itamaraty Palace, in Brasilia, Wednesday, March 3, 2010. Clinton is on a two-day official visit to Brazil. US to press sanctions case in Brazil Deccan Chronicle
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A sign for a branch of HSBC bank seen with reflection at right and backdropped by part of St. Paul's Cathedral in central London, Monday, Aug. 4, 2008. HSBC Holdings PLC, Europe's largest bank by market value, reported Monday its steepest fall in profit since 2001 as costs for bad U.S. mortgage loans mounted, with net profits for the first half of 2008, plunged 29 percent to US$7.7 bill HSBC plunges as investors flee Hong Kong Standard
UK. Tourism in London - parks - gardens - palace. 20th October 2009 Health tourists owe NHS £22 million, Department of Health reveals The Times
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This image issued by the Nakheel developement company in Dubai Wednesday Dec. 1, 2004, shows an impression of "The World project" by Nakheel which will consist of 300 islands positioned to form the shape of the world which has been started 4 kms offshore from Dubai in Gulf waters and supposed to be finished as the most exclusive project in United Arab Emirates by 2008. Dubai World seeks $26bn repayment holiday Business Report
Kuwaiti women demonstrate for their political rights in front of the Parliament building in Kuwait City on March 7, 2005. Signs in the foreground read: "Women rights now".Some 51 percent of Kuwaitis support women´s rights to vote and run Kuwaiti women complain of discrimination Middle East Online
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In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag To Bash Them Is to Help Them The New York Times
President of the republic of Kenya Mwai Kibaki Kibaki urges IGAD to assess Sudan accord Kenya Broadcasting Corp
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