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Air Canada /aaeh
Airlines   Business   Economy   Market   Photos   		 The Boston Globe 
Air Canada to partner with Continental Airlines
| TORONTO—Air Canada plans to partner with Continental Airlines, the fourth-largest U.S. carrier, to provide enhanced service to the American market. | Canada's largest airline announced Thursda... (photo: Public Domain)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai delivers a speech during a handover ceremony of commanding force from ISAF to NATO in Kabul, Afghanistan Monday, Aug. 11, 2003. NATO took command of the 5,000-strong international peacekeeping force in the Afghan capital on
Afghan   Culture   Government   Photos   US   		 The Examiner 
Former official: Afghan president hurting drug war
WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The Bush administration underscored its continued support for Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Thursday despite fresh allegations from a former U.S. anti-drug official that Ka... (photo: AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)
Maybank  The Star 
Maybank confident of continuing as largest takaful operator
| KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) is confident of maintaining its position as the largest takaful operator in Malaysia after receiving good response for its latest product, Takaful Al-Waqi... (photo: WN)
Finance   Insurance   Malaysia   Maybank   Photos  
Air Canada /aaeh  Globe and Mail 
AVIATION: AIR CANADA Where have all the good buyers gone?

| Robert Milton spent his first few months as Air Canada's top executive fending off a hostile advance from a buyout firm. Later on, private-equity money helped him get the airline out of bankruptcy p... (photo: creative commons / Brian)
Aerospace   Business   Canada   Photos   Transport  
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FISH - FOOD - COMMODITY - STAPLE Gulf News
Fish and mutton prices continue to increase in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
| Dubai: Commodity prices continued to increase this week, albeit to a lesser degree, according to latest data supplied by the Ministry of Economy (MoE). | The cost of mu... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Commodity   Dubai   Fish   Photos   Prices  
Village of Bint Jbeil (South of Lebanon) following War with Israel, 2006 Daily Star Lebanon
Lebanese car market sees simultaneous boom, shift to more fuel-efficient cars
| Sky-rocketing sales fail to reflect political tensions, haggard economy | By Daniel Phillips | Special to The Daily Star | Thursday, July 24, 2008 | BEIRUT: The price o... (photo: WN / Manuela Paraipan)
Cars   Fuel   Lebanon   Market   Photos  
Pork - Meat - Market - Livestock The News International
Punjab aims to enhance meat exports
Thursday, July 24, 2008 | By Mansoor Ahmad | LAHORE: The Punjab government, realising the potential of livestock to narrow down trade deficit, has planned to boost proces... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)
Export   Livestock   Meat   Photos   Punjab  
Dried dates Gulf News
Basket of dates fetches Dh40,000 at auction
| Mazirah: A basket of dates fetched Dh40,000 at an auction during the Fourth Liwa Festival in Mazirah in the Western Region. | The basket filled with six kilos of Khalas... (photo: Creative Commons / stu_spivack)
Dates   Festival   Fruit   Middleeast   Photos  
Emirates puts up London landmark, eyes world record Gulf News
Emirates puts up London landmark, eyes world record
| Dubai:Emirates Airline unveiled a new landmark for London, a giant model of an Airbus A380 at the gateway to Heathrow Airport. | The 45-tonne world-record contender was... (photo: WN / marzena)
Dubai   Emirates   London   Photos   UK  
A Chinese man walks past of lit sign showing the General Electric logo, displayed at a booth in an expo held in Qingdao, China's Shandong province, on July 28, 2006. China has banned imports of a gas-fired generator made by General Electric Co., saying it has design defects that could cause large-scale accidents, a government news agency said Friday, Sept. 29, BBC News
GE in $8bn Abu Dhabi investment
| General Electric (GE) is joining forces with Abu Dhabi investment firm Mubadala Development to provide $8bn (£4bn) of finance in the Middle East and Africa. | The move ... (photo: AP / EyePress)
Abu Dhabi   Business   Company   Investment   Photos  
Pervez Musharraf The News International
President for a joint strategy to tackle terrorism

Wednesday, July 23, 2008 | ISLAMABAD: President Pervez Musharraf on Tuesday described terrorism as an extremely complex issue and said the neighboring countries should wo... (photo: Creative Commons / Dominic Buettner)
Iran   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   Terrorism  
Merkel wirbt in Irland fr EU-Reformvertrag Gulf Daily News
Merkel hails improved security
| BERLIN: Security improvements in Iraq could open a "new chapter" in relations between Berlin and Baghdad, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said last night. | Iraqi Prime... (photo: REGIERUNGonline / Kugler)
Berlin   Defence   Iraq   Merkel   Photos  
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French Onion Soup (sl1) Lots of cooks in Naples' kitchen The Charlotte Observer
** ADVANCE FOR Monday OCT. 3 ** Heaters surround the test well, center rear, Thursday, July 28, 2005, at Shell Exploration and Production Co.'s Mahogany Project southwest of Meeker, Colorado. They have been working for nine years on a way to bake shale oil from the ground by using heating rods drilled into layers of rock. (AP Photo/Douglas C. Pizac)hg3 Energy reality starts to bite Asia Times
Protestors burn a representation of a U.S. flag during an anti-Israeli demonstration in front of the U.N office in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 31, 2006.Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki is expected in Beirut later Monday in the first visit by an Iranian official to war-hit Lebanon since fighting broke out between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah guerrill Iran-US: A study in misperceptions Asia Times
Politics
Iraq's President Jalal Talabani talks to reporters in Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 17, 20 Iraq's Talabani rejects election law CNN
US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, second right, as Social Welfare and Diaspora Affairs Isaac Herzog, left, looks on, during a meeting at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Wednesday, July 23, 2008. Obama held a breakfast meeting Wednesday with Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak, the first event in a day packed with meetings and travel across Israel and the Palestinian territor Obama vows to tighten Israel ties as marathon talks begin Turkish Press
Terrorism
This image released from video shown on an Islamic militant Web site where al-Qaida´s media arm, Al-Sahab, frequently posts messages, shows a still image of Osama bin Laden, center. Al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden called on Pakistanis to rebel again Osama bin Laden, a purveyor of poetic terrorism Daily Star Lebanon
In this Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2008 file photo, a United States Army helicopter, part of an aerial convoy carrying President Bush lands in Jerusalem's Givat Ram stadium. Israeli investigators have arrested six men suspected of trying to set up a terror network linked to al-Qaida, the Shin Bet security service said in a statement Friday, July 18, 2008, including a college student who expressed interest in shooting down President George W. Bush's helicopter earlier this ye Israel Arrests 6 Men Over Al-Qaida Links ABC News
Health
French Onion Soup (sl1) Lots of cooks in Naples' kitchen The Charlotte Observer
A religious man waves an Israeli flag during the 60th anniversary of Israel, late Wednesday in Tel Aviv May 7, 2008. Israel is marking its 60th Independence Day, which began at sundown Wednesday, with a great sense of pride but also uncertainty about its future and doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians Still longing for their homeland Florida Times Union