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Breaking News Tue, 8 Jul 2008
Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Barack Obama
Democracy   Iraq   Obama   Photos   Politics  
Democrat Obama rejects charges of flip-flopping
| POWDER SPRINGS, Ga. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama rejected charges on Tuesday that he has shifted positions on Iraq and other issues as part of a move to the center now th... (photo: AP Photo / Jae C. Hong)
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 Gabriela Garcia, 24, who works as a maid in a home, washes clothes, Jan. 20, 2003, in Mexico City. Mexico remains in the dark ages when it comes to the treatment of domestic workers, despite repeated efforts by activists to reform antiquated labor laws a
Human Rights   Photos   Riyadh   Saudi Arabia   Treatment  
Some maids face inhuman treatment in Saudi - report
| RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia needs to improve labour law protections and end its "sponsorship" system to prevent domestic workers being treated like slaves, New York-based Human Rights Watch said... (photo: AP Photo)
The Star
President Bush sits with Saudi King Abdullah at the King's Al Janadriyah Ranch in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Friday, May 16, 2008. Amid oil boom, inflation makes Saudis feel poorer
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—Sultan al-Mazeen recently stopped at a gas station to fill up his SUV, paying 45 cents a gallon -- about one-tenth what Americans pay these days. | But the Saudi technicia... (photo: (AP Photo / Susan Walsh)) The Boston Globe
Arab World   Inflation   Photos   Riyadh   Saudi Arabia   US  
KLdy1 - May08 - groceries - food prices - food. (dy1) Optimistic on economy
RUSUTSU, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but that the global economy would ultimately be resilient. |... (photo: WN / Denise Yong) San Diego
Economy   G8   Japan   Photos   Summit  
Top Stories
 The Honorable Dr. Donald C. Winter, Secretary of the Navy (SECNAV), tours a dining facility under construction by US Navy (USN) Seabees for use by the Iraqi Security Force (ISF). SECNAV is in the Middle East to see firsthand the conditions, morale, and e Where would US interventions in Mideast lead to?
Reviewed by Jim Miles | Book review of: “Marching Toward Hell – America and Islam after Iraq” by Michael Scheuer (Free Press - Simon & Schuster - New York, 2008). | Micha... (photo: US Navy file/JOC Craig Strawser) Middle East Online
Book   Invervention   Mideast   Photos   US  
GROCERY -   FOOD  - COMMODITY                            G-8 leaders say they are confident about global growth; oil, food inflation pose large risks
| RUSUTSU, Japan - Leaders of the Group of Eight economic powers warned Tuesday that surging oil and food prices could undermine world growth but that the global economy ... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo) Star Tribune
Food   Oil   Photos   Prices   World  
 today´s consumer can find an abundant supply of fresh vegetables year-round. ... Fresh vegetables provide a variety of vitamins and minerals. tp1 G8 says soaring oil, food prices threaten global economy
| Protesters carry a placard during a protest against soaring prices in Manila on June 26. Eight of the world's most powerful leaders have called for efforts to cool sizz... (photo: WN/Theresa) Turkish Press
Economy   Food   Oil   Photos   World  
UBS Bank, Offenbach UBS to expand in Mideast
| Logo of the Swiss banking giant UBS. Switzerland's biggest bank UBS has announced that it was stepping up its expansion in the Middle East with a new licence to operate... (photo: Public Domain / Christos Vittoratos) Turkish Press
Bank   Finance   Mideast   Photos   Switzerland  
Protesters shout a slogan during a rally against G8 Summit in Sapporo on Japan's northern main island of Hokkaido Tuesday, July 8, 2008. World suffers due to rising prices
|                 JAPAN: Eight of the world's most powerful leaders called on Tuesday for efforts to cool sizzling oil prices... (photo: AP Photo / Itsuo Inouye) The Times Of India
G8   Japan   Leaders   Photos   Prices  
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, addresses a crowd during a rally to celebrate the 29th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution at Azadi Square in Tehran on Monday in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Feb. 11, 2008 (tmg1) Iran takes off on a goodwill mission
| By Kaveh L Afrasiabi | Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad is in Malaysia this week to attend the 6th summit of the Group of Eight Islamic developing countries (D-8), ... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian) Asia Times
Iran   Issues   Malaysia   Photos   Politics  
Gold market zouq (souq, souk) in Dubai deira, UAE, November 2007 UAE gold rush to continue despite soaring costs
| Dubai: Value of gold sales in the UAE increased by 15 per cent in the first quarter of 2008, a trend expected to continue in the next six months despite increases in th... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis) Gulf News
Consumer   Dubai   Gold   Photos   Price  
Employees of the Saudi Aramco oil company Saudi Aramco cuts light crude prices for US
| Dubai: Saudi Aramco, the world's largest state oil company, cut its official selling prices for light crude shipments to the US in August. | Aramco reduced the price of... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili) Gulf News
Arab World   Business   Photos   Prices   Saudi Arabia  
Oil Business
Optimistic on economy
Crude oil prices set to correct from Q3: Edelweiss
G-8 worried about food, oil; optimistic on economy
G-8: Oil prices pose risk to world economy
KLdy1 - May08 - groceries - food prices - food. (dy1)
Optimistic on economy
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Top fashion retailers in franchising confab
Rights group hits Saudi treatment of domestic he
G-whatever, China is here
Don't envy us, Saudis say, as inflation leaves them feel
Indonesian activists wear the names of four Indonesian women, who were allegedly tortured by their employers in Saudi Arabia, stand in front of the Saudi Arabian Embassy during a demonstration Monday Aug. 13, 2007 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Migrant workers group "Migrant Care" demanded that the Saudi Government apologize and compensate the families of the four women, two of whom di
Rights group hits Saudi treatment of domestic help
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Politics Education
Family 'can't find' Bahraini held in Saudi Arabi
G-whatever, China is here
'D8' agrees to boost food production as crisis looms
Where would US interventions in Mideast lead to?
 President George W. Bush and Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda of Japan enter the Banquet Lobby at the Windsor Hotel Toya Resort and Spa Sunday, July, 6, 2008, for a joint press availability.
G-whatever, China is here
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Manarat win Int'l Schools football tilt
Lanka school management board elected in Jeddah
Higher education sector undergoes revamp
Biochemist, student face jail, flogging
 The World Health Organization, the Joint U.N. Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and dozens of other institutions today launched the International HIV Treatment Access Coalitionto expand access to anti-retroviral drugs in poor and middle-income countries.
IISJ students given presentation on AIDS
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Health Terrorism
Iran urged to halt executions of juvenile criminals
Need for women's gyms
A doctor with conscience
Ex-Viking Randy Moss finds a buyer for his property in Medin
Republican presidential hopeful, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., addresses a packed house at Young's Jersey Dairy restaurant, Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2008, in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
Full transcript of John McCain's remarks in Denver
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A vicious attack on India's crucial role in Afghanistan
Hand of ISI seen in Kabul bombing
No hard date in pullout talks: US
Now it's war against India in Afghanistan
 US Soldiers provide security for a humanitarian assistance drop of food and supplies in Rashid, Iraq
No hard date in pullout talks: US
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