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Camrys Drive Into Dubai - News.com.au
camels have been replaced with toyota's in the middle east, however they're not the only aussie spice, with sme's making a killing. once it was camels and dhows that carried the merchants into dubai, the ancient capital of trade in the middle east ...
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israeli police have arrested an arab man who drove into a jewish neighbourhood of the northern city of acre on the jewish holy day of yom kippur sparking four nights of riots.
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News Middle East
peace has returned to the northern israeli town of acre after days of clashes between arab and jewish residents. shimon peres, the israeli president, travelled to acre on monday and appealed for tolerance.
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Avraham Biran, 98; Excavated Ancient Israeli City Tel Dan - Boston Globe
new york - avraham biran, an archeologist of biblical sites who excavated tel dan, an ancient city along israel's northern border, and uncovered a stone fragment bearing what might be the earliest reference to the house of david, died sept. 16 in ...
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What Is Asphalt? And Is It Somehow Related To Gasoline? - Boston Globe
asphalt is a sticky black semi-solid that is found in most crude petroleums (the stuff that people pump out of the ground and sell for lots of money). it is removed by fractional distillation. this process involves heating petroleum so that various ...
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Did Ancient River Channels Guide Humans Out Of Africa?
the sahara is a huge obstacle for anyone wanting to leave the continent, but new evidence suggests a wetter climate may have helped
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families in acre now demand to be relocated. despite the police presence, the marketplace in the ancient walled city, where jews and arabs usually mingle, was empty.
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Pavarotti Honoured In Petra - Bbc News
stars have gathered in the ancient city of petra in jordan to honour opera legend luciano pavarotti, who died just over a year ago. the italian tenor's widow, along with princess haya of jordan, brought in placido domingo, jose carreras and the rock ...
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Corruption Blamed As Cholera Rips Through Iraq - The Independent
children fill water containers in a former baghdad army base, now a slum. cholera has infected many supplies a deadly outbreak of cholera in iraq is being blamed on a scandal involving corrupt officials who failed to sterilise the local drinking ...
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News Middle East
jewish and arab rioters have clashed for a fourth straight night in the northern israeli city of akko. police fired water cannons to disperse crowds and arrested 32 people from both sides on saturday, and three arab homes were torched and damaged, micky rosenfeld, a police spokesman said.
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Expedition Set For 'ghost Peaks'
scientists prepare to survey antarctica's gamburtsev mountain range - one earth's most enigmatic mountain groups.
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New Eyes On The Mideast's Contemporary Art - Wall Street Journal
coming auctions are focusing on contemporary artists from iran and the arab world as international collectors discover the region's creative wealth. in london on oct. 23, sotheby's will hold its first ever sale devoted exclusively to middle eastern ...
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Christians Flee Iraq's Second City As Attacks Increase - Daily Telegraph
mosul is one of the earliest christian settlements in the middle east. tens of thousands of chaldean catholics and assyrian orthodox faithful live in the city despite its reputation as the last bastion of al-qaeda in iraq. the city, which is located ...
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News Middle East
rioters in northern israel have torched two houses and badly damaged several others in the third night of tensions between jewish and arab residents of akko, israeli officials say.
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The Middle East's Leading English Language Daily
jeddah: the united nations general assembly will hold a session in the middle of next month to discuss custodian of the two holy mosques king abdullah’s initiative to promote interfaith dialogue. this...
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Arab Driver Held After Acre Riots - Al Jazeera
israeli police have arrested an arab man who drove into a jewish neighbourhood of the northern city of acre on the jewish holy day of yom kippur sparking four nights of riots. "tawfik jamal was remanded in custody for three days for reckless ...
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Yom Kippur Riots Erupt In Acre After Arab Drives Car Through Jewish ... - Times Online
riots between jews and arabs swept through the ancient port city of acre in northern israel for two days after youths attacked an arab man for driving his car during the most solemn holiday of the jewish calendar, yom kippur. hundreds of riot police ...
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Featured Maryland Renaissance Festival
sat, 18 october 2008 british car show show/hide details a british car show, "brits by the bay," will be held 9:30 a.m. oct. 18 at downs park, 8311 john downs loop in pasadena.
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Asia:nz Newsletter - October 2008
kia ora and welcome to the october edition of the asia new zealand foundation newsletter.
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Expedition Set For 'ghost Peaks' - Bbc News
the ambitious nature of the project - working in antarctica's far interior - has required an exceptional level of co-ordination and co-operation. "you can almost think about it as exploring another planet - but on earth," said dr fausto ferraccioli ...
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