 Daily Star Lebanon
UAE economy expected to expand 3.2 percent in 2010
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | DUBAI: The UAE economy is expected to expand by 3.2 percent in 2010, in sharp contrast to an International Monetary Fund forecast of 0.6-percent growth, a ... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Economy Finance Markets Photos UAE |
 DNA India
JSPL set to lose Al Mutun rights
| Mumbai: Jindal Steel and Power (JSPL) is about to lose mining rights at the world’s largest iron ore site, Al Mutun Bolivia, as the Naveen Jindal-led company has failed to make the necessary i... (photo: WN / marzena)
Jindal Mining Mumbai Photos Steel |
 Khaleej Times
A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre
Recently, I was taken on a tour of the sprawling future home of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies now under construction on the grounds of Magdalen College. | Senior fellow Dr. Hasan Abedin illust... (photo: Creative Commons / Unfocused)
Future Islamic Muslim Oxford Photos |
 Khaleej Times
What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's closest ally in the Middle East. | ... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Egypt Mubarak Photos President World |
 The Star
Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says
| NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave on Monday three months after it disap... (photo: AP Photo / Petros Karadjias)
Cyprus News Nicosia Photos President |
 The New York Times
China and India Join Climate Accord
| WASHINGTON — China and India formally agreed to join the international climate change agreement reached last December in Copenhagen, the last two major economies to sign up. | The two countrie... (photo: AP / Heribert Proepper)
China Climate Change India Photos UN |
 The New York Times
Maldives Ban Fishing of Sharks
| PARIS — The Maldives will make its territorial waters into a shark sanctuary, a government official said Tuesday, lending momentum to efforts to protect the fish at a United Nations endangered... (photo: GFDL)
Conservation Maldives Photos UN Wildlife |
 The Daily Tribune
RP 4th most corrupt on Asia-Pacific list
| By Michaela P. del Callar | 03/10/2010 | It is no surprise that the Philippines under President Arroyo is again still in the bottom list of corrupt economies. | The Philippines slid two notches from... (photo: WN / Trigedia)
Asia Corruption Philippines Photos Survey |
 The Daily Tribune
SWS: Aquino, Villar slide; Erap gains
| By Gerry Baldo | 03/10/2010 | A downtrend in the support for Liberal Party (LP) standard-bearer Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III and Nacionalista Party (NP) top bet Manuel Villar Jr., in contrast to a ga... (photo: AP / Aaron Favila)
Candidates Elections Philippines Photos Survey |
 The New York Times
New Security Breach at Amsterdam Airport
| PARIS — A Dutch investigative journalist breached security checks at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam, smuggling a refilled liquor bottle aboard passenger jets bound for London and Washington, pr... (photo: Creative Commons / Shirley dejong)
Airport Amsterdam Photos Schiphol Security |
 The New York Times
Japan Drops Denial of Cold War 'Treaties'
| TOKYO — Japan ended decades of denials on Tuesday by confirming the existence of secret cold-war-era agreements with Washington that, among other things, had allowed American nuclear-armed war... (photo: U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Kyle D. Gahlau )
Defence Japan Nuclear Photos US |
 The New York Times
Uproar in India Over Quota for Female Lawmakers
| NEW DELHI — The upper house of India’s Parliament passed a bill Tuesday that would amend the Constitution to reserve one-third of the seats in India’s national and state legislatur... (photo: AP / Ajit Kumar)
India Law Photos Politics Woman |
