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Mideast Lebanon Explosion The Star 
Hezbollah battles Druze east of Beirut, 5 dead
| BEIRUT (Reuters) - Shi'ites loyal to Lebanese opposition group Hezbollah battled Druze supporters of the ruling coalition east of Beirut on Sunday, adding to the worst civil strife since the 1975-90... (photo: AP Photo / ..)
Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos   Politics   War  
INDIA-FRUIT-MARKET The Manila Times 
Surging food prices bite across Asia
| From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and unrest, experts warn. | A billi... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)
Asia   BIo Fuel   Food   Inflation   Photos  
JEEPNEY - TRANSPORTATION - PHILIPPINES The Manila Times 
Transport groups to hold strike; govt ready
By Nora O. Gamolo, Senior Desk Editor and Ruben D. Manahan 4TH and James Konstantin Galvez, Reporters | Transport groups led by the 200,000-member Pagkakaisa ng mga Samahan ng Tsuper at Opereytor Nati... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Oil   Philippines   Photos   Price   Transport  
SUGAR - COMMODITY The Manila Times 
PASG seizes smuggled sugar
By William B. Depasupil, Reporter | SOME 22,000 sacks of smuggled imported sugar worth P30 million were uncovered by the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG)in Meycauayan, Bulacan. | The PASG head... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Justice   Manila   Philippines   Photos   Sugar  
Serbia's President and presidential candidate Boris Tadic addresses media after his headquarter claimed victory in presidential elections, in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, Feb. 3, 2008. President's wife Tanja is left. The cyrillic letters in the background read: "Let's conquer Europe together." Philadelphia Daily News 
Serbia's pro-Western president declares victory in elections
| BELGRADE, Serbia - Serbia's pro-Western president declared victory in Sunday's parliamentary elections , a stunning upset over ultranationalists who tried to exploit anger over Kosovo's independence... (photo: AP Photo / Darko Vojinovic)
Elections   Photos   Politics   Serbia   Society  
An arch over the Airport Road left in the wake of Cyclone Nargis near Rangoon, Burma May 5, 2008. BBC News 
Ministers attack Burma response
| Ministers have condemned Burma's military rulers for their slow response to offers of international humanitarian aid since last weekend's cyclone. | Foreign Secretary David Miliband accused the mili... (photo: U.S. Department of State / )
Burma   Humanitarian   Junta   Photos   Slideshow   UK  
Dubai, UAE, November 2007 Insurance Newsnet 
World's largest Islamic reinsurance company set up in Dubai
ABU DHABI, May 11, 2008 (Xinhua via COMTEX News Network) -- Dubai Group, the financial services unit of the government-owned investment company Dubai Holding, has launched the world's largest Islamic ... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Business   Dubai   Economy   Islamic   Photos  
 Special Envoy of the Quartet of the Middle East Tony Blair gestures while speaking during a media conference after a meeting of the Mideast Quartet at the Palace of Culture in Lisbon, Thursday July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte) fa0  Khaleej Times 
Blair discusses Mideast peace with Saudi king
| RIYADH - Middle East envoy Tony Blair met on Sunday with Saudi King Abdullah to discuss peace efforts in the region, the official SPA news agency reported. | Blair discussed with Abdullah 'developme... (photo: AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
Blair   Mideast   Peace   Photos   Saudi   Slideshow  
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Kremlin: British PM Brown calls Medvedev, meeting planned for July
MOSCOW (AP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown telephoned Russia's new President Dmitry Medvedev on Sunday, the Kremlin said, suggesting they discussed ways to smooth out their countries' strained ... (photo: Public Domain / )
London   Moscow   Photos   Politics   Russia   UK  
india kashmir gun battle Al Jazeera 
Gun battle erupts in Indian Kashmir
At least two civilians and a soldier have been killed after a battle between Indian security forces and fighters in Indian-administered Kashmir, police say.   Security forces launched an operatio... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Civilians   Defence   India   Kashmir   Photos   Slideshow  
Shakel Ahmed, 28, left,whose kidney was removed, recovers at city civil hospital as his mother father sit near him, in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Ahmed is one of three people who were rescued by police from the illegal transplant racket that allegedly removed kidneys from up to 500 poor laborers and sold their organs to wealthy clients. Sydney Morning Herald 
Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply
| A BILLION-DOLLAR kidney bazaar that thrived across Pakistan has been abruptly shut down, forcing thousands of kidney patients to look elsewhere for a donor. | Lax regulation in Pakistan had permitte... (photo: AP Photo / Manish Swarup)
Health   Hospitals   Market   Pakistan   Photos  
RICE - FOOD - COMMODITY Canada Dot Com 
Rice crisis a 'silent tsunami'
| BANGKOK - When cyclone Nargis swept through the Irrawaddy Delta, it shattered both Myanmar's famed rice bowl as well as any hope Asia's rice crisis might abate anytime soon. | It's not that the isol... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)
Bangkok   Crisis   Myanmar   Photos   Rice  
World Politics
 British regulators issued on Wednesday the countrys first license to use cloning techniques to create human stem cells. sa1 Curbs to be relaxed on stem-cell consent The Times
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (ayt1) Businessman admits funding Olmert The Australian
 Maids -A group of Filipino maids eat lunch and talk on their typical day off in Hong Kong´s central business district Sunday, April 11, 1999. For more than two decades, Hong Kong families have hired foreign maids for housework and cheap child care. City schools hiking lunch costs / Municipal governments, Tokyo wards increasing fees as food prices rise Daily Yomiuri
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa (ayt1) Arab foreign ministers appeal for Lebanon ceasefire The Star
Meralco Meralco, GSIS set showdown The Manila Times
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