China defends growing links with Africa | China rejected foreign concerns over its growing energy links with Africa on Sunday, saying it benefits African nations by bringing badly needed trade and infrastructure development. | "I have notic... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta) Business Report
Mideast women win more rights, hurdles remain - study | CAIRO (Reuters) - Women in the Middle East have broken down some educational barriers, secured a bigger economic role and won other rights in the past five years but still suffer great inequalities,... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) The Star
Algerian Police Chief Assassinated | ALGIERS, Feb 25, 2010 (AFP) — A policeman shot dead Algeria's national police chief during a blazing row in his office in central Algiers on Thursday, the interior ministry said. | Colonel Ali... (photo: AP / Str)The New York Times AlgeriaCrimeLawPhotosPolice
Earth Mother our Womb of Life | Bigger, Stronger Storms, Quakes, & Eruptions | Global warming is real, but not for the reasons that have been put forth thus far. Some scientists have noted that gr... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar)Newsvine EarthGlobalwarmingLifeMotherPhotos
Mubarak undergoes surgery | Cairo - Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak will undergo a gall bladder operation on Saturday in Germany and has temporarily handed over power to the prime minister, the s... (photo: AP / Dimitri Messinis)Independent online EgyptHealthMubarakPhotosWorld
Libya issues warning on trade ties with USA | TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya's Foreign Ministry summoned the U.S. envoy on Wednesday to warn that ties will suffer if Washington does not apologise for caustic comments a ... (photo: AP / Paulo Duarte)The Star LibyaPhotosPoliticsTradeUS
Arab League backs Middle East talks | The Arab League has agreed to a US proposal for indirect Palestinian-Israeli talks, a senior Palestinian official says. | The foreign ministers of Arab states agreed to... (photo: AP / Ibrahim Usta)Al Jazeera ArabMideastPalestinianPhotosTalks
42 million date palms planted in UAE His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahayan, there are continual efforts to increase UAE date palm productivity in order to make better use of the date palm industry... (photo: Creative Commons / Andrew Massyn)Khaleej Times EconomyIndustryPalmPhotosUAE
