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Friday, August 29, 2008 |
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Afghan police find bullet-ridden body of abducted Japanese
Police found the bullet-ridden body of a Japanese aid worker in Afghanistan Wednesday, a day after he was kidnapped, as scores of rebels died in bloody clashes across the nation. Kazuya Ito, 31, who had spent the past five years working in the war-torn country, was seized en route to his daily inspection. Full Story |
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Report urges GCC to target inflation ahead of union
Oil-rich Arab states in the Gulf should aim to narrow the gap in their inflation rates before a 2010 target for monetary union, a report said on Tuesday, proposing a depegging from the dollar. "Inflation should be the priority item on the policy agenda," said the Dubai International Financial Center (DIFC) in its progress. Full Story |
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Dubai might also show the Arabs the way in fighting corruption
For two decades or so, Dubai has continuously made news on the basis of one of the most impressive developmental drives and building booms in modern history. Visitors to the emirate never cease to marvel at its forests of building cranes and massive new residential and commercial quarters. Continue |
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The World's Most Powerful Celebrities
It is the year of the tween. Coming off a massive concert tour, a hit 3-D movie--and a risqué picture in Vanity Fair--pop star Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) leads a slew of young stars onto Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 ranking of the world's ultra-famous. Also building buzz, and drawing dollars, from the under-18 crowd were Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe. Full Story |
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A tasty melange of east and west, shot through a jazz blender
It was standing-room only at Wadi Abu Jmeel's best-loved concert venue on Tuesday evening as Erik Truffaz made a triumphant return to MusicHall. The world-renowned trumpet player came bearing gifts from the east, in the form of his "Indian Project." The brainchild of Truffaz and his pianist collaborator Malcolm Braff. Full Story
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Might Lebanon face what Georgia did?
By Michael Young
It was remarkable that so few Lebanese politicians responded to the statements that Bashar Assad made last week to a Russian business magazine, in which the Syrian president said that what Russia faced in Georgia was similar to what Syria faced in Lebanon. Assad's argument was contained in one particular phrase. Continue
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Did the Lebanon Examiner help, hurt, or make no difference at all?
The basic function of a daily newspaper is to provide useful information to its readers, a goal so theoretically simple that any child can understand it. Beyond this core purpose, however, the mission grows exponentially more complicated. Decisions must be made, for example, in terms of what subjects and geographical areas should be covered. Full Story |
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