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 Gulf News
Dubai World Trade Centre reports strongest half-year performance
| Dubai: Figures released on Wednesday reveal that more than 500,000 visitors attended a record number of events at the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre (DICEC) in the first six mo... (photo: WN / Denise Yong)
Dubai Economy Photos Trade Visitors |
 The Star
Bank of China denies aiding terrorists
| BEIJING (AP) - A major state-owned Chinese bank on Wednesday denied accusations in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles that it transferred money to terrorist groups and said it would fight the case. | "T... (photo: Public Domain )
Bank Beijing China Photos Terrorist |
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 TVNZ
Pay phone use plummets
Aug 27, 2008 3:53 PM | Telecom says it has no plans to abandon its public pay phones, despite the huge rise in mobile phone use in the past five years. | In 2003 the numb... (photo: WN / Periasamy)
Cellphones New Zealand Payphones Photos Telecom |
 Daily Star Lebanon
The Gulf states, change you can invest in
| By Rami G. Khouri | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, August 27, 2008 | In the world of nation-states, the small Arab emirates and states of the Gulf region have been pecul... (photo: AP / Kamran Jebreili)
Business Economy Investment Migrant Photos |
 The Australian
Russia's veiled threat to NATO
| RUSSIA played a trump card in its strategic poker game with the West yesterday by threatening to suspend an agreement allowing NATO to take supplies and equipment to Af... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
Afghanistan Georgia NATO Photos Russia |
 Asia Times
China misfires with divisive 'people's war'
| By Wu Zhong, China Editor | HONG KONG - Chinese leaders can now let out a long and satisfied sigh of relief: the Beijing Summer Olympic Games have ended safely and with... (photo: AP Photo)
China Photos Politics Society Terrorism |
 The Times of India
Saudi Arabia to buy land abroad to offset food shortfall
| DUBAI: Saudi Arabia is planning to set up a new investment fund to buy agricultural land overseas in an eff... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)
Business Dubai Market Photos Realty |
