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Obesity
Diabetes   People   Photos   Population   Women  
 Gulf News 
75 per cent of UAE population is overweight
| Abu Dhabi: Approximately 75 per cent of people in the UAE are obese or overweight, and Emirati adults who are overweight or obese make up 34 per cent and 36 per cent of the total population respecti... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a news conference at presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, April 4, 2009.
Afghanistan   Kabul   Leader   Photos   Politics  
 The New York Times 
Karzai Reverses on Vote Auditors
| KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has agreed to reverse an earlier decision and allow two foreigners on a commission that will monitor coming parliamentary electi... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
 The United States and Europe stepped up warnings yesterday of reprisals unless Sudan halts a conflict in its Darfur region.  China Daily 
Darfur donor meeting in March eyes $2b - Egypt
| CAIRO: A donor conference for Darfur this month is intended to raise $2 billion for infrastructure, health, water and other projects in the war-ravaged Sudanese region, the Egyptian hosts said on Th... (photo: WN)
Cairo   Darfur   Donor   Egypt   Photos  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates and Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. James E. Cartwright, U.S. Marine Corps, speak with members of the Pentagon press corps during a press conference in the Pentagon on August 13, 2009.  Khaleej Times 
Gates sees Gulf support for Iran sanctions push
US Defense Secretary Gates said that leading Gulf states appeared ready to use their clout to lobby China to support sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme. | A day after meeting Saudi King... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Defense   Gulf   Iran   Photos   US  
Top Stories
Jet Airways Cargo office at Pune Airport, India The Hindu
Jet Airways to start daily flight to Dammam
| Staff Reporter | THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Jet Airways will introduce daily flights from the Thiruvananthapuram international airport to Dammam, its third daily service from ... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Aerospace   Airport   Dammam   Photos   Transport  
File:US Navy 070419-M-0948M-001 Secretary of Defense (SECDEF), the Honorable Dr. Robert M. Gates arrives at Camp Fallujah to receive a brief on the operational situations in the Al Anbar Province.jpg The News International
Gates turns to Gulf allies in drive for Iran sanctions
Friday, March 12, 2010 | ABU DHABI: US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew to Abu Dhabi on Thursday seeking support from oil-rich Gulf allies for tough sanctions on Tehra... (photo: Creative Commons / BotMultichillT)
Alnahayan   Gates   Iran   Photos   UAE  
SAUDI WELCOME - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates speaks with Chief of Staff of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Armed Forces Gen. Muyaya upon his arrival in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, March 10, 2010. The News International
Gulf states wary of both Iran's nukes and punitive sanctions
Friday, March 12, 2010 | RIYADH: Gulf states are worried about Iran going nuclear, but equally fret about a dangerous confrontation that could arise from more sanctions a... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Gulf   Iran   Mideast   Photos   US  
Siemens Industry The Examiner
Siemens moves power unit to NC, adds 825 jobs
Comments RALEIGH, N.C. (Map, News) - German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG is consolidating production of gas turbines for electric utilities in North Carolina to pos... (photo: WN)
Energy   Manufacturing   Photos   Power   Siemens  
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gives a speech in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2009. The Siasat Daily
Abbas: no talks without illegal settlement freeze
| Jerusalem, March 11: Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas will not relaunch negotiations with Israel unless it cancels plans for new illegal settler homes in Pa... (photo: AP / Bernat Armangue)
Israel   Jerusalem   Palestine   Photos   Politics  
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates looks out the back of a V-22 Osprey after a visit with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, at a forward operating base in Afghanistan, March 9, 2010. Chicago Sun-Times
Gates: Iran support for Taliban 'pretty limited'
| ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday downplayed Iran's influence on Afghanistan, but the war of words escalated, with Iran... (photo: US DoD / Cherie Cullen)
Arab World   Emirates   Iran   Photos   Taliban  
Oil Business
- Reviving Kuwait's oil fortunes
- Spillage from the Oil Curse
- UAE, Saudi compliance levels highest in Opec
- Opec output unlikely to change
Solar power panels - Renewable Energy
Solar Energy Could Provide 10% of U.S. Power
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- Reviving Kuwait's oil fortunes
- Rising confidence in global recovery spurs shares
- China to bid on US high-speed rail projects
- Minister: China to bid for US high-speed rail projects; buil
Malaysia calls for housemaids
Malaysia calls for housemaids
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Environment Politics
- A window into the minds of Arab youth
- Visa Fraud Ring: Students Expose Vulnerability In Nation'
-  Head of al-Azhar dies
- Man ran Middle East student visa ring, officials claim
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt
 Head of al-Azhar dies
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- Readers talk back about the leaders they want
- Saudi Minister Bags Media Innovation Prize
- Spillage from the Oil Curse
- Afghanistan is not a fight against religion: NATO chief Rasm
Britain's Foreign Secretary David Miliband arrives to speak at the Iraq Inquiry in London, Monday, March 8, 2010.
Miliband's grand Middle East delusion
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Health Terrorism
- Stress on Regulations for Drivers with Epilepsy
- The Bloom box - energy server technology
- Gardeners can rent a plot in Medina
- NWFP Assembly
Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
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- The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality
- So Let's Say Iran Gets the Bomb...
- Afghanistan is not a fight against religion: NATO chief Rasm
- Al-Qaeda suspect worked at six nuclear plants
A member of Pakistan Navy Special Service Group is silhouetted by the setting sun aboard Pakistan Navy Ship PNS Babur (D 182) while under way in the Arabian Sea Nov. 25, 2007. Babur is deployed to the Central Command area of responsibility as part of Combined Task Force 150. CTF 150 is responsible for maritime security operations in the Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Red Sea, North Arabian Sea and parts of the Indian Ocean
Islam, Pakistan's foundation, now threatens its survival
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