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Debate Farm Food Mexico Photos

San Diego
Behind the food riots: a debate on how best to farm
MEXICO CITY - Sitting in a Mexico City office, dressed in a pressed white shirt, Gerardo Sanchez seems a world away from his herds of goats and fields of beans. But he's no poster boy for the new... (photo: WN / Renzelle Mae Abasolo)

Palestinian children attend classes at a United Nations school in the Shati refugee camp

Children Israel Photos Refugee School

IRINnews
ISRAEL: Dozens of refugee children outside school system
web Photo: Tamar Dressler/IRIN TEL AVIV, - Hope may be on the horizon for dozens of children of refugees and asylum-seekers who fell through the cracks and have been left out of the education system... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra)

A Lebanese soldier guards the port of the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon, as a Lebanese navy ship, carrying troops, trucks and armored personnel carriers to be deployed in the south of the country, approaches Thursday Aug. 17, 2006. Lebanese troops, tanks and armored vehicles began deploying south of the strategic Litani River early Thursday after the Israeli army stepped up its withdrawal from the region and handed over some of its positions to U.N. peacekeeper

The Australian
Lebanon troops patrol Beirut
LEBANON troops are patrolled Beirut today after Hezbollah fighters pulled back from areas they had seized in gunbattles with supporters of the US-backed government that have killed 39 people. But... (photo: AP / Lefteris Pitarakis)

Beirut Government Lebanon Military Photos

Rice - Vegetable - Seafood - Food - Restaurant. (ps1)

Khaleej Times
UAE rice importers call for 25 pct subsidy
ABU DHABI - Rice importers in the United Arab Emirates are demanding at least a 25 percent subsidy for rice as international prices continue to rise and stocks come under pressure. The Ministry of... (photo: WN / patricia)
Economy Food Photos Trade UAE

Arab foreign ministers

The Times
Arabs hold crisis talks on Hezbollah 'coup' in Beirut
div#related-article-links p a, div#related-article-links p a:visited { color:#06c; } Arab foreign ministers will hold crisis talks in Cairo today after Hezbollah, the... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Arab Beirut Hezbollah Photos Talks

A Lebanese army soldier directs an army vehicle at the entrance of the Palestinian refugee camp of Nahr el-Bared in the north city of Tripoli, Lebanon Tuesday, May 22, 2007. Artillery and machine gun fire echoed around a crowded Palestinian refugee camp

The Star
Hezbollah starts withdrawing gunmen from Beirut
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah on Saturday began withdrawing gunmen from Beirut and handed control of the streets to the Lebanese army, after days of gunbattles with... (photo: AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

Beirut Hezbollah Photos Politics Violence

Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli air strike in Rafah

International Herald Tribune
Official: Egypt opens Rafah crossing to medical cases for 3 days
: Egyptian authorities have ordered a three-day opening of the Rafah border crossing on Saturday to allow Palestinians to cross into Egypt from the Gaza Strip for medical... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

Egypt Gaza Palestinian Photos Slideshow Violence

President George W. Bush holds up a computer with the E-Budget for the cameras during a Cabinet meeting Monday, Feb. 4, 2008. Later

Daily Star Lebanon
US, Saudi Arabia, Egypt lay blame on Hizbullah
Russian embassy strikes more balanced tone, urges restraint on all sides Compiled by Daily Star staff Friday, May 09, 2008... (photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian)

Arabia Egypt Photos Russian Saudi

Egypt closed the last opening in its breached frontier with Gaza

Middle East Online
Egypt opens border to sick, wounded Gazans
RAFAH, Gaza Strip - Egypt opened the Rafah border crossing with the besiged Gaza Strip on Saturday to allow hundreds of Palestinians to leave the territory for advanced... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

Egypt Gaza Palestinians Photos political

Africa Headlines

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	Bellamy plans academy in Africa BBC News
	Ford plans to make India its A-Pac, Africa hub for engines The Times Of India

Arab Headlines

	It's time for an aid intervention The Australian
	Russians to go home from Beirut via Damascus May 11 - Aeroflot Novosti
	Rice blasts Syria, Iran on Lebanon violence San Diego
	Saudis to grow rice in Thailand Bahrain Tribune

Iran looks to tap key oil field with homegrown crews -

Global Food/Energy Crises and the Middle East

Dover completes sale of Egyptian interest to Sea Dragon

Syria raises wages 25 percent over high prices

Egyptian shipper pays $7.25 million for ocean dumping

Oil prices up on word US ship fired on boats in Persian Gulf

Egypt's pyramids contain large number of preserved marine fo

Civilian ship from U.S. fires warning shots in Persian Gulf

Egypt Headlines

Sudan cuts ties with Chad

Arab League to send mediators to Lebanon

Gaza plunges into darkness as Israel cuts fuel supplies

Arab foreign ministers split over whom to blame for crisis

Iraqi army says Iraqi al-Qaida leader arrested

Head of al-Qaida in Iraq captured in Mosul

Two dozen Egyptian human rights groups urge Mubarak to aboli

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Cairo, Egypt 2008.05.11
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	Min: 16°C/61°F Max: 31°C/88°F

Orange - Food - Food crisis - fruit - Egypt

Egypt inflation peaks to three-year high of 16pc

Rice

Burma cyclone raises rice prices

Cattle-animals-livestock (sl1)

Export of live cattle to Egypt back on

Egypt plan to end tax exemptions on govt bonds: minister International Herald Tribune
British Airways to shift more flights to new Terminal 5 San Diego
Live cattle export to Egypt resumes The Australian
Pact with Egypt will resume cattle trade Sydney Morning Herald
Shuaa Capital signs deal to build and operate hotels in Egyp Gulf News
Middle East among the world's strongest hotel development ma TravelDailyNews
Orascom Telecom Q1 net income rises 25 pc The Times Of India
Widespread discontent in Middle East as prices soar Khaleej Times
Bharti partners 15 telecom cos to build cable system to UK The Times Of India
Asian rice exporters weigh proposal to form OPEC-like cartel Chicago Tribune
Tension in Egypt clouds outlook for succession Middle East Online
Egypt caught between popular anger and inflation Middle East Online
Asia rice exporters to discuss cartel CNN
Worldview: The looming threat to Israel lies within Philadelphia Daily News
Aid group: 12 killed in airstrikes on school, market in nort Star Tribune
Egypt raises taxes, fuel prices to pay for public sector wag The Times Of India
Egypt duty hikes cancel out pay rises Middle East Online
Egypt bans travel company over last week's fatal coach crash Novosti
Q1 2008 CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. Earnings Conference Call - Fina Insurance Newsnet
World Trade Week tackles doing business in Middle East The Wichita Eagle

Palestinians walk by a bus with a poster showing U.S. President George W. Bush, center, Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, left, and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, right, and Hebrew text reading 'Bush Free Your captive!, ' in Jerusalem's old city, Friday, Jan. 4, 2008. The banner, placed by a group calling for the release of Jonathan Pollard who was convicted in the U.S. on charges of spying for Israel in the the 1980's, refers also to Israeli soldiers being held by militants in Gaza and Lebanon. Bush will make his first visit to Israel and the West Bank as President next week. (js1)

Peace talks at risk in Israel scandal

Some of 29 members of the banned Muslim Brotherhood clutch Qurans as the are led into a court in the New Cairo area of Cairo, Egypt Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2007. The court upheld Egypt´s prosecution decision to freeze the assets of 29 members of the Mu

Egypt bars Brotherhood seeking parliament seat

Field

YEMEN: Changing weather patterns pose challenges for agriculture

Barak leads chorus of Israeli worries over unstable situatio Daily Star Lebanon
Lebanon army deploys but clashes rage on Turkish Press
Rice: Israel, Palestinians need to show progress Lexington Herald-Leader
Iran goes it alone in key oil field in snub of Western firms Star Tribune
LEBANON: Opposition continues military takeover, enforces si IRINnews
Bush administration says Israel, Palestinians need to show p Star Tribune
U.S. pushing for progress in Mideast talks USA Today
Sudan says rebel attack has been defeated Globe and Mail
Arab foreign ministers convene over Lebanon crisis The Star
IRAQ: Residents, NGOs welcome Sadr City truce IRINnews
YEMEN: 100,000 people affected by rebellion in the north - I IRINnews
Death toll rises as Lebanon simmers CNN
At least 17 killed in northern Lebanon, Beirut calm Khaleej Times
Fighting in Lebanon spreads beyond Beirut International Herald Tribune
Fighting flares in northern and eastern Lebanon as Beirut re Star Tribune
Army deploys in Tripoli as Beirut takeover ends Turkish Press
Fighting flares in northern and eastern Lebanon The News Tribune
Clashes in northern and eastern Lebanon The Miami Herald
Prognosis for peace grim as Bush returns to Middle East The Columbus Dispatch
Arab League ministers to meet on Lebanese crisis Gulf News

Chicken-bird flu (sl1)

Risk of bird flu pandemic probably growing: experts

Yemeni women in Islamic covered dress pass a young soldier with his AK-47 submachine gun in Sana, Sunday May 21, 2000. Amid tight security involving more than 25,000 troops, senior officials and dignitaries from 47 countries began arriving in Yemen Sunda

YEMEN: Rebel leader calls for international aid

Drought - Dry Land - Nature. (ps1)

YEMEN: Drought displaces thousands in mountainous northwest

Behind the food riots, a deeper debate over globalization an Star Tribune
Hamas militants fire rockets into Israel; no one injured Examiner
LEBANON: High prices, low wages feed violent political stand IRINnews
Sixty years of Middle East division BBC News
Edward Said's shadowy legacy The Times
ISRAEL-OPT: Gaza fuel, cooking gas shortages beginning to bi IRINnews
Revelry a sure bet Lexington Herald-Leader
The New Walls of BaghdadHow the US Is Reproducing Israel's F Common Dreams
Thailand floats idea of rice cartel The Miami Herald
Asian countries again float idea of rice cartel USA Today
ISRAEL-OPT: Small Palestinian village faces slow death IRINnews
Asians try to tame wild price of rice Orlando Sentinel
Global: Food Crisis : Status and Impacts IRINnews
No wheat deal signed at France/Egypt meeting The Times Of India
World food crisis alarms media BBC News
Famine fears for N.Korea, Egypt raises salaries Reuters
ISRAEL-OPT: UN facing increased delays at Israeli checkpoint IRINnews
JORDAN: Increased domestic violence among Iraqi refugees - I IRINnews
U.N. forms task force to ease food crisis CNN
LEBANON: Fatah says it will take over security at all Palest IRINnews

Iraq -- A series of attacks - including two suicide car bombings - in the northern city of Kirkuk Sunday killed 24 people and wounded dozens, police said. In political developments, Iraq´s second-largest Sunni Arab party rejected a proposed bill t

Report: al-Qaida linked Kuwaiti militant tells daily that Iran supports Sunni fighters in Iraq

Tourists stroll by Sphinx at the historical site of the Giza Pyramids

Cast from stone or cast like concrete?

Egyptian workers wipe the glass of the lid of the ancient sarcophagus of Egyptian Pharaoh

The Androgynous Pharaoh? Akhenaten had feminine physique

Q1 2008 Methanex Earnings Conference Call - Final Insurance Newsnet
Facebook Becomes Tool For Activists in Egypt Wall Street Journal
Mummy, I mean Daddy . . . Scientist unwraps the feminine cur The Daily Mail
Pharaoh Had Feminine Physique AOL
Akhenaten: The Androgynous Pharaoh? USA Today
A free press gets mixed reviews International Herald Tribune
Rice to return to the Mideast TVNZ
Net benefit? The Guardian
The Revolution Will Be Twittered ABC News
Leonid Roshal: Children’s Doctor, Not Health Service Organiz Novosti
Can the Earth Provide Enough Food for 9 Billion People? ABC News
Tantalising new pyramid theory: they were built from concret Sydney Morning Herald
Student 'Twitters' his way out of Egyptian jail CNN
Did the Great Pyramids' builders use concrete? International Herald Tribune
Mobile Internet on the rise in Middle East The Inquirer
Report confirms ozone pollution can kill Canada Dot Com
Why is a minute divided into 60 seconds, an hour into 60 min Scientific American

woman`s basketball / wam2

Underground sport: Saudi women shed veils to play basketball

Muslim pilgrims gather at the top of Muzdalifah mountain, Saudi Arabia, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. At least 2.5 million pilgrims attended the hajj. The hajj is required at least once in the lifetime of every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it. Muslims b

Haj travel operators ordered to ensure safety of pilgrims

Calgary / wam2

Youth choir celebrates Israel's past and present

'The Universal Museums' project launched Khaleej Times
Imams urge people to avoid chances of divorce Khaleej Times
Shaikh Mohammad launches Universal Museums project Gulf News
Six Women Artists Exhibit Their Works in Sidi Bou Said in Un All Africa
In video: Jaffa Stories BBC News
Malaysian woman can leave Islam BBC News
Tilisi: Arabs deliberately missing from Mediterranean histor Middle East Online
Malaysia's Islamic court makes landmark ruling to let Muslim International Herald Tribune
Iran arrests group for mosque blast, blames West The Star
Can firms win in halal market? The Star
Woman scores legal win to quit Islam TVNZ
A Moroccan-themed soiree brings diverse arts and culture tog The News & Observer
A conversation with Mohammed Al-Farra of Palestinian Rapperz Houston Press
Iran clerics query president's religious remarks The Star
Islam isn't Islamism The Guardian
Avoiding caricature in an American sitcom about Islam International Herald Tribune
Letter from the Middle East International Herald Tribune
Pope discusses Islam relations with Anglican head San Diego
Iraqis See Red as US Opens World's Biggest EmbassyThe 104-ac Common Dreams
A story of Holocaust survivors, from a different angle International Herald Tribune

Tree uprooted in Yangon after Cyclone Nargis

Burma says no need for foreign aid distribution

President Bush makes remarks on the budget, Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2007, in New Albany, Ind.

Bush scraps tripartite talks

Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud

Saudi prince health signals possible power clash