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 In this image taken from Cuban television Cuban President Fidel Castro comments on the new monetary measures the Cuban government has taken recently, including the exclusion of the U.S. Dollar Tuesday Nov.16, 2004. (nn1)
Castro   Cuba   Economy   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of Cuba  
Cuban model 'doesn't even work for us any more': Fidel Castro
WASHINGTON: Cuban revolutionary icon Fidel Castro has joked that the "Cuban model doesn't even work for us any more," the Atlantic magazine reported on Wednesday. | Meeting with a reporter from the US... (photo: (AP Photo/Cuban TV))
The Times Of India
A New York City police officer patrols Times Square in New York Wednesday, May 5, 2010.
Pakistan   Photos   Terrorism   US   Wikipedia: Times Square bomb attack  
Pakistan police arrest three over botched Times Square bombing
| PAKISTAN police have arrested three suspects linked to a Pakistani-American accused in New York of the attempted car bombing of Times Square. | The three were detained in Pakistan's capital Islamaba... (photo: AP / Craig Ruttle)
The Australian
Israeli mourners gather around the bodies of Yitzhak Imes, Talia Imes, Kochava Even Haim and Avishai Schindler, during their funeral service in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Haggai near Hebron, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Four Israelis were killed in a Palestinian shooting  att Hamas labels as 'treason' PA arrests of settler 'attackers'
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Compiled by Daily Star staff | Thursday, September 09, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Hamas on Wednesday accused the Palestinian Authority (PA) of “treason” ... (photo: AP / Bernat Armangue) Daily Star Lebanon
Hamas   Israel   Palestine   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Clinton says Middle East peace talks could be last chance for settlement
| By The Daily Star | Thursday, September 09, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Direct negotiations launched between the Israelis and Palestinians could be the last chance to secure peace between Israelis a... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) Daily Star Lebanon
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Peace process in the IsraeliPalestinian conflict  
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Friends and relatives mourn as they carry the coffin of Iraqi journalist Riyadh Al-Sarai during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. Gunmen kill Iraqi television journalist, second in as many days
| Assariyeh’s death highlights dangers faced by media seven years after US-led invasion | Thursday, September 09, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Sinan Salaheddin | Associa... (photo: AP / Khalid Mohammed) Daily Star Lebanon
Iraq   Media   Photos   Violence   Wikipedia: Iraqi insurgency  
Workers march with flares during a protest, in Marseille, southern France, Tuesday Sept. 7, 2010. More than 200 street demonstrations were scheduled throughout France  during the one-day movement. Civil aviation authorities asked airlines to cut a quarter of flights at Paris' airports, only two out of five fast trains are scheduled to run, and traffic was slowed on Paris' subway and suburban transport lines . Wave of strikes hitting Europe unlikely to upset policies - analysts
| Thursday, September 09, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Dina Kyriakidou | Reuters | ATHENS: A wave of anti-austerity strikes hitting Europe this autumn will disrupt life an... (photo: AP / Claude Paris) Daily Star Lebanon
Economy   Europe   Labor   Photos   Wikipedia: 2010 European sovereign debt crisis  
A Lebanese woman holds a poster of slain leader Rafik Hariri, top, and his son majority leader lawmaker Saad Hariri, as she attends a rally at Martyrs' Square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese have packed a Beirut square to remember former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri four years after he and 22 others were killed by a truck UN vows not to interfere with Special Tribunal for Lebanon
| By Patrick Galey | Daily Star staff | Thursday, September 09, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | BEIRUT: The UN has promised not to interfere with the Special Tribunal for Leb... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) Daily Star Lebanon
Justice   Lebanon   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Rafic Hariri  
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, left, is congratulated on his prize by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, right, and the former head of the state-funded body which manages the archives of the former East German secret police Stasi Joachim Gauck, center, after receiving the M100 Media Prize 2010 in Potsdam near Berlin, eastern Germany, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Merkel honours Mohammad cartoonist at press award
| POTSDAM, Germany (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel paid tribute to freedom of speech on Wednesday at a ceremony for a Dane whose cartoon of the Prophet Mohammad prov... (photo: AP / Odd Andersen, pool) The Star
Germany   Islam   Media   Photos   Wikipedia: Kurt Westergaard  
Stray Dog - Animal - Pet Shelter of hope for abandoned pets
SHARJAH ' Every once in a while, a clutch of unwanted kittens or puppies is left on the doorstep of the UAE's newest animal shelter. | It's a practice that volunteers at ... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Khaleej Times
Pets   Photos   Sharjah   Shelter   Wikipedia: Pet  
A giant photograph of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani  hangs from a building in central Rome,Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2010. Iran woman's stoning suspended after global outcry
| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian authorities have suspended the execution by stoning of a woman convicted of adultery, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday, after weeks of ... (photo: AP / Gregorio Borgia) The Star
Human Rights   Iran   Law   Photos   Wikipedia: Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani  
A young boy holds up his National flag next to a picture of Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006. Cubans gathered early Sunday to answer the government call to reaffirm their commitment to Castro and the revolution while authorities said that the Cuban leader was steadily improving from the major surgery that prompted him to temporarily cede power to his brother Raul on Monday Fidel Castro says Cuban model no longer works
| HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro said Cuba's economic model no longer works, a U.S.-based journalist reported on Wednesday following interviews with the former president... (photo: AP / Javier Galeano) The Star
Cuba   Economy   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Economy of Cuba  
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks at the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2010. Clinton calls Sudan referendum 'ticking time-bomb'
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sudan is a "ticking time-bomb" ahead of a January vote on possible independence for the south and the international community must redouble effor... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) The Star
Independence   Photos   Sudan   Violence   Wikipedia: Southern Sudanese independence referendum, 2011  
Iraq Saudi Arabia
Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning
Iraq displays hundreds of recovered artefacts
Gunmen kill Iraqi television journalist, second in as many d
Bunnies inspire compassion in Iraq
Rev. Terry Jones at the Dove World Outreach Center in Gainesville, Fla., Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. Jones  plans to burn copies of the Quran on church grounds to mark the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States that provoked the Afghan war.
Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning
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Suspense over Id-ul-Fitr
MEPs condemn Iran stoning sentence
Jordan marks Eid Al Fitr Friday
Syria returns as Lebanon’s Hariri drops accusation
Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh gestures while addressing the European Policy Center Conference on "Iran and Non-Proliferation: Challenges and Opportunities." in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 2, 20
Iran sticks to its guns on nuclear report
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Syria Kuwait
Syrian pound in demand in Eid season
Syria returns as Lebanon’s Hariri drops accusation
Syria should do more for Kurds, UN official says
Berri praises Hariri's honesty regarding Syria
A Lebanese woman holds a poster of slain leader Rafik Hariri, top, and his son majority leader lawmaker Saad Hariri, as she attends a rally at Martyrs' Square, in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009. Tens of thousands of flag-waving Lebanese have packed a Beirut square to remember former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri four years after he and 22 others were killed by a truck
UN vows not to interfere with Special Tribunal for Lebanon
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Jordan marks Eid Al Fitr Friday
Metro changes Dubai scene but car-lovers stick to the wheel
UAE embassy forced to find alternative hospitals for Emirati
UAE ranks high in global competitiveness report
Permanent Representative of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Ali Asghar Soltanieh gestures while addressing the European Policy Center Conference on "Iran and Non-Proliferation: Challenges and Opportunities." in Brussels, Thursday Oct. 2, 20
Iran sticks to its guns on nuclear report
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UAE Egypt
Metro changes Dubai scene but car-lovers stick to the wheel
UAE toys with taxes as new source of income
Metro changes Dubai scene but car lovers stick to the wheel
Emergency crew ready for Eid in Abu Dhabi
In Gulf work camp, jobless begin glum journey home
In Gulf work camp, jobless begin glum journey home
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Israel-Palestine: the talks which are meant to fail
Backers of NYC Islamic center appear divided
Robert Fisk: The lie behind mass 'suicides' of Egypt
Berri praises Hariri's honesty regarding Syria
Palestinian construction workers build are seen at a building site in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Beit Arieh, Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2009.
Abbas asks Washington to help resolve dispute over settlements
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Jordan Iran
Press Briefing by Special Envoy for Middle East
Palestine blasts Ahmadinejad for criticizing Middle East pea
Skepticism abounds in Middle East after peace talks 'sho
Nude Art Mag Riles Middle East
 A reactor building of Iran´s Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. Iran and Ru
Iran threat may spur Middle East peace talks
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Cuban model 'doesn't even work for us any more':
MEPs condemn Iran stoning sentence
Castro criticises Iran on anti-Semitism
Iran says it is 'reviewing' stoning sentence
Friends and relatives mourn as they carry the coffin of Iraqi journalist Riyadh Al-Sarai during his funeral procession in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010.
Gunmen kill Iraqi television journalist, second in as many days
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