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 Iraqi women, dressed in Abayahs, wALking by a school rehabilitation project outside of FALlujah, Iraq. US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) funds and quALity controls apply to this rehab and new school construction projects throughout Iraq during Operation
Abayah   Arab   Fashion   Photos   Qatar   Students   Virginia  
 Lexington Herald-Leader 
Fashion students at Va. university design abayas
| RICHMOND, Va. -- | The assignment for Virginia Commonwealth University fashion students: design an abaya, an enveloping cloak worn by Muslim women, that is stylish yet acceptable in Arab countries. ... (photo: USACE file/Jim Gordon)
Zwei Frauen aus den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten in traditioneller Kleidung blaettern
Fashion   Photos   Students   Virginia   Women  
 Houston Chronicle 
VCU fashion students design abayas
TOOLS | RICHMOND, Va. - The assignment for Virginia Commonwealth University fashion students: Design an abaya - a head-to-toe women's overgarment - that can be stylish yet acceptable to wear in many A... (photo: AP / Michael Probst)
In this photo released by the Government Press Office, surrounded by members of his provisional government, Israel's first Prime Minister David Ben Gurion, center, reads the declaration of independence, in the Tel Aviv Museum Hall, in May 1948. Israel is set to mark the 60th anniversary of the founding of the state starting Wednesday night through to Thursd  The Independent 
Israel: From independence to intifada
| You get the clearest sense of it in Tel Aviv. Swinging in on the Ayalon highway past the 50-floor Azrieli towers, joining the entrepreneurs in their open-necked shirts and jeans tapping at their lap... (photo: AP / GPO, HO)
Intifada   Israel   Mideast   Peace   Photos  
A religious man waves an Israeli flag during the 60th anniversary of Israel, late Wednesday in Tel Aviv May 7, 2008. Israel is marking its 60th Independence Day, which began at sundown Wednesday, with a great sense of pride but also uncertainty about its future and doubts about prospects for peace with the Palestinians  The Australian 
Effervescent Israel reaches 60
| GOING by the traditional Jewish blessing "May you live till 120", Israel reaches the half-way mark today, which is no little accomplishment considering the neighbourhood. | As the only country in th... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
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Fairouz, one of the Arab world's most prominent and revered singers Gulf News
The Fairouz phenomenon
| It may be hard to understand the Fairouz-mania that hits people every time the lady shows up for a concert, let alone a | remake of one of her most popular plays. This ... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla)
Entertainment   Lebanon   Music   Photos   Singer  
The German-based Artis Piano Quartet perform in front of a mixed gender audience at a government-run cultural center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, jsa1 The Boston Globe
A first for Saudis: Mozart performed publicly and women come
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—It's probably as revolutionary and groundbreaking as Mozart gets these days. A German-based quartet staged Saudi Arabia's first-ever performa... (photo: AP / AP)
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 Tony Blair - Politics - London - Britain / ntf1 Gulf News
Britain's Tony Blair on Time magazine Top 100 list
| New York: Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair made it to Time magazine's "100 most influential people list" alongside world leaders and other celebrities. | Blair ... (photo: Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 2.0)
Blair   Celebrities   Leaders   Middleeast   Photos  
muslims festival in kashmir india Gulf News
Hollywood portrays Arabs in ever darker shades
| Beirut: American films and TV dramas shot since the 9/11 attacks have reinforced screen images of Arabs and Muslims as fanatics and villains, ingraining harmful stereot... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
Beirut   Films   Hollywood   Islam   Photos  
Students cheer as the Olympic flame arrives at the Hong Kong airport from Vietnam Wednesday, April 30, 2 Globe and Mail
For Hong Kong, torch relay is a delicate balancing act
| On the eve of Friday's Olympic torch relay through Hong Kong, officials allowed actress Mia Farrow into the Chinese territory so she could bash China's cozy ties with S... (photo: AP / )
China   Hong Kong   Human Rights   Olympics   Photos  
Flowers The Press Democrat
Spring colors flower at Dragonfly Floral
| By MICHELE ANNA JORDAN FOR | Dragonfly Open House: Dragonfly Floral has relocated its flowers sales from Artists and Farmers in downtown Healdsburg back to the farm at ... (photo: GFDL / )
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 President George W. Bush addresses sailors and the nation from the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln of the coast of San Diego, California May 1, 2003. Middle East Online
White House admits Mission Unaccomplished in Iraq
WASHINGTON - The White House said Wednesday that it had "paid a price" for the "Mission Accomplished" backdrop to US President George W. Bush's May 1, 2003 Iraq speech, s... (photo: White House / Paul Morse)
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- Palestinians mark 1948 uprooting with rallies
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- McCain outlines vision of Iraq victory
- Palestinians mark 1948 uprooting with rallies
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers his speech, Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio.
McCain predicts Iraq war won by 2013
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- Islamic group claims responsibility for India attacks
- Russia proposes 'belt of security' with China, India
- Taliban suicide bomber kills 12 in Afghan market
- Algeria boosts oil and gas investment, production
An Afghan police man destroying the opium poppies on the field during a poppy eradication operations in Tarin Kowt in Urugzan Southern province of Afghanistan, Sunday, April 29, 2007. Taliban fired rockets and small arms when U.S sState Department officials along with Afghan authorities were eradicating the poppy in the southern Afghanistan.
Russia proposes 'belt of security' with China, India to choke Afghan drug supply
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Education Media
- Kerala Board Higher Secondary examinations results announced
- Fairfax expected to approve lease renewal for Saudi school
- UN: Most Schools Ravaged In Myanmar's Cyclone Zone
- 10,000 vote in university polls
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Dubai Dolphinarium to open to public this summer
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- Witnesses: Abu Ghraib bomber was a teenage boy
- Slideshow: Out of Baghdad
- McCain outlines vision of Iraq victory
- Hezbollah Wins Major Concession In Lebanon
Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., delivers his speech, Thursday, May 15, 2008, in Columbus, Ohio.
McCain predicts Iraq war won by 2013
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Entertainment Science
- Indonesian rocker has message for radicals
- If the aulos sounds odd, wait until you hear a tusut
- Raven-Symone: 'I'm not a little kid anymore'
- Fur flies at 'Kung Fu Panda' premiere
 Michael Moore ´Fahrenheit 9/11´
Moore plans 'Fahrenheit 9/11' sequel
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- Science Writer Fellowship finalists named
- Israel's 60 years of nuclear proliferation
- Most horrible Rogue-State - USA
- Apple: iPhone Sold Out Online in US, UK
 A view of Israel´s Sorek nuclear reactor center near the central Israeli town of Yavne is seen in this July 5, 2004 file photo. Israeli soldiers will begin distributing pills against radiation sickness in cities near Israel´s two nuclear reac
Israel's 60 years of nuclear proliferation
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Women Health
- 'We live in fear,' say gays in Kenya
- Rights Group Attacks Dutch Immigration Policy
- Obama dons a lapel pin with political significance
- Kuwaiti women battle against odds in election
Afghan policemen stand guard as they blocked the site of a suicide attack in Kabul, Afghanistan (dn1)
Taliban suicide bomber kills 12 in Afghan market
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- Kuwaiti women battle against odds in election
- Kuwaitis blame political rows for slow development
- Russia proposes 'belt of security' with China, India
- NAFDAC to Double-Screen Products From China, India, Egypt
An Afghan police man destroying the opium poppies on the field during a poppy eradication operations in Tarin Kowt in Urugzan Southern province of Afghanistan, Sunday, April 29, 2007. Taliban fired rockets and small arms when U.S sState Department officials along with Afghan authorities were eradicating the poppy in the southern Afghanistan.
Russia proposes 'belt of security' with China, India to choke Afghan drug supply
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