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1 hr ago | AME Info

Shaza Hotels increases its presence in region with new project in Doha

Opening in Spring 2016, Shaza Doha, is located in the heart of the cultural district, within walking distance of major tourist attractions, including the famed Museum of Islamic Art, the Qatar National Museum and Souq Waqif.

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Related Topix: Qatar Travel, Travel, Doha, Qatar Travel, Family, Kids

6 hrs ago | Halstead Gazette

Egypt hotel pool tragedy girl named

A five-year-old British girl who died in a pool at a hotel in Egypt has been named by her family, according to reports.

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Related Topix: Egypt Travel, Travel

8 hrs ago | American Thinker

Qatar, the New Player in the Middle East

A surprising and ambitious newcomer on the international scene and in the politics of the Middle East is the Persian Gulf Emirate of Qatar, a country that became independent in 1971 when Britain ended its protectorate there.

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Related Topix: Qatar Travel, Travel, World News, Qatar, Middle East, France Travel, Europe Travel, Potsdam, NY, Germany, United Kingdom Travel, London, United Kingdom Travel

Fri May 17, 2013

International Business Times

Islamic Finance: BLME Targets 15% Asset Growth in 2013

An Emirati man walks past a tourist posing for a photo near the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world, in and the Middle East is aiming to grow its assets by 15% this year following the significant rise in Islamic finance activity in the Gulf region.

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Related Topix: World News, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Travel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Travel, United Arab Emirates Travel

Financial Times

East, west and points in between

Horizontal: it's one of curator Yuko Hasegawa's preferred words, though she is anything but.

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Related Topix: Ukraine Travel, Kiev, Ukraine Travel, Europe Travel, United Arab Emirates Travel, World News, Middle East, United Arab Emirates, Asia Travel, Beijing, China Travel, China Travel

The Peninsula

Palestinians get KFC at home, t...

A smuggler carries food from Kentucky Fried Chicken through an underground tunnel linking the Gaza Strip to Egypt in Rafah.

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Related Topix: World News, Palestinian Territories, Middle East, Palestine, TX, Travel, Gaza Travel, Gaza City, Palestinian Territory Travel,

The Peninsula

No morning visits to hospitals for Kuwait expats

KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait is to bar expats from visiting public hospitals in mornings, local media said yesterday, in a decision activists labelled as "racist". The decision follows complaints in parliament of Kuwaiti patients having to wait for treatment at public health facilities because of the large number of expats.

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Related Topix: Travel, Kuwait Travel, Kuwait City, Kuwait Travel, Asia Travel

Russia Taday

Iraq in ruins: Post-war life overshadowed by crumbling infrastructure, corruption, poverty

Despite Iraq being rich in natural resources and the US pouring money into its economy for over a decade, Iraqi infrastructure is constantly failing and the people are forced to beg, as RT's Lucy Kafanov reported from the war-torn country.

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Related Topix: Middle East, Iraq, World News, Travel, Iraq Travel,

The Peninsula

Qatar's first perfume exhibition under way

Muhammed bin Ahmed bin Towar Al Kuwari , vice chairman of Qatar Chamber, and other officials visiting stalls at the Perfume Exhibition in Doha Exhibition Centre yesterday.

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Related Topix: Qatar Travel, Qatar, Travel, Middle East, World News

Thu May 16, 2013

The Peninsula

Museums should be part of basic curriculum: Officials

From left: Dr Abdullah Al Sulaiti, Deputy Director for Research and Collections of the National Museum of Qatar; Abdulrahman Saud Musameh, Director of Museum at the Bahraini Ministry of Information; Sheikh Jassim bin Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani, Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Museum and Nasser Al Hammadi, Secretary of the National Museum of Qatar, during ... (more)

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Related Topix: World News, Qatar, Middle East, Qatar Travel, Travel

Voice of America

Egyptian Sinai Engulfed in Post-Revolution Lawlessness

Egypt's Sinai Peninsula has long been a country apart. It has its share of foreign tourists seeking sun and sand on the Red Sea.

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Related Topix: Sudan Travel, Egypt Travel, Travel, Egypt, Sudan Travel, Africa Travel

Channelnewsasia.com

Putin to meet UN chief Ban amid Syria crisis

Russian President Vladimir Putin is scheduled to meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at his Black Sea residence in Sochi on Friday, the Kremlin said.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Travel, Syria Travel, Vladimir Putin, Russia, Russia Travel, Europe Travel, Moscow, Russia Travel

Jerusalem Post

Irish ire

Last weekend Ireland again placed itself in the vanguard of anti-Israel activism in the European Union.

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Related Topix: Israel, World News, Middle East, Travel, Israel Travel, Europe Travel, Ireland Travel, Activism, Opinion

Jerusalem Post

Sunni Muslim states must send troops to Syria

As President Barack Obama struggles to define America's position in Syria, events threaten to overtake his deliberations.

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Related Topix: Syria, World News, Middle East, Travel, Syria Travel, Israel, Israel Travel, Iraq Travel, Opinion

BroadwayWorld.com

Peter Carapetian's 'IRAN: Soul Of An Ancient Land' -...

Tripod Studio Gallery, has teamed with award-winning photographer, Peter Carapetian, to restore and release 63 rare photographs of Iran.

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Related Topix: Asia Travel, Azerbaijan Travel, Pakistan Travel, Iran, Pakistan Travel, Travel, Iran, Azerbaijan Travel, Iran Travel, Europe Travel

Wed May 15, 2013

The Peninsula

Qatar, Bangkok airlines in new ...

DOHA/BANGKOK: Qatar Airways yesterday announced a new codeshare agreement with Bangkok Airways to destinations across Thailand and the capital cities of neighbouring Cambodia and Myanmar, said a press statement.

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Related Topix: Travel, Asia Travel, Thailand Travel, Bangkok, Thailand Travel, World News, Qatar, Middle East, Qatar Travel, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Laos Travel, Laos Travel, Thailand

Al Bawaba

Qatar Academy Al Wakra hosts highly beneficial workshop for teachers of English as a second language

Qatar Academy Al Wakra, a member of Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development, recently hosted the fourth edition of its workshop series designed to enhance the teaching of English as a second language.

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Al Bawaba

Dubai police add eco vehicle to gas-guzzling superfleet

Head of Dubai Police Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan bin Tamim himself got behind the wheel to test the electric car and approved them to join the force.

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Related Topix: Travel, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Travel, United Arab Emirates Travel

Al Bawaba

UAE's growing tourism industry draws top-notch concerts to Dubai

Growth in the UAE's tourism industry over the past year has attracted a number of big-name entertainers to perform in the country, more so than any other year, reported Dubai based newspaper, The National on Tuesday.

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Mother Jones

The former veep knows all about misleading the public.

Dick Cheney has never been short on chutzpah. Jumping aboard the GOP scandal-mongering machine, the former vice president appeared on Fox News and declared to Sean Hannity that President Barack Obama and his aides "lied" about the attack in Benghazi last September that left four Americans dead.

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Related Topix: Dick Cheney, US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Travel, Iraq Travel