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Tuesday 30 June 2009 (07 Rajab 1430)

Baghdad ‘blast walls’ come down

AS Baghdad security improves and US troops draw back, workers in cranes are removing mile after mile of giant concrete slabs put up to prevent the slaughter of innocents in sectarian fighting. For... Full Story


Question at Answers: Roman tragedy

I WAS in Bahrain this weekend attending a family wedding when I heard early in the morning that the iconic star of the 70s, Farrah Fawcett, had died at the age of 62 after a long and brave battle... Full Story


Cinema makes a comeback in war-weary W. Bank town

NABLUS, West Bank: More than 20 years after their cinemas were shuttered by the eruption of the first intifada, Palestinians in the battered West Bank town of Nablus can finally go back to the movies. The... Full Story