| Wed 8 Feb 2012 |
Egypt expects visitor numbers to increase despite clashes
Gulf News | Dubai: Egypt's Ministry of Tourism hopes to see a recovery in tourist numbers to between 12 and 13 million this year, bringing in $11 billion (Dh40 billion), despite ongoing street violence and more than 70 deaths after a football match riot last w... |
Cruise captain ordered to stay put
The Daily Telegraph Australia | AN ITALIAN court has ruled that the captain of the cruise ship which ran aground off Tuscany last month should remain under house arrest. | The court in Florence rejected both a request from the prosecution that Costa Concordia Captain Francesco Sc... |
| Tue 7 Feb 2012 |
Syria raises specter of proxy conflict for U.S., Russia
MSNBC | WASHINGTON — As the Obama administration weighs worst-case scenarios for Syria, one stands out: a civil war that develops into a proxy battle between Arabs and the West on one side, and Russia and Iran on the other. Other political news ... |
Syria raises specter of proxy conflict for U.S., Russia
Daily Press | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Obama administration weighs worst-case scenarios for Syria, one stands out: a civil war that develops into a proxy battle between Arabs and the West on one side, and Russia and Iran on the other. | U.S. officials stres... |
Syria raises spectre of proxy conflict for U.S., Russia
Yahoo Daily News | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - As the Obama administration weighs worst-case scenarios for Syria, one stands out: a civil war that develops into a proxy battle between Arabs and the West on one side, and Russia and Iran on the other. | U.S. officials stres... |
Noble Corporation Announces Offering of Senior Notes
PR Newswire My news for Investors AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the latest news about NE | | ZUG, , Feb. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Noble Corporation ("Noble") (NYSE: NE) announced today that its ind... |
Best choices to naturally conquer heart disease
The Examiner | There's reason to believe that a low-fat vegetarian diet is the cornerstone of Dr. Dean Ornish's famed program for reversing heart disease. It works. "No question about it," says Tim Byers, M.D., professor of preventive medicine at the Univer... |
Somersaulting LuaLua has Blackpool dreaming of Wembley
The Guardian LONDON, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Loose-limbed Democratic Republic of Congo striker Lomana LuaLua celebrated with his customary somersault as his superb goal helped Blackpool secure an FA Cup fifth round trip to Premier League Everton on Tuesday. The former ... |
Italy Turns to Oil-Fired Power Plants as Russia Trims Supply
Bloomberg | Italy turned to oil-fired power stations after lower Russian natural-gas deliveries forced the country to declare an emergency as freezing conditions gripped Europe and pushed up heating demand. | Italy’s industry ministry yesterday sanctioned th... |
Heavy snowfalls and floods hit Europe
Independent online Sofia - Swollen rivers in Bulgaria and Greece burst their banks on Tuesday, leaving dozens of homes under water, as Bulgarian officials declared a day of mourning for eight people confirmed killed after a dam collapse nearly washed away their village... |
Hezbollah: Iran will not ask it to strike Israel
Yahoo Daily News | BEIRUT (AP) — Iran will not ask Lebanon's Hezbollah to retaliate if Israel attacks Iran's nuclear facilities, the leader of the militant group said Tuesday. | Sheik Hassan Nasrallah told thousands of supporters by video link that in case of such ... |
Oldest Living Thing: Seagrass?
Huffington Post | The world's oldest living organism may not be that 43,000 year-old Tasmanian plant after all. | Scientists have discovered giant patches of seagrass in the Mediterranean Sea that are thought to be up to 200,000-years-old, United Press International... |
The Milken Archive of Jewish Music Virtual Museum IntroducesVolume 1: The Song of Prayer in ...
Yahoo Daily News | In, The Song of Prayer in Colonial and 19th-Century America, the Milken Archive of Jewish Music tackles the oldest American Jewish music in existence, music of the Western Sephardi tradition. | Santa Monica, CA (PRWEB) February 07, 2012 In its newe... |
Guinea Pigs Were Widespread as Elizabethan Pets
National Geographic News | When Spanish conquistadors brought guinea pigs from South America to Europe, the tiny "curiosities" were bred as pets across a wide swath of Elizabethan societal classes, a new study suggests. | The evidence comes from a guinea pig skeleton discove... |
Being heart happy and healthy in Montgomery County, PA
The Examiner | Ah, Valentine’s Day, welcomed by couples everywhere and extending to all who are held dear—siblings, parents, grandparents, friends, and children, too. And apparently it all started a very long time ago, going back to pre-Christia... |
Fortress is proof 'Hill of Jonah' was inhabited 3,000 years ago
MSNBC | Remains of thick stone walls uncovered recently atop a hill in Israel — where tradition says the prophet Jonah was buried — indicate the site was occupied during the time of the prophet, almost 3,000 years ago. | The Israeli Antiquities Authori... |
Mediterranean seagrass could be hundreds of thousands of years old
The Guardian | Seagrass plants alive today may have begun life in the late Pleistocene at the dawn of humanity A meadow of the seagrass plant Posidonia oceanica, which spreads by creating clones of itself. Photograph: Alberto Romeo | A sprawling meadow of seagras... |
Research and Markets: Middle East Government Directory 2012: featuring government ministries, departments, agencies, corporations and more...
Business Wire | DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/84cc11/middle_east_govern) has announced the addition of the "Middle East Government Directory 2012" directory to their offering. | The Middle East Government... |
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