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Agriculture   California   Farmers   Grape   Photos		  Examiner 
SoCal grape grower settles suit for $500,000
MECCA, Calif. (Map, News) - A grape grower in the Coachella Valley agreed to pay nearly $500,000 to farmworkers who claimed they were denied breaks and forced to taste unwashed grapes. More than 1,000... (photo: GFDL)
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Environmentalism   Islam   Koran   People   Photos		  International Herald Tribune 
Indonesians use Koran to teach environmentalism
: Sitting cross-legged in the dirt beneath a canopy of jungle vegetation, Nasruddin Anshory, with his Koran open in front of him, was telling a group of visitors about their ordained responsibility to... (photo: Creative Commons)
Sydney  The Australian 
Saudis' secret agenda
THE cheque from the Saudi Government for $360,000 was enclosed in an envelope. It was a donation, a gift, a part payment to subsidise the construction of a building that would become Sydney's Muslim... (photo: Creative Commons / Taro Taylor)
Muslim   Photos   Religion   Saudi   Sydney
José Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, receives Pervez Musharraf, President of Pakistan . ula1  The Australian 
Musharraf looks at failed coalition
PRESIDENT Pervez Musharraf has waded directly into Pakistan's deepening political crisis, summoning the leader of the pro-Musharraf party defeated in the February general election and telling him he... (photo: European Community, 2006 )
Musharraf   Pakistan   Photos   Politics   President
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Special Envoy of the Quartet of the Middle East Tony Blair gestures while speaking during a media conference after a meeting of the Mideast Quartet at the Palace of Culture in Lisbon, Thursday July 19, 2007. (AP Photo/Paulo Duarte) fa0 Khaleej Times
Blair discusses Mideast peace with Saudi king
RIYADH - Middle East envoy Tony Blair met on Sunday with Saudi King Abdullah to discuss peace efforts in the region, the official SPA news agency reported. Blair... (photo: AP Photo/Paulo Duarte)
Blair   Mideast   Peace   Photos   Saudi   Slideshow
Shakel Ahmed, 28, left,whose kidney was removed, recovers at city civil hospital as his mother father sit near him, in Gurgaon, on the outskirts of New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008. Ahmed is one of three people who were rescued by police from the illegal transplant racket that allegedly removed kidneys from up to 500 poor laborers and sold their organs to wealthy clients. Sydney Morning Herald
Kidney market shut as Pakistan cuts supply
A BILLION-DOLLAR kidney bazaar that thrived across Pakistan has been abruptly shut down, forcing thousands of kidney patients to look elsewhere for a donor. Lax... (photo: AP Photo / Manish Swarup)
Health   Hospitals   Market   Pakistan   Photos
Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa (ayt1) The Star
Arab foreign ministers appeal for Lebanon ceasefire
CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab foreign ministers, holding an emergency session on Sunday, appealed for an immediate ceasefire between Lebanon's political rivals to end the... (photo: AP Photo / Gustavo Ferrari)
Arab League   Hezbollah   Lebanon   Photos   War
A man walks past the building of global financial services company UBS in central London, Monday Oct The Australian
UBS commits to local operation
AUSTRALIA'S largest investment banking operation is "absolutely" not for sale and its owner, Switzerland's UBS, will not spin off its global investment bank division... (photo: AP Photo)
Australia   Banking   Company   Investment   Photos
Air Pollution - carbon emission - environment San Diego
Solar-cooker project could cut air pollution

Veerabhadran Ramanathan tours the globe to conduct experiments and advise world leaders about climate change. K.C. ALFRED / Union-Tribune Climate researcher Veerabhadran... (photo: WN / smita)
Climate   Nature   Photos   Pollution   World
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UAE rice importers call for 25% subsidy

Abu Dhabi: Rice importers in the UAE are demanding at least a 25 per cent subsidy for rice as international prices continue to rise and stocks come under pressure. The... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
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A Lebanese soldier guards the port of the southern city of Tyre, Lebanon, as a Lebanese navy ship, carrying troops, trucks and armored personnel carriers to be deployed in the south of the country, approaches Thursday Aug. 17, 2006. Lebanese troops, tanks and armored vehicles began deploying south of the strategic Litani River early Thursday after the Israeli army stepped up its withdrawal from the region and handed over some of its positions to U.N. peacekeeper Lebanon troops patrol Beirut The Australian
President of Sudan, Omar Ahmed Al-Bashir attends a press conference at the French-Africa Summit in Cannes, southern France, Friday, Feb. 16, 2007. Looking to unlock the crisis in war-torn Darfur, France won agreement from three African nations involved t State media: Sudan cuts ties with Chad after rebel attack Newsday
woman`s basketball / wam2 Underground sport: Saudi women shed veils to play basketball The Press Democrat
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Muslims participate in Friday prayers on the first day of Islam's holy month of Ramadan at the Jame'a Mosque in Herat, Afghanistan, 120 kilomteters (75 miles) from the Iran-Afghanistan border, Friday, Nov. 16, 2001. Islam isn't Islamism The Guardian
Pope Benedict XVI, accompanied by Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, waves as he leaves from the Esenboga Airport in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2006. Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Turkey on his first visit to a Muslim country, wher Pope discusses Islam relations with Anglican head San Diego
President George W. Bush participates in a tour of the Saadiyat Island Cultural District Exhibition and Masdar Exhibition Monday, Jan. 14, 2008, at the Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi. The President view the exhibit before departing the city for Dubai and Riyadh on the last leg of his Mideast visit. White House photo by Eric Draper Islam and the West need to engage The Australian
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