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 Gulf News 
Oman calling: 10,000 expected at Muscat International Film Festival
| About 90 countries will have entries in the Muscat International Film Festival (Miff) but Dr Khalid Al Zadjali, Chairman of the Oman Film Society, rues lack of full-fledged government support. | &qu... (photo: WN / Arturo Ubaub)
A office worker walks past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney, Wednesday, May 3, 2006 after it lifted a key interest rate by a quarter point to 5.75 percent, the first increase in 14 months, to head off inflation. The Reserve Bank issued a statement saying its board had decided at its monthly meeting Tuesday that it would lift the official cash rate to its highest since February 2001.
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 Business Insider 
Inflation Or Deflation, Gold Might Still Be Your Best Bet
| Gold’s London AM fix this morning was USD 1,743.00, EUR 1,315.17, and GBP 1,095.95 per ounce. | Yesterday's AM fix was USD 1,720.00, EUR 1,308.98, and GBP 1,087.56 per ounce. | Cross Currency ... (photo: AP / Mark Baker)
Assaid Ibrahim, 23, lies burned and with a broken leg as his brother, above left, speaks to a friend who was with him when he was wounded in an attack by pro-Gadhafi forces, at the hospital in Ajdabiya, Libya, Saturday, April 16, 2011. Fierce fighting between rebels and pro-Gadhafi forces was reported midway between the eastern cities of Ajdabiya and Brega on Saturday, with a hospital supervisor in Ajdabiya reporting at least six rebels killed and 21 wounded in the battle.  BBC News 
Treatment plan for Libya war victims turns into scandal
One of the first announcements made by Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) after the fall of Tripoli last August was a promise to all those wounded in the fight against former leader Muammar G... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)
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Chinese technicians man drilling equipment on an oil rig in Paloich, South Sudan. Militants apparently captured 29 Chinese workers after attacking a remote work site in the volatile South Kordofan region of neighboring Sudan, and Sudanese forces were increasing security for Chinese projects and personnel there, China said Sunday.  The Star 
Kidnapped Chinese workers freed in Sudan oil state
| KHARTOUM/BEIJING (Reuters) - Sudanese rebels released 29 Chinese workers on Tuesday, ten days after kidnapping them in the main oil-producing state of South Kordofan where the army has been fighting... (photo: AP / Pete Muller)
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A Syrian man cleans while attached to his shop is a portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad with Arabic words reading: We love you, Welders homes peace on you," in Damascus, Syria, on Thursday Sept. 15, 2011. WPXI
AP News in Brief at 8:58 p.m. EST
| Russian foreign minister pushes reforms in Syria as bloodshed intensifies | BEIRUT (AP) — Days after blocking a U.S.-backed peace plan at the U.N., senior Russian... (photo: AP / Muzaffar Salman)
Peace   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: Timeline of the 20112012 Syrian uprising (from January 2012)  
Syrian protesters carry a long syrian flag while shouting anti presidential slogans against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad during a protest march organised by the syrian citizens in Bucharest Sept. 2, 2011. The Washington Post
Russia’s Potemkin democracy
| I couldn’t decide whether to laugh or to cry when I heard that the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, had found a solution to the Syrian crisis. Speaki... (photo: AP / Octav Ganea)
Democracy   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
A Syrian forces tank moves along a road during clashes with the Syrian army defectors, in the Rastan area in Homs province, central Syria, on Monday Jan. 30, 2012. Skynews
Homs Attack: Is This Syria's Benghazi Moment?
| A damaged armoured military vehicle is pictured after clashes in Homs | Tim Marshall, foreign affairs editor Much analysis has been written comparing the Syrian town of... (photo: AP)
Mideast   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: 20112012 Syrian uprising  
Dr. Jim Swire, spokesman for the bereaved families, speaks with the media in front of the High Court of Justiciary where the Lockerbie trial is taking place at Camp Zeist near Soesterberg, Netherlands Wednesday Nov. 29 2000. BBC News
Concern over Lockerbie appeal report legislation
Government legislation to aid publication of a secret legal report on the Lockerbie bomber case may fail to work properly, it has been claimed. | The bill would let the S... (photo: AP / Bas Czerwinski)
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President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 11,2012, during a forum on "Insourcing American Jobs". Star Tribune
Obama administration closes US embassy in Damascus, pulls American diplomats out of Syria
| WASHINGTON - The Obama administration closed the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Monday and pulled all American diplomats out of violence-wracked Syria as the U.S. stepped ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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President Barack Obama pauses as he delivers remarks at Gen44 fundraiser event at Sony Studios in Los Angeles, Thursday, April 21, 2011. STL Today
Obama: Syria can be solved without military action
| President Barack Obama says it is important to resolve the ongoing conflict in Syria without outside military intervention. | Obama says not every situation allows for ... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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In this Thursday, Dec. 29, 2011 file photo, Egyptian military stand guard as officials raid one of the non-governmental organization offices in Cairo, Egypt. Chicago Tribune
NGO worker cases sent to Egypt court in funding row
| CAIRO (Reuters) - The cases of 40 foreign and Egyptian activists, including 19 Americans subject to travel bans over their work for pro-democracy and other groups, have... (photo: AP / Mohammed Asad)
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