Thousands of Bahrainis protest outside the capital against a plan to create a union of Gulf Arab countries, with similar demonstrations in Tehran and Dubai.
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Protesters angered by Gulf union
World number three Roger Federer continues his impressive run of form by beating Andy Murray to win the Dubai Championships.
England name uncapped spinner Danny Briggs in their one-day squad to face Pakistan in Abu Dhabi and Dubai – but batsman Ian Bell is left out.
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Briggs & Buttler in one-day squad
Alastair Cook urges England to show fighting spirit as they bid to avoid defeat – and a series whitewash – in the third and final Test against Pakistan in Dubai.
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Cook seeks character from England
A lone zebra shark in a Dubai aquarium has prompted scientific interest after laying eggs for the fourth year in a row which hatch into healthy offspring.
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VIDEO: ‘Virgin birth’ for zebra shark
A tense showdown between Pakistan’s powerful army and its besieged civilian government brought President Asif Ali Zardari hurrying back from Dubai early on Monday.
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President Back in Pakistan as Tensions With Army Rise
ISLAMABAD — Unpopular and unwell, Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari is determined not to be written off just yet. Last week, with political pressure mounting from all sides, Zardari left for Dubai for medical treatment . As rumors swirled that he was fleeing or being ousted by the military, he swiftly played his trump card — the fact that he remains the father of Benazir Bhutto’s children, and, for now at least, the guardian of that inheritance. Read full article > >
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Pakistan’s ailing president plays his trump card: his son
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan flew to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for medical tests on Tuesday evening.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: President Travels to Dubai for Medical Tests
Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari traveled to Dubai for medical tests on his heart after falling ill, officials and associates said Wednesday, triggering Twitter-fueled rumors that the embattled leader may be stepping down.
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Pakistani President’s Medical Trip Fuels Rumors
Luke Donald believes his Race To Dubai challenger Rory McIlroy matches Tiger Woods for talent.
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McIlroy ‘more talent’ than Woods
NEW DELHI — News reports say that Maqbool Fida Husain, India’s most famous modern painter, has died in London. He was 95. CNN-IBN TV is quoting a friend, Arun Vadehra, as saying that Husain died at Royal Brompton hospital in London on Thursday. Hussain had lived in self-imposed exile in Dubai since 2005 after coming under attack from Hindu hard-liners in India for a nude painting of a woman shaped like India’s map. Read full article > >
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M.F. Husain dies, reports say; famous Indian painter, 95, was in exile
In early March, the leadership at Al Jazeera, the most popular Arab language satellite news station, sat down with National Public Radio to discuss the difficulties of independent, investigative journalism in the Middle East, in light of the Dubai based organization’s successful coverage of the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt.
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Al-Jazeera in the Crosshairs: Balanced Reporting or Sectarian Bias?
KABUL — An Afghan government commission blamed regulators for financial mismanagement at the nation’s largest private bank, saying Sunday that monitors should have kept Kabul Bank from making hundreds of millions of dollars in questionable loans that forced the bank into receivership. The bank has been in turmoil since the fall, when it was discovered that shareholders — some of them relatives or backers of President Hamid Karzai — had lent themselves millions to invest in mansions in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and risky prestige projects such as an airline and shopping malls in Kabul. Many of the loans lacked documentation, so there was no system to ensure that they were paid back. Read full article > >
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Afghan commission blames regulators in Kabul Bank scandal
A surgeon being held in Dubai after allegedly making a rude gesture to another motorist is due to return home after a judge returned his passport.
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Held surgeon’s passport released
A surgeon being held in Dubai after allegedly making a rude gesture to another motorist is due to return home after a judge returned his passport.
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Held surgeon’s passport released
World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: President Travels to Dubai for Medical Tests
Wednesday, December 7th, 2011M.F. Husain dies, reports say; famous Indian painter, 95, was in exile
Thursday, June 9th, 2011Al-Jazeera in the Crosshairs: Balanced Reporting or Sectarian Bias?
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