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Alcohol   Ban   Parliament   Photos   Sale		  Gulf News 
Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol
Wed 10 Mar 2010
Manama: Bahrain could become a dry country if a Bill backed by the parliament’s lower chamber to ban the import and sale of alcohol goes through the upper chamber. The Islamists-dominated... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Saudi Arabia   US		  The New York Times 
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
Wed 10 Mar 2010
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. His visit... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson)
Liverpool's manager Rafael Benitez arrives for the 19th memorial of the Hillsborough Stadium disaster inside Anfield Stadium, Liverpool, England, Tuesday April 15, 2008.  IC Newcastle  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Benitez leaps to Gerrard defence
11:45, Mar 10 2010   Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has defended Steven Gerrard following allegations the midfielder made a V sign towards referee Andre Marriner during the defeat by Wigan.... (photo: AP / Paul Thomas)
Benitez   Liverpool   Photos   Soccer   Sport
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  The New York Times  Wed 10 Mar 2010
Will Israel Join the March of Folly?
Barbara Tuchman, in her classic book "March of Folly," examined four cases in history when governments acted contrary to their own best interests: the Trojans who let the Greeks bring the fatal horse... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)
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U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Asia Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
By Willy Lam China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
China   Defence   Photos   Politics   US
Locals listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Asia Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Marjah fears return of warlords
By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, at... (photo: AP / Dusan Vranic, Pool)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Security   Taliban
Israeli soldiers look at an Israeli air force unmanned plane in the Tel Nof base, central Israel, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. Asia Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Iran and Israel play cat and mouse
By Mel Frykberg RAMALLAH - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals.... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
Defence   Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos
Steven Gerrard The Daily Mail Wed 10 Mar 2010
Rafa Benitez jumps to Steven Gerrard's defence over gesture towards referee in Wigan defeat
manager Rafa Benitez has defended Steven Gerrard following allegations the midfielder made a V sign towards referee Andre Marriner during the defeat by .   Benitez... (photo: AP / Paul Thomas)
Gerrard   Liverpool   Photos   Soccer   Sport
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai meet at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Al Jazeera Wed 10 Mar 2010
Ahmadinejad in Kabul for talks
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the Iranian president, has arrived in Afghanistan for talks with Hamid Karzai, his Afghan counterpart. Ahmadinejad's visit to Kabul comes at the tail... (photo: AP / Sorkhabi, Pool)
Afghanistan   Iran   Photos   Taliban   US
Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, is followed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after giving a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. USA Today Wed 10 Mar 2010
Iran leader: U.S. playing 'double game' in Afghanistan
Posted  | Comment  | Recommend | | | KABUL (AP) — Taking aim at the U.S., Iranian President said Wednesday that it's the United States that is... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
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Soldiers of Pakistan's para military force provide security to Pakistani disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, center, who arrives to attend funeral of his brother in Karachi, Pakistan on Wednesday, April 15, 2009. A Q Khan network offered to build nuclear bomb for Saddam: Book The Times of India
File - President Barack Obama talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev during a G-20 leaders working dinner at the Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens in Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 24, 2009. US and Russia resume nuclear talks Al Jazeera
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov speaks at Moscow's President Hotel, Friday, March 27, 2009. Friday's conference on coordination of global efforts to combat terrorism and drug-trafficking in Afghanistan, whose participants include United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, is organized by the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, which includes Russia, China and the ex-Soviet Central Asian nations of Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekista Russian foreign minister says nuclear arms treaty could be signed by April Star Tribune
Visit by José Manuel Barroso, Manuel Barroso, President of the EC, to Paris, where he takes part in the International Conference on access to Civil Nuclear Energy France punts global nuclear power surge Business Report
Terrorism
Indonesian paramilitary policemen carry their weapons during a search for militants in Aceh Besar, Aceh province, Indonesia, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Suspect's Death Leads to Questions on Indonesia's Border Security The New York Times
A Pakistani stock broker and stock index board is reflected from a mirror in Karachi Stock Exchange in Karachi, Pakistan on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2008. Pakistan is also a part of slowdown in world economies while tense situation between Pakistan and the U.S. over the rules of fighting war against terrorism on Pak-Afghan border areas will continue to keep market sentiments depressed, analysts sai Pakistan risks IMF's $1.2bn Asia Times
Chief of Police Medical Department Brig. Gen. Musaddeq Ishaq shows a picture of the most wanted Indonesian terror suspects Dulmatin who was killed during a police raid on Tuesday, during a press conference at the National Police headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia, Bali bomb suspect killed in Indonesia CBC
An anti-terror policeman clears the way from onlookers after a raid in Pamulang on the outskirts of Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Indonesia president confirms death of militant Dulmatin BBC News
Defence and Politics
WEST BENGAL GOVERNOR M. K. NARAYANAN AT 31th CONVOCATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BURDWAN IN EASTERN INDIA ---- WN/BHASKAR MALLICK Security environment more difficult: Narayanan The Hindu
Israel's Labor Party leader Ehud Barak gestures, during a meeting of the party's central committee in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday that would bring the centrist Labor Party into his coalition, an important step toward moderating the emerging government. Labor Party activists gathered Tuesday afternoon to vote on the deal, which calls on the government to pursue peace negotiations with the Palestinian Barak: Israel will hold all of Lebanon responsible for any Hizbullah attack Daily Star Lebanon
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1) What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt? Khaleej Times
The President and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil releasing the First Day Cover and Brochure, at Air Force Station, Jodhpur on March 09, 2010. The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal P.V. Naik is also seen. 'President Standards' given to IAF units The Siasat Daily
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