Back-to-school rush and change in work hours bring traffic chaos | Sharjah/Dubai: The week started on a sour note on Sunday as cities ground to a halt during the morning rush hour. | Motorists were stuck in Sharjah on their daily route to Dubai. | The worst-affecte... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal)Gulf News
Hezbollah set for revenge | IMAD Mugniyeh was blown up in February on a quiet street in central Damascus, three floors below the modest flat from which he had directed Hezbollah's plots and war operations over the past decade.... (photo: AP / Tara Todras-Whitehill)The Australian
31 killed as cliff collapses on slum | CAIRO: Massive boulders crashed down yesterday on a slum area on the outskirts of the Egyptian capital, killing at least 31 people. | At least eight boulders, some the size of a small house, peeled ... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis)The Australian AidCairoDisasterPhotosPopulation
Turkish leader in peace mission | YEREVAN: Armenia and Turkey pledged to overcome decades of enmity over the massacre of Armenians by Ottoman forces, after Turkish President Abdullah Gul's pathbreaking visit to Yerevan for a soccer ... (photo: AP / )The Australian ArmeniaGenocidePeacePhotosTurkey
EGYPT: Risking death for new life in Italy web | Photo: Mohamed Boraie/IRIN CAIRO, 7 September 2008 (IRIN) - Italy has long been a popular destination among young men in Nile Valley villages. Relatives save up mon... (photo: WN / Guillaume Poulet-Mathis)IRINnews DeathEgyptItalyLifePhotos
Slain Hezbollah warlord an enigma | BEIRUT - In Hezbollah's inner circle they called him "The One Who Never Sleeps." | Imad Mughniyah was one of the most hunted men in the world. Western security forces s... (photo: AP Photo / Nasser Nasser)The Boston Globe BeirutHezbollahMideastPhotosSyria
Fewer Jews today immigrate to Israel | TEL AVIV, Israel -- Melissa Schwab is no Zionist zealot. She's not an Orthodox Jew seeking to be nearer to God. She didn't flee anti-Semitism. | So why move nearly 9,00... (photo: AP Photo / Alexander Zemlianichenko)The Columbus Dispatch HistoryImmigrationIsraelJudaismPhotos
