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21Mar/17

U.S. restricts carry-on electronics from 10 airports, mainly in Middle East

March 21, 2017TransportAbu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi International Airport, Airport, Airports by country, American television, Amman, Aviation, Cairo, Cairo International Airport, Casablanca, Climate change skepticism and denial, Doha, Donald Trump, Donald Trump presidential campaign, Dubai, Dubai International Airport, Egypt, Istanbul, Istanbul Atatürk Airport, Jeddah, Jordan, Kuwait, Kuwait City, Kuwait International Airport, Mobile phones on aircraft, Morocco, Politics, Politics of the United States, Protests against Donald Trump, Qatar, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, The Apprentice, Transport, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, WWE Hall of Famesmbale

Donald Trump’s administration imposes a ban on passengers carrying electronics larger than cell phones aboard flights coming to the United States from 10 airports in eight countries, including Turkey.

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20Mar/17

Forbes’ 31st Annual World’s Billionaires Issue

March 20, 2017FinanceAmancio Ortega, Amazon.com, Atlantic City, Berkshire Hathaway, Bernard Arnault, Bill Gates, Billionaire, Billionaires, Buffett, Business, Businesspeople, Carlos Slim Helu, Charles Koch, China, Company: Forbes Media, David Koch, Distribution of wealth, Dolan, Donald Trump, Dubai, Economy, Forbes, Forbes 400, forbes media, Germany, Google, Hussain Sajwani, India, Japan, Jeff Bezos, Jeffrey P. Bezos, Jim Walton, Jose Antonio, jose cuervo, Juan Francisco Beckmann Vidal, Kuwait, L'Oréal, Larry Ellison, LENS TECHNOLOGY, Life extensionists, Liliane Bettencourt, Luisa Kroll, Macau, Manila, Mark Zuckerberg, Mexico, Mexico telecom, Michael, Microsoft, Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Phil Ruffin, Philip Day, Philippines, Robbie, Russia, S. Robson, Sergey Brin, Sheldon Adelson, Slovakia, Tanoesoedibjo, Temp Holdings, The World's Billionaires, Tokyo, Trump Worth Now, u.s. led, United Kingdom, United States, Vancouver, VietJet Air, Vietnam, Wal-Mart, Warren Buffett, Yoshiko Shinohara, Yvon Chouinard, Zhou Qunfeismbale

Record Number of 2,043 Billionaires Made the 2017 List of the World’s Richest People

PLUS: President Trump’s Current Net Worth — $3.5 Billion – And The Global Web of Partners Cashing in on the 45^th President

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28Nov/15

Highlights of world events from January to March 2015

November 28, 2015World2013–15 detention of Al Jazeera journalists by Egypt, Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, Abdullah, Abu Dhabi, Ahmed Merabet, AirAsia, Akbar, Al Jazeera, al-Alam, al-Dour, Al-Qaeda, Alexis Tsipras, Alexis Vastine, Andreas Lubitz, Angela Merkel, Argentina, Athens, Australia, Barack Obama, Barcelona, Benjamin Netanyahu, Boris Nemtsov, Boston, Brazil, Brisbane, Camille Muffat, Charles, Charlie Hebdo, Charlie Hebdo shooting, Chile, China, Dan Uzan, David Cameron, Dilma Rousseff, Donetsk, Duesseldorf, Egypt, Faroe Islands, Finn Noergaard, Florence Arthaud, France, François Hollande, Germany, Haruna Yukawa, Houthis, India, Iraq, Islamic terrorism in France, Israel, Jane Dutton, Jerusalem, Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Kenji Goto, Kim Ki-jong, Kuwait, Lee Kuan Yew, Libya, London, Manila, Mark Lippert, Minsk, Mohamed Fahmy, Mohammad, Mohammed Emwazi, Moscow, Muath al-Kasasbeh, Myanmar, New York City, northern Chile and Peru, Omar Abdel Hamid El-Hussein, Paramilitary organizations, Paris, Peru, Peter Greste, Petro Poroshenko, Philippines, Pope Francis, radio free europe/radio liberty, Riyadh, Russia, Saddam, Salman, Sanaa, SANTIAGO, Saudi Arabia, Seoul, Shanghai, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Surabaya, Syria, Taipei, Terrorism, The Airbus, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Violence, Vladimir Putin, Vuhlehirsk, Yemen, Yemeni Crisissmbale

World events during the first quarter of the year include an attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris, the downing of a Germanwings jet by its pilot and a visit by Pope Francis to Asia.
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04Oct/15

Qatar university brings maths to life with interactive exhibition

October 4, 2015TechnologyAbdelaziz, Abu Dhabi, Alaa al-Rawshdy, Asia, Compass International School, Doha, Geography of Asia, Kuwait, Mathematician, Mathematics, Qatar, Qatar Foundation, Qatar University, Saleh Omar bin Arshid, Saud Abdelaziz, Saudi Arabia, Western Asiasmbale

A week-long event hosted by Qatar University hopes to encourage late primary and early secondary school students to enjoy maths.

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08Sep/15

How the UK carried out its first drone execution of British citizens abroad

September 8, 2015WarAGM-114 Hellfire, Aviation, Cardiff, Central Intelligence Agency, David Cameron, Drone strike, Drone strikes in Pakistan, General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper, International terrorism, Iraqi insurgency, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Kuwait, NEXT MEDIA, Prime Minister, Raqqa, Reyaad Khan, Ruhul Amin, Signals intelligence, Synthetic aperture radar, Syria, Terrorism, Terrorism in Yemen, the Telegraph, United Kingdom, Unmanned aerial vehicle, Unmanned combat aerial vehicle, Violence, War on Terrorsmbale

UK (Next Media) – The UK killed two British citizens fighting with ISIS in Syria in a drone strike last month, the first time Britain’s prime minister has authorized the killing of British citizens in a drone strike abroad.
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01Aug/15

London council cracks down on wealthy drivers showing off their supercars

August 1, 2015LifestyleAcoustics, Alexander, Ali Asad, Audiology, Cannes, Ferrari, France, GBP, Harrods department store, Kensington and Chelsea council, Knightsbridge, Kuwait, Leader, London, London council, Morgan Thomas, Nick Paget, Nick Paget-Brown, Noise pollution, Panda Morgan Thomas, Pollution, Riyadh al-Azzawi, United Kingdom, Urban geography, Urban planning, Urbanizationsmbale

Authorities in London introduce crackdown on noisy ‘supercars’ in and around the exclusive district of Knightsbridge. Residents say they’re being driven to distraction by late-night revving engines and racing by the cars, many of whose drivers come from the Gulf States.
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13Jun/15

Relatives hold Christian funeral for Saddam ally Aziz

June 13, 2015PoliticsAmman, Ayad Allawi, Aziz, Aziz Al-Yasiri, Baghdad, Foreign relations of Iraq, Government, House of Saddam, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi Assyrian people, Iraqi people, Jordan, Kuwait, Mohammad al-Subahi, Most-wanted Iraqi playing cards, Mosul, Novelists, Politics, Revolutionary Command Council, Saddam Hussein, Tal Keif, Tariq Aziz, United Kingdom, United States, Ziadsmbale

Relatives and supporters of the late Iraqi foreign minister and Saddam Hussein’s ally Tariq Aziz attend a mass in a church ahead of his burial.

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09Apr/15

Oil firm says found 100 billion barrel oil field in southern England

April 9, 2015WorldBP, Business/Finance, Companies, Dallas, David Lenigas, Environment, Gatwick Airport, Geography of England, Geology, Geology of England, HORLEY, Kuwait, London, oil, Oil companies, Peak oil, Petroleum, Petroleum industry, Shale gas in the United Kingdom, Structural geology, UK Oil & Gas Investments, United Kingdom, Weald, Weald Basin, Western Canadian Sedimentary Basinsmbale

A small British oil producer says it has discovered a possible world class oil resource south of London.

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25Mar/15

Global culinary delights at Qatar’s food festival

March 25, 2015Food and DrinkAbu Dhabi, Ali Hadla, Anwar Aboul Hosn, Arabian Peninsula, Asia, Bahrain, Doha, Gael Cruchet, Geography of Asia, Hamad Abdulrahman Al Khaja, Hospitality/Recreation, Kuwait, Mubarak Mustafa, Oman, Outline of Qatar, Paris, Qatar, Qatar diplomatic crisis, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Western Asiasmbale

Qatari capital Doha hosts the best of culinary feast from all over the world.
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27Feb/15

Washington Post reporter describes process to name “Jihadi John”

February 27, 2015WorldAbdullah Yusuf Azzam, Adam Goldman, British people, Crime in the United States, Dar es Salaam, Dismissal of United States Attorneys controversy, Homicide, Islamic terrorism, Islamism, James B. Comey, James Comey, Jihadi John, John, Killing of captives by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, Kuwait, Law enforcement in the United States, London, Mohammed Emwazi, Osama bin Laden, Reuters, Robert Cantley, Robert Hanssen, Souad Mekhennet, Spies, Syria, Tanzania, The Beatles, The Washington Post, THE WASHINGTON POST COMPANY, THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED, U.S. intelligence, United States, Washington, DCsmbale

In an interview with Reuters at the offices of the Washington Post, reporter Adam Goldman describes the reporting process that helped reveal the identity of “Jihadi John.”

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