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Dubai skyline
Dubai needs time to repay debts
Dubai's financial health is under scrutiny after a government-owned investment company asks for a delay on repaying its debts.
Stephanomics: Too big to fail?
Shares knocked by Dubai debt
Views: 'The end of the dream'

Iranian Shirin Ebadi won the Nobel Prize for peace in 2003 Iran 'confiscates Nobel medal'
The Nobel Peace Prize medal won by Iranian human rights lawyer Shirin Ebadi has been confiscated by authorities, she says.

Hajj pilgrims negotiate flooded street Saudi Arabia floods leave 77 dead
Floods in Saudi Arabia kill 77 people, amid fears that scores more are missing, after the heaviest rainfall in years.

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Burj Dubai, Dubai Dubai views
Residents' view as emirate seeks debt repayment delay
A pilgrim talks on his mobile phone before taking part in the Hajj In pictures
Muslim pilgrims undertake the Hajj amid heavy rainfall
Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri Turning tide
Lebanon cabinet deal helps restore Syrian influence

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Three injured in strikes on Gaza
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Hamas 'debating Shalit swap'

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Dish of hummus, courtesy Abu Shukri Hummus wars
Who makes the best chickpeas and sesame dish?
The evacuation of the outpost of Shvut Ami, next to the West Bank settlement of Kdumim - April 2008 'Refuseniks'
Pro-settlement soldiers worry Israel's leaders
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