Rushdie favorite for best Booker Prize winner award
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Egypt uncovers Gaza toy smuggling tunnel
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Arab delegation expected in Beirut Wednesday
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Africa's economy to grow by 6 pct this year, says AfDB
MAPUTO: Africa s economy will grow by 6 percent this year and…
UN food task force meets for first time
UNITED NATIONS: A UN special task force on the world food crisis…
Egypt's Darwish struck down with injury in British Open
LIVERPOOL: Karim Darwish, who has lived in the shadow of his compatriot…
Once shunned by academics, Wikipedia now a teaching tool
VANCOUVER: Wikipedia, the upstart internet encyclopedia that most universities forbid students to…
Western, Arab air forces conduct joint exercise
MANAMA: Air forces from the United States and several Western and pro-Western…
US warship heads back to Mediterranean
CAIRO: A US warship, which was deployed off Lebanon in February amid…