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In Korea they call them halmoni or grandmothers – although many are so scarred mentally and physically that they have never married or had children. In Japan, they are known as “comfort women”, a hated euphemism for their forced role of providing...
The Olympic torch arrived Monday in Oman amid tight security and expectations of a smooth relay of the flame on the Middle Eastern leg of its round-the-world tour.
Vice President Dick Cheney went fishing in the waters between Oman and Iran on Wednesday, borrowing the Sultan of Oman’s 60-foot royal yacht for the mission.
Traffic has returned to normal on undersea Internet cables in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf that were cut last month, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, cable owner FLAG Telecom said Monday.
An abandoned anchor was responsible for cutting one of the undersea Internet cables severed last week, causing disruptions across the Middle East and parts of Asia, the cable’s owner said Friday.
The admitted terrorist said he had been a naive adolescent brainwashed into plotting to blow up American embassies. He called himself a changed man, a would-be ophthalmologist who deserved a chance to pursue his goal.
When the calendar turned to 2007, the heat went on and the weather just got weirder. January was the warmest first month on record worldwide _ 1.53 degrees above normal. It was the first time since record-keeping began in 1880 that the globe’s average temperature has been so far above the norm for any month of the year.
The Senate gave decisive backing Tuesday to a U.S.-Peru free trade agreement, opening the way for expanded economic ties with the Andean nation and giving the administration a boost in its quest to shore up relations with Latin America.
An Iranian air force F-4 Phantom jet crashed into the Oman Sea on Monday off the southeastern coast of Iran, killing both pilots, the official IRNA news agency reported.
An Iranian air force F-4 Phantom jet crashed into the Oman Sea on Monday off the southeastern coast of Iran, the official news agency IRNA reported.The semiofficial Fars news agency said the fate of the pilot and the cause of the crash were still...
Bahrain has regained full ownership of Gulf Air as Oman – one of the joint owners - pulled out from the loss-making airliner on Saturday. With Oman’s withdrawal, Bahrain becomes sole owner of the company after nearly 33 years.
Gulf air...
A second Biosphere Expedition was recently conducted in the Musandam Peninsula of Oman. Its main aim was to confirm the existence of an Arabian Leopard population and to collect information about its habitat, distribution and abundance.
The first...
Like the universal law regarding nationality, Bahraini citizenship too allows father’s nationality to pass on to their children, effectively denying native women married to foreigners this right. The women activists however, are not in favor of this law...
For the first time in its history, Oman is all set to give the deliverance of brand-new taxis, which will be integrated with meters and GPS (global positioning system) by the 1st Q of coming year. However, for the implementation, it will have to wait for...
Do you know trees can water themselves with seasonal fog?! That is exactly what the trees in a rare cloud forest in the desert regions of Oman do! Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists discovered this natural mechanism of the unusual...
To keep a check on the growing number of school children’s getting devoured by the incurable disease AIDS, a joint venture was recently launched by Oman’s Health and Education Ministry and UNICEF by organizing a drawing competition.
The...
UNICEF Oman has launched its campaign on HIV/AIDS titled “Unite for Children, Unite Against AIDS”, from 1st December, with the aim to protect the children against the deadly virus.
As part of the campaign UNICEF Oman has organized today at noon, a...
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Bahrain’s Faouzi Aaish, who scored Bahrain’s only goal, celebrates with fans a 1-1 draw against Oman during a 2010 World Cup Asian qualifying soccer match Saturday, June 14, 2008, in Riffa, Bahrain. The draw is enough for Bahrain to clinch a spot in...
