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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Owls unite Middle Eastern farmersSheik Hussein Village, Jordan - For years, Ibrahim Alayyan watched in frustration as rats devoured the date palms at his lush family farm. |
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UN fund backs water projects to help rural poor in Syria and EthiopiaRome, Italy - The United Nations International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) has announced the creation of two new programmes designed to improve irrigation for needy Ethiopian families and to overcome water shortages and create jobs in north-eastern Syria. |
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‘Follow the Women - Women for peace’ cycle ride gets underwayAleppo, Syria - 'Follow the Women - Women for Peace' cycle ride started from Aleppo University in northern Syria on Saturday, with 249 female riders from 30 countries crossing the start line and heading straight into the first 30km road section from Aleppo to the site of the historic Saint Simeon Citadel. |
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Archaeologists find 8800 B.C. buildingNear Ja'de, Syria - Archaeologists said they have discovered an 11-millennium-old building with on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern Syria. |
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Last Syrian Troops Pull Out of LebanonSyria - The last Syrian troops officially left Lebanon Tuesday, ending a military occupation that lasted 29 years. |
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news from the Middle East
- Jerusalem ancient walls unveiled
- Iraq, US agree no foreign troops after 2011: PM
- Landmark cooperation deal signed between UN and Iraqi Government
- Roman temple found under church
- Israel and Palestinians to boost postal services with help from UN agency
- Israel and Hamas reach Gaza truce deal
- Saudi Arabia contributes $500M to U.N. food fund
- First Dinosaur Tracks Found on Arabian Peninsula
- Iraq Museum Reclaims 700 Stolen Artifacts
- Saudi King makes plea for new interfaith dialogue
