Emirates Airline puts focus on the environment TravelVideo > By Nelson Alcantara, Special to eTN | Aug 25, 2008 Dubai's EmiratesAirlines on Monday unveiled a program called Emvironment, a series of new initiatives to further improve the environmental... (photo: public domain / )
Cairo hotel serving alcohol again Denver Post CAIRO, EGYPT — Cairo's luxury Grand Hyatt hotel is serving alcohol again after a compromise was reached between the international chain and the hotel's Saudi owner who abruptly declared it a dry... (photo: Public Domain)
The challenge of the Democratic convention International Herald Tribune There is a temptation to feel jaded about the U.S. presidential conventions, with all of their careful staging and production values. But they are a chance to get a good... (photo: AP / Brennan Linsley)
UN: Opium cultivation drops in Afghanistan The Boston Globe KABUL, Afghanistan—Drought and anti-drug campaigns helped slash Afghanistan's opium poppy cultivation by 19 percent this year compared to 2007, but the country is... (photo: AP / Abdul Khaleq)
Biden as Obama's 'bridge' Asia Times By Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - In picking six-term Senator Joseph Biden as his vice presidential running-mate, Senator Barack Obama hopes to plug some key gaps in the electoral... (photo: AP / Ted S. Warren)
