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World's most beautiful minarets

Below are some of my favourite minarets. Please add your pictures to this thread Note: A nice collection of photos, but a few are no longer available so scroll down to see them all.

Emails. I get emails...

I got this through the Newsvine system. Some others, apparently, got it too. If you received this email, let us know in the comments. Here's the exact same text on some social network found through a Google search. link And another one  link And another one.

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Holy See and PLO meet in Ramallah

The Palestinian side handed to the Holy See Delegation the response to the draft agreement proposed by the Holy See in the previous meeting, and the talks took place in a positive atmosphere to strengthen further the special relations between the two sides.

Pablo Picasso Was Never Called An @!$%#. A Comment on Iarnuocon.

In the words of that great Boston band, The Modern Lovers, Pablo Picasso was never called an @!$%#.

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Eric Cantor heading to Middle East -

House Majority Leader Eric Cantor is leading a congressional delegation to the Middle East, as America wrestles with increased tension with Iran and instability in the region. The Virginia Republican heads to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and France  …

Israeli Parliament calls for State to Recognize Armenian Genocide

Knesset members from all sides of the political spectrum called for the government to officially recognize the Armenian genocide. The discussion took place a week after France’s lower house of parliament moved to criminalize Armenian-genocide denial. Knesset Speaker Reu …

Kurdistan oil hopes rise with new ventures

(This article from August provides some excellent background information that helps put current events in the region into perspective):

Saudis say Iran must 'pay the price' for alleged plot as US resists retaliation |

Saudi Arabia as issued a menacing ­warning to Iran that it will have to pay a price for the alleged plot to hire a Mexican drug cartel to assassinate its ambassador in Washington. The threat from the Saudis came as the Obama administration described the …

Turkish human rights commission to monitor racism across Europe

Committee president and a deputy of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Ayhan Sefer Üstün said it has launched a program to monitor the course of the investigation into the Oslo massacre.

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