Dubai Municipality’s Geo Address System (Gas) will assign addresses in the emirate. AP Photo/NASA
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Indian soldiers help travellers and villagers up a steep slope after they were stranded by the rising floodwaters of the River Alaknanda near Govindghat in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. AFP
Troops deployed and helicopters fly sorties to evacuate the stranded as floodwaters inundate India's northern states. Read Article
The mysterious new respiratory virus that originated in the Middle East spreads easily between people and appears more deadly than Sars, doctors say. RML / AP Photo
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Most ruling politicians and their supporters in the post-uprising North African states are likely to support Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan despite wave of demonstrations. Alice Fordham reports Read Article Arab Spring Islamist leaders support Turkey's Erdogan
The Dubai-based graffiti stencil artist Steffi Bow, who has created a life-size artwork of the Lebanese rapper Malikah for an adidas campaign, talks about how picking up a spray can five years ago changed her life.
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James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally fragile mob boss in HBO's 'The Sopranos' helped create one of TV's greatest drama series, has died. The Sopranos star James Gandolfini dies in Rome
Most ruling politicians and their supporters in the post-uprising North African states are likely to support Turkish premier Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Arab Spring Islamist leaders support Erdogan
