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• Female genital mutilation on rise in Britain
It is practiced by Muslims and Christians alike, deeply rooted in the Nile Valley region and parts of sub-Saharan African, and is also done in Yemen and Oman. Through migration, the practice has spread to Western countries like Britain. U.S. federal ...
• Shades for Scruffy?
Protective eyewear for dogs has also found a place in search and rescue and military work. Tammy Stevenson, an Army Reserves veterinarian who was serving in Oman and Afghanistan in 2003, discovered that protective eyewear made a difference for the ...
• Iran empowers hard-line Guards in Gulf
Yahya Rahim Safavi, the top military adviser of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, announced that "responsibility to defend the Persian Gulf" has been delegated to the Guards' navy, while the regular navy would operate in the Oman Sea ...
• Mideast cyclone spares oil industry - Mideast/N. Africa - msnbc.com
Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast Thursday, flooding highways and tearing down trees and power lines but sparing the region's oil industry. At least 23 people were killed in ...
• A look back and ahead in hot travel trends - TODAY: Travel - MSNBC ...
Oman This is the great sleeper destination, and one of my favorites. You can fly directly in, but my favorite route is to go to Dubai first, then drive through the Emirates into ...