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Workers complete spire on New York's One World Trade Center
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Workers cheered and whistled as they completed the spire on New York's One World Trade Center on Friday, raising the building to its full height of 1,776 feet (541 meters) and helping fill a void in the skyline left by the September 11, 2001 attacks. The spire makes the building the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, 47 feet (14 meters) taller than Chicago's Willis Tower, though it is substantially shorter than towers in the Middle East and Asia. #facebook #United States #India #Brazil #Middle East #markets #Argentina #Mexico #opinion #lifestyle
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Gunmen stage protest outside Libyan justice ministry
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Armed men in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-launchers protested on the road outside Libya's justice ministry on Tuesday to press demands that former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's aides be barred from senior government posts. Tensions between the government and armed militia have been intensifying since authorities began a campaign to dislodge the gunmen from strongholds in the capital Tripoli to tackle lawlessness threatening democratic transition. #facebook #United States #Business #Middle East #NewsTracker #Russia #Argentina #Latin America #Entertainment #opinion #lifestyle
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Gunmen stage protest outside Libyan justice ministry
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Armed men in pick-up trucks mounted with anti-aircraft guns and rocket-launchers protested on the road outside Libya's justice ministry on Tuesday to press demands that former dictator Muammar Gaddafi's aides be barred from senior government posts. Tensions between the government and armed militia have been intensifying since authorities began a campaign to dislodge the gunmen from strongholds in the capital Tripoli to tackle lawlessness threatening democratic transition. Prime Minister Ali Zeidan's government and its armed forces are so weak that swathes of the oil-producing desert country are beyond their control #United States #India #Japan #Arabic #Middle East #Argentina #United Kingdom #Latin America #Entertainment #opinion
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China DailyChina supports peace in Middle East, Xi says
China would like to further strengthen communication and coordination with Saudi Arabia to maintain peace and stability in the Middle East, President Xi Jinping told Saudi Arabia's visiting foreign minister on Friday. A Syrian rebel fighter takes a break #China #Middle East #Saudi Arabia
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TVNZNZ peacekeeper taken hostage in Middle East
A United Nations vehicle is driven at the United Nations multi-agency compound near Heart, Afghanistan - Source: Reuters A New Zealand Defence Force peacekeeper was taken hostage in the Middle East today. The Army officer was abducted from an observation #Middle East #United Nations #New Zealand Defence Force
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CNBCHotels' High Hopes for Middle East
Global hotel brands' aggressive expansion in the Arabian Gulf is helping to drive profits in the face of Europe's faltering economy and partially offset lackluster markets hit by the Arab uprisings, the CEOs of some of the world's biggest hotel groups to #Middle East #Europe #Dubai