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London calling: Gulf elite caught in conspicuous consumption

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Love Story: Jordanian newlyweds share their wedding with refugees

Why blow your wedding bucks on one extravaganza when you can hold two for the same price? Jordanian newlyweds Mutaz Mango and Basma Omar...

The beauty of ecotourism in Israel

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Hebrew Roots of 10 English Words

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This UAE birthday cake could send 740,000 refugee kids to school

Marie Antoinette has nothing on the wealthy Arab clients who commissioned a cake commemorating their daughter's combo birthday and engagement party. The confection whipped...

Costa Rican tourists thwart sea turtle nesting, a surreal mirroring of the crisis in the Med

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Turkish couple invited 4,000 Syrian refugees to their wedding feast!

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Earth up for sale – save it by buying it!

Back in high school we bought a few acres of rainforest in Brazil - to save it. To stop illegal logging. To preserve biodiversity....

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