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T M Fred Texas is first Arabian horse winner at Preakness
The jockey had raced an Arabian horse only once before and had never met the trainer before. The trainer, a former jockey himself, has never actually mounted an Arabian. The owner is an 18-year-old Shiek who, according to the trainer, knows very...
Tags: Arabian Peninsula, Pimlico Race Course, Equestrian, The Jockey Club Incorporated, Preakness Stakes
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Johns Hopkins patients move into new $1.1 billion facility
At the ding of a cowbell Sunday, staffers in a command center at the Johns Hopkins Hospital began clapping and yelling out victory cheers.
Another department had begun to transfer patients as part of a massive move from Hopkins' aging hospital building...Tags: Harbor East, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Hospitals and Clinics, Chemotherapy, Michael Bloomberg
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Bloomberg joins Johns Hopkins in dedicating new hospital
Michael Bloomberg's first donation to Johns Hopkins was $5, which he gave the year after he graduated in 1964 from the university with an engineering degree.
The New York mayor now ranks as Hopkins' largest contributor, and possibly the largest donor...Tags: Ceremonies, Hospitals and Clinics, College Sports, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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For a Muslim American in the Middle East, a new kind of prejudice
As a Muslim from the United States traveling to study in the Middle East, I assumed this would be the end to discrimination and prejudice toward me for being a Muslim, but I soon discovered otherwise. Even in a Muslim country, there were ways in which I...Tags: New York University, Islam, Discrimination, Odenton, Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)
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USS Sanctuary leaves harbor to be recycled
The former Navy hospital ship USS Sanctuary, which served in the aftermath of World War II and in Vietnam, has been sold and is now under tow from Baltimore to Brownsville, Texas, for recycling. The move marks the end of a 22-year residence in...Tags: Lawyers, Hospitals and Clinics, Regional Authority, Medical Services, Locust Point
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Official list of Guantanamo Bay detainees
The Associated PressThe list provided by the Pentagon of all current and former detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, held between January 2002 and May 15, 2006; includes the names of the detainees, country of citizenship, and approximate age: 1. HICKS, DAVID --...Tags: Tajikistan, Kuwait, Somalia, Iraq, Libya
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Ehrlich objects to port deal
Sun reportersGov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. said yesterday that he was concerned that a state-owned company in the United Arab Emirates could gain control of some operations at the port of Baltimore - the highest-ranking Maryland official to weigh in on what has ballooned...Tags: U.S. Department of State, Local Elections, Regional Authority, Executive Branch, Key West
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Military expands ties in the gulf
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Amid strains in American ties with Saudi Arabia, the United States has significantly expanded its strategic relationship with the smaller emirates and monarchies of the oil-rich Persian Gulf, which could play a key role as bases for U.S....Tags: Qatar, Kuwait, Local Elections, Iraq, Democracy
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More than 100 sought in probe
Sun National StaffWASHINGTON - Federal investigators said yesterday that they want to interview more than 100 people who could have ties to Tuesday's devastating attacks as they released a smaller, grimmer list - the names of the 19 suspected suicide hijackers who are...Tags: Transportation Industry, Air Transportation Industry, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Hollywood (Broward, Florida), Phoenix (Maricopa, Arizona)
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ANALYSIS-Iran commander's trip to disputed islands frays UAE nerves
Reuters* Rising sectarian tension poisons old feud * Emiratis fear Iranian expansionism in Gulf * Trade ties survive despite sanctions, politics By Raissa Kasolowsky ABU DHABI, June 1 (Reuters) - A visit by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander to three...Tags: London School of Economics, Islam, Saudi Arabia, Missile Systems, Bahrain
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Iran's Guards commander visits disputed island-TV
ReutersDUBAI, June 1 (Reuters) - The head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards has visited three tiny disputed islands in the Gulf, state television reported on Friday, in a move likely to anger the United Arab Emirates which also claims sovereignty over them....Tags: Islam, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Saudi Arabia, Tehran (Iran), Iran
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U.S. says concerned about businessman in Dubai prison
ReutersDUBAI (Reuters) - The United States is concerned about the health of an American businessman who has been on hunger strike at a Dubai prison for more than two weeks, the U.S. embassy said on Thursday. Zack Shahin, a U.S. citizen accused of embezzlement...Tags: Strikes, Dubai (United Arab Emirates), Labor Disputes, Prisons
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