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A Boeing 747-8 freighter waits on the flight line before making its first test flight on February 8, 2009 at Paine Field in Everett, Washington. The 747-8 is the largest jumbo jet Boeing has built. (AFP)
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Iran plans major nuclear expansion
 
TEHRAN: Iran said it will start making higher-grade reactor fuel on Tuesday and will add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion sure to stoke tensions with the West.
 
 Envoys go to North Korea for talks push
 15 Indian soldiers killed in avalanche
SPORTS LATEST
Steyn devastates India batting
 
NAGPUR: South African Dale Steyn confirmed his status as the world's premier quick bowler with a career best seven for 51 on the third day of the first test against India on Monday.
 
 Safina pulls out of Dubai with back injury
 Warne tells Aussies to take part in IPL
BUSINESS LATEST
CNOOC emerges from shadows
 
HONG KONG: China National Offshore Oil Corp's likely acquisition of oil field assets in Africa should silence critics concerned that the country's top offshore oil producer has been sitting on too muc
 
 Spain's Santander mulls IPO for UK arm
 JAL to stay with American, end Delta talks
 
LOCAL FLAVOUR
His Majesty issues three Royal Decrees
18 caught in rains rescued
Sayyid Fahd and Morimoto review bilateral relations
Muscat Municipality reviews local order draft on buildings
It’s partytime for these fighters
Oman Electricity gears up to meet increasing demand
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
Google warns Chinese knock-off to stop using logo
Iran's resistance keeps up cat-and-mouse Web game
"Up in the Air" lifts spirits of some unemployed
Jolie, Pitt sue British newspaper
 FEATURES
Freestyler gets ball rolling to World Cup
 
His skills now provide a living, which he makes through corporate events that have taken him across Europe and beyond.
 
Google Earth dives into oceans and WW II
The feature includes images taken in 1943 of 35 European cities pictures and of war-battered Warsaw in 1935 and 1945.
Indonesian eco-resorts go for wildlife wow factor
 
Hotels and tour operators are touting their sustainable bent in a bid to attract a share of a growing global market.
 
Dream comes true for blind skier McKeever
He will become the first athlete to compete in both a Winter Olympics and a Paralympics.
 TECHNOLOGY
NEW YORK: Bookseller Barnes & Noble Inc said on Monday that its Nook electronic reader would be available in most of its physical stores as of Wednesday, ahead of Valentine's Day, ending weeks of dela