One of the starkest memories I have of visiting Morocco was how dirty everything was, especially by the ocean and the border crossings with Spanish Cueta . As I was leaving the country I recall looking back over the fence and seeing what looked like a mountain of dirty diapers slowly crumbling into the sea. And that was not all, there seemed to be trash everywhere. At the time I thought it was only Morocco, being a third-world country that was dirty, however I have since learned that much of the Arab World is needlessly strewn with garbage. This article about the ancient city of Sidon being

The women in the audience may be enveloped in black but their eyes are on mini-dresses, hotpants and glittering gowns shown by Valentino, Kenzo and other fashion houses on the catwalk in Dubai this week."The turnover of the company is growing in double-digit figures, but here we are growing more than 30 per cent year on year, which is big for us," said Emilio Cabonera Giani, from Valentino, before Valentino's Spring-Summer 2007 collection show in Dubai.Kenzo, Japanese fashion house also showed its Spring-Summer 2007 collection this week and the latest creations from France's Christian