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2010-03-10 Summary Box: A look at McDonalds February sales around the globe

SALES UP: McDonalds Corp. said sales at its fast food restaurants open at least a year rose 4. 8 percent in February. Thats a key indicator of performance because it measures growth at existing locations rather than newly opened ones.

OVERSEAS STRENGTH: Established sales in Europe climbed 5. 4 percent, while Asia/Pacific, Middle East and Africas performance soared 10. 5 percent. In the U. S. , the figure edged up 0. 6 percent.

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SALES UP: McDonalds Corp. said sales at its fast food restaurants open at least a year rose 4. 8 percent in February. Thats a key indicator of performance because it measures growth at existing locations rather than newly opened ones. - E2972c628c7b44bbbb73628aa2370021

2010-03-09 RP emerging source of halal-certified products going to Middle East

In 2008 DTI also launched an advocacy program that aims to invite and educate Philippine food manufacturers about the significance of halal. These info-sessions were facilitated to encourage more companies to take the certification and therefore create a strong niche in the Middle Eastern mainstream market.

CONSUMING halal-certified products is essential to the practice of the Islamic faith. It is important for Middle Eastern countries to ensure that the meat and poultry they consume are genuinely halal-certified to adhere to the lawful food prescribed for Muslim countries.

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2010-03-04 Frontier Markets: Investing in the Middle East and laquo; On The Scene and laquo;

The city of Damascus was amazing. The souks have an old world charm like Marrakesh. They are filled with the food vendors, cafes and stores of all kinds. My favorite are cafes where men and women share a smoke from the hookah and sip on strong coffee or Syrian tea.

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2010-03-03 Grillaxin with Tako Truks Cormac Mahoney, Part One - Seattle Restaurants and Dining - Voracious

What do I want people to know about me I eat everything. And I cook everything. I am 37, Jeezus, and I grew up eating Chinese food and Mexican food and when I got to Seattle all of a sudden there was Thai food and African and Middle Eastern and Indian. So culinarily, its a really weird time to grow up.

Kitchen, in Eastlake. Hes holding a fundraiser for Haiti this weekend, and is hoping to build Tako Truk as a sort of mobile-consulting business, offering his services, and hopefully providing great bar food, and/or teaching bartenders how to make great food, in tiny kitchens all over Seattle. Here is the first in a three-part series, talking with Mahoney about how food fits into his life.

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2010-03-02 Katrina sparks 24-year-old BR mans odyssey through Middle East New Orleans News, Local News, Breaking News, Weather News

Christen Romero, sitting across from his father, smiled and nodded. "Yeah, food brings you together," he said. "So we talked about how good the food was in Iraq and how cheap it was. "

I just said, You deserve what you get. You asked for it by going there," the elder Romero recalled telling his son during the phone call. "And then we talked about food. "

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Christen Romero drank coffee with the Taliban in Pakistan, tried to swim to Lebanon during the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel, and became a contestant in a wrestling match in Bolivia to earn extra traveling money --

2010-02-28 Open sesame - Food Reviews - Food - Life - The Times of India

Take inspiration from Middle Eastern cuisine and rustle up a batch of zahtar,an everyday spice mix traditionally combined with a little olive oil and spread on flat bread for breakfast or eaten as a dip. Its also used to spice meat and vegetables dishes,and sprinkled on labneh (a thick hung yoghurt cheese) or fried eggs as a garnish. I make mine by combining toasted sesame with dried thyme,salt and amchur to replace the sumac that is traditionally used but hard to find in India. The beauty of zahtar is that it can be nutty,salty,sour or herby. Start with a small quantity and adjust to taste. Its great on naans and kulchas,in raitas and even sprinkled on chunks of paneer and chicken that are to be grilled.

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2010-02-27 The Daily Athenaeum - International Dinner Sunday

Huang said she is personally looking forward to the couscous that will be served Sunday. She hopes that even people who have tried Middle Eastern food before will come out for the meal in order to spread the word about other cultures.

Students from the featured countries volunteer to make the food," Huang said. "We just ask people who come from that country what the famous food will be there, and we make the food at home. "

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2010-02-26 UN plans Asias 1st food relief hub for disasters - Taiwan News Online

The U. N. s World Food Program announced plans Thursday to set up its first Asian disaster response hub, highlighting the need for emergency supplies to save lives in a region increasingly afflicted by earthquakes, floods, typhoons and volcanic eruptions.

The air base depot near Malaysias largest city, Kuala Lumpur, will complete the WFPs global network of major facilities that dispatch food and other humanitarian relief within hours of a natural disaster, said Amir Abdulla, the WFPs deputy executive director.

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2010-02-25 Comox Valley Record - Zizis brings Middle East tastes to Valley

Even though you are in busy downtown Courtenay, and you see evidence of this as you watch the cars go by, with the delicious food, the Middle Eastern music and comfortable atmosphere, its easy to forget all that.

I think thats the whole thing in the food industry, not only love of food but of feeding people, not only their belly but their soul, she said, adding they want people to feel like theyve been transported to another world. We have people who are here for a lunch meeting, and before they know it, theyve been here two and a half hours. We love that. It drives us.

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2010-02-24 Gold Coast tourism aims at Middle East Local Gold Coast News . au Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Tourism Queenslands director for the Middle Eastern region, Paul Buggy, said the area was the highest-yielding international market in Queensland, even compared to nationalities known for holidaying on the Coast like China and Japan.

Mr Buggy said Gold Coast tourism operators and stakeholders were also welcoming the Middle East market and catering for visitors by offering prayer rooms and Halal-certified food.

But providing 2010 remains flu-free, the industry body is expecting a big tourism resurgence, with 96 per cent of visitors from the Middle East likely to choose the Gold Coast as their number one holiday destination.

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THE Middle Eastern tourism market is poised to rise on the Gold Coast. . au - Local Gold Coast NewsGold Coast tourism aims at Middle East