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A rare bloom turns the arid Atacama desert in Chile into a magnificent carpet of mauve-colored flowers after the region's heaviest rain in 20 years. Rough Cut - subtitled (no reporter narration)
Freida Pinto, Nazanin Boniadi, Tom Cullen in a spectacular feature about the making and the dancing in the movie 'Desert Dancer'. Check it out.
The United States are "quite concerned" about Israel government closing Al Jazeera, says US State Department Spokesperson Matthew Miller. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday his government had decided unanimously to close the channel, and hours later it went off-air in the country. SOUNDBITE
Vehicles navigate flooded streets in Dubai as heavy rains return to the United Arab Emirates just two weeks after record downpours that experts linked to climate change, leading to the closure of schools and many offices in the desert country. IMAGES
Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani says the country is reassessing its role as a mediator between Israel and Hamas after suffering criticism. IMAGES