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clear:right; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:12px; margin-top:12px;"> <a href="/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/mideast_ibas/index.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855im_/http://www.birdlife.org/images/sized/100/me_ibas.tif.jpg" class="photo" width="100" height="75"></a></div>  <h2><a href="/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/mideast_ibas/index.html">Middle Eastern Important Bird Areas</a></h2> <p>A total of 391 sites have been identified as Important Bird Areas (IBAs ) in the Middle East, in all covering about 5% of the region's land area. <a href="/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/action/science/sites/mideast_ibas/index.html">More</a> » </p>  <div style="float:right; clear:right; margin-bottom:12px; margin-left:12px; margin-top:12px;"> <a href="/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/action/capacity/iraq_training/index.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855im_/http://www.birdlife.org/images/sized/100/p_iraqi_survey_team.jpg.jpg" class="photo" width="100" height="75"></a></div>  <h2><a href="/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/action/capacity/iraq_training/index.html">Environmental Training Programme for Iraqi Biologists</a></h2> <p>In late 2004, BirdLife International's Middle East Office in Jordan began organising and delivering a training programme for Iraqi biologists. <a href="/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/action/capacity/iraq_training/index.html">More</a> » </p>  <hr style="clear:both;"> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td valign="top" width="50%">  <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="2" nowrap class="sideblock"><p style="padding-bottom:0px; margin-bottom:0px;"> <strong>Recent News</strong></p> </td> </tr>   <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td nowrap class="sideblock"><p align="right"><strong>12-11-2008: </strong></td> <td class="sideblock"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/11/lwfg_action_plan.html" target="_self">International action to save Lesser White-fronted Goose</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td nowrap class="sideblock"><p align="right"><strong>07-11-2008: </strong></td> <td class="sideblock"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/11/lebanon_wbf.html" target="_self">Migratory birds bridge water, culture and religion</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td nowrap class="sideblock"><p align="right"><strong>03-11-2008: </strong></td> <td class="sideblock"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/11/ramsar_resolution.html" target="_self">International agreement join-ups flyway conservation</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td nowrap class="sideblock"><p align="right"><strong>27-10-2008: </strong></td> <td class="sideblock"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/10/bald_ibis_poisonings.html" target="_self">Poison blamed for Critical deaths</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td nowrap class="sideblock"><p align="right"><strong>22-10-2008: </strong></td> <td class="sideblock"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/10/cms_mou2.html" target="_self">Safer passage for migratory birds of prey</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td nowrap class="sideblock"><p align="right"><strong>03-10-2008: </strong></td> <td class="sideblock"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/10/world_bird_festival.html" target="_self">2008 World Bird Festival celebrates migratory birds</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td nowrap class="sideblock"><p align="right"><strong>25-09-2008: </strong></td> <td class="sideblock"><p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/news/2008/09/mdg_news.html" target="_self">BirdLife抯 pioneering approach adopted by Millennium Development Goals</a></p> </td> </tr>   <tr align="left" valign="top"> <td colspan="2" nowrap class="sideblock"><p> <a href="/web/20081121181855/http://www.birdlife.org/news/search.html?sp-q-1=&sp-q-2=&sp-s=1&sp-q-4=News&sp-x-4=section&sp-p-4=phrase&sp-q-required-4=1&sp-q-5=News+Stories&sp-x-5=subsection&sp-p-5=phrase&sp-q-required-5=1&sp-x-9=regions&sp-q-required-9=1&sp-q-9=Middle East">More News</a> »</p> </td> </tr> </table>  <p> </p> </td> <td width="24"><img src="/web/20081121181855im_/http://www.birdlife.org/images/spacer.gif" width="24" height="24"></td> <td width="50%" valign="top" class="sideblock"> <table width="100%" height="210" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="/* border-color: #CCCCCC; 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