A recent increase in the intensity of Arabian Sea cyclones may be the result of increasing air pollution over the Indian sub-continent, according to a new multi-institutional study.

By SUE CLEAVER YOU can tell a lot about a country by the welcome you get at passport control. Ive become used to suspicious, sullen faces examining my picture in disbelief that the girl in it is actually me. So my reception in Oman came as a pleasant change.

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By JIM KRANE MUSCAT, Oman -- People dragged soaked bedding and carpets from homes Thursday after Cyclone Gonu's winds blew down trees and power lines and its rains sent torrents of water and mud surging through Oman's seaside capital, a city often called the Arab world's tidiest.