QASR BSHIR / AP The helicopter door opens and Robert Bewley leans out hundreds of feet above the Hisban Roman ruins outside Amman, Jordan. Feet on the struts, the Oxford University archaeologist begins snapping photos as the chopper circles the ancient stones. Sheep flock far below amid marble columns from 1,700 years ago. After a few minutes, Bewley squawks directions …

  Frankfurt / DPA Juergen Ebert’s four-wheel-drive vehicle rushes along a path, parallel to an airport runway. His blank gun lets off a loud bang and a flock of starlings flies off. Soon afterwards, a plane roars nearby and takes off: mission accomplished! Ebert is a biologist and leads the wildlife control team at Frankfurt airport, the third-busiest airport in …

  Sharjah / WAM The Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) and German energy company, Uniper SE, on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), under the auspices of the Sharjah Petroleum Council (SPC), to import the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) into the Port of Hamriyah in the Emirate of Sharjah. First gas deliveries should arrive in Sharjah in the spring …