Arabian Business takes a look at the stories which made the world’s headlines during the past 24 hours.
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IN PICS: News of the world Aug 30
Lines of people wait for buses and trains to evacuate them from the city at the Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Gustav strengthened into a dangerous Category 4 storm as it headed towards the Gulf Coast. (Getty Images)
Members of the public take photographs of the interior of Battersea Power Station in London, England. The old defunct coal-fired power station, which is to be re-developed, has been open to the public every Saturday in the month of August. (Getty Images)
Workers make last minute adjustments to the convention floor at the Xcel Energy Centre in preparation for the Republican National Convention in Saint Paul, Minnesota. More than 100,000 balloons are scheduled to drop onto the convention floor on the final day of the event. The convention runs September 1-4. (Getty Images)
Visitors look at flat panel LCD televisions at the Panasonic Viera stand at the IFA consumer electronics trade fair on in Berlin, Germany. The IFA event will be open through September 3. (Getty Images)
Israeli paragliders take off towards the Sea of Galilee to catch the thermals rising off the biblical lake during the Holy Wind festival from the Mevo Hama cliffs on the Golan Heights. The biblical lake is Israel’s most important water reservoir, fed by the Jordan River from the north and by the many streams that carry snow melt and rain water from the strategic Golan Heights. Jerusalem may soon find itself surrendering the volcanic plateau with Syria demanding a full Israeli withdrawal from the Golan in return for a comprehensive peace. (Getty Images)
