Politics

Obama must press Israel on 1967 borders: Palestinians - 05/21/2011

RAMALLAH- Palestinian leaders Friday pressured US President Barack Obama to insist that Israel must accept a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas reacted...

Syria troops withdraw from flashpoint town: witness - 05/20/2011

DAMASCUS- Syrian troops on Thursday began withdrawing from Tall Kalakh, deploying on the outskirts of the western town that had been besieged following pro-democracy protests, a witness told AFP....

Obama speech stokes borders row with Netanyahu - 05/20/2011

WASHINGTON, Stephen Collinson- President Barack Obama declared Thursday that the borders of Israel and a Palestinian state must be based on 1967 lines, igniting an immediate clash with Israeli Prime...

Arab leaders doing too little, too late: UN chief tells AFP - 05/19/2011

UNITED NATIONS, Pierre-Antoine Donnet- Arab leaders faced by uprisings this year have always come out with too little, too late, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said in an interview with AFP on Wednesday....

US imposes sanctions on Assad, six other Syrian officials - 05/19/2011

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael- US President Barack Obama imposed sanctions Wednesday on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and six top aides over their deadly crackdown on protests, telling Assad to...

Somebody' knew of bin Laden hideout: Gates - 05/19/2011

WASHINGTON, Dan De Luce- "Somebody" knew about Osama bin Laden's Pakistani hideout but there is no proof that Pakistan's political and military leaders were aware of it, US Defense Secretary Robert...

EU to discuss Assad sanctions next week: diplomats - 05/18/2011

BRUSSELS- European Union ambassadors discussed Tuesday possible sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad but a decision will not be made until a meeting next week, diplomats said....

Mubarak to apologise to Egyptians, plead for amnesty: report - 05/17/2011

CAIRO- Former Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak is to apologise to the nation and plead for amnesty, three months after he was overthrown by a popular uprising, according to a report in the...

Talks on Algerian reforms to begin May 21 - 05/16/2011

ALGIERS- Algeria will begin consulting political leaders on Saturday on reforms aimed at enhancing the country's democratic process, the presidential office said. Speaker of the National Council...

Libya offers truce to UN as revolt enters 4th month - 05/16/2011

TRIPOLI, Imed Lamloum- Moamer Kadhafi's prime minister offered on Sunday a truce to the visiting UN special envoy to Libya, Abdul-Ilah al-Khatib, in return for an immediate NATO ceasefire, as an...
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