Politics

Saudi praises Brazil, Argentina move on Palestine - 12/13/2010

RIYADH- Saudi Arabia on Monday praised the recognition of the Palestinian state by Brazil and Argentina, calling it a major advance in international support for Palestinian rights. The council of...

Kuwaiti MPs delay quizzing premier for a day - 12/13/2010

KUWAIT CITY, Omar Hasan- Kuwaiti opposition MPs decided on Sunday to delay by one day plans to question the prime minister in parliament over a police crackdown on a public gathering, MP Mussallam...

Tapes reveal Nixon, Kissinger blasts over Jews, others - 12/11/2010

LOS ANGELES- US president Richard Nixon blasted Jews as "obnoxious," and made disparaging remarks about the Irish, Italians and black Africans, according to newly-released White House audio tapes....

WikiLeaks cables release reshapes diplomatic landscape - 12/11/2010

PARIS, Philippe Rater- Was the WikiLeaks cable release a stone thrown into the waters of US diplomacy, causing waves that will eventually calm, or a brick through the window of the State Department,...

Biden renews US support for Lebanon - 12/11/2010

WASHINGTON- Vice President Joe Biden Friday assured Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri of US support as a UN tribunal probes the the 2005 assassination of his father, stoking tensions in Lebanon....

Egypt's Mubarak 'could be in power for life' - 12/11/2010

CAIRO, Hala Boncompagni - Egypt's 82-year-old President Hosni Mubarak is likely to seek re-election next year and serve for the rest of his life, British daily The Guardian reported citing...

Gaza blast kills two Palestinian teenagers - 12/11/2010

GAZA CITY- Two Palestinian teenagers were killed in a blast in Gaza City on Friday thought to have been caused by an unexploded Israeli tank shell, medical and security sources said. The two died...

WikiLeaks goes backstage in Lebanon's Hariri case - 12/10/2010

BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck - US diplomatic cables unveiled by WikiLeaks have exposed backstage manoeuvres surrounding a UN investigation into the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri, stoking new...

Syria's Assad says no Israeli peace partner - 12/10/2010

PARIS- There is no Israeli peace partner, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Friday, also slamming an Israeli law requiring a referendum ahead of a withdrawal from Arab lands annexed since 1967....

Arab FMs to review peace prospects after US bid fails - 12/09/2010

CAIRO- Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo on the weekend after the United States failed to persuade Israel to freeze settlements, Arab League chief Amr Mussa said on Wednesday. The Arab...
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