Politics

Syrian blogging has never been and will never be a gate to normalization with the Zionists - 06/16/2010

Damascus - the Syrian blogsphere recently followed the publication of news and reports about the alleged dialogue between a group of Syrian and Israeli bloggers, through (http://www.onemideast.org/)...

US top court snubs Canadian-Syrian torture appeal - 06/15/2010

WASHINGTON- The US Supreme Court Monday refused to hear an appeal brought by a Canadian-Syrian who was wrongly arrested in the US in 2002 and expelled to Syria where he was held and tortured for a...

Syria, Lebanon presidents want borders demarcated quickly - 06/15/2010

DAMASCUS- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his visiting Lebanese counterpart, Michel Sleiman, called on Tuesday for steps to be taken toward fixing their countries' common border as soon as...

UN still hopes for international Gaza raid probe - 06/15/2010

UNITED NATIONS- UN chief Ban Ki-moon remains hopeful that Israel will accept his proposal for an international probe of the deadly Israeli raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla, his press office said...

US expects 'prompt' inquiry of Gaza flotilla raid - 06/14/2010

WASHINGTON- The United States expects an Israeli investigation of the deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla to be carried out "promptly," the White House said on Sunday after Israel announced the...

Afghan women swap burqas for police uniforms - 06/13/2010

KANDAHAR, Daphne Benoit- In the heart of the violent birthplace of the Taliban movement, defying Afghan convention and family advice, mothers Magola and Faranaze decided to take up arms. From the...

Egypt authorities deny police beat man to death - 06/13/2010

CAIRO- Egyptian authorities on Saturday denied police beat to death a 28-year-old man, after Internet pictures allegedly showing him bruised and battered sparked condemnation from rights groups....

Israeli border guards kill Palestinian after car hits them - 06/11/2010

JERUSALEM- Israeli border guards shot dead a Palestinian on Friday after he hit two of them with his pick-up truck in mostly Arab east Jerusalem, police and Palestinian medics said. "The man...

Britain's Cameron on brief visit to Abu Dhabi - 06/11/2010

ABU DHABI- British Prime Minister David Cameron paid a brief visit to the United Arab Emirates on Friday where he met the president, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan, the official WAM news agency...

Hamas will not touch US aid to Palestinians: Meshaal - 06/11/2010

KHARTOUM- Exiled Hamas political leader Khaled Meshaal said on Friday the Islamist movement ruling the Gaza Strip would not touch any of the 400 million dollars in US aid promised to the...
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