Politics

In Lebanon, all roads lead once again to Damascus - 04/05/2010

BEIRUT, Rana Moussaoui- Five years after Syrian troops withdrew from their country, Lebanese leaders who were once Damascus's staunchest critics are scrambling to heal rifts as Syria breaks out of...

Hashish shortage in Egypt sparks plot theories - 04/05/2010

CAIRO, Samer al-Atrush- Egypt's market for the illegal drug hashish is going through a shortage that is stoking a wide variety of theories, many of them coloured by a sense of widespread distrust...

Iraq on alert after deadly embassy blasts - 04/05/2010

BAGHDAD, Prashant Rao- Iraq's security forces were on high alert Monday after three suicide car bombs targeting regional and European embassies rocked Baghdad, killing 30 people. The attacks came...

Haitians celebrate Easter in camps and cathedral ruins - 04/05/2010

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Clement Sabourin - Sitting on the rubble of Port-au-Prince cathedral or standing in makeshift survivor camps, tens of thousands of Haitians celebrated Easter mass Sunday, haunted by...

Egypt publisher of pro-ElBaradei book released: security source - 04/05/2010

CAIRO- The Egyptian publisher of a book supporting former UN nuclear watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei was released from custody Sunday a day after his arrest, a security source said. "He has been...

Kurds want Talabani to stay on as Iraqi president - 04/04/2010

ARBIL- Iraqi Kurdish parties reiterated on Saturday that Iraq's incumbent President Jalal Talabani, a Kurd, should stay on for another four years, following the March 7 general election. "Our...

Private sector urged to take leading role in Syrian film - 04/04/2010

DAMASCUS, Ahmad Khatib - Syria, whose award-winning television series have taken the Arab world by storm, wants the private sector to move in on films, an industry in which the state says it has done...

Gunmen in army uniforms massacre 25 people in Iraqi village - 04/03/2010

BAGHDAD, Salam Faraj - Gunmen in army uniforms massacred 25 people from families linked to an anti-Qaeda militia as they swooped on a village south of Baghdad before dawn on Saturday, Iraqi officials...

ElBaradei takes reform campaign to Egypt's Nile Delta - 04/02/2010

MANSURA, Mona Salem- Hundreds of Egyptians cheered former UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei on Friday as he took his political reform campaign to the streets of the Nile Delta town of...

Obama wants to engage Syria as key peace player: Kerry - 04/02/2010

DAMASCUS- President Barack Obama's administration considers Syria a key player in Washington's efforts to revive the stalled Middle East peace process, US Senator John Kerry said in Damascus on...
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