Cairo - Clinton met for an hour with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak during a hastily arranged stopover in the Egyptian capital to soothe Arab concerns that Washington is backing off demands for an Israeli settlement halt. The...
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Jump to the full entry & travel map Cairo, Egypt After five great days at Dahab, we were headed back to Cairo today. The end of our trip was approaching. We left around 10:30 a.m. for the drive across the Sinai Peninsula. I had...
Jump to the full entry & travel map Petra, Jordan As I said before, I had a big day ahead of me on Sept. 24. When I had been planning this trip and looking into tour options I had initially hoped to include Jordan with my trip...
Nov 25, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka has bought 10 metric tonnes of gold for 375 million US dollars from the International Monetary Fund, following in the wake of India and Mauritius, the international monetary watchdog said. The IMF...
Britain's Queen Elizabeth II arrived in Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday to a wave of enthusiasm but also concern as some world leaders wonder if they can reach an agreement on climate change ahead of an upcoming international...