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By Xinhua writer Wang Wei WASHINGTON, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- The voting wrapped up months of efforts by Democratic congressmen to push the bill through opposition from Republicans and conservatives and helped fulfill President...
Massive colourful dominoes painted by German students were today placed along the former path of the Berlin Wall to mark the 20th anniversary of the opening of the barrier that divided the city for nearly three decades. Many of...
Sunday, November 08, 2009 By our correspondent Karachi Senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), Nafees Siddiqi, has announced that despite the differences he has with the party leadership, he is still a party worker....
Days after Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas announced that he had "no desire" to run in the upcoming presidential election, UAL MK Ahmed Tibi said Sunday that the Palestinian leader had told him in advance of his...
The Supreme Court of the United States will soon announce a major decision on our lightly controlled system of campaign funding. Will it retain some limitations on corporate influence or will the court blow the lid off and...
At Rabin memorial, Israeli president says immediate launch of peace negotiations may reverse Palestinian president's decision to seek re-election Attila Somfalvi Just days after announced he would not seek a second term as...
The United States faces mounting problems in the three leading conflict-zones of Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq, says Paul Rogers. The escape-route lies not in military escalation but in a change of thinking.
Gulf News Last week I contributed to discussions at the sixth edition of the Forum for the Future held in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh. My contribution, as a member of a delegation from the civil society of broader Middle...
In Peshawar, denial over deadly Taliban tactics Many Pakistanis blame ‘foreign hands’ for heinous market bombing Oct. 28: A powerful bomb rips through a crowded bazaar in Peshawar, Pakistan. Learn about Pakistan’s revolving...
"The Battle for America" boldly asserts its own importance in its title, and unlike many such pronouncements, it largely delivers. Through a judicious blend of facts, anecdotes, close-ups and wide-angle shots, it retells the...
