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Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition are sitting down behind closed doors. They're sitting down in Qatar for the highest-level talks so far in the 18-month political crisis. The Doha-hosted meeting on forming a national unity government and electing a...
Leaders of Lebanon's U.S.-backed government and the Hezbollah-led opposition are sitting down behind closed doors in Qatar for the highest-level talks so far in the 18-month political crisis. The Doha-hosted meeting on forming a national unity government and electing a president was agreed under...
Bush pivots to Arab side of Mideast dispute In Egypt, president will meet with a string of key regional leaders SHARM EL-SHEIK, Egypt - President Bush is pivoting to the Arab side of the Middle East peace dispute, and he may well get a less glowing reception than he did in Israel earlier this...
WATERTOWN, S.D. -- Sen. Barack Obama pushed back Friday against President Bush's implicit criticism of his approach to foreign policy, condemning his administration for not capturing Osama bin Laden and blaming its Iraq war policy for strengthening and emboldening Iran.
Published: Saturday, 17 May, 2008 @ 1:40 PM in Beirut (GMT+2) Doha - Arab-sponsored inter-Lebanese dialogue opened in Qatar Saturday in a bid to end the long-running political crisis that drove the country to the brink of a new civil war after pro- and anti-government supporters fought bloody...
Posted: Saturday, May 17, 2008, 6:13 (BST) At an upmarket jeweller's in east Beirut's Ashrafieh district, wealthy Lebanese Christians shop for gold and diamonds, far removed from the upheaval that has sidelined their once-dominant community. Unlike the rest of the Arab World, Christians have...
May 16, 2008 (LBO) – A former Tamil Tiger who broke away and later allied himself with the government was Friday sworn in as the chief minister of the island's eastern province following last week's polls. Sivanesathurai Chandrakanthan, also known as Pillayan, was sworn in as chief minister of...
Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt - US President George Bush arrived in Egypt on Saturday and met with Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak on the last leg of a largely ceremonial tour of the Middle East. In his meeting with Egyptian leaders in the Sharm el-Sheikh ...
Beirut: Shares in Lebanese real estate market heavyweight Solidere surged 12 per cent on Friday, a day after the country's worst political crisis since the 1975-90 civil war eased. By 0705 GMT, the company's A shares had risen 12.17 per cent to $28.49 and its B shares were up 12.04 per cent to...
When disasters strike, political leaders in most countries know they will be judged at home and abroad by how quickly they respond to meet their people's needs. Following an enormous earthquake centered in China's Sichuan province on May 12, the Chinese government's emergency response planners...
