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Whether Lebanon veered close to "civil war" this month--a question broached by many newspapers--seems purely academic at this point, and perhaps irrelevant. Beirut settled into a tenuous calm after Lebanon's cabinet conceded (CNN) the immediate demands of Hezbollah, but the upheaval resolved none...
Thousands of Iraqi troops moved unchallenged into Baghdad's Sadr City Tuesday to seize the Shiite militia stronghold, in the largest attempt yet by the government to impose control, an Iraqi military spokesman said. The large Iraqi force backed by tanks entered the sprawling district before dawn,...
Report: Iran could spark new nuclear arms race Tehran's disputed program fuels interest in atomic energy across Mideast LONDON - Iran's disputed nuclear program has sent a wave of interest in atomic energy across the Middle East, a think tank said Tuesday, warning that it risked setting the scene...
By Caren Bohan- Ronald Reagan met Mikhail Gorbachev, Richard Nixon met Mao Zedong and John F. Kennedy met Nikita Khrushchev, so why shouldn't the next U.S. president meet with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad? McCain, an Arizona senator and Vietnam War hero, has hammered Obama daily on the issue, suggesting...
White House hopefuls Barack Obama and John McCain have sparred over whether presidents should meet with adversaries, in a clash that could help define the foreign policy debate ahead of the November presidential election. Following are comments by some U.S. political figures over engaging foes:...
Beirut - On the occasion of the anniversary marking the assassination of Ramzi Irani the "Lebanese Forces" said in a statement "the blood of Ramsey and thousands of his comrades watered the soil of Lebanon and was the spark behind the red and white colors of Freedom at the Independence Square "
"We expect to have, kind of, a quickening pace in the next few weeks," he said, standing beside Kim Sook of South Korea and Akitaka Saiki of Japan, who represent their countries at the six-party talks. "There has been a lot of work done on the declaration," Hill said, adding, "That's one of the...
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 20 (UPI) -- A former Baath Party official and current head of a Kurdish opposition party says the peaceful perception of Iraqi Kurdistan is largely an illusion. Jawhar al-Harki heads the opposition Kurdistan Justice and Freedom Party from his offices in Damascus, Syria....
Yesterday’s McCain response to Obama on Iran ABC News reported yesterday, online, on Senator McCain’s speech to the National Restaurant Association meeting yesterday morning in Chicago. In particular, what one of their reports highlighted was Senator McCain’s four minute response to some comments...
The writer is a real estate agent. In response to "Charlotte: Best place to live" (May 19 Insider):To relegate our being ranked the No. 1 place to live by Relocate-America.com to a three-inch item at the bottom of page 10A is preposterous!CNN Headline News gave the story excellent coverage Friday...
