Dubai becomes
ghost town on Bush visit DUBAI, Jan 14: The usually
bustling Gulf emirate of Dubai ground to
a halt on Monday as blanket security measures were
imposed for US President George Bush's visit, the
first by an American head of... (photo:
White House / Eric Draper ) Dawn Bush Dubai Emirates
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Christian
Malaysian tribe sues Islamic
state Posted | Comment
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have sued Malaysia's sole Islamic opposition-ruled state
government for... (photo: Wikimedia Commons
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Mubarak:
Lebanon political situation
dangerous Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak was asked
yesterday about the call by some Arab parties to reactivate the
role played by Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Syria on the Arab initiative on
Lebanon, and he...
(photo: (AP /Ariel Schalit)) Arabic
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Rice visits
Iraq for Maliki talks The
US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice.
Photograph: Ivan Sekretarev/AP The US
secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, arrived in
Baghdad today for unannounced talks with
the prime minister,... (photo: US
State Department/Joellen Duckett) The
Guardian Iraq Parliament
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Israeli troops
kill nine Palestinians in Gaza GAZA CITY & JERUSALEM - Nine Palestinians
were killed by Israeli troops on Tuesday in the
latest army operation in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip,
medics and witnesses said. At least two of the
victims were... (photo: WN /
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Jyoti Basu
clears the air about Bharat
Ratna By
our correspondent 15 January 2008 KOLKATA ' In his
typical blunt manner, Jyoti Basu on Sunday
announced that he is not at all interested in
Bharat Ratna, the country's highest civilian
honour which... (photo: PIB) Khaleej
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Kolkata
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Ahmadi-Nejad
message to Gulf states on relations with
Iran Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad sent
a message to the six heads of Arab Gulf states on Sunday. The
president's message was handed over to Deputy
Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs...
(photo: AP Photo / Hasan Sarbakhshian)
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Bush in new
Saudi talks after first moves on arms
deal Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdul
Aziz al-Saud (R) and US President George W. Bush
shake hands after Bush was presented with the King
Abdul Aziz Order of Merit at the Riyadh Palace in the Saudi
capital.... (photo: AP Photo / Pablo
Martinez Monsivais) Turkish
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Saudi FM urges
Syria to help break Lebanon
crisis RIYADH - Saudi Arabia urged Syria on Monday to use its
influence on the Lebanese opposition to persuade
it to accept an Arab League plan aimed at ending
the political impasse in Lebanon. "Syria should...
(photo: AP Photo / Lawrence Jackson) Middle East
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U.S. to sell
Saudis smart bombs to help keep Iran in
check (01-15) 04:00 PST Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- President Bush
delivered a sophisticated weapons sale for Saudi Arabia on
Monday, trying to bolster defenses against threats
from U.S. adversary Iran and... (photo: White
House / Chris Greenberg ) San Fransisco
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