An Excess of Ambition for Sarkozy The New York Times | PARIS — At a cabinet meeting last week, the French government issued a decree creating a general secretariat to serve France’s upcoming turn at the rotating presidency of the G-8 and G-20 economic summit groups. | Workaday stuff, seemingly, coming alongside directives concerning the fu...
Saudi families stranded abroad Gulf News | Riyadh: More than 598 Saudi families consisting of more than 1,822 members are currently stranded in a number of foreign countries, a Saudi welfare society looking after Saudis abroad announced. | The situation can arise where some Saudis travel to foreign countries with the intention of entering ...
Crossing Mandelbaum Gate, By Kai Bird The Independent | How to understand the Middle East? This is the central question behind Pulitzer Prize-winner Kai Bird's compelling memoir and historical analysis of the past 60 years. Bird is the son of an American foreign service officer who spent his youth in Je...
Saudi King in Syria Amid Regional Tensions The New York Times | Filed at 5:10 p.m. ET | DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syria on Thursday warned the United States to stop trying to interfere as Arab leaders try to defuse heightened tensions in the Middle East. | Saudi King Abdullah, who arrived in Syria on Thursday, wa...
A Reality Show Where Islam Is the Biggest Star Herald Tribune | KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Bright studio spotlights illuminated the faces of four nervous young men, arms linked as they anxiously awaited their fate. Cameramen stood poised, ready to capture the climactic moment. Finally, the chief judge brok...
FBI director says no racial targeting with guidelines Zeenews Washington: FBI director Robert Mueller told Congress on Wednesday that the bureau's domestic surveillance guidelines are being used properly and that US agents are not employing them to target people for investigation based on race. | The FBI direct...
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Air Arabia appoints Aviareps for the Ukrainian market TravelDailyNews | “Pay less, fly more” - this is the philosophy of Air Arabia. With the latest appointment of Aviareps as its General Sales Agent in Ukraine, the first and largest...
Etisalat to introduce edutainment services Khaleej Times ABU DHABI - Etisalat has announced to provide educational and entertainment (edutainment) services soon across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka and Sudan fo...
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The veil and the holiday dilemma Middle East Online | When Turki al Shabanah, a leading Saudi executive television producer, was asked which place he likes to go to the most in Riyadh, his answer was Riyadh International Airport. | Many Saudis, such as al Shabanah, are obsessed with travelling, but th...
Arabian al Qaeda: Fanning the Flames of Jihad Scoop Tuesday, 27 July 2010, 6:37 pm | Press Release: NewAgeIslam.com | Arabian al Qaeda: Fanning the Flames of Jihad | By Scott Stewart | On July 11, 2010, al-Malahim Media, the media arm of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), published the first ed...
Saudi king heads to Syria Al Jazeera | Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah is scheduled to arrive in Damascus, the Syrian capital, on the second-leg of his four-nation "Arab unity tour". | King Abdullah was in Egypt on Wednesday and held talks with its president Hosni Mubarak on the Arab-Israeli peace process. | He is scheduled to meet Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, on Thursday. | Ki...
Iranian Scientist escapes from the imperialist American dogs just in time for supper The Examiner | Jazz hands!!! Thanks MSNBC.com and WTK's home page! | Flashing a victory sign (Or perhaps just beginning his dance routine featuring "Jazz hands".), an Iranian nuclear scientist who claimed he was abducted and amused (Sorry, abused.) by U.S. Agent's a year ago returned Thursday to his homeland and into...
