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Is it a real try to understand middle east ?
It is something new to see an American newspaper tries to understand the middle east or even to listen to what the key players in it are saying and try to analyze what they are thinking about. In his comments on Charlie Rose PBS interviews in Damascus with president Assad and Khaled Mashal , Muqtader [...]
Israeli radio plays 1962 interview with famous spy Cohen
JERUSALEM -AP- Israel’s Army Radio on Sunday played parts of an interview given by Israel’s most famous spy, marking 45 years since his capture and execution. In the 1962 interview on Damascus Radio, Eli Cohen is in character as businessman Kamal Amin Thabit. He comments on Arabic music and society, but the sound quality of [...]
CAN 2010 : We will remember
Neither you can stop watching the Egyptian brilliant team , nor you can stop thinking about the huge clash between Algeria and Egypt in the semifinal of CAN2010. All what we are going to remember is that clash with a little remains of the Egyption victory of CAN 2010 . Share and Enjoy:
Syria Mediation freed a French prisoner in Iran
PARIS —After a mediation by Syria , The French academic who is part of a mass trial in Iran has been freed from prison on bail and turned over to the French embassy in good health, French leaders said Sunday, urging that charges against her be dropped. French President Nicolas Sarkozy said “that nothing can justify” the [...]
Swiss FM defends Hamas meeting
ZURICH – AFP— Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey on Sunday defended Switzerland’s decision to meet with a Hamas delegation, saying the militant Palestinian group is “an important player” in the Middle East. “Hamas is an important player in the Middle East conflict that cannot be ignored,” said Calmy-Rey in an interview with NZZ am Sonntag, a [...]
SAUDI ARABIA: New Bill Fails to Protect Domestic Workers, HRW Says
WASHINGTON, Jul 10 (IPS) – Despite a bill passed by Saudi Arabia’s Shura Council on Wednesday, a prominent New York-based human rights group is asking for more protection for the estimated 1.5 million domestic workers in the country. In a release Friday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) asked for that the bill be revised to fill [...]
Lebanese President: Any Peace Efforts in the Region Must Be Based on Agreement with Syria
Beirut, (SANA) – Lebanese President Michel Suleiman said on Monday that Lebanese-Syrian relations are witnessing mutual trust bolstered by carrying out the steps that were included in the joint statement issued after the Syrian-Lebanese Summit which was held in Damascus in August 2008. President Suleiman stressed that the higher interests of the two countries govern [...]
US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,322
AP-As of Sunday, July 5, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes nine military civilians killed in action. At least 3,456 military personnel died as a result of hostile action, according to [...]