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Miliband: Syria vital to peace in Middle East

David Miliband said that his talks with Syria's President, Bashar al-Assad, focused on ways of achieving a comprehensive peace in the Middle East. The British Foreign Secretary said 2009 would be "an important year" in the...

Traces of uranium found at Syria site is ‘inconclusive, says El Baradei

DUBAI: The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog said Monday the agency needs more transparency from Syria and others to determine whether traces of uranium found at a site bombed by Israeli planes indicate Damascus was building a...

UN Masquerade

FrontPage magazine.com, CA November 18 2008 By Benny Avni The Saudi king won much praise last week for convening talks at the United Nations ostensibly meant to promote peace and "religious tolerance." He even snagged a private...

Palestinian official: Obama pledges to support Mideast peace process

RAMALLAH, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday discussed the latest developments in the Middle East peace process with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas by telephone, a senior Palestinian official...

Obama pledges state to Palestinian leader

President-elect Barack Obama today phoned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and pledged to work to establish a Palestinian state as soon as possible, a senior PA negotiator told WND. "Obama expressed his full...

Embedded government

For some time we have been hearing quite shocking remarks from the ministers, including the prime minister, of the ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party). Until recently the AK Party was able to secure the support of...

Analysts: Turkey should adapt to new equation in Iraq

A provision of the recently signed US-Iraq agreement known as the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) envisages that the US will hand over full control of Iraqi airspace to Iraqi forces in less than two months’ time.

Bahçeli says Alevism should be saved from ideological abuse

The leader of the Nationalist Movement Party (MHP), Devlet Bahçeli, has said Alevism in Turkey, just like other religious beliefs, should be rescued from being used as a tool of political power by some groups.

Russia's New Friends in the Middle East

Today's news that Somali pirates have hijacked a Saudi Arabian oil tanker, carrying one quarter of the OPEC nation's daily production (valued at $100 million), may result in increased cooperation on security of oil shipments...

Barceló unveils UN "Sistine Chapel" in Geneva

According to the artist, the work is like a "cave and sea in perpetual movement" (Agusti Torres/ONUART) The Spanish abstract artist Miquel Barceló has unveiled his spectacular new artwork at the United Nations headquarters in...

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