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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia -- The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not bar anyone considered high-risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year, though he urged countries where pilgrims set...
BEIRUT, Nov. 7 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese new cabinet will be formed in next two days as the opposition has reportedly agreed on the majority's portfolios, the local media reported on Saturday. Local newspaper the Daily Star reported...
Barack Obama's extended hand was whacked across the knuckles by the leaders of Iran, Syria and assorted other thuggeries last week. But the Obama administration did manage a good demonstration in Burma of how its brand of...
It's not often that an appellate court decision reflects so vividly what a country has become, but such is the case with yesterday's ruling by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Arar v. Ashcroft. Maher Arar is both a...
Today's analysis. 1. 7 fur; $100,000; 3YO DAMASCUS STAKES M ONE RIFLE comes in with a bullet work after setting the pace and finishing second by nose in Cal Cup Sprint. SU PREME SUMMIT stretches out after running evenly Grade 1...
ROBERT FISK'S WORLD: THE GERMAN LAWRENCE OF ARABIA HAD MUCH TO LIVE UP TO - AND FAILED Independent Saturday, 7 November 2009 UK The victors write the history, so Frobenius's adventures are today virtually unknown His name was...
Q. In 'Questions of Cash' on 24 October, you reported that it is possible for a bank to tell from its records whether an original card or a cloned card has been used to make a withdrawal from a cash machine. If this is true,...
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal urged Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday to stop seeking compromise with Israel but offered him an olive branch, saying Palestinians must end their divisions.
Israel's national obsession with Iran bore fruit this week when an Israeli naval crew captured a ship in the Mediterranean that Israel says contained thousands of rockets from Iran bound for Hezbollah guerrillas in south Lebanon.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned recent violations of the 2006 cease-fire between Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon and urged both sides to exercise "maximum restraint." In a report ...
