The risks of withdrawal loom A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200... DefenceIraqPhotosUSWikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq
The degree zero of culture People sit before graffiti that read "Long live Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar," in Pakistan's border town of Chaman at the Afghan border on Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2007. These fresh graffiti are seen in border towns supporting religious candidates take part in the coming general elections.... AfghanistanCulturePhotosTalibanWikipedia: Taliban
New book on 'secret life and lovers' of Carla Bruni to be published in France French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, and his wife Carla Bruni-Sarkozy visit the BBC's Broadcasting House, in central London, Friday June 18, 2010. French President Nicolas Sarkozy marked the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's defiant World War II broadcast from London on Friday, visiting the studio where the leader urged his compatriots to resist the German occupation.... BookBruniLifePhotosPublished
EU presses China on observing Iran sanctions | Friday, September 03, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | BEIJING: The European Union’s foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said on Thursday she had pressed China to ensure that Chinese companies di...
Iran hardliners besiege opposition leader's home | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Friday, September 03, 2010 | - Powered by | TEHRAN: Hardline “thugs” surrounded the home of opposition Iranian leader Mehdi Karroubi, pelting the building...
Iran stoning lawyer reunited with family | OSLO, Norway (AP) - The lawyer who defended a woman sentenced to death by stoning in Iran was reunited with his family in Norway Thursday. | Mohammad Mostafaei said he was pleased his wife and 7-yea...
Iran hardliners attack opposition leaders home - website | TEHRAN (AFP) - Hardline "thugs" surrounded the home of opposition Iranian leader Mehdi Karroubi, pelting the building with rocks to prevent the cleric from attending a rally on Friday, his website s...
At A Glance | CAIRO (AP) - A group of activists have hung up posters around Egypt's capital supporting the country's intelligence chief as a possible candidate in next year's presidential elections. Launched Thur...
It's really goodbye, and good luck, Iraq | By David Ignatius | Commentary by | Friday, September 03, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | The images for ending America’s war in Iraq were appropriately tentative rather than triumphal: President ...
Turkey's new path... A few months before he became Turkey's foreign minister, Ahmet Davutoglu, then Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's chief adviser, met with a group of Middle Eastern academics and policy experts, inc...
US, Iranian players embrace each other after one-sided match | Istanbul: World championship favourites the US made it four wins out of four with an 88-51 victory over Iran on Wednesday while Angola booked a place in the last 16 with a stunning 92-88 overtime de...
Iran threat may spur Middle East peace talks | Washington: As US President Barack Obama convenes the first direct Middle East peace talks in 20 months, the question many observers here and in the region are asking is what, if anything, makes thi...
The risks of withdrawal loom | Entering a war is easy; getting out of it is the hard part. That axiom is particularly true for the United States today, as it muddles through three wars — two of which were forced upon it (Af...
Kissinger gives catastrophic advice | In an article published recently in the Washington Post, former US secretary of state Henry Kissinger reminded his readers that his analysis on Iraq has been correct all the way through. | Referring...
Where does Iran go from here? | Three decades separate the shipping of nuclear fuel rods to Iraq's Osirak reactor, supplied by France in 1981, and the operationalisation of Iran's Bushehr nuclear reactor last month. In this time, ...
Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack | Sep 3, 2010 Al-Qaeda makes a point with Lahore attack | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | ISLAMABAD - After announcing the formal end to combat operations in Iraq, United States Pres...
The degree zero of culture | Sep 3, 2010 LIFE IN TALIBANISTAN, Part 2 | The degree zero of culture | By Pepe Escobar | This is the second article in a three-part report. | PART 1: | Ten years ago, Talib...
Gearing Up For Quds Day | By John Tabin on 9.2.10 @ 6:26PM | Quds Day, the last Friday of Ramadan, is a holiday invented by Ayatollah Khomeini to protest the existence of Israel. Funny thing, though: While the Islamic Republ...
