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 Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al Thani, Qatar´s Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, center, is escorted by South Korea´s Finance Minister Kwon O-kyu, right, and Lee Hee-beom, chairman of Korea International Trade Association, t
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 Voa News 
Arab Mediators Set Deadline for Lebanese Crisis Talks
Arab mediators have set Wednesday as a deadline for Lebanon's rival factions to reach a deal to end months of political conflict. Representatives of Lebanon's Hezbollah-led opposition and pro-Western... (photo: AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
 BUSH AT CHARLESTON AIR FORCE BASE - President George Bush talks about the global war on terrorism in the Charleston Club, July 24, 2007. He visited Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., took a tour of a static C-17, and ate lunch with airmen. U.S. Air Force P
Isalm   Photos   Politics   Terrorism   US
 Asia Times 
Mind your (terror) language
By Khody Akhavi WASHINGTON - From the people who brought you the "war on terror" and the "axis of evil" comes a new verbal tonic for combating that amorphous emotion. Out with pejoratives like... (photo: U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Nicholas Pilch) )
Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama  Asia Times 
An appeaser in the White House?
By Sreeram Chaulia NEW YORK - As Senator Barack Obama's astonishing journey from underdog to favorite climaxes in the presidential primaries for the Democratic Party in the United States, his... (photo: AP Photo / Rick Bowmer)
Defence   Elections   Photos   Politics   US
Air Arabia, United Arab Emirates-based low cost airline  Khaleej Times 
UAE's Air Arabia to boost passengers, sales in '08
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt - Air Arabia,, the Middle East's largest low-cost airline, said it expects to carry up to 4 million passengers this year as it expands its fleets, adds destinations and boosts... (photo: AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Transport   Aviation   Photos   Travel   U.A.E.
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Paddy Field - Rice Field  - Farmers - Farming. (ps1) Asia Times
More fears rise around Doha deal
By Aileen Kwa GENEVA - As negotiations related to the Doha round of trade talks pick up this week at the World Trade Organization, some developing countries are in... (photo: Public Domain / -)
Agriculture   Food   Photos   Trade   WTO
Palestinian Hamas supporters attend a protest against U.S President George W. Bush's Asia Times
Bush's Middle East policy in tatters
By M K Bhadrakumar "They [Arab leaders] have stopped taking their instructions from Islam, they have decided that peace with the Zionists is their strategic option, so... (photo: WN / WN Ahmed )
Defence   Mideast   Peace   Photos   US
John McCain visits nationwide insurance (sl1) Infowars
McCain And Obama Are No Different On Iraq
Establishment leaders would have us believe that Presidential Candidates John McCain and Barack Obama offer vastly dissimilar proposals for Iraq but in reality, there is... (photo: creative commons / )
Election   Iraq   Leaders   Photos   Proposals   Security   US
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit, centre, talks to reporters ahead of the opening session of the Darfur peace talks in Sirte, Libya (tmg1) Gulf News
Egypt FM criticises Bush Mideast policies
Sharm Al Shaikh: Egypt's foreign minister criticised US President George W Bush for his Mideast policies on Monday, a day after the American leader lectured Arab leaders... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Bush   Egypt   Israel   Mideast   Photos
POL-E CHARKHI, Afghanistan – Qudrat Ullah (being held) was welcomed home by family and friends in a community gathering at Qudrat’s home at a refugee camp outside of Kabul, Afghanistan, April 13. With the help of soldiers from the 76th Infantry Brigade ou Common Dreams
Hunger Prompting Desperate Acts
WASHINGTON - An Afghan father, unable to feed his family, sold his 11-year old daughter for $2,000 to buy food for the rest of his family, IRIN News reported Sunday.... (photo: U.S. Army/SGT Joe McFarren)
Afghanistan   Asia   Father   Food   Hunger   Photos   UN   Washington   World
 George W. Bush Reuters
Bush apologizes to Iraqi PM over Koran shooting
Tue May 20, 2008 7:21am ET | | BAGHDAD (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has apologized to Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and promised prosecution of a U.S.... (photo: White House / Joyce N. Boghosian )
Baghdad   Iraq   Photos   Politics   US
 Men of 48 Field Squadron (Air Support) Royal Engineers and 42 Commando began building operations at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province, Afghanistan, as part of Operation Herrick. The Royal Marine Commandos provided the security for the site and are shown her Belfast Telegraph
Reservists off to Afghanistan for three months
Sixty-two part-time soldiers from Northern Ireland were today gearing up for a three-month deployment to Afghanistan. The Territorial Army reservists from 204 Squadron... (photo: British army)
Afghanistan   Defence   Ireland   Photos   UK
 Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Amine Gemayel, former President of Lebanon, at UN Headquarters in New York. (mb1) ABC News
Qatar Sets Lebanon Opposition Wednesday Deadline
By Nadim Ladki May 20, 2008 FONT SIZE Lebanon's pro-government former president Amin Gemayel talks to reporters next to Hezbollah senior... Lebanon's pro-government... (photo: UN Photo/Mark Garten)
Political   Foreign   Photos   Country   President
 President George W. Bush addresses an audience Saturday, Feb. 3, 2007, at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Williamsburg, Va. White House photo by Shealah Craighead   (js1) Wtop
Bush calls Iraqi PM over Quran shooting
By QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD (AP) - has apologized to for an American sniper's use of a copy of the Quran for target practice, Maliki's office... (photo: White House/Shealah Craighead)
Al Maliki   Bush   Iraq   Photos   Prime Minister


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