Barack Obama’s photo op tour across the Middle East and Europe has generated a great deal of news media attention for the presumptive Democrat Party presidential nominee. One article, however, caused me to buy into...
Israeli media coverage of Barack Obama's visit to Israel this week speaks volumes to anyone paying attention.Consider, for instance, the layout of content on the Jerusalem Post web site this morning (see screen shot here).In the right column, the lead story headline, Obama:...
THE MIDDLE EAST reminds me of my childhood home overlooking Winfrey Bottom. There was forever a conflict going on down there, and woe unto anyone who tried to intervene. Even the police usually...
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"Cashing in on Old Wisdom
India's traditional weavers, heirs to a 2,000-year-old textile industry, are turning to the ancient practice of
ayurvedic medicine to make their products more appealing and boost sales....
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For Mr Brown the PM of Britain it is something that will go out in history and he was prepared to make the most of it. Being the first British PM to address an Israeli Parliament, the Knesset he warn Iran that...
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It's a feisty, contradictory mix of politics, religion, and personal views now sitting as Barack Obama's judge on his Middle East tour. As this article shows, one person may think he'll improve things by with-drawing...
" Updates: Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says the US has yet to make an official request for establishing an interest section in Tehran. “The US officials prefer to have an American-style approach on the issue and to declare it through media and informed...
"Yes, you read my title correctly. Today's New York Times includes an op-ed piece by Benny Morris, a Professor of Middle Eastern history at Ben Gurion University. He claims Israel will most certainly attack Iran...
" Sen. Barack Obama, D-Il., left, meets with two of his foreign policy advisers, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, center, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense William Perry, right, in Washington in...
Professor Charles Harb of The American University of Beirut has said that peaceful overtures to the Israeli government always fails to achieve results, and that is why armed struggle by groups such as Hizbullah have been successful in getting Israel to cooperate....
Al Gore a democrat who has devoted his life to saving the planet after a lost to George Bush is taking a different turn and challenging his country to ditch their dependancy on Oil, which we all know has contributed...
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Of the 21 people arrested on charges relating to the Madrid train bombings in 2004, four people have now been acquitted, which overturns a 2007 Spanish court ruling that had found three of the men guilty."A Spanish...
" NEW DELHI: The annual inflation rate climbed to 11.91 per cent for the first time in more than 13 years in early July, driven by higher costs of commodities and strong demand in the economy. This is a quarter per cent jump week on week. ( Watch ) The fuel, power and...
Today, the Nelson Mandela global crisis group - called the elders - avocated for the recogntion of food as a human right. It also advocated for solutions to the current food crisis which affects both poor and rich countries. " Nobel laureates say food is human right, call...