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• Debate on Iraqi pact ends in scuffles
Saleh al-Mutlaq, leader of a small Sunni Arab bloc with 11 seats, said a U.N. mandate under which U.S. forces are in Iraq should be renewed for six months when it expires Dec. 31 so the government could negotiate a new pact. Out of order Sadrist ...
• Lawyer says Jackson too sick to travel for trial
Sheikh Abdulla bin Hamad Al Khalifa arrives at the High Court in London on Tuesday. The Sheikh, who is the son of an Arab monarch, has taken Michael Jackson to court over album and an autobiography that he never produced. LONDON - Michael Jackson’s ...
• Hafez, prominent Egyptian writer, dies at 70
Hafez received a journalism degree from Cairo University in 1960 and later joined Egypt's leading daily, Al-Ahram, to become its managing editor. In 1968 he became secretary-general of Egypt's Press Syndicate and later held the same post in the Arab ...
• 1,200-year-old church uncovered in Syria
Palmyra, said to have been founded by King Solomon, was the center of an Arab servant state to the Roman empire and thrived on the caravan trades across the desert to Mesopotamia and Persia, especially after the decline of ancient Petra in Jordan. The ...
• Analysis: Some Israelis want Obama tough love
Their fear stems from the demographic threat posed by Israel's occupation of Arab lands, as the size of the Arab population approaches the Jewish one and endangers Israel's existence as a Jewish and democratic state. A true friend of Israel is an ...