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Gov. Sonny Perdue on Tuesday visited Georgia National Guard units fighting in Iraq.
Millennium & Copthorne is benefitting from a boom in Muslim religious travel
In two weeks' time, more than 3m Muslims will descend on Mecca for Hajj, the annual festival and fifth and final pillar of Islam.
$87.5m for new Mid-East army base
DON'T tell anyone but the Federal Government is spending $87.5 million on a new Middle East military base.
Chinese premier encourages Chinese companies to contribute to Africa's development
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is more than delighted when he talks with African trainees face-to-face and via a video system at the Middle East and North Africa training center of Huawei, a leading Chinese company in communication technology, "My Chinese name is Hua Mulan," a woman at Huawei's Nigerian training center introduced herself to ...
Obama's new diplomacy takes on Asia
P resident Barack Obama will be undertaking an extensive diplomatic tour of Asia beginning next week.
Chomsky: President Obama Continues Bush Policy To Control Middle East Oil
Political activist Noam Chomsky says that although President Obama views the Iraq invasion merely as "a mistake" or "strategic blunder," it is, in fact, a "major crime" designed to enable America to control the Middle East oil reserves.
Brightly colored flags are waving, held by children in First Communion attire, priests and Sisters, travelers from countries around the world.
Time to rebuild Middle East, Davuto Ylu says in Arbil
Turkey extended a regional peace drive to Iraqi Kurds when Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met with top Kurdish officials in a landmark visit to Arbil.
Could this be Turkeya s Century in the Middle East?
"Could this be Turkeya s Century in the Middle East? Thu, 29 October 2009 Paul Salem In the month of October Turkey lifted border restrictions with Syria, signed a large number of trade and political agreements with Iraq, and spoke out in defense of Iran.
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Obama has used up his - three envelopes'
Moscow, 1953. Stalin calls in Khrushchev. "Niki, I'm dying. Don't have much to leave you.
Turkey's strategic partnership with Israel jeopardized
"Turkey's strategic partnership with Israel jeopardized By Efraim Inbar Commentary by Wednesday, October 28, 2009 In the 1990s, with the end of the Cold War, Kemalist Turkey looked for partners in the Middle East that could help in meeting growing challenges from Iran, Iraq and Syria.
Philippe lauds Abdullah's interfaith initiative
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah receives Belgian Crown Prince Philippe at his palace in Riyadh on Saturday.
Vets hope to turn up the heat on energy debate
U.S. Army veteran Raf Noboa and a group of veterans stopped in Greenville on Thursday to make the case that the country needs to find an alternate source of energy.
Middle East Airlines to resume direct flights to Baghdad end of month
BEIRUT: Middle East Airlines have announced they are resuming flights to Iraq at the end of the month one of few travel companies to re-open links since the US-led invasion.
Secretary Clinton To Travel to Morocco, Nov. 2-3
Secretary Clinton's Trip to Marrakesh, Morocco for Forum for the Future / Joint Initiative / Broader Middle East and North Africa / Unique Partnership / Exchange of Ideas Secretary Clinton's Major Speech on Nonproliferation / U.S. Institute for Peace Secretary Clinton's Meeting with UK Shadow Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs ...
Terror suspect a pharmacist, son of a professor
But to his Sudbury neighbors, Tarek A. Mehanna is a mild-mannered pharmacist known for his kind and polite demeanor.
Protester assails Blair in Palestinian mosque
Bodyguards subdued a Palestinian man on Tuesday as he approached European Union Middle East envoy Tony Blair, shouting "You are a terrorist." The former British prime minister was verbally assailed while visiting an ancient mosque during an official trip to the West Bank city of Hebron.
Erbil, Iraq welcomes a galaxy of characters
Patrick Martin's first foray into the Middle East came as a 20-year-old, when he rode a motorcycle across much of North Africa.
Soldiers feel the heat of home
US military base in the Middle East, the exact location of which cannot be revealed.
Treating real trauma and phobias in a virtual world
Staff member Megan Keilty wears a head set as psychologist Athol Malcolm demontrates how he uses virtual reality in treating phobias and post-traumatic stress disorder.
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