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Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official
Iran   Nuclear   Photos   Saudi Arabia   US   		 The New York Times 
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. | His visi... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson)
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008.
Economy   Finance   IMF   Photos   Turkey   		 The New York Times 
Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan
| ISTANBUL — Turkey said on Wednesday it was no longer holding talks with the International Monetary Fund on a stand-by loan because it did not need emergency funds, but it left the door open fo... (photo: AP / )
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo, Wednesday, March 10, 2010.  The New York Times 
Will Israel Join the March of Folly?
| Barbara Tuchman, in her classic book "March of Folly," examined four cases in history when governments acted contrary to their own best interests: the Trojans who let the Greeks bring the fatal hors... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Settlements  
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators.  Asia Times 
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
| By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Locals listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 7, 2010. Asia Times
Marjah fears return of warlords
| By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique | MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, a... (photo: AP / Dusan Vranic, Pool)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Security   Taliban  
Israeli soldiers look at an Israeli air force unmanned plane in the Tel Nof base, central Israel, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. Asia Times
Iran and Israel play cat and mouse
| By Mel Frykberg | RAMALLAH - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. | Milit... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
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President Barack Obama acknowledges mayors in the audience as he addresses the U.S. Conference of Mayors at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Philadelphia Daily News
Sarkozy to take tanker fight to Obama
| The Associated Press | PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will raise concerns that the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion tanker contract is anticompetitive when he vis... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
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Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., listens to testimony during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 19, 2006 file photo. Khaleej Times
Palestinians complain to Biden
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington's... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak, File)
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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. Khaleej Times
Ahmadinejad criticises NATO troops, mocks Gates
KABUL - Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday criticised Western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapp... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig)
Iran   Nato   Photos   President   US  
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers about army's last Iraq incursion at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, four days after the Turkish military ended a week-long ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Ira Khaleej Times
Erdogan gets Saudi nod as Mideast force
RIYADH - Turkey's role as a key player in Middle East and Arab affairs was set in cement when the Saudis honoured Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a prestigious p... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Mideast   Photos   Riyadh   Saudi   Turkey  
Jenson Button testing for McLaren at Jerez, 10/02/2010. The Guardian
Formula One statistics for Bahrain Grand Prix
March 10 (Reuters) - Formula One statistics for Sunday's season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix: CHAMPIONS There will be four world champions (Fernando Alonso, Jenson Button, ... (photo: Creative Commons / slitz)
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Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol
| Manama: Bahrain could become a dry country if a Bill backed by the parliament’s lower chamber to ban the import and sale of alcohol goes through the upper chamber... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
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Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008. Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan The New York Times
An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man walks in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Sholmo, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Will Israel Join the March of Folly? The New York Times
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators. Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics Asia Times
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Wine - Alcohol - Liquor Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol Gulf News
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports Daily Star Lebanon
An Emirati man takes snap of a model of the Burj Khalifa , the world's tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010. UAE economy expected to expand 3.2 percent in 2010 Daily Star Lebanon
Culture
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a dinner reception in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. Maliki leads in Iraqi poll count Asia Times
File:Tower Theater (Los Angeles).jpg Free Film Screenings Tonight at the Tower Theatre and the University of Utah The Examiner
Panorama Abu Dhabi, UAE. Media summit in Abu Dhabi highlights efforts by Dubai's oil-rich neighbor to boost its clout Hartford Courant
Oil & Energy
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed China Daily
French president Nicolas Sarkozy gestures during a news conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the chancellery in Berlin, on Monday, Aug. 31, 2009. The leaders of Germany and France are pushing for the Group of 20 summit in September to agree on action to control bankers' bonuses. Sarkozy urges global expansion of nuclear energy Wtop
Panorama Abu Dhabi, UAE. Media summit in Abu Dhabi highlights efforts by Dubai's oil-rich neighbor to boost its clout Hartford Courant
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, is followed by Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after giving a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iran leader: U.S. playing 'double game' in Afghanistan USA Today
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, on his way to addresses a press conference following his speech on the opening day Ahmadinejad hunkers down with Karzai Asia Times
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks during a joint press conference with his Turkish counterpart Ahmet Davutoglu, unseen, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Sept. 12, 2009. Iran, US trade accusations afresh The Siasat Daily
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