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Daily Star Lebanon Sleiman describes Lebanon-Syria summit as first step toward brotherly ties | Gemayel: ties will not be normal if Damascus 'does not change its mentality' | By Hussein Abdallah | Daily Star staff | Monday, August 18, 2008 | BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman told his visitors a... (photo: AP / SANA,HO) Damascus Lebanon Photos Summit Syria |
The Australian Bush adversaries exploit his waning global power | THE Kremlin's expanding military push into Georgia is fuelling concerns within Washington's national security establishment of a broader challenge to US power globally during US President George W.B... (photo: White House/Eric Draper) Military Photos Politics Russia US |
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Asia Times Goodbye Musharraf, hello Taliban | By Syed Saleem Shahzad | KARACHI - As if on cue, the Taliban launched two of their most daring attacks in Afghanistan on the day that Pervez Musharraf resigned as presi... (photo: Press Information Dept. of Pakistan) Musharraf Pakistan Photos Politics Slideshow Taliban |
Asia Times Repression before reform in Malaysia By Baradan Kuppusamy | KUALA LUMPUR - A series of tough measures in recent weeks has raised fears of a major crackdown on tolerance and dissent as rival political forces ... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian) Civil Rights Freedom Malaysia Photos Politics |
Asia Times Hostage Europe blind to Iran energy | by Hossein Askari | Europe has become alarmingly dependent on Russia for its energy needs, dependent on Russian gas and oil and on gas and oil from the Caspian region t... (photo: AP /Sergei Grits) Energy Europe Iran Photos Russia |
The Guardian Sudan's president denies involvement in Darfur atrocities Al-Bashir visits Turkey and says ICC claims of genocide are 'non-existent' and death toll inflated | Refugees who fled violent conflict near Darfur head for a camp near G... (photo: UN file / Tim McKulka) Africa Human Rights Photos Sudan Turkey |
IRINnews IRAQ: Health Ministry cracks down on illegal medicines web | Photo: IRIN BAGHDAD, 20 August 2008 (IRIN) - Iraq's Health Ministry is leading a crackdown on expired and illegally imported medicines which have flooded the Iraqi ... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) Drugs Health Iraq Photos Society |
Philadelphia Daily News Mourning gorilla holds on to body of her baby | The Associated Press | BERLIN - A gorilla at a zoo in the German city of Muenster is refusing to let go of her dead baby's body several days after it died of unknown ca... (photo: yeuanhso / yeuanhso) Baby Berlin Gana Gorilla Photos |
Globe and Mail Sarkozy reaffirms commitment to Afghan mission | French President Nicolas Sarkozy visited a military chapel in Kabul on Wednesday where the bodies of 10 French soldiers killed in battle lay before they were to be flow... (photo: AP Photo / Thibault Camus) French Parliament Photos Politic President |
Buffalo News Obama says questions on patriotism unfair | ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Sen. Barack Obama challenged Sen. John McCain on Tuesday to stop questioning his "character and patriotism." | Addressing the Veterans of Foreign W... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) Democrats Iraq Obama Photos Troops |