Efforts to Defuse Tensions Between Algeria and Egypt
International Herald Tribune - Wed Nov 25, 12:35 am ETQaddafi plays the unlikely role of mediator in a growing rift between Algeria and Egypt.
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Qaddafi plays the unlikely role of mediator in a growing rift between Algeria and Egypt.
The Egyptian President helped whip up national fervor over World Cup qualifying matches with Algeria. Now he's got a little extra turmoil on his hands
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Okay, apologies to the spirit of George Harrison for that one, but it sums up the purpose of today's post - to lay "Looking Around" to rest.
Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said on Tuesday that efforts to bring about peace in the Middle East must go on, despite the lack so far of tangible progress.
After the turkey day festivities, there is still a lot of fun to be had: Parade Day in Grosse Pointe on Friday, the DIA has plenty of kid-friendly exhibits and activities and check out "Star Wars" in concert on Saturday at The Palace.
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How ravenous are small investors for high yields? Just look at the garbage Adley Abdulwahab managed to sell them.
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Thank you, Thierry Henry. If nothing else, your cheating against Ireland has shown that ordinary folks -- those who are passionate about soccer and those who are not -- remain, by and large, decent. In the wake of the shameful hand ball by France's captain that set up the goal that put his nation into the World Cup, it would have been easy to draw depressing parallels with our troubled era.
Maajid Nawaz is a British citizen of Pakistani descent who became involved in his youth with the radical Islamic Liberation Party (Hizb al-Tahrir al-Islami), undertaking...
Israel's prime minister tried on Tuesday to temper expectations that a deal to free an Israeli soldier held by Hamas militants for more than three years was close, despite a rash of reports that serious progress has been made.
CAIRO Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence. Egyptians were infuriated by media reports that their fans were brutalized by their Algerian rivals after Algeria won a playoff match ...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried this week to temper expectations that a deal to free an Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Shalit was close, despite a rash of reports that serious progress has been made.
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Sudanese journalist Lubna Ahmed Hussein said Tuesday she had donned a full Islamic veil to sneak out of Sudan and travel to France, two months after she was freed from jail for wearing trousers.