In 2005 the Iraqis walked in their tens of thousands through the thunder of suicide bombers, and voted ? the Shias on the instructions of their clerics, the Sunnis sulking in a boycott ? to prove Iraq was a "democracy". more...
The 23-year-old Ibrahim Sabbagh was worrying about his future after graduation. A son of Syrian father and Lebanese mother, he was denied by Lebanese law her mother's nationality. "When I finish university, I have to go out to work because I cannot work here," Sabbagh said, adding "but everything about me is Lebanese except my ID card." Sabbagh cannot get Lebanese nationality only because his ... more...
In 2005 the Iraqis walked in their tens of thousands through the thunder of suicide bombers, and voted ? the Shias on the instructions of their clerics, the Sunnis sulking in a boycott ? to prove Iraq was a "democracy". There followed the most blood-boltered period in Iraq's modern history. Yesterday, the Iraqis walked in their tens of thousands through the thunder of mortar fire ? at least 24 ... more...
LOS ANGELES ? In a popular Israeli joke, several men gather regularly to discuss the state of the world, a conversation that takes a turn toward the bleak. One day, one of the men surprises the others by announcing he's become an optimist. more...
The only remaining value to the occupation is that it can be used as a bargaining chip to secure a better peace deal with the Arab states, and subsequently with the rest of the Muslim world. more...
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Iraq's Sunni Arabs shed their political apathy and voted in force in polls that opened outside Iraq on Friday head of a March 7 election. more...
Israel must sooner than later choose between either continued occupation, which is bound to explode time and again and paradoxically undermine Israel's national security interests or peace with security with the Arab states, stresses Alon Ben-Meir . more...
I wonder what Mr Kouchner will say if the Algerian and Moroccan minorities in France reach such large numbers that they start proclaiming little Sharia states across France. more...
