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SGT. Levi Vernon, left, and fellow U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division patrol high in the mountains above the Pech Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009.
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Taliban   US  
US losing the Afghan plot?
WASHINGTON: A sudden spike in American casualties in Afghanistan and the resignation of a foreign service officer questioning the purpose and rationale of US presence in the country has intensified th... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder)
The Times Of India
This image provided by the SITE Intelligence Group shows Colleen LaRose, an American woman from Pennsylvania indicted Tuesday March 9, 2010 and accused of using the Internet to recruit jihadist fighters and help terrorists overseas.
Islam   Photos   Sweden   Terrorism   US  
'Jihad Jane' new face of terror in US
WASHINGTON: The "war on terrorism" just got a little more complicated with the indictment of an average white American female dubbed "Jihad Jane" on charges of plotting with Islamic radicals, bringing... (photo: AP / SITE Intelligence Group)
The Times Of India
The Al Azhar Mosque, built in 969 AD, in downtown Cairo. Egypt's top Muslim cleric, whose moderate views angered hard-liners, dies of heart attack
| CAIRO - Egypt's top cleric, Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, known for promoting the government agenda against female genital mutilation and the face veil, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a vis... (photo: US DoD) Star Tribune
Cairo   Death   Egypt   Muslim   Photos  
French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to reporters after a meeting with bankers at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. France's leading banks agreed Tuesday to curbs on the way they award bonuses, including penalties for traders who lose money for their companies, as part of a push by Sarkozy for worldwide limits on bonus payouts. Sarkozy to raise competition concerns with Obama over multibillion-dollar tanker contract
| PARIS - French President Nicolas Sarkozy will raise concerns that the U.S. Air Force's $35 billion tanker contract is anticompetitive when he visits President Barack Obama later this month, a spokes... (photo: AP / Christophe Ena) Star Tribune
Business   France   Obama   Photos   Sarkozy  
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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 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) Khaleej Times
Mideast   Photos   Riyadh   Saudi   Turkey  
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates pauses during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not seen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday Jan. 16, 2007. Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was keeping up the pressure on Iran on Wednesday, consulting with the United States' closest and most inf... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) Denver Post
Gulf   Iran   Photos   Politics   US  
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt  Head of al-Azhar dies
| Cairo - Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of Egypt's most prestigious seat of Islamic learning al-Azhar, died of a heart attack on Wednesday during a visit to Saud... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) Independent online
Death   Education   Egypt   Islam   Photos  
Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
Abuja: Hundreds of Nigerians gathered in the capital Abuja on Wednesday for a march to the Presidency to demand the appearance of ailing leader Umaru Yar'Adua, two weeks ... (photo: AP / George Osodi) Zeenews
Africa   Nigeria   Photos   President   Saudi  
England national soccer team striker Michael Owen arrives for a squad training session for the World Cup at Mittelbergstadion in Buehlertal, Germany, Saturday June 17, 2006. England face Paraguay, Trinidad and Tobago and Sweden in their Group B games at the World Cup Pearce - Door open for Owen
| England U21 boss Stuart Pearce insists it is wrong to suggest Michael Owen's international career is over. | Owen's slim hopes of making this summer's World Cup finals ... (photo: AP / Matt Dunham) Sky Sports
Football   Owen   Photos   Soccer   Sport  
Braslia - O presidente Luiz Incio Lula da Silva durante cerimnia de assinatura de protocolo para contratao de obras de drenagem do Programa de Acelerao do Crescimento (PAC) . Iran sanctions could lead to war, Lula says
| Brazil, March 10: Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has warned that imposing new sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program would be a very dangerous step. ... (photo: ABr / Fabio Rodrigues Pozzebom) The Siasat Daily
Brazil   Iran   Photos   Politics   War  
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain David Miliband holds a bilateral with Secretary of State Hilary Rodham Clinton, not shown, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2009, at the State Department in Washington. UK minister urges push for Afghan peace
LONDON - British Foreign Secretary David Miliband urged Afghans on Wednesday to push energetically for a peace settlement with Taleban insurgents and said Afghanistan's n... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson) Khaleej Times
Afghanistan   Peace   Photos   Politics   UK  
Islamic Center A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre
Recently, I was taken on a tour of the sprawling future home of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies now under construction on the grounds of Magdalen College. | Senior ... (photo: Creative Commons / Unfocused) Khaleej Times
Future   Islamic   Muslim   Oxford   Photos  
Oil Business
Oil ends at 8-week high on gasoline inventory drop
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Nigerians demand end to "invisible presidency"
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Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie
Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears
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Murdoch has ambitions to produce original Arab content
Austrian exports to UAE fall 31%
New marinas reflect growth Mideast boat industry
Murdoch and the business of news
French President Nicolas Sarkozy speaks to reporters after a meeting with bankers at the Elysee Palace, in Paris, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2009. France's leading banks agreed Tuesday to curbs on the way they award bonuses, including penalties for traders who lose money for their companies, as part of a push by Sarkozy for worldwide limits on bonus payouts.
Sarkozy to raise competition concerns with Obama over multibillion-dollar tanker contract
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Politics Education
Gates in Riyadh to discuss bolstering Saudi air defense, Ira
Prize signals Saudi nod for Erdogan as Mideast force
Hariri to pay another visit to Syria by end of month
Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, greets his supporters during his visit to Semnan, Iran, Wednesday May, 20, 2009.
Can Iran be reined in with sanctions?
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Visa Fraud Ring: Students Expose Vulnerability In Nation'
 Head of al-Azhar dies
Man ran Middle East student visa ring, officials claim
Calif. test-taking case shows gap in visa security
Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, grand sheik of Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam's pre-eminent theological institute, waves to Palestinian authority President Mahmoud Abbas, not in picture, at the Azhar headquarters, in Cairo, Egypt
 Head of al-Azhar dies
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Health Terrorism
Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Top Cleric, Dies at 81
Austrian exports to UAE fall 31%
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
Saudi Arabia: Drop Charges for Publicizing Bureaucratic Fail
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
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
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Murdoch has ambitions to produce original Arab content
US playing Afghan game: Iran
Afghan, Pakistani presidents vow to jointly fight against te
Pakistan calls for 'Marshall Plan' to end militancy
SGT. Levi Vernon, left, and fellow U.S. soldiers from the 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division patrol high in the mountains above the Pech Valley in Afghanistan's Kunar province on Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009.
US losing the Afghan plot?
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