Middle East
UNITED STATES: Rice confirmation hearings
Condoleezza Rice yesterday began two days of Senate hearings following her nomination as...
United StatesUN/US: Arab development report yet to appear
The UNDP today denied claims that the delay since October in publication of its latest Arab Human...
United StatesUNITED STATES: Problems still loom for missile defence
The latest test of the US missile defence programme failed on December 15. The setback...
United StatesUNITED STATES:Problems still loom for missile defence
The latest test of the US missile defence programme failed on December 15.
United StatesUS/MIDDLE EAST: Clashes at Forum for the Future
The inaugural meeting of the Forum for the Future was held in Rabat on Friday.
Middle EastRUSSIA/MIDDLE EAST: Putin pursues pragmatic policy
Russian President Vladimir Putin told visiting Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi on Tuesday that...
Middle EastPROSPECTS 2005: Soft power key to war on terror
Al-Qaida remains a viable transnational terrorist organisation, though it is increasingly...
PROSPECTS 2005: Iraq holds key to US global stance
The broad thrust of the administration's international stance in 2005 depends largely on...
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