Middle East

  • Jun 13, 2003
  • 7 min read

US/MIDDLE EAST: Structural flaws mar FTA outlook

Washington is expected this month to announce plans to start talks with Egypt on a free trade...

Middle East
  • Jun 10, 2003
  • 1 min read

RUSSIA: 'Terrorists' taken

The Federal Security Service (FSB) announced yesterday that it had arrested 121 members of an...

Russia
  • Jun 4, 2003
  • 9 min read

UNITED STATES: 'Peacemaker' Bush faces major hurdles

In advance of today's Israeli-Palestinian summit, US President George Bush has called upon Israel...

United States
  • May 20, 2003
  • 8 min read

IRAN: Nuclear programme arouses concern

Washington is pressing the IAEA to declare Iran in breach of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)...

Iran
  • May 9, 2003
  • 8 min read

UNITED STATES: Iraq war speeds military redeployment

The Iraq war will accelerate changes in the global deployment of US military forces and raises...

United States
  • May 8, 2003
  • 1 min read

BALKANS: Farmers' fears

Recent high temperatures led Romania's agriculture ministry yesterday to revise its wheat harvest...

Balkans
  • Apr 25, 2003
  • 7 min read

US/IRAQ: Deep divisions endanger transition

US officials will hold a meeting in Baghdad on April 28 to discuss the establishment of an...

United States
  • Apr 25, 2003
  • 7 min read

RUSSIA/BALKANS: Troop pull-out shortens Moscow's reach

The General Staff announced in April that the military contingents in Bosnia and Kosovo would...

Russia