Arab Summit

Getting Nervous?

AP | ELIZABETH A. KENNEDY | Posted 05.29.2012

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BEIRUT -- Laughing for the cameras, the Arab leaders appear nothing if not secure in their power, four longtime members of the Middle East coterie of ...

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Explosions Rock Baghdad As Arab Summit Opens

AP | LARA JAKES and HAMZA HENDAWI | Posted 05.29.2012

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BAGHDAD — Sunni Muslim rulers largely shunned an Arab League summit hosted by Shiite-led Iraq on Thursday, illustrating how powerfully the secta...

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No Yellow Brick Road for Palestinian UN Bid

Anav Silverman | Posted 09.05.2011

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Anav Silverman

The creation of a Palestinian state via the UN will in no way end the Mideast conflict, but will only add another dimension of instability to the region. Nor will it serve the interests of the Palestinian people.

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Palestinians Stand Firm: No Peace Talks While Israeli Settlers Build

AP | KARIN LAUB | Posted 05.25.2011

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RAMALLAH, West Bank — Dozens of senior Palestinians on Saturday backed President Mahmoud Abbas' refusal to negotiate with Israel as long as it b...

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China, Syria, Censorship

Hussain Abdul-Hussain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Hussain Abdul-Hussain

The bad news is that, unlike China or even Iran, countries like Syria are tightening their grip and getting away with it, or rather receiving world praise for a presumed effort to achieve peace with Israel.

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

The Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs:New Israeli Leadership Sounds the Drumbeat to War Facts: Israeli leader Binyamin Netanyahu, leader of the Li...

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Gaddafi Storms Out Of Arab Summit, Slams Saudi King For Pro-Americanism

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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Doha, Qatar - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi stormed out of an Arab summit on Monday after denouncing the Saudi king for his long ties to the West. Ga...

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Arab Leaders Strive For Unity At Gaza Summit, Saudi King Pledges $1 Bil In Aid

Al Jazeera English | Posted 05.25.2011

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The crisis in Gaza is topping the agenda of Arab leaders who have gathered in Kuwait for a summit aimed at boosting regional economic growth. King ...

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