BAGHDAD – Iraq’s ballot process was thrown back into uncertainty Thursday after election officials asked the nation’s highest judicial authority for a final ruling on whether to open next month’s balloting to hundreds of candidates banned because of suspected ties to Saddam Hussein’s regime.
The request by the election commission could re-ignite feuds between Shiite-led authorities [...]
February 4, 2010 | Posted in
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AMMAN (AFP) – US Middle East envoy George Mitchell on Sunday shuttled between Jerusalem and Amman in his second attempt this week to persuade Israeli and Palestinian leaders to relaunch peace talks.
Mitchell met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem before heading to Amman to see Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas as part of a tour [...]
January 24, 2010 | Posted in
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CAIRO – Rare torrential rains across the Middle East swept away homes, marooned resort towns and killed seven people Monday, including a British tourist, in what officials are calling the worst flooding in at least a decade.
The flooding along Egypt’s Red Sea coast, the border with Israel and in the south left six people dead. [...]
January 18, 2010 | Posted in
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