Michel Suleiman was sworn in as Lebanon's president in the Beirut presidential palace on Sunday. The pro-Western and the pro-Hezbollah political factions of Parliament agreed on this deal, brokered by the Arab League on May 21, and he is to
Globalization has been on the rise for some time now. Elites from both parties herald the onset of this phenomenon with unrestrained glee. The Treaty of Westphalia is dead, they declare. The nation-state is becoming a thing of the past,
Beruit, Lebanon -- Hassan Nasrallah speaks to an online crowd through video calling for co-existence in Lebanon. The speech was set to acknowledge Israel's withdrawal from Lebanon in 2000. Mr. Nasrallah reaffirmed that Hezabollah would not use violence to acheive
Nintendo Co. has released Wii Fit, a program designed for users to exercise and stay healthy.Players complete a Body Test to determine BMI and conclude whether the player is underweight, normal, overweight, or obese. Weight can be charted daily on
President Bush gave a speech at the Arlington National Cemetery outside Washington, paying homage to U.S. troops during Memorial Day. He placed a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in a place where more than 300,000 soldiers are
Beirut - Thousands of Hezbollah supporters in the Dahiyat , a southern suburbs of Beirut came to hear a speech by their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah to mark eight years since Israeli forces withdrew from southern Lebanon.
Beirut- Everyone thought that Doha accord will be the beginning of a new page in Hezbollah's behavior , since it is a signatory to that agreement and according to Iranian foreign minister even Iran supported the agreement.
Beirut - Lebanon's former president Amin Gemayel urged General Aoun to rejoin the March 14 alliance for the sake of the Christian community in Lebanon and to adopt an open heart policy
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's trademark fedora, the last check he ever signed, and watercolor sketches for the unfinished portrait he sat for on the day he died are among hundreds of historic artifacts and documents headed for the auction block.
It would be dishonest of me to remain silent after hearing the speech Obama delivered on the afternoon of May 23 at the Cuban American National Foundation created by Ronald Reagan. I listened to his speech, as I did McCain's
Just a few days ago a friend sent me the text of a statement made by Gallup, the famous U.S. pollster. I started to leaf through the material with the natural suspicion about the untrue and hypocritical information that is
Uganda and Ethiopia denied Saturday that their troops in Somalia were selling arms to local insurgents fighting government and Ethiopian troops in the shattered African country.United Nations monitors last week accused Ugandan officers in the African Union peacekeeping force -
On the 60th anniversary of the Nakba, it has become more clear than ever before that there are two worlds, two concepts and two future prospects for the Middle East, especially as far as the Arab-Israeli conflict is concerned. The
Pakistan's main ruling coalition party has unveiled a proposed package of constitutional amendments designed to clip the wings of President Pervez Musharraf. Announcing the package, Pakistan People's Party leader Asif Ali Zardari told a news conference here the amendments would
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Sunday that indirect peace talks with Syria, a process begun more than a year ago and confirmed this week, will be conducted seriously and in secrecy. "We have no intention to conduct these
A top Israeli official met Egyptian mediators in Cairo on Sunday in the latest bid to find a truce with Hamas in the Gaza Strip but Israel's internal security chief cast doubt on the chances of success. Amos Gilad, a
Spanish King Juan Carlos held talks with the president of the United Arab Emirates on Sunday during a visit to the oil-rich Gulf state that saw the signing of a number of economic accords. Juan Carlos, who arrived in Abu
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti political commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - It looks as if the Americans have turned their attention to the Red Planet for real. NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander touched down near the North Pole on May 25. The first shots
