http://www.aawsat.com/english Asharq Alawsat English Edition is your insight into the Middle East en-us © 2005 Saudi Research and Publishing Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT 1 http://www.aawsat.com/english http://www.aawsat.com/english/images/aaaeng.gif 144 33 Asharq-e delivers up-to-the-minute news and information on the latest stories, weather, entertainment, politics in the Middle East http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=19818 Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat- Statistics show that there are over 60 million firearms in Yemen, which means that on average there are three firearms for every Yemeni citizen. This makes the proliferation Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=19817 Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat-Somali Information Minister Tahir Mahmud Gelle has exposed the dangers that Al-Qaeda's presence poses to Somalia and Yemen as a prelude to future meddling in other countries Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19816 It may look like some of the western statements concerning Iran are good for Tehran however this is not the case. This is because after Ahmadinejad announced that his country is set to begin producing Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19819 Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashimi confirmed that political parties are manufacturing "an enemy" in order to frighten the public and win votes at the forthcoming Iraqi Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19815 Arbil, Asharq Al-Awsat- Befrin Hussein Khalifa, who is a member of the Kurdistan Democratic Party, is happy to talk about being the youngest female parliamentarian in the history of the Kurdistan Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19810 ADDIS ABABA (AFP) – One of the black boxes from an Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed on January 25 off Lebanon's coast has been sent to France for analysis, a spokeswoman for the airline said Tuesday. "We Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19809 TOKYO (Reuters) – Palestinian leaders have not set specific terms on which they would accept a U.S. offer to mediate indirect peace talks with Israel, and expect clarification on such talks in a week, Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19808 TEHRAN, Iran, (AP) – The head of Iran's atomic agency said the Islamic Republic would not enrich uranium to a higher level if the West provides the fuel it needs for the Tehran research reactor. Iran Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19807 SANAA (AFP) – The Yemeni government on Tuesday dismissed Al-Qaeda threats and said it will strike the militants "around the clock," after the group's local branch called for attacks on US interests Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19814 Nelson Mandela is amazing. In a celebration he held recently for the 20th anniversary of his release, Nelson Mandela invited his ex-jail guard, who closed the door on Mandela and shackled him for Wed, 09 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=7&id=19798 BAGHDAD, (AFP) — Zina Nabil, a pretty 28-year-old Sunni Arab, thought she had found her man. But like many other Iraqi women, she was forced to abandon her marriage plans three years ago because of Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=19802 Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- By simply taking a quick tour through the streets of Baghdad, any observer cannot help but notice Iraq's large disabled community, many of whom are reduced to begging after Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=19801 Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Supporters of Libya's reformist trend, which is affiliated with Saif al-Islam Al-Gaddafi, second son of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Al-Gaddafi, are waging a fierce political Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19806 London, Asharq Al-Awsat- Prince Turki al-Faisal, the Chairman of the King Faisal Center for Research and Islamic Studies in Riyadh, former Saudi Intelligence chief, and former Saudi Ambassador Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19805 The progress of Dubai cannot be measured in terms of its skyscrapers, its superior transport network, its flexible economic system or its cultural openness alone; safety in this Emirate, which is Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19803 The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz topped a poll that was conducted by the US Pew Research Center of the most popular leaders in the Islamic world. This is the least the Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19794 BAGHDAD (AFP) – Iraqi MPs were gathering on Monday to debate a contentious decision to allow hundreds of candidates linked to executed dictator Saddam Hussein's Baath party to compete in next month's Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19795 CAIRO, (AP) – Egyptian police and Muslim Brotherhood group say three top leaders, including the organizations No. 2, and 10 provincial senior members have been arrested in a dawn sweep in Cairo and Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19796 TEHRAN (Reuters) – Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and plans a major expansion of its uranium enrichment program by building 10 new plants in the next year, further Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19797 MOSCOW (AFP) – The leader of Palestinian Islamist group Hamas met here Monday with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for talks on efforts to reunify the two main Palestinian independence movements. "We Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19804 Q) What are the goals of your visit to Washington? A) There are bilateral goals and of course, goals for discussion and consultation with our allies on affairs in the region. No doubt, we are tied Tue, 08 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19787 Every time an Arab country faces a crisis of any kind, Western powers take immediate steps to hold a conference which ends up with ready made solutions, with the necessary funding for these solutions. Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19784 TEHRAN (AFP) – President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered Iran's atomic chief on Sunday to enrich uranium to 20 percent, in a fresh challenge to world powers days after appearing to accept a UN-drafted nuclear Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19785 BEIRUT, (AP) – Lebanon's marine commandos on Sunday recovered the black box of the Ethiopian Airlines jet that crashed into the Mediterranean last month, a Lebanese army officer said. The Boeing Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19782 For the third time in a matter of months, contradictory statements have been issued by the Pakistani authorities and the CIA on the one hand, and the Pakistani Taliban movement on the other. As soon Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19786 DUBAI (Reuters) – Yemen has arrested a man suspected of threatening to bomb foreign embassies in the capital Sanaa and to assassinate Yemeni political and military leaders, state media reported on Sunday. In Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19788 BAGHDAD (AFP) – Radical Shiite Islamists who claim to have kidnapped a US military contractor of Iraqi origin said on Sunday they are also holding a second American hostage captured two years ago. "Two Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19790 At a time that religious fatwas are being issued in Sanaa stating that Jihad will be declared against the US should it intervene in Yemen against the Al Qaeda organization, Tariq Al-Fadli, the man Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19791 Sanaa, Asharq Al-Awsat- Sheikh Tariq al-Fadli, a former leading figure in the ruling General People's Congress Party in Yemen and current leading figure in what is now known as the Southern Mobility Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=19792 Riyadh, London, Asharq Al-Awsat- The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques, King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz, is the most popular leader in the Islamic world, according to a poll conducted by the Pew Research Mon, 07 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT