http://www.aawsat.com/english Asharq Alawsat English Edition is your insight into the Middle East en-us © 2005 Saudi Research and Publishing Sat, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:08 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=1&id=18866 RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said presidential and legislative elections scheduled for January will be postponed, confirming that he has accepted advice not Sat, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18865 BRUSSELS (AFP) – Major world powers met in Brussels Friday to discuss Iran's rejection of an international nuclear fuel deal, after US President Barack Obama warned Tehran must face the consequences. Representatives Sat, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18864 RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaeda's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English Sat, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18862 CAIRO, (AP) – Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter Sat, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18861 CAIRO, (AP) – Egypt has recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations. The Egyptian foreign Fri, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18859 Baghdad, Asharq Al-Awsat- Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi vetoed the new Iraqi election law on Wednesday, something that Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki described as "a serious threat to Fri, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18855 JERUSALEM, (AP) – Israeli aircraft struck a weapons-manufacturing facility and two smuggling tunnels in the southern Gaza Strip on Thursday, in response to recent rocket attacks on Israel, the military Fri, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18854 KABUL (Reuters) – Afghan forces should be ready to take over security in Afghanistan in five years, President Hamid Karzai said at his inauguration Thursday, and pledged to tackle graft which has left Fri, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18853 KUWAIT CITY (AFP) – An Islamist opposition MP on Thursday filed to quiz Kuwaiti Defence Minister Sheikh Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah over allegations of financial violations in the ministry. "The minister Fri, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18852 SEOUL/MANILA (Reuters) – World powers could have a package of measures against Iran "within weeks," U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday, warning Tehran of consequences for its failure to respond Fri, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT