http://www.aawsat.com/english Asharq Alawsat English Edition is your insight into the Middle East en-us © 2005 Saudi Research and Publishing Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:09 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=20170 London, Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- The Chairman of the Libyan National Oil Company [NOC] informed Asharq Al-Awsat that Tripoli is seeking to give precedence to Russia and China – at the expense of US oil Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20165 RAMALLAH, West Bank, (Reuters) - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington's efforts to get indirect Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20166 CAIRO (AP) - Top Egyptian cleric Sheik Mohammed Sayed Tantawi, whose moderate views angered conservative Muslims, died of a heart attack Wednesday during a visit to Saudi Arabia, the state-owned news Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20167 BAGHDAD, (Reuters) - Preliminary results of Iraq's parliamentary election, a vote seen as a litmus test of its young democracy, are likely to be released by Thursday, a United Nations official said on Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20168 KABUL (AP) - Taking aim at the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday that it's the United States that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists it once supported. At Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20163 London, Asharq Al-Awsat- While Dr. Iyad Allawi, head of Iraqiya national coalition, criticized the Independent High Elections Commission [IHEC] for what he called "the problems that happened during Wed, 09 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20164 Riyadh, Asharq Al-Awsat - Two youths in their twenties broke into and burned down a cultural center in the Saudi capital of Riyadh yesterday. Fire fighters, Red Crescent teams, and security patrols Wed, 09 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20157 Cairo, Asharq Al-Awsat- Muhammad Abdirahman, media adviser to the president of the Puntland region in northeast Somalia, which has enjoyed self-rule since 1998, has called on the pirates seizing the Wed, 09 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20151 JERUSALEM (AFP) – US Vice President Joe Biden was meeting top Israeli officials on Tuesday, throwing his weight behind a renewal of Middle East peace talks more than a year after negotiations shuddered Wed, 09 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=20152 .BEIRUT, (AP) – Lebanon's rival political groups have resumed national reconciliation talks and Hezbollah's weapons are a main topic on the agenda. Leaders of more than a dozen factions are meeting Wed, 09 Mar 2010 18:23:09 GMT