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=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=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=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=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=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=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=2&id=19780 Hamas, Fatah and the Palestinian factions did not spare the Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad criticism following his participation in the annual Herzliya Conference held in Israel. It is considered Sun, 06 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19763 Almost two months ago, General Muhammad-Ali Aziz Jaafari, Commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard (IRGC), vowed to stop further anti-regime demonstrations and break what he termed "this chain of Sat, 05 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=19771 At this stage, Hamas and Israel are on the verge of [engaging in] widespread clashes in light of a fragile truce. In this context, the murder of one of Hamas’ most prominent security commanders, namely Sat, 05 Feb 2010 17:33:10 GMT