http://www.aawsat.com/english Asharq Alawsat English Edition is your insight into the Middle East en-us © 2005 Saudi Research and Publishing Sun, 13 Mar 2010 18:05:14 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=20211 It seems that Abu Dhabi is determined to be a key player on the international media scene and that it is working to pull the rug from under the feet of its neighbour, Dubai. After CNN established a Sun, 13 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20200 The Kurds always dreamt of ruling their region, Kurdistan, and to be free after years of tyranny at the hands of the Saddam regime that deprived them of their own [traditional] clothing, language and Sat, 12 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20194 One thing is at least clear from the success achieved by Operation Mushtarak against the Taliban in the most troubled parts of Afghanistan: if the NATO forces and their Afghan allies move on with the Sat, 12 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20184 What we have seen from the preliminary results of the Iraqi elections has been excellent and remarkable; the sectarian leaderships have begun to weaken in Iraq, which means that Iraq is not turning Fri, 11 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20176 In an age that calls for transparency and clarity, the speech given by the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz during the opening ceremony of the Second Year of the Shura Council's Fri, 11 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20186 Regardless of whether it is Nuri al Maliki’s or Iyad Allawi’s bloc that will emerge victorious in the Iraqi elections, initial indications up until the publication of this article show that Allawi Fri, 11 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20173 After the military operations against the Huthi rebels in Yemen ended, which also claimed the lives of many Al Qaeda members, the focus has now turned towards Somalia in order to break another link Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20174 In an interview with the German Der Spiegel newspaper published by Asharq Al-Awsat last week, the Greek Prime Minister [Georgios Papandreou] – explaining the financial problems being faced by his country Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20169 I was watching a Middle East-based satellite news channel recently that carried a report about several teachers in Medina who gave their students ridiculous questions during an examination. When I Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=20175 No, never, in fact the opposite is true. Autocracy is far more infectious and capable of infiltrating minds and borders, and today dominates the entire region. Therefore there should be no fear for Thu, 10 Mar 2010 18:05:14 GMT