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=2&id=18868 "We want to be like Janus, the Greek god because we wish to combine different values. We want to be able to mourn our own Neda Agha-Sultan and be sad about people dying in Gaza." This is how Mir-Hossein Sat, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18867 Switzerland is a unique and distinguished country, one that had adopted an independent approach based upon the principle of neutrality. Switzerland refrains from adopting positions that may result Sat, 20 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18856 How can one strike a balance between individual freedom and cultural and ethnic diversity? It is a dilemma that becomes doubly urgent when certain acts are committed like the one by Nidal Hasan, the Fri, 19 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18849 The two most controversial issues that were raised at the China – Africa summit held in Sharm al-Sheikh last week was the Chinese Prime Minister calling on the US to address its fiscal deficit to ensure Thu, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18847 A man dressed in an outlandish outfit, with long fingernails and disheveled hair crept between Jabal Dokhan and Jabal Al Dood. He was carrying talismans, paper decorated with magic symbols, and animal Thu, 18 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18838 I always recommend reading Hassan Nasrallah's speeches rather than listening to them, because reading one of his speeches unemotionally allows one to read between the lines. The latest speech given Wed, 17 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18839 A US military study's admission that the morale of US soldiers in Afghanistan is low comes as now surprise to us. In fact we would have been surprised if US morale had not collapsed. The most difficult Wed, 17 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18828 Following the G8 Summit, Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh met with the US President. During this meeting, President Saleh was briefed on information gathered by the CIA, specifically with regards Tue, 16 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18827 Statements attributed to Iranian Speaker of Parliament, Ali Larijani, in which he defends the Huthis, and criticizes Saudi Arabia for exercising its legitimate right of defending its territory indicate Tue, 16 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT http://www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=2&id=18818 The biggest mistake that could be made with the Huthi crisis in Saudi Arabia is portraying these clashes as a confrontation between the Sunnis and the [Shiite] Zaidi sect. In this article, I intend Mon, 15 Nov 2009 16:01:08 GMT