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Divided Arabs deliver little at summit
Friday, 04.04.2008, 01:01pm

DAMASCUS (IPS) � The Arab summit held in Damascus over this weekend has convinced many Iraqis that Arab leaders do not speak for them. More than anything done or not, the very absence of many Arab leaders at the summit has left displaced Iraqis here angry.

With friends like these, Israel needs no enemies
Friday, 03.28.2008, 03:04pm

The amount of support being shown for Israel these days is almost embarrassing. The parade of highly-placed foreign guests and the warm reception received by Israeli statesmen abroad have not been seen for quite some time. Who hasn't come to visit lately? From the German chancellor to the leading frontrunner for the American presidency. And the secretary-general of the United Nations is on his way. A visit to Israel has become de rigueur for foreign pols. If you haven't been here, you're nowhere.

A smart Arab investment
Friday, 03.28.2008, 02:49pm

Social and industrial awakening in the Middle East and North Africa may start in unexpected ways. The most potent indicator of social change is the status of women's education.

Lebanon bans prize-winning animated film 'Persepolis'
Friday, 03.28.2008, 02:29pm

BEIRUT (AFP) � The Oscar-nominated film "Persepolis," which has annoyed authorities in Iran for its critical portrayal of the Islamic revolution, has been banned in Lebanon, an interior ministry official told AFP on Wednesday.

Hopes of peace remain unfulfilled
Friday, 03.28.2008, 01:50pm

BEIRUT (IPS) � The pages of Lebanon's history are drenched in blood. And, more than 30 years after the start of the 1975 civil war, Lebanese factions are still pitted against each other in a confrontation with a recurring sectarian dimension amidst a volatile regional context.

Saudi king calls for interfaith dialogue
Friday, 03.28.2008, 01:49pm

RIYADH (AP) -- The Saudi king has made an impassioned plea for dialogue among Muslims, Christians and Jews � the first such proposal from a nation with no diplomatic ties to Israel and a ban on non-Muslim religious services and symbols.

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