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Israel of the Caucasus
Saturday, 09.06.2008, 01:39pm

WASHINGTON (UPI) � NATO guarantees that an attack against one member country is an attack against all are no longer what they used to be. Had Georgia been inside NATO, a number of European countries would no longer be willing to consider it an attack against their own soil.

'Switzerland of the Middle East' looks for revival
Saturday, 09.06.2008, 01:38pm

BEIRUT (IPS) � Lebanon was long dubbed the 'Switzerland of the Middle East' for its advanced banking sector. It lost its status 23 years ago at the dawn of the 1975 civil war, which lasted 15 years. The country has since been unable to regain the title, in spite of the brief economic revival witnessed in the 1990s.

Iraq says all troops out by 2011
Saturday, 09.06.2008, 01:36pm

WASHINGTON (IPS) � Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki signaled last week that that all U.S. troops � including those with non-combat functions � must be out of the country by the end of 2011 under the agreement he is negotiating with the George W. Bush administration.

The Saudi Arabia of solar energy
Saturday, 09.06.2008, 01:35pm

In the wake of the first Gulf War, the U.S. Army assessed Saudi Arabia's solar energy resource potential in a classified effort to determine how oil fires had affected the region.

Stretching the truth at the GOP
Saturday, 09.06.2008, 01:32pm

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her Republican supporters held back little Wednesday as they issued dismissive attacks on Barack Obama and flattering praise on her credentials to be vice president. In some cases, the reproach and the praise stretched the truth.

Syria sets basis for peace talks
Saturday, 09.06.2008, 01:30pm

Damascus has sent a proposal to Israel laying out the basis for direct peace talks, Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, has said.

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