Baghdad :: Iraq
| 3 months ago
Top Sunni politicians on Wednesday accused Iraq 's Shiite-dominated security forces of carrying out political arrests, and warned that this could push Iraq into another round of sectarian fighting...The arrests could upset the delicate political cooperation...
Tags: US-Iraq, Iraq Directory, USA, Al Saniora, prime minister, U.S, surprise visit, saniora stressed, Iraqi, Baghdad, says rice
Jerusalem :: Israel
| 4 months ago
Barack Obama ended his trip to Israel this morning with a surprise visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall, before heading to Berlin.
Wearing a yarmulke, the Democratic candidate placed a prayer in the wall.
But his bid to shore up the Jewish vote was tarnished...
Tags: Obama, Surprise visit, Jerusalem
Jerusalem :: Israel
| 5 months ago
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice wraps up a Middle East tour on Monday after strongly condemning Jewish settlement activity in the occupied West Bank. She was holding a one-on-one meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak where she was also...
Tags: israel, jerusalem, olmert, Israeli-Palestinian, surprise visit, call, East Jerusalem, State Condoleezza Rice, Ehud Olmert, Palestinian Authority
Jerusalem :: Israel
| 7 months ago
Palestinian militant factions in Cairo have accepted a proposed truce with Israel that Egyptian mediators will now try to sell to the Jewish state, a senior Egyptian official said on Wednesday. This is a stage in a plan aimed at creating a situation that...
Tags: palestinian, israel, olmert, prime minister, hamas, Palestinian-Israeli, surprise visit, peace talks, gaza, Palestinians, Hamas the Islamic, Jordanï, George W. Bush
London :: United Kingdom
| 7 months ago
Chief Executive Leslie Moonves told the staff of the “CBS Evening News” during a surprise visit to the newscast’s regular noon meeting today, according to several network sources. Accompanied by CBS President Sean McManus, Moonves expressed his pride...
Tags: CBS News, CBS Corp, Katie Couric, Leslie Moonves, Sean McManus, surprise visit, chief executive
Peshawar :: Pakistan
| 8 months ago
Atta dealers, bazaars, retailer, middle man to control increasing trend of price hike as well as to bring down the prices of essential commodities to a reasonable level. Taking strong notice of hoarding, profiteering and over-charging, the Chief
Tags: surprise visit