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The Los Angeles Times
Egypt & other Red Sea nations target pirates - -
Egypt, which makes $5 billion a year in Suez Canal fees, holds talks in Cairo on how to stop Somali gunmen from hijacking tankers and other ships in the area
By Jeffery Fleishman
The New York Post
'Pullout' treaty a win for Iraq and us - -
The long negotiations have caused the Bush administration much frustration, but Bush himself surely feels a certain satisfaction in having helped the Iraqi people create a government of their own choice that ...
By Amir Taheri
The Washington Post
Middle East priorities for Jan. 21 - -
in many ways the current situation is such that the opportunity for success has never been greater, or the costs of failure more severe
By Brent Scowcroft & Zbigniew Brzezinski
The Washington Post
The year 2025: oil, dollar out, Islam in - -
the world may complete its move away from its dependence on oil, and that the U.S. dolla
By Pamela Hess
The National Review
Failure is not an option - -
Today it seems the grossly incompetent and inefficient must be preserved at all costs
By Victor Davis Hanson
The Wall Street Journal
Taliban regains power, influence in Afghanistan - -
Sets Up Courts, Local Governments in Southern Regions
By Yochi J. Dreazen & Siobhan Gorman
The New York Times
Iran said to have nuclear fuel for one weapon - -
Iran has produced enough nuclear material to make a single atom bomb, though it is unclear if the country has achieved the necessary technical advances to create a bomb
By William J. Broad & David E. Sager
The New York Times
Britain grapples with role for Islamic justice - -
Conservatives and liberals alike have repeatedly denounced Islamic courts as poor substitutes for British jurisprudence
By Elaine Sciolino
The Los Angeles Times
The Koran, punk rock & lots of questions - -
This much Hiba Siddiqui knows: She is a Muslim teenager living in America. But what does that mean for her?
By Erika Hayasaki
The Yahoo News
Iran aims for 2009 lunch of nuclear plant - -
Iran is aiming to commission its first nuclear power plant in 2009 after years of delays
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The National Review
Agree to worry - -
Today’s Obama euphoria will not long mask that the Iran/American conflict, far from going away, is intensifying
By Andrew C. McCarthy
The New York Times
Media companies help promote laptop project - -
Media companies are donating television time and magazine pages to help the organization’s effort to provide laptops to children in developing nations
By Steve Lahr
The Washington Post
Will Obama be a freedom fighter - -
Will Mideast Reformers Have a Friend in Obama?
By Jackson Diehl
The Washington Post
Karzai promised to protect Taliban chief during possible peace talks - -
Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday that he would guarantee the security of Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar if he decides to enter into talks
By Candace Rondeaux
The Yahoo News
Iraqi cabinet approves security pact with U.S. - -
Iraq's Cabinet overwhelmingly approved a security pact with the United States on Sunday
By Hamaz Hendawi & Qassim Abdul - Zahra
The Washington Post
Unsettling times for Jihadists - -
The upsetting news for our imaginary jihadist is the election of Barack Obama as president of the United States. This wasn't supposed to happen
By David Ignatius
The Washington Post
An African crisis for Obama - -
Reams of pious words have been written or uttered, including by Obama, about the need to do something to halt the brutal ethnic conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan
By Jim Hoagland
The Wall Street Journal
Gunman kidnap Iranian in Pakistan - -
Police Guard Shot Dead in Latest Attack on Foreigners in Volatile Northwest Region; Islamic Militants Are Suspected
By Zahid Hussain
The National Review
Know thy enemy - -
The Mind of Jihad is a work of considerable elegance and culture; it probably could only have been written by a European who has become an American
By Michael Ledeen
The Washington Post
Sadr threatens attacks on U.S. troops if accord passes - -
Radical Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr threatened Friday to resume attacks on U.S. forces if they remain in Iraq
By Mary Beth Sheridan
The Washington Post
Experts see security risks in downturn - -
Global Financial Crisis May Fuel Instability and Weaken U.S. Defenses
By Joby Warrick
The New York Post
The Saudis' sham - unfaith - confab farce - -
Jews, Christians and all other non-Muslims are not allowed to practice their faith inside the kingdom. Their religious texts are banned, confiscated and destroyed
By Ali Al - Ahmad
The Los Angeles Times
An intellectual makeover for Iranian women - -
In an impoverished Tehran district, a hairdresser-turned-activist helps girls and women help themselves through books, health workshops and civic action
By Borzou Daragahi
The New York Times
Militants turn to small bombs in Iraq attacks - -
The portable and furtive bomb, known as “sticky bomb,” is fast becoming the device of choice for insurgent groups
By Kathrine Zoeph & Mudhafer Al - Housini
The Yahoo News
Iraq to triple oil exports in 10 years - -
Iraq aims to triple oil exports to six million barrels a day in 10 years, earmarking two billion dollars to start increasing capacity, Finance Minister Baqer Jabr Solagh
By Sammy Ketz
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