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Egypt laureate in intensive care 
BBC News - Aug 15 9:43 AM
Egypt's Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz is in intensive care at a hospital in Cairo.Egypt's Nobel winner for literature, moved to intensive care Boston Herald - Aug 15 7:23 AM
CAIRO, Egypt - Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz has been moved to intensive care at a Cairo hospital, an official said Tuesday, describing his condition as "unstable." Mahfouz, 94,...Naguib Mahfouz, Egypt's Nobel winner for literature, moved to intensive care Jam! Showbiz - Aug 15 9:14 AM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Egypt's Nobel winner for literature Naguib Mahfouz has been moved to intensive care at a Cairo hospital where an official on Tuesday described his condition as "unstable."Quick hits: Egypt buys wheat Detroit News - Aug 14 10:53 PM
Egypt said Monday it bought 110,000 metric tons of U.S. and Canadian wheat for shipment in the first two weeks of September. Egypt's main state buyer of wheat, the General Authority for Supply Commodities, bought 55,000 tons of U.S. soft red winter wheat from Perdue at $141.45 a ton. The GASC also bought 55,000 tons of Canadian soft red wheat from Cargill Inc. at $139.5 per ton.egypt: Jamaa Islamiya denies joining Al-Qaeda Monday Morning - Aug 15 9:37 AM
Egypt s Jamaa Islamiya militant group last week denied a claim by Al-Qaeda second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahiri that it had joined the global network. Jamaa Islamiya in Egypt denies joining Al-Qaeda as stated by Ayman al-Zawahiri , the group said in a statement on its website.CA announces Giza Systems and OMS as new Enterprise Service Providers partners in Egypt AME Info - Aug 15 3:44 AM
CA (NYSE: CA), one of the world's largest IT management software companies today announced Giza Systems and OMS as its first two newly appointed Enterprise Service Providers (ESP) partners for the recently launched business model for CA presence in Egypt.Telecom Egypt announces HY 2006 results AME Info - Aug 15 1:29 AM
Telecom Egypt (TE) (Ticker: ETEL.CA; TEEG.LN), today announced its standalone financial results for the six months ended 30 June, 2006.Egypt's celebrated writer Mahfuz in intensive care AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 10:15 AM
World renowned Egyptian writer and Nobel literature prize winner Naguib Mahfuz has been moved to the intensive care unit of a hospital where he was admitted last week, an official there said.Egypt Kuwait Holding 1H Profit Up 9% To $19.57 Mln Zawya - Aug 15 5:19 AM
BEIRUT (Zawya Dow Jones)-- Egypt Kuwait Holding Co. Egypt Kuwait Holding Co. , or EK Holding, said Tuesday that its net profit increased 9% to $19.57 million in the first half, from $17.98 million a year earlier.CA announces Giza Systems and OMS as new Enterprise Service Providers partners in Egypt Zawya - Aug 15 5:03 AM
Dubai, UAE August 15, 2006: CA CA (NYSE: CA CA ), one of the world's largest IT management software companies today announced Giza Systems and OMS as its first two newly appointed Enterprise Service Providers (ESP) partners for the recently launched business model for CA CA presence in Egypt.Telecom Egypt H1 sales, profit rise on customer growth Telecom.paper - Aug 15 2:20 AM
(TP) Telecom Egypt had a revenue up 9 percent to EGP 4.37 billion in the first half, compared to 4.03 billion in the year-earlier period, as it increased...Etisalat gears for Egypt launch AME Info - Aug 14 9:31 PM
The Etisalat consortium which won a bid for Egypt's third mobile network licence will begin operations towards the end of Q1 2007, Gulf News reported. A spokesperson told the daily a contract would be signed on 21 August. The third licence includes a right to run both 2G and 3G networks.Egypt: Months of Harassment Force Coptic Blogger to Censor Herself AllAfrica.com - Aug 14 12:25 PM
Reporters Without Borders has condemned the months of harassment by the authorities in Qina (near Luxor, in central Egypt) that forced Hala Helmy Botros to close down her blog, Aqbat Bela Hodood (Copts Without Borders, http://halaelmasry.blogspot.com/ ), about the persecution of the Christian Coptic minority and to stop writing on this subject for other websites.Ghana/Egypt: Al Ahly Hold Kotoko AllAfrica.com - Aug 14 1:43 PM
THE OBUASI Len Clay stadium yesterday witnessed one of its finest games ever when two of the continent's most respected clubs, Al Ahly of Egypt and Kumasi Asante Kotoko met.Egypt's Mubarak discusses Lebanon issues with Italian FM People's Daily - Aug 15 5:55 PM
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak Tuesday held talks with visiting Italian Foreign Minister Massimo D'Alema on the latest developments in the Middle East, particularly in Lebanon, the official MENA news agency reported.Gushing gas in arid desert fuels cash flow for Egypt and Apache BizJournals - Aug 13 9:49 PM
A remote and desolate corner of Egypt's Western Desert is turning out to be a valuable asset for both Egypt and Apache Corp.2 Mideast telecoms post profit rise International Herald Tribune - Aug 15 8:43 AM
Telecom Egypt, the largest fixed- line telephone company in the Middle East and North Africa, said Tuesday that first-half profit rose 7 percent on subscriber growth.Egypt Praises Hizbullah Terrorist Guerillas Israel National News - Aug 14 5:27 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Egypt's foreign minister has praised Hizbullah terrorist guerillas and blamed Israel for the escalating of the war following the attack on northern Israel July 12 and the kidnapping of two IDF soldiers.Arab bourses advance, paced by Egypt s Case Gulf Times - Aug 14 3:33 AM
LONDON: Egypt s Case 30 Index advanced, paced by cigarette maker Eastern Co. Measures in Saudi Arabia and Jordan also rose, led by Al Rajhi Bank and Arab Bank Plc.Egypt, Iran urges for immediate ceasefire in Lebanon People's Daily - Aug 13 5:25 PM
Egypt and Iran called on Sunday afternoon for the full implementation of UN Security Council resolution on Lebanon and highlighted the importance of an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops there without any delay.Cairo: Iran and Egypt call for Lebanon truce to be respected Turks.US - Aug 13 9:19 PM
Iran and Egypt called on Sunday for a UN-backed truce between Israel and the Shiite Islamic group Hezbollah to be respected, hours before the ceasefire agreement secured by UN chief Kofi Annan is to come into effect.Writer Mahfouz Moved to Intensive Care Los Angeles Times - Aug 15 4:34 AM
CAIRO, Egypt -- Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz has been moved to intensive care at a Cairo hospital, an official said Tuesday, describing his condition as "unstable."Pressure on Egypt to Curtail Relations with Israel Israel National News - Aug 13 4:27 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Public pressure in Egypt, particularly from groups opposed to President Hosni Mubarak, has been intensifying to persuade the Egyptian government to curtail formal relations with Israel.Writer Mahfouz Moved to Intensive Care RedNova - Aug 15 2:33 PM
By MAGGIE MICHAEL CAIRO, Egypt - NobelDiplomats to negotiate release TVNZ - Aug 15 12:08 PM
New Zealand diplomats from embassies in Egypt and Turkey are heading for Gaza City to try to help free the kidnapped New Zealand cameraman. Olaf Wiig, husband of TVNZ correspondent Anita McNaught, was seized by masked men, along with American journalist Steve Centanni.Iran's FM in Egypt for talks Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 13 7:25 AM
Egypt - Iran - Mottaki Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki arrived in Iskandariyah, Egypt, Saturday night to hold talks with senior Egyptian officials.Is an Arab revolution on the agenda? Socialist Worker - Aug 15 11:06 AM
The Arab people now consider Hizbollah to be heroes because they are confronting the enemy [Israel] and protecting their land... Even if Hizbollah were destroyed, another Hizbollah would emerge within a year or two somewhere else - maybe in Jordan, in Syria, in Egypt or in Iraq. CA appoints Egyptian ESP partners AME Info - Aug 15 4:44 AM
Computer Associates has appointed Giza Systems and OMS as its enterprise service partners in Egypt for its recently introduced business model. Under the agreement, both companies will sell and service CA's solutions to midsize and enterprise customers.New Egyptian Proposal for Release of IDF Soldier Israel National News - Aug 15 11:42 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Egyptian negotiators have formulated a new proposal for the release of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit, who was taken prisoner by Hamas terrorists on June 25th at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza and Egypt.LINKdotNET gets CMMI level 3 AME Info - Aug 14 11:29 PM
LINKdotNET, a privately owned Internet service and solutions provider in Egypt and the Middle East, has successfully completed its appraisal for Capability Maturity Model Integration level 3 Staged Representation, based on the SCAMPI CLASS A appraisal method.Posted: 15-08-2006 , 02:50 GMT Al Bawaba - Aug 14 8:01 PM
Egyptian Parliament member Radi, from the Islamists party, has withdrawn his request that Egypt ban both Lebanese singers Haifa Wahbi and Nancy Ajram from holding any performances in Egypt.Princess of Nile All About Symbian - Aug 15 2:53 AM
Ancient Egypt., with God Horus? bless, the kingdom was in it?s golden age. People enjoyed their happy life. And the evil god Seth?s follower seemed to have been vanished...Syria, Iran leaders praise Hezbollah AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 1:29 PM
The leaders of Iran and Syria crowed Tuesday that Hezbollah defeated Israel, with the Iranian president telling a cheering crowd that "God's promises have come true" and the Syrian chief saying U.S. plans for reshaping the Middle East have been ruined.Maker of Leading Simulations for Business Education Introduces Virtual History into the Classroom [Press Release] Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 15 5:15 AM
NORTHAMPTON, Mass.----Aug. 15, 2006--Next month veteran educational software developer, Knowledge Matters, Inc., releases a simulation on ancient Egypt for middle schools, the first in its line of simulations for social studies.Arabs predict guns won't be silent long in Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 9:37 AM
Arab commentators welcomed the fragile calm between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas on Tuesday but said they feared a U.N.-brokered truce would not keep the guns silent for long.Gaza marks first year of Israeli withdrawal in despair AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 11:01 AM
Gaza marked the first anniversary of the start of Israel's historic pullout from the coastal strip amid bitterness that the end of the Jewish settlements did not bring an end to occupation and bloodshed.Quiet as Markets Digest Reports Ag Report - Aug 14 8:18 AM
CHICAGO - Aug 14/06 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets are starting the week on a relatively quiet note, though Egypt and Taiwan were active over the weekend, buying wheat, corn and soybeans.Egypt's heavy metal scene emerging AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 12 7:50 PM
The music was loud and the tattooed fans were wild, dancing and swaying in flashing strobe lights to the crashing sounds of heavy metal songs. Suddenly, the music stopped. The band leader grasped the mike and announced: "It's prayer time."Mideast crisis--Blog from Jerusalem US News & World Report - Aug 15 3:14 PM
HAIFA-The war is over (for now) and the Arab and Israeli streets have determined the winner: Hezbollah. Now, not only does Israel have to develop new strategies toward unfriendly Arabs but so do Arab world leaders who have long called for conducting diplomacy with Israel.Rebuilding Lebanon's shattered economy BBC News - Aug 15 4:39 PM
The restructuring of the war torn country could soon begin, - though no one expects a quick fix.U.S. plans for Mideast foiled, Syrian president says CNN.com - Aug 15 6:36 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said Tuesday that America's plan for a "new Middle East" collapsed after Hezbollah's successes in fighting against Israel, and warned the Jewish state to seek peace or risk defeat in the future.Gaza border crossing to Egypt opens briefly AFP via Yahoo! News - Aug 11 7:33 AM
The border crossing between the Gaza Strip and Egypt opened for a second straight day for humanitarian cases, after weeks of closure, but was shut early again.Navy Awards Lockheed Martin $43M Deal AP via Yahoo! Finance - Aug 15 2:55 PM
The U.S. Navy on Tuesday awarded Lockheed Martin Corp., the country's largest military contractor, a pact worth about $43.5 million to provide engineering and technical support for fire control systems on American and foreign ships.Hizbullah doesn't speak for Lebanon The Christian Science Monitor - Aug 15 4:22 PM
The assumption that most Lebanese identify with Hizbullah draws from preexisting stereotypes of the Middle East. Israel's hollow victory in Lebanon International Herald Tribune - Aug 15 5:04 AM
The use of force may not be the best means to bring about peace and stability to the Middle East.Israel destroys tunnel from Egypt to Gaza, suspect it was used for arms smuggling Khaleej Times - Aug 12 7:17 AM
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - The Israeli army said Saturday it found and destroyed a tunnel used for arms smuggling between Egypt and the Gaza Strip. The tunnel was more than 150 meters (yards) long and opened into a chicken coop on the Gaza side, the army said.US treachery and UN apathy Gulf News - Aug 14 4:23 PM
The next time the UN Security Council needs to come up with a resolution it should get in touch with me. My building's watchman and his streetwise pals from Upper Egypt could cobble together a far more effective ceasefire than that contained in Resolution 1701.Syria: U.S. Mideast plan an 'illusion' AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 4:40 AM
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that the U.S. plan for a "new Middle East" has collapsed following Hezbollah's successes in fighting against Israel. Israel's foreign minister, meanwhile, warned Syria not to intervene in Lebanese affairs or use the Hezbollah militia to influence the Beirut government.OLMERT'S WAR, AND THE NEXT ONE Pat Buchanan via Yahoo! News - Aug 15 3:49 AM
When Israel answered the Hezbollah raid that captured two soldiers with air strikes on Lebanon's airport, runways, gas stations, lighthouses, bridges, buses, apartment houses and power plants, we who questioned the wisdom and morality of what Israel was doing were denounced as anti-Israel or anti-Semitic.Letter from Washington: Combating the image of the Ugly American International Herald Tribune - Aug 15 8:43 AM
The Ugly American image is hardly new. But its latest incarnation, stirred by resentments over U.S.-led wars and a long list of disputes, has been particularly troubling.World sports diary August 16-September 13, 2006 Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago
LONDON, Aug 16 (Reuters) - World Sports Diary for Aug 16 to Sept 13 (all times GMT):Egypt's Intl Pharm Indus 1H Profit +29% To EGP95.5 Mln Zawya - Aug 14 7:04 AM
In the year to June 30, the company said net profit was 95.5 million Egyptian pounds ($16.6 million), against EGP73.9 million a year earlier. EIPICO produces about 200 different drugs, a third of which are under license from international firms.Egypt calls for immediate Israeli ceasefire Khaleej Times - Aug 12 3:47 AM
CAIRO - Egypt on Saturday said Israel should immediately observe a ceasefire following the adoption of UN Security Council resolution calling for a halt to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah.Faisal Islamic Bank Of Egypt 1H Pft Down 2.2% To EGP35.4M Zawya - Aug 14 7:03 AM
Quote data provided by © Reuters Limited. Click for Restrictions Site is optimised for viewing with Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator v4 and above. Screen is optimised for viewing at 800 x 600.Israeli missile kills two in south Gaza The Age - Aug 15 5:53 PM
An Israeli aircraft fired a missile into a house in the southern Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, killing a Palestinian militant and his father, witnesses and medics said.World Is Getting Bigger, After All ABC News - Aug 15 10:48 AM
More People Packing on the Pounds at a Faster RateWriter Mahfouz Moved to Intensive Care ABC News - Aug 15 5:03 AM
Nobel-Winning Egyptian Writer Naguib Mahfouz, 94, in Intensive Care With Kidney ProblemVerbal Front in the Terror War: 'Islamofascism' NPR - Aug 15 10:19 AM
Day to Day , August 15, 2006 · Last Thursday, as news was spreading around the world that British police had foiled a plot to blow up airplanes bound from London to the United States, President Bush referred to the suspects as "Islamic fascists."Madeleine Bunting: The venomous media voices who think no Muslim is worth talking to Guardian Unlimited - Aug 15 6:02 PM
Madeleine Bunting: As government efforts to 'tackle' extremism flounder, it should beware the advice of armchair warriors and fantasists.LINKdotNET achieves CMMI level 3 AME Info - Aug 14 4:29 AM
LINKdotNET, the leading privately owned Internet service and solutions provider in Egypt and the Middle East, is proud to announce that it has successfully completed its appraisal for Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) level 3 Staged Representation, based on the SCAMPI CLASS A Appraisal Method, on the 29th of June, 2006.News from around the web: ArabicNews.com - Aug 14 5:09 PM
Daily Arab News about the Arabic world, Arabic news for Country by country news coverage. Politics, culture, recipes, book reviews, weather, sports, arts. Covers Egypt, Egyptian life, pyramids, Lebanon, Iraq, the Gulf, its oil, Arabian horses & camel races.A Thorough Study Of UN Peacekeeping In Lebanon Needed Bernama - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
DAMASCUS, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar said there should be a thorough study on the terms of reference for United Nations (UN) peacekeepers to be placed in Southern Lebanon.School referendum delayed Asbury Park Press - Aug 14 1:19 AM
Residents interested in helping to decide whether a 1,000-seat auditorium should be built between the district's middle and high schools, whether new classrooms should be built at New Egypt Primary School and whether the stadium field should be covered with all-weather turf will have until December to make up their minds.Former USIA Chief, Johnson Confidant Leonard Marks Dies Fox News - Aug 15 8:58 AM
Proponent of free press and former National Security Council member was notable for trying to take American message to Vietnamese, Egyptians.If a Magazine s List Doubles in Size, Is That Inflation? New York Times - Aug 14 9:25 PM
The paltry list of 50 has given way to 100, the number atop this year s People s Most Beautiful People, the annual Time 100, the Maxim Hot 100 and the new Esquire 100.Comment: Soldiers see what politicians do not New Straits Times - Aug 15 5:03 PM
WARS are won not only on battlefields, but also in people s minds.Govt departments urged to make more efforts to promote tourism Khaleej Times - 1 hour, 27 minutes ago
JEDDAH - Interior Minister Prince Nayef, who is also chairman of the board of directors of the Supreme Commission for Tourism (SCT), has called on various government departments to make more efforts to cooperate with the commission in the promotion of tourism in the Kingdom.Hezbollah holds 'banner of victory' Sydney Morning Herald - Aug 15 4:10 PM
"God's promises have come true" ... Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Mideast Peace Vulnerable to Provocations The Herald-Sun - 34 minutes ago
With no clear cease-fire line, any village or hilltop in southern Lebanon is a potential flash point that could bring down the truce between Israeli troops and Hezbollah fighters.The venomous media voices who think no Muslim is worth talking to Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 40 minutes ago
One could almost feel sorry for them. A minister like Ruth Kelly is wrenched from her bucket-and spade holiday on a rainy British beach with the kids to launch yet another push to "engage" with Muslims and to step up efforts to "tackle" extremism.Lawyer: Egyptian Student Made An Innocent Mistake WCCO Minneapolis/St. Paul - 50 minutes ago
For the first time today, we heard from the Egyptian foreign exchange student arrested in Minneapolis. Eslam El-Dessouki is one of eleven young men authorities picked up after entering the country on student visas, but never showing up at school. Watch The Video More U.S. And World News Sheila Samples: Mad Dog On A Leash Scoop.co.nz - 10 minutes ago
"We should prepare to go on the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan, and Syria. The weak point is Lebanon, for the Moslem regime is artificial and easy for us to undermine.Terrorists, be afraid of www Times Online - Aug 15 4:22 PM
THE WORLD WIDE WEB had its 15th birthday this month. It is no coincidence that over the same period of time, radical Islamist terrorism has emerged as Western democracy s deadly new threat. Al-Qaeda and the web are the same age.Condition of Nobel Prize-winning writer Naguib Mahfouz 'unstable' Houston Chronicle - Aug 15 5:07 AM
Mahfouz won the Nobel Prize in 1988 after establishing himself as one of the Middle East's most beloved writers and a strong voice for moderation and religious tolerance. Misr Cement Co. 1H 06 Profit Up 81.6% To EGP120.5 Mln Zawya - Aug 14 7:04 AM
CAIRO (Zawya Dow Jones)--Egypt's Misr Cement Co. Misr Cement Co. said Monday profit for the first half was up 81.6%.State Dept. Daily Press Briefing August 14, 2006 Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
DEPARTMENT President's Briefings at the Department of State / Secretary Rice's Participation New Passports / Security Features E-business leading global commercial model as it clinches USD1tn IPP Media - 13 minutes ago
Global e-business, which is now the most dominant commercial model, is expected to go beyond USD1tn annually. This was said by Ambassador Khamis Kagasheki yesterday in the ongoing East African Community (EAC) conference in Dar es Salaam.Egyptian FM stresses Iran's N-right Islamic Republic News Agency - Aug 13 11:10 PM
Egypt - Iran - Nuclear issue Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Sunday acknowledged Iran's right to access nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.Tourism's 'huge potential' Zawya - Aug 14 3:34 AM
Against a backdrop of escalating violence in the region, the number of tourists visiting Egypt continued to grow by two per cent during the first half of this year.Coventry injury blow for Virgo The Scotsman: Sport - Aug 15 6:25 PM
CELTIC defender Adam Virgo faces months on the sidelines after suffering knee ligament damage while on loan at Coventry City.Lessons of the war in Lebanon Bangkok Post - Aug 15 1:14 PM
Wars are won not only on battlefields, but also in people's minds.Saudi crown prince meets Chinese Mideast envoy People's Daily - Aug 15 6:14 PM
Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Bin Abdul-Aziz met here on Tuesday with visiting Chinese Mideast envoy Sun Bigan on bilateral ties and the current situation in Lebanon.African markets escape unhurt Financial Times - Aug 15 2:25 PM
Frontier African markets should continue to enjoy isolation from broader market trends after escaping relatively unscathed from the recent turmoil in emerging markets, according to new research.'Blame war' looms for Israel leaders BBC News - Aug 15 1:40 AM
As a truce comes into force in Lebanon, Israeli leaders face questions over their conduct of the conflict, says the BBC's Jonathan Marcus.Ceasefire, but conflict unresolved BBC News - Aug 15 1:11 AM
It is too early to say who will eventually emerge as the winners, says Paul Reynolds.Ten Infiltrators Caught Along Israel-Egypt Border Israel National News - Aug 13 10:27 PM
(IsraelNN.com) IDF troops caught ten persons who had infiltrated into Israel from the Egyptian border. The ten persons are suspected of entering Israel to work illegally. An Egyptian, who brought the suspects across the border was injured by IDF gunfire in the incident.Estonia's Margus Hunt set junior record in discus throw in Beijing worlds People's Daily - Aug 15 5:38 PM
The IAAF World Junior Championships jumped to a flying start Tuesday in Beijing when Estonia's Margus Hunt set a new world junior record in the men's discus throw in his Group A competition.Horton makes late charge The Trenton Times - Aug 13 9:12 PM
NEW EGYPT -- Other drivers have found out the hard way that once Jimmy Horton is on a roll, he's extremely hard to hold off. So it was Saturday night at New Egypt Speedway when he caught Sam Martz on the last lap of the 30-lap modified feature that shared top billing with the URC sprint cars.SFS-Q welcomes Class of 2010 The Peninsula - Aug 15 4:16 PM
DOHA The Georgetown University School of Foreign Service in Qatar (SFS-Q) welcomed 35 new students to the Class of 2010 during its second New Student Academic Convocation, on Saturday.Community Bulletin Board Edison Sentinel - 58 minutes ago
Metuchen Art Works will host an invitational show through Aug. 29.All Terror Roads Lead To Pakistan Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Aug 14 4:00 PM
Allies: Islamabad was quick to trumpet its help in foiling the sky terror plot. And by all accounts, it deserves some praise. But such cooperation seems to occur only when the West gets wind of another Pakistan-based plot.Roundup: China, Netherlands take gold, Estonia enjoys world record People's Daily - 2 hours, 21 minutes ago
A world junior record was bettered before China and the Netherlands each bagged a gold medal on the opening day of the IAAF World Junior Championships here on Tuesday.Beijing World Junior Championships opens with world record People's Daily - Aug 15 5:38 PM
Lights dimmed when the clock ticked to eight o'clock in the evening in Chaoyang Sports Center as the 11th IAAF World Junior Championships formally kicked off on Tuesday.Daily Analysis Foreign Relations - Aug 15 2:15 PM
An image of Hezbollah's leader overlooks UN peacekeepers in Tyre, Lebanon. (AP/Lefteris Pitarakis)Sharks 3D Jaffa.com - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
Synopsis: 'Sharks 3D' is a new IMAX theatre film experience that offers audiences an astonishing up-close encounter with the Lions and Tigers of the Ocean. Come face-to-face with a multitude of shark species, including the Great White, Hammerhead, and Whale Shark.Syria and Iran praise Hezbollah, mock U.S. plans for new a Mideast WPMI 15 - Aug 15 3:00 PM
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Israel and Hezbollah dealt each other serious blows on the battlefield and claimed success afterwards but the real winners could be Iran and Syria.China Describes UN Resolution for Lebanon Truce Unbalanced Arab News - Aug 15 4:11 PM
JEDDAH, 16 August 2006 A senior Chinese official yesterday said that Beijing considered the UN Security Council Resolution 1701 that halted the recent military standoff between Israel and Hezbollah as unbalanced and called for a permanent cease-fire in the region and resumption of peace talks to achieve a just Middle East settlement.Where there's a Will there's a way Town Online - 30 minutes ago
Like many residents, David Will remembers Brooks Singer fondly.William Fisher: Birth Pangs of What? Scoop.co.nz - Aug 15 1:35 PM
Birth Pangs of What? President Bush sees the Israel-Hezbollah conflict as "an opportunity."From secret places, still inspiring global mayhem Bangkok Post - Aug 15 1:15 PM
Washington _ Like some terrorist version of broadcast pundits, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri address the world by video or audio every few weeks, exhorting their followers to jihad, taunting their enemies and offering sometimes grandiose commentary on current events.
