Running for Lebanon
It could be easy to have a little chuckle at the expense of the Beirut Marathon. For most of the 30,000 people who participated on Sunday, the race was more like a 10K walkathon and excuse to show of the latest fashion in tight jeans and trainers. It's also probably the only major world marathon read more.. On Thanksgiving, not much to give thanks for in Gaza
IN Gaza, food's going fast.
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As you sit down to a Thanksgiving feast, please spare a thought for the starving Palestinians of Gaza. There are 1.5 million of them, most of them living hand to mouth, or on UN handouts, because Israel has them under siege.
It's a vicious cycle, one that's being read more.. Obama's Middle East Choices All eyes in the Middle East are on what President-elect Obama is going to do about the region's multiple problems. Expectations are huge, partly because of the miserable failures of the Bush administration, partly because of some positive signals that Obama sent during the campaign.
Obama's going to be getting a lot of advice, but he read more.. Vision of Qatar Qatar continues to show the way. The tiny Gulf country over the weekend inaugurated the magnificent Museum of Islamic Art, taking another step in its quest to promote a cultural renaissance in the Arab world and provide a bridge between civilizations. One of the finest collections ever assembled, the museum showcases the beauty and the genius of read more.. A Setback for SyriaBritish Foreign secretary David Miliband's trip to Syria earlier this week -- the highest level-level British visit in eight years -- was the latest sign of Syria's ongoing rehabilitation from a pariah nation to a regional player. Ever since Syria began a round of indirect peace talks with Israel, a string of European leaders have read more.. 12,000 year-old Woman: The First Jewish Mother?When I read about the discovery of the bones of a 12,000 year-old woman near the Sea of Galilee, clutching a leopard pelvis, sporting the plume of a Golden Eagle, and with a collection of 50 tortoise shells, I wondered: Is this the first Jewish Mother?
Or was she the first woman tycoon? Clearly she had read more.. Ladies, Hop On Jerusalem's Buses
An edict that kept women's portraits --including rockstar Fergie's-- off Jerusalem's buses is now abolished.
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In her race to become Israel's next prime minister, Tzipi Livni owes a debt to a plucky little party whose name sounds like an alarm clock. “Wake Up, Jerusalemites!” it's called. They fielded six candidates for Tuesday's city council read more.. Obama Mideast Watch: Rahm Emanuel Barack Obama chose Rahm Emanuel to be his chief of staff not for his Middle East policy expertise but his Beltway experience and savvy. Nicknamed Rahmbo, Emanuel was Bill Clinton's scrappy White House political director--he taught that president the Hebrew word for balls, baytzim--and has served three terms in congress.
Yet, news of Emanuel's appointment is read more.. Election Day in Baghdad
Obama Mideast Watch: The Prez-Elect's First Words
Barack Obama's speech in Chicago late last night contained glancing references to the Middle East, the first glimpse into his mindset as the president-in-waiting, as he prepares to set up his transition team for taking office in January.
He referred to America's "two wars" in Iraq and Afghanistan as among the top challenges that "are the read more..
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