Another important endorsement for Presidential Candidate Obama. Obama is cited by a prominent Jewish leader as the Presidential choice that could help broker peace between Israel and Palestine. From Israel's Haaretz Daily: Barack Obama gained the support of one of the Jewish world's mo
Libya's leader, Colonel Gaddafi, is currently visiting Moscow to finalize energy and arms deals. This is the first visit by Gaddafi to a post-soviet era Russia. This visit follows on from a Putin trip to Libya in April. Sources are saying that part of the arrangements under discussion include a
It has been a busy few days for Damascus, and for the media that have been following the US attack inside Syria. The US has still not officially confirmed or denied the attack inside the Syrian border that killed 8 people was a US action. Syria however, unlike Pakistan who is subject to similar US
Condoleezza Rice is heading on a diplomatic mission to the Middle East the day after the US election. She will be visiting Jordan, Israel, Palestine and Egypt. According to BBC News, Ms Rice will start the trip on 5 November, a day after the US election that decides the successor to Mr Bush, who st
UPDATE - McCain now only leads in 3 countries in the Economist Global Electoral College - Algeria, Congo and Iraq The world votes are in and according to the results the Obama-Biden ticket is the winner. McCain will be destined to retirement and Palin will have to wait for 2012. The Economis
The timer is already ticking. The West has vowed that Iran cannot possess a nuclear weapon. The Arab world does not agree according to recent polls there. They see a nuclear Iran as a balance to a nuclear Israel. The clock is counting down to how this conundrum will be resolved. The West has
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, according to Newton’s Third Law. The Bush administration may just have seen the evidence of this and are probably not happy that they have. The US is seeking an agreement with the Iraqi government to extend the tenure of its military for
The UN should stand for moral rectitude and transparency. One of its recent acts calls this position into question. The UN just awarded $899 million from the Iraq oil fund as compensation for Iraq’s 1990 invasion of Kuwait. This award has been given to 16 claimants but the UN won’t name them.
A fledgling Baghdad democracy spoke today - clearly and loudly on two major issues. The danger and beauty of a democracy is that it can speak freely - equally as well in dissension as in approval. Iraq asked the US today to reopen negotiations on the terms of a continued US presence in Iraq. This w
Many international newspapers and internet sites are running a parallel election poll to choose the next US President but in the virtual world of the Internet, the result is already in. While the results won’t put anyone in the White House, the votes and the commentary are fascinating. It is not
