May 21, 2008
Although Saudi Arabia keeps the same aggressive attitude on the Lebanese crisis as told here on Al-Akhbar saying that Saudi Arabia advised its Lebanese allies who are negotiating Qatar to maneuver and gain time ‘till the Saudi [sick] mind thinks of an alternative plan, but I have a reason to think...
go to article »April 6, 2008
Emgee at Qatar Living links to an Al Jazeera story which says: “A US military aircraft has crash landed at the al-Udeid military base in Qatar. The B1 bomber reportedly suffered technical difficulties and exploded as it attempted to land at the base about 35km from the capital Doha late on Fri...
go to article »April 1, 2008
US authorities have stopped the publishing of hand drawings by Sami Alhajj, Aljazeera cameramen imprisoned in Guantanamo, depicting his hunger strike and how he was tortured, reports Abdulrahman Warsame, from Qatar. ...
go to article »March 21, 2008
Tamara Cofman Wittes, Senior Fellow at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy of the Brookings Institution, blogs about her positive experiences at the 5th U.S.-Islamic World Forum in Qatar: "Quite honestly, though, I don’t think the relative love-fest at this year’s meeting is all ascribable e...
go to article »March 7, 2008
"A shameful and offensive fear-mongering" is the statement that the official Barak Obama camp proclaimed yesterday on the distribution of a photo of Presidential candidate Barak Obama dressed like a Somali elder in a turban. The photo, taken in 2006 during a visit to Kenya, is speculated to have bee...
go to article »February 27, 2008
February 22, 2008
Bloggers and some politicians in the Middle East were quick to draw parallels between Kosovo's independence from Serbia and the Palestine Question. Following the news from the Balkans, here's a snapshot of more reactions from Israel, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt. Israel: From Israel, Auss...
go to article »February 13, 2008
Straight from Lost Remote: CNN.com sent us its Super Tuesday stats: 97 million page views, 11.9 million unique visits (both are new records since CNN.com relaunched on July 1st), 600,000 live streams and a total of 2.7 million video streams served. CNN.com’s blog Political Ticker generated just...
go to article »February 6, 2008
Hillary Clinton (D) 31% (30 votes) Barak Obama (D) 45% (44 votes) John McCain (R) 4% (4 votes) Mike Huckabee (R) 1% (1 vote) Mitt Romney (R) 0% (0 votes) Ron Paul (R) 2% (2 votes) It doesn't make a difference... 16% (16 votes) Total votes: 97 ...
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