Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum | By Ali Kareem and Hemin H Lihony | BAGHDAD and SULAIMANIYAH - The post-election political deadlock following Iraq's parliamentary elections on Sunday could lead to security problems and deepen secta... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim)Asia Times
Murdoch to Arabs: censorship is counterproductive | ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates-Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday called censorship counterproductive and urged Arab leaders to allow their citizens the freedom to unleash their creativity. | The chairman a... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)The Boston Globe
GLOBAL: Prepare for "climaggedon" web | JOHANNESBURG, 9 March 2010 (IRIN) - Rice producing Asian countries had to contend with poor rains in 2009, and now another season of low rainfall has been forecast for some of them, which has pr... (photo: IRIN News / Anna Jefferys)IRINnews ForecastPhotosPriceProducingRice
Turnout for Iraq election solid at 62 percent BAGHDAD - Turnout in Iraq's parliamentary election was 62 percent, higher than in last year's provincial ballot, despite attempts by Sunni Islamist insurgents to disrupt ... (photo: US Army / Sgt. Michael J. MacLeod)Khaleej Times BaghdadElectionIraqPhotosSunni
Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed | Hardline tactics will only push Teheran into corner, says envoy | Beijing: China's special envoy to the Middle East denied on Friday that interest in oil is the key rea... (photo: UN / Evan Schneider)China Daily BeijingDiplomacyMideastPhotosTehran
Fresh Middle East talks hit a wall | Israel's move to expand illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank has threatened to sabotage newly agreed indirect talks with the Palestinian Authority before they ... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner)Al Jazeera IsraelPalestinePeacePhotosUS
