Saudi Arabia visit fruitful, says Manmohan The Hindu | Vinay Kumar | Riyadh Declaration heralds new era of strategic partnership | - PHOTO: AFP | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh receives an award from the president of King Saud University, Abdullah al-Othman, as his wife Gursharan Kaur and Saudi Minister of Higher Education Khaled bin Mohammed al-Anqari...
Renewing Saudi-India Ties Khaleej Times On the occasion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Saudi Arabia, it's timely to think how to re-energise the Kingdom's ties with India. Although long overdue, this visit is a reciprocal gesture from India to the landmark visit of King Abdullah in 2006, which marked a pragmatic shift in the ...
Baghdad holds key as Iraq awaits initial vote results The Siasat Daily | Baghdad, March 09: Iraq awaited initial results Tuesday from polls, with Baghdad holding the key as the prime minister's list and its top secular rival jockeyed for pole position. | Thirty percent of votes were due to be counted by the evening, giv...
Pakistan: The Problem and the Prospect Zeenews Shrinivasrao S. Sohoni | Perhaps not adequately-known, British strategic thinkers of the 1930s and ‘40s, appreciative of the vital geopolitical significance to empire defence of the northwest region of the Indian subcontinent, were convinced and co...
BAE protesters win SFO injunction The Independent | The Serious Fraud Office was yesterday barred from closing its corruption investigation into the arms manufacturer BAE Systems after two charities won an injunction forcing the High Court to consider a judicial review of the decision to settle the ...
Saudi Arabia visit fruitful, says Manmohan The Hindu | Vinay Kumar | Riyadh Declaration heralds new era of strategic partnership | - PHOTO: AFP | Prime Minister Manmohan Singh receives an award from the president of King Saud University, Abdullah al-Othman, as his wife Gursharan Kaur and Saudi Minister...
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It's crunch time for the biscuit barons The Times | The Belgian chocolate sushi could not have been better presented if it had been at the British Museum. Behind a glass case, atop a white plinth and spotlit in pink light, it is t...
News flash, Mr. President: Mr. Bush is long gone The Examiner | The ship is yours to command now, Mr. President. It has been yours now for over a year, in case you hadn't been made aware. Don't you think that it's about time that ...
OPEC Unlikely to Cut Supply at March Meet: Qatar ABC News By Stanley Carvalho and Luke Pachymuthu | January 18, 2010 | ABU DHABI (Reuters) - OPEC is unlikely to cut oil supply at its next meeting in March, Qatar's oil minister said on Mon...
Renewing Saudi-India Ties Khaleej Times On the occasion of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Saudi Arabia, it's timely to think how to re-energise the Kingdom's ties with India. Although long overdue, this visit is a reciprocal gesture from India to the landmark visit of King Abdull...
End of economic stimulus big challenge to oil mkts The Guardian * What: IEA, Japan agencies host oil forum on volatile prices * When and where: Feb 25-26; Tokyo * Uncertainty over recovery, phase down of stimulus plans * Debate over speculation vs fundamentals in oil price moves * Impact of currencies on oil mark...
Cleveland Clinic's Delos Cosgrove on health-care reform CNN February 18, 2010: 9:23 AM ET | (Fortune Magazine) -- Health-care reformers should study up on the Cleveland Clinic, and they know it. President Obama, who toured the clinic last July, has praised it for providing "the highest-quality care at costs w...
Iran and Israel play cat and mouse Asia Times | By Mel Frykberg | RAMALLAH - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. | Military movement on the ground is also lending credence to the idea that the mutual loathing and major ideological differences between the two countries could lead to vortex of violenc...
Delegation hopes to boost Pakistan rice exports Arab News | Siraj Wahab I Arab News | DAMMAM: A visiting delegation of Pakistani rice exporters hopes to recapture its share of the huge Saudi rice-import business after taking a huge hit during the last decade. | The 20-member delegation, headed by Malik Muhammad Jahangir and Abdul Rahim Janoo, met Asharqia Chamber President Abdulrahman Al-Rashed and Pakist...
