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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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December 17, 2010
Roundup
Shi’ite pilgrims pray at Imam Abbas shrine in the holy city of Kerbala in Iraq. Shi’ite Muslims are commemorating Ashura, the most important day in the Shi’ite calendar which remembers the death of…
December 29, 2010
Iraq
The Most Important Stories on the Middle East of 2010
I hope everyone is enjoying the holiday season. Check out the picture of “Father Time” above. As we bid goodbye to 2010 and say hello to 2011, it is time for that great American pastime of lists:…
January 12, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Can Lebanon Escape?
A supporter waves a Lebanese flag over thousands of anti-Syrian protesters during a rally in Beirut March 14, 2005. (Damir Sagolj/Courtesy Reuters) Newspapers today are reporting that Hezbollah-back…
January 16, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Who’s Next After Tunisia?
Tunisia's President Ben Ali talks with Qatar emir Sheikh Hamad, Algeria's President Bouteflika and Syria's President Al-Assad as they pose for a family photograph at the Arab League summit in Sirte o…
January 19, 2011
Middle East and North Africa
Obama at Half Time: Two Years in the Middle East
©2010 Google - Imagery ©2010 TerraMetrics There will be many assessments of what President Obama has achieved in the Middle East during his two years as president, and few will be positive. Twenty …
