Hussein ibn Talal (1935-1999) became, at the age of 18, the king of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, a strategic central state in the Middle East. He was regarded in the West as a moderate Arab leader...
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Selected editorial excerpts from the Japanese press:
MR. BUSH'S NEXT MIDEAST GAMBLE (The Japan Times, an
English-language daily)
The United States is gambling that the time is right for ...
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Washington (dpa) - US President George W Bush will host French
President Nicolas Sarkozy in Washington next month, the White House
said Friday, underscoring the thaw in rela...
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(Reuters) - The United States will host a Middle
East conference with Israelis and Palestinians this month aimed
at pushing forward negotiations on Palestinian statehood. Here
are details of high-...
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(Reuters) - President Bush hosted a
Middle East conference with Israelis and Palestinians in
Annapolis, Maryland, Nov. 27 at which it was agreed to
launch peace talks immediately with the goal ...
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Tel Aviv (dpa) - The conflict known variously as The Six-Day War,
the 1967 War and the June War, changed the Middle East and had a
greater impact on the region in the post-W...
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Today is Friday, June 15, the 166th day of 2007. There are 199 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On June 15, 1215, England's King John put his seal to Magna Carta ("the Great Chart...
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JERUSALEM, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The United States will host a
peace conference in Annapolis, Maryland next week aimed at
relaunching talks on Palestinian statehood after a 7-year break. Here is a ti...
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(Reuters) - President Bush will visit
Israel and the West Bank next week as part of a Middle East
tour to promote a fragile Israeli-Palestinian peace effort. He
told Reuters in an interview Thurs...
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Jan 8 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush visits
Israel and the occupied West Bank this week to try to shore up
fragile peace talks launched at a conference in Annapolis,
Maryland, six weeks...
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AMMAN, Jan 26 (Reuters) - George Habash, the
founder of a radical movement that staged hijackings and
kidnappings to highlight the Palestinian struggle, died in
Jordan on Saturday, his family said...
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