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Is Afghanistan the New Africa?

Up until a couple years ago, entering the international airport in the West African dictators' paradise of Equatorial Guinea was a matter of splashing across two inches of muddy water standing on the floor of the terminal, a tin-roof wood shack. ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Foreign Policy,  21 Sep 2009

Iraqis Hail Journalist Who Threw Shoes at Bush as a Hero

Iraqi authorities have placed Muntadar al-Zaidi under arrest for "his aggressive actions against an official and a visitor of the Iraqi government," said Yaseen Majeed, a top media adviser to Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. In a statement, Majeed ...

From SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN AND ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  15 Dec 2008
Related Topics: George W. Bush,  Nouri al-Maliki

Leaders' False Assurances Doom Kuwaiti Investors

As the global crisis built in September, Fadli sold his two electronics stores and mortgaged his house. He invested everything, $800,000, in futures contracts. "The minister of finance advised us investors to get involved. He said the economy is strong, ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  31 Oct 2008

Rare whale shark held at Dubai resort making waves

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - One day this summer, a fisherman spotted a 14-foot shark off this high-rise Persian Gulf boomtown. The dots on the creature's back showed she was a whale shark, an internationally protected species. The fisherman had been ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, Boston Globe,  30 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Sol Kerzner,  Chris Watson

Syria Protests U.S. Raid To U.N., Orders Closures

Students leave Damascus Community School an American school, in Damascus Tuesday Oct. 28, 2008. The Syrian government ordered Tuesday an American school and a U.S. cultural center in Damascus closed in response to a deadly U.S. attack on a village near ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  28 Oct 2008
Related Topics: United Nations,  Al-Qaeda

Amid Economic Crisis, Middle East Financial Hubs Faring Well

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates -- Fahad al-Deweesh, a vice president at a Persian Gulf investments firm, is getting e-mails from old finance classmates at the University of Southern California he hadn't heard from in years, asking what the job market ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  26 Oct 2008

Rare Shark Makes Waves in Dubai

The Atlantis resort's captive whale shark, dubbed Sammy by news media, swims in a lobby aquarium also viewable from $7,500-a-night suites. Animal rights groups and scientists have condemned the confinement of the shark. Comments that include profanity ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  24 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Facebook Inc.,  Sol Kerzner

A Courtship Veteran Muses On Search for the Right Man

Ghada Abdel Aal, 29, is an Egyptian author and blogger who opened up the world of young women's real thoughts on gawaaz al-salonat, or living-room marriages. Most young Egyptian women, she says, want to get married at least as much as men do. Comments ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  21 Oct 2008

Al-Qaeda Web Forums Abruptly Taken Offline

Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  18 Oct 2008
Related Topics: Al-Qaeda,  Osama bin Laden,  Federal Bureau of Investigation

In the Persian Gulf Region, Investors Relax a Little

Comments that include profanity or personal attacks or other inappropriate comments or material will be removed from the site. Additionally, entries that are unsigned or contain "signatures" by someone other than the actual author will be removed. ...

From ELLEN KNICKMEYER, The Washington Post,  14 Oct 2008

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