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  • Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S. Foreign policy impotence gripping U.S.

    In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those limitations are palpable in both language and ...

  • Scramble to help Indians hit by Saudi work policy

    Indian External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid is here to discuss matters of bilateral interest, including the Nitaqat law, as the Indian missions in Saudi Arabia scramble to help over 55,000 Indian workers leave the kingdom in adherence to its new stringent work policy. Khurshid, who arrived here Friday, was welcomed by Saudi Deputy Foreign Minister Prince Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah. In his ...

  • Khurshid in Jeddah for counter-terrorism Nitaqat Law trade talks with Saudi leadership

    External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid arrived in Jeddah on Saturday for talks with the Saudi Arabian leadership on a wide range of issues, including the controversial 'Nitaqat law' and on counter terrorism cooperation. Khurshid, who is on an official two-day visit to Saudi Arabia, was given a warm welcome by Saudi Arabia's Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz soon ...

  • UAE OIC condemn killing of British soldier

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have strongly condemned the killing of a British soldier in Woolwich, London. "This brutal act is rejected by all religions and deserves every condemnation and denunciation," UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan said. Sheikh Abdullah also expressed the UAE's solidarity with Britain in combating ...

  • Air Arabia launches flight to Abha in Saudi Arabia

    Air Arabia, the largest low-cost carrier in the Middle East, has launched a flight to Abha in Saudi Arabia from the airlines' main hub in Sharjah. The new service marks Air Arabia's eighth destination in Saudi Arabia and the 85th worldwide. Air Arabia now offers two weekly flights to Abha. Offering 88 weekly non-stop flights to Saudi Arabia from Sharjah and another hub in Alexandria, Egypt, ...

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Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta delgi spiriti) [DVD]

Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta delgi spiriti) [DVD]

After the masterpieces La Dolce Vita (1960) and 8 1/2 (1963), which found Federico Fellini moving deeper and deeper into his twin cinematic obsessionsautobiography and phantasmagoriahe directed Juliet of the Spirits (Giulietta delgi spiriti), a would-be feminist parable about an insecure Roman housewife who sinks deeper and deeper into her fantasy life when she at firs ... ...

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  • If Egypt can we can do it too - Swazi opposition

    "Tunisia and Egypt are a big 'we can do it too,' not just for Swaziland, but for the rest of the African continent and the repressed Arab world," according to the Swazi ...

  • Jordan king says extremism grown fat on conflict

    SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (AP) -- Jordan's King Abdullah II says extremism has "grown fat" off of the longstanding conflict between Israel and the ...

  • No exodus of Indians from Saudi Arabia Officials

    Kingdom has increased "significantly" in the last few months. "There is no exodus of people. The number of Indians who have come to Saudi Arabia in the past three months have risen significantly according to Saudi authorities," said Sibi George, Minister and Deputy Chief of Mission at ...

  • Still double standards in Egypt justice

    Egyptian activists are enraged by continued double standards by the judiciary, as strikers and protesters are still sent to military tribunals while an ex-Minister ordering the shooting of protesters is ...

  • Qatar Gaza Aid Via Egypt Not Israel

    Former US President Jimmy Carter has downplayed the US influence over Israel and Palestine, saying its record low sway on either side hinders resolution of prolonged Palestinian-Israeli ...

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