Turkey’s fiery, if thin-skinned, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has a love-hate relationship with the press. He loves the organizations that show appreciation of his policies and seems to …
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Command Outpost (COP) Spera is located 800 meters from the border with Pakistan in Afghanistan’s Khost province. The platoon section that occupies the COP can only come and go …
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Following the suspension of two FIFA executive committeemembers for accepting bribes, the world’s governing football organization onDecember 2 announced that Russia and Qatar will host the World Cup (WC) in …
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The storms that wracked Lebanon in mid-December were among the most severe in several years. While they helped douse the epidemic of late season brush fires and allowed nervous …
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Jordan is often said to be divided, both demographically andpolitically, between so-called “real” Jordanians and those of Palestiniandescent. Yet that is hardly the only fault line lurking below the …
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Victims turned into villains on November 9 when the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced it had arrested 17 people accused of issuing false claims and documents …
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As the first decade of this century draws to a close, Lebanese public policy is face down in a stagnant swamp. Of more than 60 draft laws put before …
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You have to hand it to Khalil Abdullah, who must be the most optimistic businessman in Lebanon. He is currently putting the finishing touches on an extravagant Afro-Arabic style tourist …
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It’s been a glittering year for gold globally, with a Troy ounce (37.1 grams) rising $300 to a record $1,424.60 in November, before backing down slightly into the high …
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The 104 pages on Turkey’s European Union progress (or lack thereof) from EU Enlargement Commissioner Stefan Füle represent the kind of school report which children would rather not show …