Israeli authorities indicted former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on corruption charges Sunday, the first criminal indictment ever filed against a current or past Israeli prime minister.
Archive for August, 2009
Zakaria: Surprising progress in Mideast
On August - 31 - 2009
Senior members of the Palestinian Fatah party have suffered a serious upset in a vote to determine the party’s key decision-making body.
US Afghan strategy ‘not working’
On August - 31 - 2009
A report by the top US general in Afghanistan is expected to admit the military’s current strategy is not working, the BBC learns.
Attempt on prince’s life came from Yemen
On August - 30 - 2009
The suicide bomber who wounded Saudi Arabia’s assistant interior minister set out from part of neighboring Yemen known to be an al-Qaida sanctuary, Yemen’s foreign minister said Saturday.
State Dept.: Policy against new Israeli settlements stands
On August - 30 - 2009
The State Department is sticking with a strict no-new-settlements policy toward Israel, its spokesman said Thursday, but he held out the possibility that Israelis and Palestinians might eventually take a different path.
Japan votes in landmark election
On August - 30 - 2009
Japan is voting in an election widely expected to end the Liberal Democratic Party’s half-century of dominance.
State Dept.: Policy against new Israeli settlements stands
On August - 29 - 2009
The State Department is sticking with a strict no-new-settlements policy toward Israel, its spokesman said Thursday, but he held out the possibility that Israelis and Palestinians might eventually take a different path.
Zakaria: Surprising progress in Mideast
On August - 29 - 2009
Senior members of the Palestinian Fatah party have suffered a serious upset in a vote to determine the party’s key decision-making body.
Couple deny California abduction
On August - 29 - 2009
A man and his wife deny abducting California woman Jaycee Lee Dugard when she was a child and holding her 18 years.
Top cleric calls Iran a dictatorship
On August - 27 - 2009
Iran’s most senior dissident cleric on Wednesday criticized the ruling system under Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as a dictatorship in the name of Islam.
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