TOP 100 ARABIAN SITES
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| Baghdad Seeks Smoking Ban The stance is particularly aggressive — and perhaps unenforceable — in a nation where cigarettes sell for as little as 40 cents a pack and smoking is widespread. feeds.nytimes.com |
Karzai leads Afghan preliminary vote INCUMBENT Hamid Karzai has won 54.6 per cent of the vote in Afghanistan's fraud-tainted presidential election, according to preliminary results. news.com.au |
Opposition in Iran Urges Continuing Challenge A day commemorating the 1979 takeover of the United States Embassy could turn into a showdown between protesters and the police. feeds.nytimes.com |
Blackwater Loses a Job for the C.I.A. The Central Intelligence Agency terminated a contract with the security company formerly called Blackwater Worldwide that let the company load bombs on C.I.A. drones, officials said. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | Middle East: West Bank: Envoy Urges Palestinians to Resume Negotiations With Israelis George J. Mitchell told Palestinian leaders that they had to resume talks with Israel if they wanted American help to achieve a peace treaty. feeds.nytimes.com |