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LEBANON: Chefs smash world hummus and tabouleh records

Oct 26, 2009
Beirut's Saifi Market on Sunday was filled with the sounds of chopping, cheering and the sweet, grassy smell of tons of freshly cut parsley. Thousands of visitors showed up over the weekend to cheer on 250 sous chefs and 50 of their instructors ...

YEMEN: A cease-fire offer

Sep 19, 2009
Yemen called for a cease-fire Saturday with Shiite rebels in the northwest mountains, where tens of thousands of refugees have fled in recent weeks and international humanitarian organizations...

IRAN: Will U.N. sideline human rights concerns?

Sep 12, 2009
An Iranian American activist who obtained an advance copy of the United Nations high commissioner on human rights' statement about Iran is outraged, saying her planned remarks at a big meeting...

EGYPT: Authorities detain and deport American blogger

Sep 6, 2009
Egyptian authorities briefly detained an American journalist at Cairo International Airport on Thursday before barring him from entering the country, without stating a reason. Travis Randall...

IRAN: Jailed former government official tells his story

Sep 5, 2009
A former government official in jail for nearly three months after Iran's disputed presidential election has given an account of his time in detention, speaking along the sidelines of a court...

EGYPT: A national catharsis over soccer violence

Nov 23, 2009
With bruised pride and marred dignity, Egypt is going through a catharsis that has left much of the country sleepless, devastated and angry over the violence that erupted around the national team's recent soccer matches against bitter rival Algeria....

SAUDI ARABIA: Security forces issue stern warnings ahead of hajj pilgrimage

Nov 23, 2009
Handling an influx of 2.5 million pilgrims is a challenge during a good year, but at a time of increased tensions with Iran and rampant fears of swine flu, Saudi authorities are on high alert for any threat that could disrupt hajj, the annual holy...

QATAR: Awash in oil and gas cash, Doha announces $25-billion rail system

Nov 22, 2009
Just two months after Dubai unveiled its plush metro system, Qatar announced it will build its own multibillion-dollar railway that will include a local metro in Doha, its capital, as well as freight and passenger trains to Bahrain and Saudi Arabia via...

EGYPT: Mubarak steps into Algerian football spat

Nov 21, 2009
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak has sought to calm an angry and defeated Egypt following the nation's dramatic soccer loss to Algeria, which has led to riots in the streets and a nasty international political row between the two North African nations....

MIDDLE EAST: Saudi beauty queen attacked for weight

Nov 20, 2009
Beauty contests are notoriously catty, and the Miss Arab World pageant in Cairo last week proved no exception. Muwadda Nour of Saudi Arabia had barely lain hands on her faux-jewel encrusted crown when critics began sniping that at approximately 200...


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