Jordan, the United States and the Middle East Peace Process, 1974-1991 (Cambridge Middle East Library)
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Volkswagen said on Friday it would invest about 25.8 billion euros (39.0 billion dollars) in factories, materials and vehicle types by the end of 2012. Volkswagen, the biggest auto manufacturer in Europe, made the announcement during a meeting of its supervisory board. Most of the funds, 19.9 billion euros, will be allotted to production and equipment sites. The company said it wanted to "modernise...
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Interactive graphic on the Airbus A380, the world's largest civilian airliner, as an Air France super-jumbo makes its first Transtlantic flight with production and delivery delays still plaguing Airbus.
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Interactive graphic on the Large Hadron Collider, the world's biggest atom-smasher, which was shut down soon after its inauguration amid technical faults and is set to restart.
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Digby Ioane has been ruled out of Australia's Test with Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday as a result of a shoulder injury. The Queensland centre is replaced in the starting line-up by Western Force's Ryan Cross with Lachlan Turner coming in on the bench. The injury is to Ioane's right shoulder, rather than the left which required reconstruction earlier this year and sidelined him for six months....
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Rain caused the abandonment of the first one-day international between South Africa and England at the Wanderers Stadium on Friday. After more than 20mm of rain on Thursday, steady rain on Friday led to the match being called off two-and-a-half hours after the scheduled start when it became obvious that it would be impossible even to play a shortened game. A minimum of 20 overs a side is necessary...
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Interactive graphic on the European Union with the appointments of Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy as the first-ever EU president and Trade Commissioner Catherine Ashton as High Representative for Foreign Affairs.
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"Americans may not be known for being good at geography or history, but they do have very different opinions of different countries, including countries in or near to the Middle East. A large majority (74%) sees Israel as a close ally or friend, and a small majority (52%) feels this way about Egypt. More than two in five adults see Turkey (50%), Kuwait (49%), Jordan (45%), and Saudi Arabia (43%)...
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Abu Mazen says that he rules with "absolutely transparency ". (thanks Haroon)
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The school dropout rate among Palestinian refugees in Lebanon is alarmingly high with 50 percent of 17-year-olds and 40 percent of 16-year-olds receiving no education, UN officials warned on Friday. "We are sounding the alarm that the dropout rate is too high among school-aged children from the intermediary to the high school level," said Ray Virgilio Torres, head of the UN Children's Fund...
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" In 1975, the General Assembly passed Resolution 3379 declaring, “Zionism is a form of racism and racial discrimination.” Other organizations followed suit: The Conference of the International Women’s Year declared that international peace required the end of colonialism, occupation, apartheid and Zionism. The Organization of African Unity stated that South Africa, Rhodesia...
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""Those who have to resist are the people, and there are different types of resistance, like in (West Bank villages of) Bilin and Naalin, where people are injured every day," he said." (thanks David)
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"One of the many defence lawyers, Mokhtar Trifi, noted the absence in court of witnesses for what he called a "stitched-up" case and demanded an expert examination of Ben Brik's alleged confession. Authorised to sit on health grounds, Ben Brik objected "that's not mine, that's a different signature," while the judge shouted for order in a noisy courtroom." (thanks Mud)...
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La Sagesse school in Beirut pays tribute to Bishop Mubarak--a sectarian bigot who testified before the UN commission dealing with the Palestinian question in 1947 in support of the Zionist movement. There was uproar in Lebanon about that at the time, and he was denounced by Maronite MPs. (thanks "Ibn Rushd")
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I am leaving tomorrow morning to Boston. I will be around MESA conference and I am speaking on Monday evening at Harvard Law School. Returning Tuesday.
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""You have to show him respect and consideration," said Zalmay Khalilzad, a Bush administration envoy to Afghanistan who remains close to Karzai. "You cannot lecture him. You have to listen to his explanations, why he thinks something cannot be done, and then respond to that in a constructive way.""
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