MAR 1, 2010
Riyadh Declaration cements ties
Arab News
[Saudi] King Abdullah and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed the Riyadh Declaration on Sunday night. The declaration, termed a “New era of strategic partnership”, will be implemented by the two countries for their economic, cultural, social and scientific development
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MAR 1, 2010
American diplomats shun “hardship posts” in third world countries
Kabul Press
The underlying assumptions for the hardship differential are questionable. First of all, the more dangerous the country is, the more likely the American diplomats are to confined themselves to their Embassy "bubble" complexes, which take on the appearance of being "little Americas."
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MAR 1, 2010
Turkey And Israel: What Lies Behind The Recent Volte Face
Eurasia Review
It seems that the Turkish-Israeli love affair of the initial post-Cold War days is over and a new era in bilateral relations has begun. The volte face in Turkey’s policy vis-à-vis Israel has been attributed to a range of issues...
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FEB 28, 2010
Iran should help to harmonize Persian language in region: Tajik scholar
Tehran Times
The director of the Tajikistan Writers’ Union, Mirza Shakurzadeh, has said that Iran should take the lead in restoration of the linguistic authenticity of Persian in the region. Scientific terms are translated differently in the three Persian-speaking countries of Iran, Afghanistan and Tajikistan.
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FEB 28, 2010
Reality Check: The joke’s on Edelstein
The Jerusalem Post
It’s hard to blame non-Israelis for lacking an understanding of the country when a Web site published by a government ministry puts out such a warped view of the country’s history. And when one looks deeper at the information filling this Web site it becomes clear that its aim is not so much to turn every Israeli into a potential ambassador but simply to propagate Yuli Edelstein’s right-wing political views at the taxpayer’s expense.
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