OPEC ends Cairo meeting without new output cuts
CAIRO, Egypt - OPEC ended a hastily convened meeting in Cairo Saturday without announcing new output cuts, despite the steep drop in crude prices and the threat it poses to member governments' national budgets.
Nations:Algeria Saudi Arabia Ecuador Kuwait Nigeria Venezuela Activities:2007-8 Oil Crisis Source:(AP)
2008-11-29
Al-Qaida No. 2 insults Obama with racial epithet
CAIRO, Egypt - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader used a racial epithet to insult Barack Obama in a message posted Wednesday, using a demeaning racial term implying that the president-elect is a black American who does the bidding of whites.
Nations:Afghanistan Israel Egypt People:Osama bin Laden Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Colin Powell George W. Bush Activities:Obama Admin. Source:(AP)
2008-11-19
Israel blocks Gaza aid after rocket attacks
GAZA - Israel blocked humanitarian supplies from entering the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on Thursday after Palestinian rocket attacks, and a U.N. relief agency said it would be forced to suspend food distribution.
Nations:Israel Egypt Activities:2007 Gaza Conflict
2008-11-13
Developing countries feeling fallout from meltdown
Searching for ways to tackle the unfolding economic crisis, global finance ministers are turning attention to the fallout in developing countries and poor nations.
Nations:India Brazil France Egypt China People:Henry Paulson Robert Zoellick Ben Bernanke Activities:Global Financial Crisis Group of Eight
2008-10-12
16 dead in car bomb, ambush at US Embassy in Yemen
SAN'A, Yemen - Suspected militants armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. The coordinated attack killed 16 people, including six assailaints, officials said.
Nations:Yemen Egypt People:Dick Cheney Activities:Islamic Terrorists Source:(AP)
2008-09-17
Israel seals Gaza crossings after rocket attack
JERUSALEM - Israel closed its cargo crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday after accusing Palestinian militants of firing a rocket at southern Israel in violation of a shaky truce.
Nations:Egypt Israel People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Activities:2007 Gaza Conflict Source:(AP)
2008-07-01
Zimbabwe's Mugabe sworn in after discredited vote
HARARE, Zimbabwe - Zimbabwe's longtime ruler Robert Mugabe was sworn in as president for a sixth term Sunday after a widely discredited runoff in which he was the only candidate. His main rival dismissed the inauguration as "an exercise in self-delusion."
Nations:Egypt China Swaziland South Africa Russia Zimbabwe People:Morgan Tsvangirai Robert Mugabe Yang Jiechi Condoleezza Rice Activities:2008 Zimbabwe Election Source:(AP)
2008-06-29
Inflation hits consumers worldwide
Gas pumps in the United States tell the same story as rice prices in Thailand: Inflation is a global phenomenon this year.
Nations:India Indonesia Egypt Thailand Activities:Global Food Crisis 2007-8 Oil Crisis
2008-04-11
Tens of thousands cross downed Gaza wall
Tens of thousands of Palestinians poured from the Gaza Strip into Egypt Wednesday after masked gunmen with explosives destroyed most of the seven-mile wall dividing the border town of Rafah.
Nations:Egypt People:Mahmoud Abbas Hosni Mubarak Condoleezza Rice Activities:Israel-Palestine Conflict
2008-01-23
Bush ends peace mission without breakthrough
U.S. President George W. Bush wrapped up his mission to Israel and the occupied West Bank on Friday, emboldened enough to have predicted a peace treaty within a year but with no major breakthroughs for his efforts.
Nations:Kuwait United Arab Emirates Lebanon Saudi Arabia Egypt People:Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Condoleezza Rice George W. Bush Activities:2007 Palestinian Peace Talks
2008-01-11
Bush visits Kuwait to promote peace deal
President Bush sought Arab support on Friday for a U.S.-backed Mideast peace deal, but the Bush administration said not to expect a "blinding flash" of Arab support for the restarted Israel-Palestinian negotiations.
Nations:Kuwait Saudi Arabia Egypt People:David Petraeus Shimon Peres Mahmoud Abbas Ehud Olmert Condoleezza Rice Activities:2007 Palestinian Peace Talks Holocaust
2008-01-11
Bush celebrates Christmas at Camp David
President Bush brought his extended family together for a Christmas celebration at the chief executive's retreat at Camp David, Md., with gift exchanges and a traditional midday feast on the holiday agenda.
Nations:United Arab Emirates Saudi Arabia Egypt People:George W. Bush
2007-12-25
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