UN halts aid to Myanmar after junta seizes supplies
Myanmar's junta seized U.N. aid shipments Friday meant for a multitude of hungry and homeless survivors of last week's devastating cyclone, forcing the world body to suspend further help. Nations:[United Arab Emirates] Activities:[2008 Myanmar Cyclone] 2008-05-09 Bush says US, allies must confront Iran
President Bush said Sunday that Iran is threatening the security of the world, and that the United States and Arab allies must join together to confront the danger "before it's too late." Nations:[United Arab Emirates][Lebanon][Algeria] Activities:[Iran-U.S.] 2008-01-13 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:[Lebanon][Saudi Arabia][Egypt][United Arab Emirates] People:[Mahmoud Abbas][Condoleezza Rice][Ehud Olmert][George W. Bush] Activities:[Israel-Palestine Conflict] 2008-01-11 Pentagon says ships harassed by Iran
In what U.S. officials called a serious provocation, Iranian boats harassed and provoked three U.S. Navy ships in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, threatening to explode the American vessels. Nations:[Iran][Saudi Arabia][United Arab Emirates][Qatar] Activities:[Iran-U.S.] 2008-01-07 Peace plan, Iran on Bush Mideast agenda
President Bush on Saturday tied his fresh push for Mideast peace to the fight against terrorism and U.S. efforts to counter Iran's quest for greater influence in the region. Nations:[Saudi Arabia][Lebanon][United Arab Emirates] People:[Tony Blair][Ehud Olmert][Shimon Peres][Mahmoud Abbas] Activities:[Israel-Palestine Conflict][Bush Admin.] 2008-01-05 Clock running on Bush presidency
President Bush's final-year agenda is a stripped down list of what he can realistically hope to get done, since the clout he once touted is fading away. Nations:[Romania][United Arab Emirates][Saudi Arabia] People:[David Petraeus] Activities:[Bush Admin.][Second Gulf War] 2007-12-31 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:[Egypt][United Arab Emirates][Saudi Arabia] People:[George W. Bush] 2007-12-25 Bush makes holiday calls to troops
President Bush made Christmas Eve calls to 10 U.S. troops serving in Iraq, Afghanistan and other spots around the world, thanking them for their sacrifice and wishing them a happy holiday even though they'll be far away from their families and friends. Nations:[Iraq][U.S.][United Arab Emirates][Saudi Arabia][Egypt][Afghanistan] People:[Vladimir Putin][George W. Bush] 2007-12-24 Attack at US base in Iraq kills 2
A series of rockets or mortar rounds struck Camp Victory, killing two members of the U.S.-led coalition and wounding 40 other people on the sprawling headquarters for U.S. forces in Iraq, the military said Thursday. Nations:[Iraq][United Arab Emirates] Activities:[2007 Blackwater Scandal] 2007-10-11 Nasdaq to acquire OMX in Borse Dubai deal
Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. and Borse Dubai have reached a deal under which Nasdaq will take over Nordic bourse operator OMX AB, while Borse Dubai acquires just under 20 percent of Nasdaq and 28 percent of the London stock exchange. Nations:[Sweden][United Arab Emirates][Latvia][Finland][Denmark][Lithuania] 2007-09-20 Pakistan may declare state of emergency
The government of embattled Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said Thursday it may impose a state of emergency because of "external and internal threats" and deteriorating law and order in the volatile northwest near the Afghan border. Nations:[Pakistan][Afghanistan][United Arab Emirates] People:[Nawaz Sharif][Benazir Bhutto][Pervez Musharraf][Hamid Karzai] Activities:[Anti-terror War in Pakistan] 2007-08-08 Cyclone Gonu blamed for 15 deaths
Semi-trucks were trapped in flooded highways here Thursday after Cyclone Gonu battered Oman's coast on its path toward the world's most important crude oil tanker route. At least 15 storm-related deaths were reported. Nations:[Iran][United Arab Emirates][Saudi Arabia] 2007-06-07
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