Archive: June, 2006

World plays on as U.S. waits for NFL kickoff

by  Mansour Omar El-Kikhia At 30 June 2006 Hour 12:34 PM

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Football — soccer to most Americans — is a beautiful game to play and watch. It is elegant, nonviolent and fast. It has no timeouts and requires endurance, foot-eye coordination ... More...
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Flawed policy dug hole with Arab world

by  Mansour Omar El-Kikhia At 23 June 2006 Hour 22:41 PM

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Last week, two reports dealing with Islam, Arabs and the Middle East were published. The first, by the Pew Research Center, dealt with attitudes exhibited by 14 U.S. allies, which included ... More...
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Denouncing Israel is a wrong decision

by  Mansour Omar El-Kikhia At 16 June 2006 Hour 00:57 AM

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When it comes to statesmanship, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is rather green. Wise statesmen rarely say what's on their minds; only journalists and columnists in democracies do. And if Ahmadinejad had ... More...
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Will U.S. lend a hand to Somalia's recovery?

by  Mansour Omar El-Kikhia At 9 June 2006 Hour 01:59 AM

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Somalia is as alien to most Americans as the planet Pluto. It was briefly made infamous in 1991 by television coverage of Somali mobs dragging deceased U.S. servicemen, sent to bring ... More...
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Blunders lead U.S. back to diplomacy

by  Mansour Omar El-Kikhia At 2 June 2006 Hour 01:06 AM

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This week, the Bush administration decided to join Europe, China and Russia in their ongoing talks with Iran over nuclear issues. This marks a major shift in the administration's bellicose ... More...
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