The administration has submitted a proposed budget for fiscal 2011 that included military assistance increases for Bahrain, Libya, Morocco, Oman and Yemen. Officials said several Middle East countries also received forward funding over the last year as part of the Foreign Military Financing program.

Most of Dominic Lawson's comments on homeopathy (9 February) were spot-on, but he fails to understand the power of the placebo, which is far more complex than mere "gullibility". While it does seem immoral for companies to be making money from people's scientific ignorance, there is perhaps a case for maintaining the availability of such "treatments" on the NHS.

HERE'S a funny thing. Despite the global recession, 2009 was the sixth best year for car sales, thanks to ubiquitous "cash for clunkers" schemes.

When President Barack Obama made his first symbolic gesture to the Middle East in Cairo, one of his main talking points was that resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian issue was not only important for the Middle East, but also vital for the national security concerns of the United States.

The Tea Party movement, with its loud crowds and explicit signage, has been an intriguing force for months. Their rallies, protests, and townhall appearances have...

The Vancouver Olympics are shaping up to be Lindsey Vonns shining moment, the apex of a career that began years ago when her father introduced her to skiing. He saw enough talent in his daughter to move the whole family to Colorado.

Afghanistan's rise in the cricket world continues as they defeated Ireland in the world Twenty20 qualifiers.

DEARBORN -- Dr. Adnan Hammad, the senior director of the ACCESS Community Health & Research Center, met with United States Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin during her recent visit to Detroit. Dr. Hammad and Dr. Benjamin discussed the health status of Arab Americans in the U.S. and the need to change their Census classification to a minority group.

While whispers of a potential default by Dubai had been circulating for months, markets were still shocked when the emirates investment arm announced in November that it could not repay a $3.5 billion (LE 19 billion) bond.

You're going to love it, but you have to move fast. I have no idea how it leaked out, but Fox and HBO got wind of my idea and they're all over me for a chance to produce it.

The electric, stand-up police scooters that seem to be popping up everywhere including in a recent Super Bowl commercial are the creation of a Costa Mesa company.

Israel and Palestine may resume indirect peace talks, stalled for more than a year due to Israel's refusal to halt settlement construction, "in the near future," Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said.

In a recent interview, Mir Hossein Mousavi, the opposition candidate now spearheading the Green Movement in Iran, said that early in the momentous revolution of 1979 the majority of Iranians were convinced that dictatorship had ended in Iran. "I was one of those people," he said. "But today I no longer believe that to be the case."

Steve Greenberg really outdid himself in his predilection for being offensive in his cartoon regarding Pope Pius XII ( Greenbergs View , Feb. 5). Allow me to recommend an excellent book so that your readers can make an informed decision on this issue for themselves: The Myth of Hitlers Pope by Rabbi David G. Dalin (Regnery Publishing, Inc. 2005). Essentially, Rabbi Dalin combats hysteria ...

After voting with 36 other members of the House in November against a resolution that the Goldstone Report to the UN was unfair to Israel, Brooklyns Yvette Clarke reportedly told Jewish leaders in her district that shed consult with them on Middle East issues in the future.

A nurse prepares a falcon for an operation at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH). (Photo courtesy: AFP) A falcon undergoes an operation at the Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital (ADFH).

DEARBORN -- Hundreds of area educators and students gathered at Henry Ford Community College on Thursday and Friday to learn about making and keeping peace.

NEW YORK The head of the Bundesliga says Bayern Munich president Uli Hoeness was only admitting what many think privately when he cited security in South Africa as an issue ahead of this years World Cup.

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is working on a series of sanctions that would take aim at the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps of Iran, publicly singling out the organization's vast array of companies, banks and other entities in an effort to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions.

MISS something? While you were asleep, Afghanistan caused a cricket shock with a Twenty20 win over Ireland while South Africa thrashed India.

DUBAI : Malaysian shipping company MISC Bhd has established a regional office in Dubai as the company seeks to further boost its role as a leading transportation partner for the Middle East region.

WASHINGTON - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will visit Qatar and Saudi Arabia next week for talks that a U.S. official said on Tuesday would likely focus on Iran, Iraq and the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Here's a look at weekend sports in brief around the world.

Rory Buck lost something that once had been an integral part of his life. He traveled halfway around the world to get it back. After spending much of his life competing in swimming venues around the African continent, Buck now is a sophomore at Whitworth and a big part of the Pirates hunt for an eighth consecutive Northwest Conference championship.

RIYADH, Feb 7 (Reuters) Saudi Arabia's Consumer Protection Association (CPA) on Sunday urged authorities to force Japanese carmaker Toyota's local agent Abdul Latif Jameel Co (ALJ) to recall and check for defaults in cars it sold locally.

Media's strange behavior

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The Obama administration hopes to undermine the group that runs Irans nuclear program, supports militant organizations and cracks down on protesters.