November 3rd, 2010
It wasn’t exactly the view they had expected from the 124th floor of the world’s tallest building. (more)
July 1st, 2010
It never seems to amaze me how the press uses the world’s stage to preach the Robin Hood theory knowing billions are watching. Perhaps I was credulous to think that the World Cup would be excluded from such a socialist message, but I was wrong. (more)
June 20th, 2010
June 20 (Bloomberg) — Dubai’s benchmark stock index rose the most in 10 weeks and Egyptian shares gained, leading a rally in Middle East markets on growing confidence that Europe will contain its debt crisis. Oil gains boosted Gulf shares. (more)
May 25th, 2010
A Thai court issued an arrest warrant Tuesday for ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra on terrorism charges, accusing the fugitive former leader of fomenting two months of unrest in Bangkok that left 88 people dead. (more)
May 24th, 2010
Australia has expelled an Israeli diplomat saying Israel was behind the forging of Australian passports linked to the murder of a Hamas operative in Dubai. (more)
May 22nd, 2010
The mothers of three US hikers held in Iran for nearly a year on spying accusations returned home Saturday empty-handed, after failing to secure their children's release. (more)
May 22nd, 2010
An Air India Express passenger plane crashed in flames after overshooting the runway in the southern city of Mangalore today, killing most of the 166 people on board. (more)
May 14th, 2010
KABUL, Afghanistan—The easiest way for an American to fly into Afghanistan is on Kam Air from Dubai. But it appears that only Americans fly into Afghanistan on Kam Air from Dubai. Almost, anyway. (more)
May 4th, 2010
Between four and eight people have been taken into custody for questioning in Pakistan in connection with the investigation of the Times Square bombing attempt, sources told CBS News. (more)
March 17th, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, who is in a daunting re-election bid in Nevada even though he doesn’t have a designated opponent yet, is hitting back against attack ads that link his support of casino operator MGM Mirage to alleged slave labor practices in Dubai. (more)
February 22nd, 2010
More accurately, what’s being shown is a clip from the highly informative but poorly acted series Mayday/Seconds from Disaster/Air Crash Investigations (depending on your market), which reenacts and explains major air crashes. Regardless, this isn’t exactly the first in-flight movie fail of its kind. (more)
January 21st, 2010
During his first year in office, President Obama made several consequential decisions on a wide range of national security issues. Key among those were his decisions, bucking many in his party, to extend the timeline for withdrawal of all U.S. forces from Iraq and to send tens of thousands of additional troops to Afghanistan to defeat al Qaeda and the Taliban. (more)
