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2007-11-30T21:36:14-05:00

The Standard has great news. Based on reader feedback, we have decided to vastly re-design and better focus the content of our site. In the coming months, we plan to bring you intelligent commentary on financial and political news from...

Abu Dhabi Buys $7.5 Billion Stake in Citi

2007-11-27T14:40:03-05:00

Middle Eastern Investment May Loosen Stalled Credit Markets The Abu Dhabi Investment Authority has agreed to buy a $7.5 billion stake in Citigroup. The investment has spurred speculation that Middle Eastern countries may invest more aggressively in US banks to...

Al-Jihad Leader Tries to Change the Rules of Jihad

2007-11-26T13:18:37-05:00

Egypt's Al-Jihad Group Changes Course Egypt's leading Al-Qaeda faction has published a series of articles in two Arabic language newspapers criticizing the religious justifications for Jihad. In "Revisions," Al-Jihad Group's founder and ideological father, Sayed Imam El-Sawahri, renounces violence and...

Week In Review

2007-11-23T12:07:50-05:00

**** A divided Lebanese parliament postponed a vote to elect president Emile Lahoud's successor for the fourth time since September. The president's term ends on Friday and observers fear the fermenting political crisis may lead the country to civil war....

MTV Arabia Launches in Cairo and Dubai

2007-11-21T20:51:23-05:00

New Channel Aims For Middle East's Under Thirty Demographic Viacom and the Dubai-based Arab Media Group have launched a version of MTV aimed at an Arab audience. MTV Arabia premiered at midnight on Saturday with performances by the rapper Ludacris,...

Lebanon May Face No Government, Civil War

2007-11-20T17:25:33-05:00

Divided Politicians Unable to Reach Consensus The deeply divided Lebanese parliament has postponed a vote to elect President Emile Lahoud's successor for the fourth time since September. The vote has been delayed until Friday -- the day Mr. Lahoud's term...

Week In Review

2007-11-16T18:18:51-05:00

**** UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon called the melting Antarctic ice caps an "emergency situation" and urged world leaders to act swiftly in the fight against global warming. **** Police probed 100 offices across Israel to determine whether Israeli prime...

Iran Hands Over Weapons Blueprint

2007-11-15T22:21:17-05:00

Iran Gives IAEA Warhead Blueprints Iran handed over a nuclear weapons blueprint to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday, which details how to mold uranium into hemispheres used for making nuclear weapons. The IAEA requested the documents four...

Gore, Kleiner Perkins Firm Forge Clean Tech Investment Alliance

2007-11-14T18:11:14-05:00

Gore To Sit on Board Al Gore has joined the board of the Silicon Valley venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers. Mr. Gore's new spot is the result of an alliance between Kleiner Perkins and his own firm...

Olmert Probe May Have Consequences for Peace Conference

2007-11-13T19:54:40-05:00

Police Raid 20 Locations Across Israel in Olmert Probe Over 100 police officers raided offices across Israel Sunday morning, seizing evidence in connection with several criminal investigations involving Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. Police were looking for documents relating to...