Word: arabize
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...unilateral actions in Jerusalem "morally and legally unacceptable." Indeed, with the exception of two Latin American countries, no nation has validated Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem by maintaining an embassy there. The Pope retired, as he would every night of the trip, in the papal nuncio's residence in traditionally Arab East Jerusalem...
...Lingerie Industry: Manufacturers report increases in orders from Arab countries. "They had a big problem with low oil prices last year," a supplier told Women's Wear Daily. "Now it's not only the wealthy, but...middle-class Arabs who are looking to buy more beautiful sleepwear...
Herman Cohen, President Bush's point man on Africa, has also conducted a series of little-noticed recent visits to Tripoli. Cohen's travel was partly underwritten by an Arab businessman, Kamel Ghribi, who has retained former Bush State Department Middle East policy chief Robert Pelletreau as his Washington lawyer. On one of his sojourns, Cohen and a fellow Washington consultant treated the Maximum Leader with extraordinary deference. As Gaddafi denounced Israel, they listened. When he expressed eagerness to do business with U.S. companies, they offered encouragement...
...pawns of Damascus, have their own agenda at odds with Syria's. "While Syria wants to negotiate Israeli withdrawal as part of a package that includes the Golan Heights, Hezbollah would prefer a unilateral withdrawal that would allow them to proclaim themselves the first army ever to have liberated Arab territory from Israeli control," says MacLeod. "But despite a potential conflict with Syria, Hezbollah's enjoying a surge of support throughout the Arab world - Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak and Saudi Arabia's Prince Abdallah recently rushed to Beirut to meet with the movement's leaders, suggesting there's strong...
...world's financial fire brigade. E.U. leaders call it an another attempt by the U.S. to control the global economy - American Stanley Fischer, the IMF's interim chief, is Koch-Weser's primary competitor for the post. But America is not the only Fischer fan - an unusual alliance of Arab and African countries has thrown its weight behind Fischer's candidacy...