The Israeli Embassy in Cairo says a delegation of elderly Egyptian-born Jews was forced to cancel a visit to Egypt because they were unable to find accommodation following a local media storm over their trip.
Israeli press attache Shani Cooper-Zubida says that the group had just come to visit Jewish sites in Egypt and hear a [...]
Democratic and GOP congressional officials are scrutinizing Rep. Vito Fossella’s mysterious and pricey January 2003 trip to France, the Daily News has learned.
He was the sole lawmaker authorized to go - and his mistress is suspected of joining him.
The Staten Island Republican visited La Hague, France, supposedly on a “fact-finding” mission.
Lawmakers commonly visit La Hague [...]
Civil unrest in Tibet. Toxic toy production. Unyielding pollution. Support of the Sudanese government and its policies in Darfur.
Such contentious issues contribute to China’s international image at a time when the world’s most populous nation – and host of the 2008 Summer Olympics – bills itself as evermore open, modern and progressive.
And they come as [...]
LOS ANGELES - Facing a backlash from supporters, Barack Obama’s presidential campaign reversed course Thursday and reinstated hundreds of people to lists that will be used to choose California’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention.Campaign manager David Plouffe said in a letter to potential delegates that all names would be restored to ballots that will [...]
Foreign diplomats demanded unfettered access in Lhasa Saturday after authorities allowed them to visit the riot-torn city amid debate in Europe on a possible boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Two weeks after protests in the Himalayan region turned deadly, diplomats from 15 embassies, including those of the United States, Britain, France and Japan, arrived [...]
%26bull; Monks in heartfelt plea over Tibet
But the timing is controversial, with the signing ceremony coming on the back of bloodshed in Tibet. The Government could be courting a public backlash after refusing to release details of the trade deal till Prime Minister Helen Clark arrives in Beijing next week.
It appears that just 20 working [...]
Foreign diplomats demanded unfettered access in Lhasa Saturday after authorities allowed them to visit the riot-torn city amid debate in Europe on a possible boycott of the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony.
Two weeks after protests in the Himalayan region turned deadly, diplomats from 15 embassies, including those of the United States, Britain, France and Japan, arrived [...]
BEIJING%26#8212;The largest contingent of Americans to visit North Korea since the Korean War heads Monday into the heart of the country, often considered the most closed society in the world, as the New York Philharmonic brings its delegation of musicians, technicians and others for a highly unusual concert hosted by secretive leader Kim Jong Il.
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Australian cricket coach Tim Nielsen and his assistants are forging ahead with plans for the tour of Pakistan, despite extreme doubt about it going ahead.
The fate of Australia’s first full scale trip to the strife-torn country since Mark Taylor’s tourists in 1998, hinges largely on the result and aftermath of Monday’s Lower House elections.
In recent [...]
Australian cricket coach Tim Nielsen and his assistants are forging ahead with plans for the tour of Pakistan, despite extreme doubt about it going ahead.
The fate of Australia’s first full scale trip to the strife-torn country since Mark Taylor’s tourists in 1998, hinges largely on the result and aftermath of Monday’s Lower House elections.
In recent [...]
