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...Sunni regimes of the Middle East, fearing that their traditional dominance of the Arab world is being challenged by an expansionist Shi'ite Iran in coordination with allies such as Syria, Hizballah and Hamas, have rallied to support Siniora's embattled government, underlining the sense that there is more at stake than a parochial tussle over power sharing in Lebanon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Civil War in Lebanon? | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Talal Salman, editor of Lebanon's As Safir newspaper, wrote Tuesday that this Arab backing for Siniora has increased the defiance of the Hizballah-led opposition, making "an inter-Lebanese solution to the crisis out of reach...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Civil War in Lebanon? | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...Western-backed government in Beirut, U.S. influence in Lebanon and the wider region will be curbed. The conflict playing out in Lebanon, then, may not simply be based on the country's age-old sectarian tensions, but in a regional power struggle that pits the U.S. and its Sunni-Arab allies against Iran and its anti-Western Arab partners. And that may be why Ahmad Mahmoud is unlikely to be the last casualty of Lebanon's political turmoil...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Civil War in Lebanon? | 12/5/2006 | See Source »

...which not long ago consisted mainly of bombed-out buildings. More than 1.5 million Afghans own mobile phones, six independent TV stations have launched since 2002 and 16 private banks are expected to be open by early next year. "It's not like investing in Austria or the United Arab Emirates where things are pretty straightforward," says Mohammad Rafi Fazil, economics officer for the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Afghanistan. "Given that we are only just emerging from a postconflict situation, things are very complicated. But the possibilities are endless if you are able to adapt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capitalism Comes to Afghanistan | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

...education.” Zaidi and running mate Eddie Y. Lee ’08, who have both been leaders of campus religious and ethnic student groups, have won the endorsement of the Asian American Association, the Chinese Students Association, Native Americans at Harvard College, and the Society of Arab Students. Zaidi has sustained the greatest number of campaign violations thus far—185 points—for infractions including illegal postering and early campaigning via e-mail and the Facebook. Four hundred points result in disqualification from the race. At Thursday’s debate, Petersen, Hadfield...

Author: By Alexandra Hiatt and Rachel B Nolan, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Hadfield, Petersen Lead In UC Race | 12/4/2006 | See Source »

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