Despite problems, future looks good: Zaid - star.com.my
KUALA LUMPUR: Despite the multitude of problems facing Malaysia, its future looks good, said former minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim. “Ordinary people have more sense than their leaders sometimes. They know the value of cooperation, mutual respect and ...

Dr. Ahmed-Zaid: Recognizing that God is in control helps us accept ... - Idaho Statesman
As the holiday season comes to a close for another year, I have to admit that I enjoy receiving yearly updates on all the friends we made throughout the years. One of these friends is a neighbor who used to live across the street from us. In the late ...

Silicon Valley Palestinian-Americans call for end to Gaza war - San Jose Mercury News
At one of Silicon Valley's most familiar and busiest street corners, hundreds of Palestinian-Americans and supporters gathered on a sunny but cold Sunday afternoon for a boisterous, peaceful and remarkably accident-free protest against Israel's ...

Protecting Iraq's Lifeblood - CBS News
Only a small number of Iraqi and Coalition forces are based at the southern port city of Um Qasr, but they're guarding most of Iraq’s wealth. “We realized (five years ago) we destroyed the Iraqi Navy and we needed to re-build it for their own ...

Hussain races to cycling title - Gulf Daily News
A'ALI'S rider Jaffer Hussain won the under-19 title in the Bahrain Open Cycling Championship organised by the Bahrain Cycling Association in co-operation with Galali Club in Muharraq. More than 80 riders representing three clubs - East Riffa, A'ali ...

Iraq: Iraqis want free food programme to continue, finds survey - Reliefweb.int
BAGHDAD, 4 January 2009 (IRIN) - An Iraqi government survey conducted late 2008 has found that 95 percent of Iraqi families would prefer to keep the state's free food programme running rather than replace it with financial aid, a government spokesman ...

Time to batten down the hatches - The Sun
Azman: Wonder what’s in store for us this year. Last year was a good year – exhilarating, breathtaking and inspiring. Chong: This year? Well, you can be sure of one thing, an economic downturn. I think it is going to be bad for many of us. Mohan ...

Handoff a new start for Iraqis - Santa Rosa Press Democrat
BAGHDAD -- The walls of the majestic Republican Palace in Baghdad's Green Zone have been stripped bare. The vaults that secured American cash and classified documents are gone, and the cement blast walls that protected the front entrance were taken ...

Renewable Energy: Desert Dreams - Time
If you want to see the future of sustainable design, drive southwest from Abu Dhabi's international airport, stop when you come to the desert — and use your imagination. You're standing in what will be Masdar City: a radically innovative ...

Green Zone Handed Off With Little Fanfare - Washington Post
BAGHDAD, Jan. 1 -- The handover of the Green Zone from U.S. to Iraqi control Thursday presented such a powerful symbol of the waning American presence in Iraq that it would have been nearly impossible for both sides not to mark it with a formal ...