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Defense Secretary Robert Gates holds a press briefing at the Pentagon in Washington, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Gates said that U.S. and British citizens were the targets of the violent siege in Mumbai, although most of those killed in the city, the nation's financial capital, were Indians. He also said Tuesday that the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Mike Mullen, had gone to the region to meet with official
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 The New York Times 
Gates in Saudi Arabia to Discuss Iran
Thu 11 Mar 2010
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on Wednesday for talks with the Saudi royal family that senior defense officials said would be focused on Iran. | His visi... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson)
Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan addresses the lawmakers of his party at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Monday, July 22, 2008.
Economy   Finance   IMF   Photos   Turkey  
 The New York Times 
Turkey and I.M.F. End Talks on Stand-By Loan
Thu 11 Mar 2010
| ISTANBUL — Turkey said on Wednesday it was no longer holding talks with the International Monetary Fund on a stand-by loan because it did not need emergency funds, but it left the door open fo... (photo: AP / )
U.S. President Barack Obama, left, listens to Chinese President Hu Jintao, as they attend a state dinner reception at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Standing behind them are their translators.  Asia Times  Thu 11 Mar 2010
Beijing seeks a shift in geopolitics
| By Willy Lam | China's ongoing tussles with the United States over issues including Taiwan, Tibet and trade are in a sense nothing new. For more than two decades, Sino-US relations have periodically... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Locals listen to Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Marjah, Afghanistan, Sunday, March 7, 2010.  Asia Times  Thu 11 Mar 2010
Marjah fears return of warlords
| By Mohammad Elyas Daee and Abubakar Siddique | MARJAH - Azizullah Khan might be this town's best example of civic-mindedness. He is a middle-aged farmer in this area, at the center of a recent large... (photo: AP / Dusan Vranic, Pool)
Afghanistan   Military   Photos   Security   Taliban  
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Israeli soldiers look at an Israeli air force unmanned plane in the Tel Nof base, central Israel, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2010. Asia Times Thu 11 Mar 2010
Iran and Israel play cat and mouse
| By Mel Frykberg | RAMALLAH - Iran and Israel appear to be spoiling for a fight, going by recent belligerent statements emanating from several regional capitals. | Milit... (photo: AP / Ariel Schalit)
Defence   Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos  
Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., listens to testimony during a Senate Committee on Foreign Relations hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington in this Sept. 19, 2006 file photo. Khaleej Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Palestinians complain to Biden
RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinians told U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday that Israel's new plan to build 1,600 homes for Jewish settlers challenged Washington's... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak, File)
Israel   Palestine   Photos   President   US  
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad addresses the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008. Khaleej Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Ahmadinejad criticises NATO troops, mocks Gates
KABUL - Iran's outspoken president on Wednesday criticised Western troops as an obstacle to peace in Afghanistan and mocked the US defence secretary during their overlapp... (photo: AP / Seth Wenig)
Iran   Nato   Photos   President   US  
Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses his lawmakers about army's last Iraq incursion at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey, Tuesday, March 4, 2008, four days after the Turkish military ended a week-long ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in northern Ira Khaleej Times Wed 10 Mar 2010
Erdogan gets Saudi nod as Mideast force
RIYADH - Turkey's role as a key player in Middle East and Arab affairs was set in cement when the Saudis honoured Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan with a prestigious p... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici)
Mideast   Photos   Riyadh   Saudi   Turkey  
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Bahrain's lower chamber seeks complete ban on alcohol
| Manama: Bahrain could become a dry country if a Bill backed by the parliament’s lower chamber to ban the import and sale of alcohol goes through the upper chamber... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
Alcohol   Ban   Parliament   Photos   Sale  
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates pauses during a joint press conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, not seen, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Tuesday Jan. 16, 2007. Denver Post Wed 10 Mar 2010
Gates keeps up pressure on Iran with Gulf visit
| RIYADH, Saudi Arabia—U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was keeping up the pressure on Iran on Wednesday, consulting with the United States' closest and most inf... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq)
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