Saudi Arabian Minister of Foreign Affairs Saud Al-Faisal waits for the start of the Annapolis Peace Conference in Memorial Hall at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland on November 27, 2007. The meetings are focused at resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the eventual establishment of a Palestinian state. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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World Scrambles for Solutions to Somalia Piracy
AMMAN -- The hijacking of a giant Saudi supertanker by Somali pirates has sparked international concern about the seriousness of this growing problem, as world powers wrestle with how to counter professional, seafaring buccaneers from a lawless state.
Somali Pirates Claim Biggest Heist Yet - A Saudi Supertanker
AMMAN -- Somali pirates have hit the jackpot by capturing a giant Saudi oil tanker loaded with 2 million barrels of crude oil, worth more than $100 million, and sailing it to a pirate haven off the Somali coast.
Talking to the Taliban Is New Strategy
AMMAN – Until recently it was unthinkable that dialogue with the Taliban was an option to bring peace to war-torn Afghanistan. But today it is considered that talking to the militant organization, which has made a dangerous comeback, is better than fighting it.
On oil prices and obliterating Iran
Threatening war in the Gulf raises the price of oil. Whether Hillary Clinton wants to "obliterate Iran" or John McCain wants to "bomb, bomb Iran," the result is another bump in the price of oil.
Bush is in Riyadh, but talk is on Israel
AMMAN -- U.S. President George W. Bush was in Saudi Arabia Friday discussing rising oil prices and the Middle East peace process after joining the Israelis in celebrating the 60th anniversary of the establishment of their state, or the "Nakba" (catastrophe) to the Palestinians and Arabs.
