8 March 2010, 10:07 pm
By Jeff Jensen After ''Sundown,'' it dawns on Doc: Think of the series as an allegory for contemporary spiritual experience...... Read More »
8 March 2010, 9:29 pm
Private equity firms see increasing competition with Middle Eastern governments on the few areas that are appealing to them.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 4:55 pm
Israel may have to retire its title as the only democracy in the Middle East. With Sunday's free and fair national election, Iraq joins the honor roll as one of the very few Islamic democracies.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 3:03 pm
Mysticism is dying, and taking true religion with it. Monasteries have dwindled. Contemplative orders have declined. Our religious leaders no longer preach the renunciation of the world; our culture scoffs at the idea. The closest most Americans come to real asceticism is giving up chocolate, cappuc... Read More »
8 March 2010, 8:38 am
As the varieties of religious experience in America multiply, will true faith suffer?... Read More »
8 March 2010, 3:19 am
The troops with automatic rifles patrolling the Tibetan quarter of the capital of Chinese-controlled Tibet are as ever-present as Buddhist pilgrims.... Read More »
8 March 2010, 12:30 am
Consumers of major Middle Eastern and Western states expect the global economy to revert to pre-crisis levels within the next three years and generally believe that conditions are not as bad as reported by media, according to a consumer confidence study conducted by Real Opinions in conjunction with... Read More »
7 March 2010, 9:29 pm
08 March 2010 DUBAI/SHARJAH -- The UAE's Bank of Sharjah plans to join forces with France's biggest lender BNP Paribas to tap the fast-growing Middle-Eastern market for the very rich, the company's general manager said on Sunday.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 9:00 pm
HEBRON, WEST BANK -- The Tomb of the Patriarchs -- a site revered by Jews, Muslims and Christians as the burial place of their common forefather, Abraham -- needed bathrooms and a new roof over an outdoor prayer area. To the spokesman for Hebron's Jewish settler community, that should not have been.... Read More »
7 March 2010, 5:01 pm
In the West Bank, where religion and politics are inextricably tangled, improvements spark debate.... Read More »
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