AP – Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia say they want to hear from President Barack Obama this week when he addresses them from this Arab capital.

AP – Arab sheikdoms eager for higher international profiles are ratcheting up their aviation race despite the global economic slump.

… – British and Free French forces invade Syria, then controlled by Vichy French. The French … – Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze tells United Nations that Moscow would observe a moratorium on …

Muslims should not use weapons of mass destruction and have them only as a deterrent, Egypt’s Grand Mufti Ali Gomaa says.

… Its actions are especially damaging to the United Nations and the tattered system of global governance. … because there were potential buyers waiting in Syria and the Middle East. Pyongyang has been …