...promised me the next day his adviser would come. But the next day Saeb Erekat rang my adviser and said we forgot we are going to Amman today, let's make it next week. I never saw him again." Olmert believes that, like Camp David a decade...

In this article: Mahmoud Abbas, Israel, Jerusalem, Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud, and Kadima

...Palestinian state" with East Jerusalem as its capital. Jordan concluded a peace treaty with Israel in 1994 under which the Jewish state recognized Amman 's right to look after all Islamic and Christian holy shrines in East Jerusalem.

In this article: East Jerusalem, Jordan, West Bank, Benjamin Netanyahu, Amman, Israel, United Nations, and Middle East

Delphi - A fire destroyed a historic building in the northern Indiana city of Delphi that housed a tavern and apartments. No one was hurt in Wednesday's fire, which broke out in an apartment above the Office Tavern in downtown Delphi...

In this article: Delphi, All rights reserved, WTHR, Dispatch Broadcast Group, and Associated Press

ANTIOCH -- Police in Antioch have arrested a man who allegedly attempted to rob a Burger King Wednesday evening. Officers responded to a silent alarm at the fast food restaurant at 2440 Mahogany Way at around 7:20 p.m., according to...

In this article: Antioch and Burger King

...Suite Ultralounge is in the basement of the historic Belvedere Hotel And as we first reported last night, a long-troubled city hot spot in Mt. Vernon is out of business, for at least a year. The Suite Ultralounge club was padlocked by...

In this article: Mt. Vernon, All rights reserved, and Belvedere Hotel

...thing," said Bernie Campbell , principal of Mt. Vernon High School. Campbell has been preaching that " Mt. Vernon ," rather than " Mount Vernon ," is the way his school's name should be printed. " Darrell Thomas told me years and years ago...

In this article: Mount Vernon and Hancock County

...fights, stabbings and a shooting last year outside the club sparked an outcry from residents and businesses in the Mid-town Belvedere and Mount Vernon neighborhoods, according to police. "We've gotten tremendous support and feedback from the...

In this article: Frederick H. Bealefeld III, Mount Vernon, William H. Cole IV, Belvedere Hotel, The Baltimore Sun, and Baltimore

...Energy Cooperative, which will be funded from the USDA. "The money would be awarded to the coops and then to the city of Troy ," said Troy Mayor Jimmy Lunsford. If awarded, the city would be given a 10-year loan for $850,000 with no...

In this article: Troy, USDA, U.S., and Jordan

The non-profit Wessex Archaeology organization created a virtual fly-over of Stonehenge and vicinity based on LIDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) data collected from the air. From the project page: During production of the animation, we...

In this article: Stonehenge, Archaeology, Wessex Archaeology, Banana split, E mail, Boing Boing, and Electronic Frontier Foundation

...Sugar Daddy's, which opened in 2006, has become a Middle East phenomenon, expanding to Beirut and Dubai. For one of the world's oldest cities, Amman is surprisingly modern. After millenniums of being inhabited by Ammonites , Assyrians,...

In this article: Amman, Champagne, Petra, Mecca, Middle East, Jordan, Bauhaus, and Tobacco

A decade of pain closes in for the loved ones of the Leeds fans killed in Istanbul | Rob Bagchi | A decade of pain closes in for the loved ones of the Leeds fans killed in Istanbul Fundraising for Candlelights, a Leeds -based cancer charity,...

In this article: Leeds, Istanbul, Cancer, Elland Road, and Leeds United

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's King Abdullah has dissolved parliament halfway through its four-year term and called for early elections, state television reported Monday. The king issued a royal edict ordering the dissolution effective Tuesday...

In this article: Jordan, Nader Dahabi, Middle East, Amman, and U.S.

Leave your exposition at the door. Enter instead with a naked statement. Woman hopes poetry night will flourish in Athens Leave your exposition at the door. Enter instead with a naked statement. Aralee Strange will host an open poetry...

In this article: Athens and NPR

...and offer lively lobby lounges. Grand Hyatt Amman ( Hussein Bin Ali Street , Fourth Circle, Jabal Amman ; 962-6-465-1234; www. amman.grand.hyatt.com) has comfy if corporate-feeling rooms, and the lobby is buzzing all day and night. Doubles...

In this article: Amman, Champagne, King Hussein, Jordan, Petra, and Mecca

...closed its border with Armenia in 1993 in solidarity with Azerbaijan during the war. Ankara says it will only ratify accords with Yerevan , open the border and establishing diplomatic relations with Armenia , if it sees progress in the...

In this article: Ilham Aliyev, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Nagorno-Karabakh, Ankara, Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, Munich, and Yerevan

The world's largest seismically isolated building, the new international terminal at Istanbul 's Sabiha Gokcen Airport , is now complete and open for business. Stretching across more than 2 million square feet, the terminal doesn't sit...

In this article: Istanbul, E mail, Proofing, State University of New York at Buffalo, Arup, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, and Sabiha Gokcen Airport

...Authority President, Mahmoud Abbas , who will attend talks with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner later in the Jordanian capital, Amman. 'Personal nature' A Saudi government adviser told the AFP news agency Mr Sarkozy 's visit would...

In this article: Nicolas Sarkozy, Middle East, Riyadh, Mahmoud Abbas, France, Saudi Arabia, Bernard Kouchner, Benjamin Netanyahu, and Israel

* Autoliv to buy North American assets from Delphi * Assets include steering wheel, airbag and seatbelt units * Units being acquired seen having sales of $125 mln in 2010 (Adds detail, background) World number one seatbelt and...

In this article: Asset, Autoliv, Delphi, Bankruptcy, Delphi, General Motors, Mexico, and U.S.