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Iraq's prime minister launched a security crackdown involving 50,000 Iraqi forces in Baghdad Wednesday but extended an olive branch to rebels who want to join the political process in a twin strategy to ease violence. Upbeat from his surprise Baghdad visit, US President George W. Bush said in Washington that 26,000 Iraqi soldiers. Full Story
Emirates Airlines said Wednesday that commercial airline maker Airbus has informed it of a six-month delay to deliveries of its A380 super-jumbo aircraft, and that it is considering its position on the aircraft. Emirates said it now expects to receive its first A380 in October 2007, and for the plane to be operational for the airline in January 2008. Full Story
Like much of the Arab world, the pace of justice is unbearably slow in Lebanon, where waiting for "the truth" has become a way of life. On Friday, during a meeting of the Higher Judicial Council, the country's highest legal authority, the Lebanese will inch closer to revealing the truth behind three high-profile investigations. The council is scheduled to finally appoint investigative magistrates to the cases. Continue