Arab Tour

Austrian chancellor arrives in Damascus for talks with Al-Assad.
Kuwait News Agency (KUNA); 12/23/2009; 578 words; ...Assad and top-level Syrian officials. Speaking to the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA), Faymann said his country and Syria enjoyed...official visit to Austria in last April as part of a European tour which took him also to Slovakia. In Vienna the two leaders explored...

GENERAL JOHNS MAKES FIRST TRIP TO AOR AS AMC COMMANDER.
States News Service; 12/23/2009; 1052 words; ...Next on the general's AOR tour was Kuwait, where he visited...next stop in General Johns' AOR tour landed him at Al Dhafra, United Arab Emirates, where he visited the...final stop on the general's tour of the AOR was Joint Base Balad...

Iran's nuclear programme high on Mubarak's agenda in Kuwait.
Gulf News (United Arab Emirates); 12/23/2009; 797 words; ...yesterday on the third leg of a tour in the region that has taken...communication with the Emir on Arab issues, especially that Kuwait...said. Mubarak has discussed Arab affairs, the Palestinian situation...improve its strained relations with Arab states by offering a new wide...

Crik: Pakistan's Younus flops as Sami flies to Australia
AAP Sports News (Australia); 12/23/2009; 475 words; ...which prompted him to withdrawfrom the tour of New Zealand last month. Younus, 32...series against the BlackCaps in the United Arab Emirates last month. He took a break from...andwas not considered for the current tour of Australia. Mohammad Yousuf took over...

Faint traces, low hopes for local music.
Daily News Egypt (Egypt); 12/22/2009; 1074 words; ...interest in music hailing from neighboring Arab countries, a direction music skeptics...among one of three: fusion of classics by Arab artists, alternative/underground local...rock band Motel Motel, whose first world tour took them around Egypt, with two performances...