The Miami Herald Review | Exploring our deep connections in 'Being With Animals' | BEING WITH ANIMALS: Why We Are Obsessed With the Furry, Scaly, Feathered Creatures Who Populate Our World. Barbara J. King. Doubleday. 258 pages. $24.99. | Animals are an integral part of our lives ... (photo: WN / sweet)
Asia Times China hangs fire on Iran-Pakistan pipeline | By Stephen Blank | For over a decade, Iran, Pakistan and India (IPI) have taken pains at negotiating a major pipeline deal whereby Iran would send natural gas from its territory to the region. Yet g... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian)
Indian Express Israel wants direct talks with Palestine | Israel has asked United Nations Secretary-General Chief Ban Ki-moon to persuade Palestinians to engage in “direct dialogue” with it so that the peace talks can be resum... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) IsraelPalestinePhotosPoliticsUN
DNA India Arms, energy to dominate Vladimir Putin's India trip | Moscow: Russian premier Vladimir Putin will offer a traditional cocktail of arms and oil deals when he travels to India on Thursday to persuade a Cold War ally to buy n... (photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Pool) EnergyIndiaPhotosRussiaUS
Al Jazeera US and Russia resume nuclear talks | US and Russian negotiators are meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, to negotiate a treaty aimed at reducing their nuclear weapons arsenals. | The two powers are ho... (photo: White House file / Pete Souza) NuclearPeacePhotosPoliticsRussiaUS