Doctors, engineers and other professionals make the bulk of people embracing Islam in Romania
CAIRO - Doctors, engineers and other professionals make the bulk of people embracing Islam in Romania, where the Muslim minority is already enjoying full rights.
"The majority of Romanian Muslims are of the educated elite," Bari Nardeen, the head of the Muslim Youth Association of Romania, told IslamOnline.net over the phone from Bucharest.
U.S. officials said they were allowing U.S. technology companies to export chat and social media software to Iran, Sudan and Cuba, with the hope it will help their citizens communicate with the outside world.
The decision by the U.S. Treasury Department followed a request by the State Department to provide waivers under existing sanctions, allowing companies like Google Inc and Microsoft Corp to export free mass market software.
Britain's decision to back the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 earned it respect in the Middle East and it must not be scared of similar action in the future, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Monday.
Giving evidence to the public inquiry into Britain's role in the U.S.-led conflict, Miliband insisted that despite all the violence, Iraq now had the potential to be an example to the region on democracy and human rights.
Israelis and Palestinians face a "moment of real opportunity" to make peace after agreeing to resume American-brokered talks, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said Tuesday as he launched the highest-level visit by an Obama administration official to Israel.
Biden, who arrived on Monday, is the highest-ranking member of President Barack Obama's administration to visit Israel, where concern is high over Iran's nuclear program.
The United States backs Israel's authorization of new construction projects in the West Bank, saying Washington's Middle East ally has not violated its settlement moratorium.
Speaking about 112 new housing units in the West Bank settlement of Beitar Illit, US State Department spokesman PJ Crowley said the move did not amount to a breach of the moratorium that the Israelis previously announced.
"On the other hand, this is the kind of thing that both sides need to be cautious of as we move ahead with these parallel talks, Crowley told reporters in Washington on Monday.
