Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves Washington Saturday for talks in the Gulf region focusing on Iran’s nuclear program and the need for greater Gulf Arab support for Iraq’s new government. Clinton will visit the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Qatar.

Diplomatic cable published recently by the UAE authorities Wikileaks clarify the issue of whether to remain silent on the assassination of a high-level Hamas members in Dubai in January.

Poem.

Poem.

New record.

Do we really have to ask “why” everytime we land on different directions?