> The Hindu
>
> Tuesday, Jul 30, 2002
>
> Jordan opposes action against Iraq

<snip>

> [King Abdullah] warned that the hawks in the Bush administration,
> pressing for an attack on Iraq, posed a threat to American "strategic
> interests'' in West Asia.

I saw "the Middle East" referred to as "West Asia" once before and thought
it was a brilliant piece of political correctness.  But is it really just
a standard term for the area in Indian papers?  That'd be ever better.

Michael

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