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Shooting the messenger

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Aljazeera - By Ian Stuttard - Nov. 20 (Special Report) - Shooting the Messenger, Al Jazeera's documentary on the deliberate killing and intimidation of journalists in conflict zones, has been nominated for a presitigious Emmy award.

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Israel Brushes Off Obama Criticism Over Jerusalem

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Associated Press - Nov. 19 (News Report) - Israel broke ground on a new housing complex for Jews in east Jerusalem on Wednesday, brushing off President Barack Obama's criticism that construction in the disputed part of the holy city undermines efforts to relaunch Mideast peace talks.

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Temple Mount, also known as Noble Sanctuary, is a Jerusalem flash point

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Howard Schneider - Nov. 17 (Special Report) - It is one of the most watched pieces of real estate in the world, 35 acres where an under-the-breath prayer or a whiff of a rumor can rouse warnings of war.

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Yemen's fight with rebels a regional concern

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Sudarsan Raghavan - Nov. 14 (Special Report) - Along the jagged, oatmeal-colored mountains of northern Yemen, civil war has transformed the windswept landscape into a canvas of human misery, bolstering al-Qaeda's efforts to create a haven in the Middle East's poorest nation.

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Yemen denounces Iranian 'interference' in its internal affairs

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Washington Post - By Sudarsan Raghavan - Nov. 12 (News Report) - The Yemeni government on Wednesday lashed out against what it described as Iranian "interference" in its affairs, escalating tensions in a civil conflict pitting Yemen's army against Shiite rebels that has drawn in Saudi Arabia, the world's largest oil producer, and raised fears of a regional proxy war.

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S-300 missile deliveries to Iran under review — Russian

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

RIA Novosti - Nov. 12 (News Report) - Russia is still considering the possible deliveries of advance air defense systems to Iran and will not freeze the contract as a concession to the United States, a government official said. Russia signed a contract with Iran on the supply of S-300 air defense systems to the Islamic Republic in December 2005. However, there have been no official reports about the start of the contract's implementation since then.

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Palestinian President Says He Won’t Seek Re-election

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

New York Times - By Ethan Bronner, Mark Landler - Nov. 06 (News Report) - The Palestinian president, Mahmoud Abbas, warned on Thursday that he would not seek re-election, the latest sign that the Obama administration’s drive to broker a Middle East peace accord, one of President Obama’s key foreign policy goals, has fallen into disarray.

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Saudi air force hits Yemen rebels after border raid

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Reuters - By Souhail Karam - Nov. 05 (News Report) - Saudi Arabia has launched heavy air strikes on rebels in northern Yemen and is moving troops nearer the border after a raid into its territory by the Shi'ite insurgents, a Saudi government adviser said Thursday.

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Thirsty Gaza

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Heather Sharp - Oct. 27 (News Report) - Gaza's aquifer and only natural freshwater source is "in danger of collapse," the UN is warning. Engineers have long been battling to keep the densely populated strip's water and sewage system limping along. But in September the UN Environment Programme warned that damage to the underground aquifer - due to the Israeli and Egyptian blockade, conflict, and years of overuse and underinvestment - could take centuries to reverse if it is not halted now.

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Obama rallies support over Iran

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - By Bbc - Oct. 24 (News) - Inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency are travelling to Iran ahead of a visit to a newly revealed nuclear site. The inspection on Sunday will be the first time international monitors will have been allowed access to the plant, near the

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Obama's War

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Frontline - By Martin Smith - Oct. 14 (Special Report) - Tens of thousands of fresh American troops are now on the move in Afghanistan, led by a new commander and armed with a counterinsurgency plan that builds on the lessons of Iraq. But can U.S. forces succeed in a land long known as the "graveyard of empires"? And can the U.S. stop the Taliban in neighboring Pakistan, where U.S. troops are not allowed and the government is weak? In Obama's War, veteran correspondent Martin Smith travels across Afghanistan and Pakistan to see first-hand how the president's new strategy is taking shape, delivering vivid, on-the-ground reporting from this eight-year-old war's many fronts. Through interviews with top generals, diplomats and government officials, Smith also reports the internal debates over President Obama's grand attempt to combat terrorism at its roots. "What we found on the ground was a huge exercise in nation building," says Smith. "The concept's become a bit of a dirty word, but that's what this is. We started with the goal of eliminating Al Qaeda, and now we've wound up with the immense task of re-engineering two nations."

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Israel must end 'unfair' jailing

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

BBC News - Oct. 14 (News Report) - Israel holds hundreds of Palestinians without trial or any way to clear their names, say two Israeli rights groups which urge an end to such detentions. The groups say currently 335 prisoners are held in "administrative detention" under rules dating back to 1945 when the area was under British control. They add it is only meant for extreme circumstances and Israel's extensive use breaks international law. Israel says the detentions are used as a last resort to prevent future attack. Detention orders last for six months without the Israeli military having to bring a prosecution against the detainee.

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Eagle is grounded over Turks? Gaza snub

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Times - By James Hider - Oct. 12 (Breaking News) - The US has cancelled its biggest air-defence exercise with Israel after Turkey refused to allow Israeli aircraft to participate in the war games, due to begin out of Turkish air bases today.

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The Possibility of a Nuclear Iran Alarms Arabs

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

New York Times - By Michael Slackman - Oct. 01 (News Analysis) - Though it is uncertain how the confrontation over Iranian nuclear facilities will play out, some in the Persian Gulf region are even envisioning a military strike by the West, or Israel.

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Each party had interest in resuming Mideast talks

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Politico - By Laura Rozen - Sep. 20 (News Report) - "The Palestinians simply cannot afford to do anything other than support Obama, especially since he is carrying the settlement freeze issue forward as far as it can go with the Israelis through Mitchell.

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Israel rebuffs inquiry into Gaza war crime allegations

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Richard Boudreaux - Sep. 17 (News Report) - Israel on Wednesday rejected a call by a United Nations panel to open an independent inquiry into its wartime conduct in the Gaza Strip and launched a diplomatic campaign to thwart any prosecution of its soldiers at an international criminal tribunal.

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No sign of settlement deal after U.S.-Israel talks

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Jeffrey Heller - Sep. 16 (News Report) - The United States and Israel ended another round of talks on Wednesday with no sign yet of a deal on a West Bank settlement freeze, but a U.S. envoy planned to meet again with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday

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Appeals court rules against Ashcroft in 9/11 case

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - Sep. 04 (News Report) - A federal appeals court delivered a stinging rebuke Friday to the Bush administration's post-Sept. 11 detention policies, ruling that former Attorney General John Ashcroft can be held liable for people who were wrongfully detained as material witnesses after 9/11. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said the government's improper use of material witnesses after Sept. 11 was "repugnant to the Constitution and a painful reminder of some of the most ignominious chapters of our national history

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Momentum Slows for Israel’s Barrier

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Linda Gradstein, Howard Schneider - Aug. 19 (News Analysis) - Cost, Legal Concerns and a Drop in Violence May Leave Controversial Project Unfinished

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The AfPak Channel

Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Foreign Policy - By Ahsan Butt - Aug. 18 (News Analysis) - More recently, a Pew survey revealed that only 9 percent of Pakistanis think of the U.S. as a partner, with 64 percent considering it an enemy. A Gallup/Al-Jazeera poll showed similar disenchantment with the U.S. A clear majority of respondents, 59 percent to be precise, consider the U.S. the greatest threat to Pakistan; the corresponding numbers for India and the Taliban were eighteen and eleven respectively.

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As Dubai's Glitter Fades, Foreigners See Dark Side

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Andrew Higgins - Aug. 10 (Special Report) - A haven of stability in a region of tumult, Dubai is usually a place people flee to, not from. Foreigners, lured by what President Obama in a June speech in Cairo hailed as the "astonishing progress" of this autocratic but vibrant Persian Gulf metropolis, account for more than 90 percent of the population, and 99 percent of private-sector workers.

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British Contractor Shoots Two Colleagues in Iraq

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Washington Post - By Ernesto Londoño - Aug. 09 (News Report) - BAGHDAD, Aug. 9 -- A British private security contractor was taken into custody by Iraqi authorities in Baghdad’s Green Zone early Sunday after he fatally shot two colleagues, Iraqi officials said.

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Tehran's Trials: Blaming the West, Google and Twitter

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Time - Aug. 08 (News) - Iran's hardline regime sharply escalated the post-election confrontation on August 8 by putting two foreign embassy staffers and a French teacher on trial alongside dozens of political dissidents. The stepped-up campaign to characterize the widespread unrest since the June 12 presidential election as a foreign-led attempted "soft overthrow" appears to be an effort by the ruling faction to rally the increasingly-splintered conservative base against a popular — and old — enemy: the West.

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Pakistani Taliban chief likely killed - minister

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Reuters - By Kamran Haider - Aug. 06 (News Report) - There is a strong likelihood that Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife and bodyguards in a missile attack two days ago, Pakistan's Interior Minister Rehman Malik told Reuters.

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The crafting of Obama's Cairo speech to world Muslims

Sun, 02 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Los Angeles Times - By Christi Parsons - Aug. 02 (Special Report) - He sat with his legs crossed in an armchair in the Oval Office, his brow furrowed. Aides clustered on the couches around him. They could see black scratch marks all over their proposal for the most sensitive speech of his young presidency -- his long-promised address to the world's 1.5 billion Muslims. For weeks, they had toiled over the text. Now, some stole glances at the lead writer, 31-year-old Ben Rhodes, as the lengthening silence confirmed that their best shot had fallen short. Finally, President Obama dropped the manuscript into his lap and took a deep breath. "I know you've been under a lot of pressure to get this right," he said. "But this speech is way too cautious. We have to say everything and say everything candidly. I'm not going all the way to Cairo to do anything else."

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