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Neutral Swiss hurt by Libyan row: analysts

Neutral Swiss hurt by Libyan row: analysts - 2010-03-02

GENEVA, Hui Min Neo and Alix Rijckaert- Neutral Switzerland has dented its reputation as a global mediator as weaknesses in its foreign policy are exposed in its escalating row with Libya, analysts...
Dubai murder suspects hiding out in Israel: police

Dubai murder suspects hiding out in Israel: police - 2010-03-02

ABU DHABI, W.G. Dunlop - Dubai's police chief said on Monday the suspects in a Hamas chief's assassination in the emirate are now hiding out in Israel to avoid arrest and urged the Jewish state to...
US pokes fun at Kadhafi call for jihad on Switzerland

US pokes fun at Kadhafi call for jihad on Switzerland - 2010-02-27

WASHINGTON- The United States on Friday poked fun at Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's call for jihad against Switzerland, saying it recalled the colonel's anti-Western diatribe at the United Nations...
Europeans press Israel over Hamas killing row

Europeans press Israel over Hamas killing row - 2010-02-19

LONDON, Michael Thurston - Four European countries whose passports were implicated in a Hamas commander's killing piled pressure on Israel Thursday, as Dubai said it wanted Mossad's chief arrested if...
Amnesty warning over civilian deaths in Afghanistan

Amnesty warning over civilian deaths in Afghanistan - 2010-02-17

LONDON- Amnesty International appealed Tuesday to NATO forces involved in a major assault in southern Afghanistan and their Taliban opponents to protect civilians caught up in the conflict. "About...
Saudi plays down oil incentive for China on Iran sanctions

Saudi plays down oil incentive for China on Iran sanctions - 2010-02-16

RIYADH, Lachlan Carmichael- Saudi Arabia on Monday played down suggestions it could encourage China not to block sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme by giving Beijing oil supply...
Frustration grows over Obama's Mideast policy: experts

Frustration grows over Obama's Mideast policy: experts - 2010-02-15

DOHA, Acil Tabbara - Hopes of a new US approach to the Muslim world under President Barack Obama are giving way to frustration over the deadlock in Middle East peace efforts, participants in a...
'Nuclear' Iran marks Islamic revolution

'Nuclear' Iran marks Islamic revolution - 2010-02-12

TEHRAN, Jay Deshmukh- Iran declared itself a nuclear nation on Thursday as it marked the Islamic revolution's 31st anniversary and launched what Washington called an "unprecedented" crackdown on...
Yemen aid programmes running short of funds: UN

Yemen aid programmes running short of funds: UN - 2010-02-06

GENEVA - UN aid agencies on Friday warned that programmes in Yemen were running short of funds amid concerns that aid efforts in Haiti could affect help for refugees in the volatile Middle East...
Dubai police say Mossad may have killed Hamas chief

Dubai police say Mossad may have killed Hamas chief - 2010-02-01

DUBAI, Acil Tabbara - The police chief of the Gulf emirate of Dubai said on Sunday Israel's spy agency Mossad may have been behind the murder of a top militant of the Palestinian Islamist movement...
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Geldof attacks BBC report on Ethiopia aid

Geldof attacks BBC report on Ethiopia aid
LONDON - Anti-poverty campaigner Bob Geldof on Sunday lashed out at a BBC report that claimed millions of pounds raised for famine relief in Ethiopia by Band Aid in 1985 were used by rebels to pay for weapons. "About Band Aid, not a single penny...