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Abbas condemns West Bank attack during US visit - 2010-09-01

WASHINGTON- Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas on Tuesday condemned from Washington a West Bank attack that killed four Israeli settlers, saying it was intended to "disrupt the political process."...

'Sons of Iraq' feel betrayed by motherland - 2010-08-27

SAMARRA, Nafia Abdul Jabbar- The Sunni Arab militiamen who sided with American soldiers against Al-Qaeda during Iraq's brutal insurgency fear the exit of thousands of US troops will herald a surge in...

Israeli ex-soldier causes stir with Facebook pictures - 2010-08-16

JERUSALEM- Pictures of an Israeli woman soldier posing in front of blindfolded and cuffed Palestinian prisoners that have been posted on Facebook triggered a stir in Israel on Monday. Israeli...

Hezbollah 'Israel footage' fails to convince: experts - 2010-08-10

BEIRUT, Natacha Yazbeck- Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah's "evidence" implicating Israel in the murder of Lebanese ex-premier Rafiq Hariri has failed to sway his political rivals and left analysts...

Bahrain king calls elections for October 23 - 2010-08-08

MANAMA- Bahrain's King Hamad on Sunday called parliamentary and municipal elections for October 23, the state news agency BNA reported. The king, who chaired a cabinet meeting attended by Prime...

Israel to hit Lebanon if Hezbollah attacks: defense minister - 2010-07-27

WASHINGTON- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak warned Monday that Israel will strike directly at Lebanese institutions if the militant group Hezbollah launches rockets at Israel. Barak, who held...

Egyptian veil martyr commemorated in Germany - 2010-07-02

DRESDEN- A plaque commemorating a pregnant headscarved Egyptian woman whose murder in a German court shocked the Muslim world was unveiled Thursday in Dresden, in the east of the country. The...

Israel detains Lebanese shepherd: officials - 2010-06-27

BEIRUT- Israeli soldiers detained on Sunday a Lebanese shepherd near the Shebaa Farms, a small enclave occupied by the Jewish state but claimed by Beirut, officials said. "One Lebanese civilian...

Defiant aid ship steams on for Gaza - 2010-06-05

JERUSALEM, Patrick Moser- The Rachel Corrie activist cargo ship kept its course for a Saturday arrival in Gaza -- or confrontation -- as world anger simmered over Israel's deadly raid on an earlier...

Israeli raid puts Obama between rock and hard place: experts - 2010-06-03

WASHINGTON, Lachlan Carmichael- The Obama team was caught Wednesday between a rock and a hard place as it tried to navigate between key allies Israel and Turkey following an Israeli raid on a...
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