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Palestinian Said Eid stands next to his house, not seen, as construction continues on a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, background, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
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Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Gavin Rabinowitz | Agence France Presse | OCCUPIED JERUSALEM: Israel on Tuesday approved the construction of 1,600 new sett... (photo: AP / Sebastian Scheiner)
Daily Star Lebanon
Israel's Labor Party leader Ehud Barak gestures, during a meeting of the party's central committee in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday that would bring the centrist Labor Party into his coalition, an important step toward moderating the emerging government. Labor Party activists gathered Tuesday afternoon to vote on the deal, which calls on the government to pursue peace negotiations with the Palestinian
Defence   Hezbollah   Israel   Lebanon   Photos  
Barak: Israel will hold all of Lebanon responsible for any Hizbullah attack
| By Patrick Galey | Daily Star staff | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Israel will not launch an assault on southern Lebanon but will retaliate indiscriminately should it be provok... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)
Daily Star Lebanon
Turkish survivors warm themselves around a fire after they spent the night in tents in Yalnizcam village in the eastern province of Elazig, Turkey, Tuesday, March 9, 2010,one day after a strong earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 6, hit eastern Turkey eaarly Monday, killing at least 57 people and knocking down houses in at least six small villages, the government said. Survivors struggle to pick up pieces after Turkey temblor
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Mahmut Bozarslan | Agence France Presse | OKCULAR, Turkey: Survivors of a killer earthquake in eastern Turkey sought to res... (photo: AP / Burhan Ozbilici) Daily Star Lebanon
Disaster   Earthquake   Emergency   Photos   Turkey  
A cane cutter works in Batatais, Brazil, in this Aug. 28, 2007 file photo. Booming Brazil is in overdrive with test drilling at a potentially mammoth offshore oil field, trucks jamming ports to offload soy shipments for China, biofuel production galore and plenty of cash for mega-infrastructure projects ranging from bridges to dams EU faces court challenge over biofuels reports
| Wednesday, March 10, 2010 | - Powered by | Pete Harrison | Reuters | BRUSSELS: Four environmental groups have sued the EU’s executive for withholding documents they say will add to a growing d... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) Daily Star Lebanon
Biofuels   EU   Environment   Law   Photos  
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An Electoral worker empties a ballot box to begin counting the results at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Some Iraq Results Coming Wednesday
| BAGHDAD — Iraq’s electoral commission said Tuesday that it would announce partial results of parliamentary elections on Wednesday, providing an incomplete p... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) The New York Times
Election   Iraq   Parliament   Photos   Vote  
Islamic Center A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre
Recently, I was taken on a tour of the sprawling future home of the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies now under construction on the grounds of Magdalen College. | Senior ... (photo: Creative Commons / Unfocused) Khaleej Times
Future   Islamic   Muslim   Oxford   Photos  
President Hosni Mubarak attends a joint press cEgyptian onference with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert (tmg1) What will it Take for Change to Come to Egypt?
Not so long ago, when an American president wanted help in the Arab world, he would call Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian president, who was routinely known as America's close... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser) Khaleej Times
Egypt   Mubarak   Photos   President   World  
Cyprus President Tassos Papadopoulos concedes defeat in a brief speech at his campaign headquarters in Nicosia, Cyprus, Sunday, Feb. 17, 2008. Papadopoulos was eliminated Sunday from Cyprus' presidential runoff in a major surprise after a cliffhanger election that saw three candidates neck-and-neck until the last minute. Communist party leader Demetris Christofias, 61, and 59-year-old former Foreign Minister Ioannis Kasoulides of the right-wing DISY party will now vie for the five-year presidency in next Sunday's runoff Ex-president's body stolen for ransom, Cyprus says
| NICOSIA (Reuters) - Cyprus said on Tuesday ransom was the motive of thieves who stole the body of former President Tassos Papadopoulos, found in a shallow grave on Mond... (photo: AP Photo / Petros Karadjias) The Star
Cyprus   News   Nicosia   Photos   President  
 In this image released by the Iraqi government, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks to reporters during a visit to a military base in Tikrit, 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq on Friday, Aug. 17, 2007. (dn1) First Iraq election results to be released Wednesday
| BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Preliminary results from Iraq's parliamentary election will be released on Wednesday, an electoral commission official said on Tuesday. Iraqi's Prim... (photo: AP/Iraqi Government) The Star
Baghdad   Elections   Iraq   Photos   Politics  
In front of the pictures of the Iranian late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, left, and supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, right, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a ceremony of 19th death anniversary of Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Ahmadinejad, known for vitriolic anti-Israeli rhetoric, has again predicted the demise of Israel, according to Iran's IRNA news ag To Bash Them Is to Help Them
| PARIS - On her recent visit to the Gulf, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton openly stated a fact that is finally becoming clear to outsiders: Iran is moving toward mili... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) The New York Times
Iran   Photos   Politics   Sanctions   US  
In this photo released by the Australian Defense Department, an Australian Surveillance Reconnaissance Vehicle (SRV) patrols outside the perimeter of a forward operating base in Afghanistan Sept. 17, 2005. An elite Australian commando was injured and an Afghani soldier killed when their patrol clashed with insurgents in Afghanistan, Friday, Sept. 23, 2005. The clash came less than a month after a group of 190 Australian special forces commandos began arriving in Afghanistan to bolster international efforts to restore law and order amid an upsurge in violence blamed on the al-Qaida terror network and supporters of the ousted Taliban regi Command role for Aussies in Afghanistan
| AUSTRALIA is under increasing pressure to take command of coalition forces in Afghanistan's Oruzgan province after Dutch troops withdraw later this year. | The Dai... (photo: AP / Australian Defense Department, CPL Bernard Pearson, HO) The Daily Telegraph Australia
Afghanistan   Australia   Defence   Photos   US  
Electoral workers sit in front of piles of ballot boxes at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. Atrocities may fill Iraqi power vacuum
| By Ali Kareem and Hemin H Lihony | BAGHDAD and SULAIMANIYAH - The post-election political deadlock following Iraq's parliamentary elections on Sunday could lead to secu... (photo: AP / Karim Kadim) Asia Times
Elections   Extremism   Iraq   Photos   Politics  
Iraq Saudi Arabia
Iraq election results 2010 - latest news, updates and detail
Iraq delays announcement of initial election results as ball
Fighting corruption must become a priority in post-election
Nouri al-Maliki and Ayad Allawi both claim victory in Iraq e
Iraqi election officials examine a ballot after the polls closed in the country's provincial elections in the Shiite holy city of Karbala, 80 kilometers (50 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009.
Iraq delays announcement of initial election results as ballot counting continues
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Yemen offers talks with separatists as unrest flares
Qatar eclipses UAE for biggest salaries in region, latest Ba
Researchers make biodegradable plastic from plants
Emigration office under CBI scanner
Islamic Center
A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre
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Syria Kuwait
Bangkok NRI set to offload 14.55% in Catholic Syrian
Israel, Syria announce nuclear energy ambitions
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast
Israel, Syria pursue nuclear-powered Mideast
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Qatar eclipses UAE for biggest salaries in region, latest Ba
Man held for cultivating marijuana plants
Lamborghini Murcielago wrecked in Kuwait
Qatar signs security agreement with Iran
 U.S. Army Paratroopers from 2nd Platoon, Alpha Company (Engineers), 325th Brigade Special Troops Battalion conduct their pre-mission briefing before going on a raid in search a high value target individual in the Adhamiyah district of Baghdad, Iraq, Aug.
US troops killed in Iraq and Kuwait
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UAE Egypt
DUE TO DUBAI WORRIES--> BIR confident of Q1 collection
Dubai Police official denies media reports about arresting s
Dubai Police chief asks spies to leave the region
Dubai's police chief accuses Mossad of 'vast falsifi
An Emirati man takes snap of a model of the Burj Khalifa , the world's tallest building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Jan. 7, 2010.
UAE economy expected to expand 3.2 percent in 2010
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Lebanese women wed to foreigners fight for rights
Qatar eclipses UAE for biggest salaries in region, latest Ba
A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre
Islamic Center
A Visit to Oxford Islamic Centre
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Joe Biden attacks Israeli plan for East Jerusalem homes
Israel approves East Jerusalem homes as Biden visits
Biden heads to Middle East for 5-day tour
Biden Heads To Middle East For 5-day Tour
Construction workers are seen on a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009.
Israel approves East Jerusalem homes as Biden visits
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A third of world's jailed journalists in Iran - CPJ
Visiting Biden condemns new Israel settlement plan
Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace
Iran to launch first euro bond phase today
Palestinian Said Eid stands next to his house, not seen, as construction continues on a new housing development in the Jewish neighborhood of Har Homa in east Jerusalem, background, Wednesday, June 3, 2009.
Israel approves new settler homes as Biden talks peace
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