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Iraqi MP threatens to cut trade with Syria over Baghdad attacks
Baghdad - An Iraqi lawmaker, in remarks published Monday, threatened to cut economic ties with Syria if Damascus does not extradite men Iraq accuses of involvement in attacks in Baghdad. Baghdad may have to reconsider its economic relations with Syr...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

1STLEAD: Israeli planes strike again in Gaza, three wounded
GazaCity - Israeli warplanes bombed three targets in the Gaza Strip before dawn Tuesday, responding to two rockets fired into southern Israel the previous evening, the Israeli military and Palestinian health officials said. Two smuggling tunnels in R...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Iran backpedals on nuclear deal rejection
Tehran - Iran has not rejected an uranium-exchange deal but first wants guarantees that it would be fully implemented, Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said Tuesday. We have not disagreed with the deal but we just want assurances that w...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

German foreign minister: Mideast peace talks 'as soon as possible'
Ramallah - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle, during a two-hour stopover in the West Bank Tuesday, urged Israelis and Palestinians to return to the negotiating table as soon as possible. Acting Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad said, a...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

German mediator to meet Hamas leader in Cairo over prisoner swap
Gaza/Cairo - The anonymous German mediator brokering a long- awaited Israel-Gaza prisoner exchange plans to meet Tuesday with a delegation of the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, which has de facto control of the Gaza Strip. The goal will be to h...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Israeli planes strike again in Gaza, three wounded
GazaCity - Israeli warplanes bombed three targets in the Gaza Strip before dawn Tuesday, responding to two rockets fired into southern Israel the previous evening, the Israeli military and Palestinian health officials said. Two smuggling tunnels in R...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Serbia blundered in search for Mladic, war crimes prosecutor says
Belgrade - Serbia blundered in the search for its most wanted fugitive war crimes suspect, Ratko Mladic, when it arrested his helpers years ago instead of trailing them, the country's prosecutor for war crimes said in an interview released Tuesday. A...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Lula acknowledges Iran's right to 'peaceful' nuclear programme
Brasilia - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad obtained Brazil's support Monday for Tehran's controversial nuclear programme as long as it is for peaceful ends. We acknowledge Iran's right to develop a nuclear programme for peaceful ends, with fu...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-24 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

German foreign envoy: 'Special responsibility' to Israel - Summary
Jerusalem - Germans have a special responsibility toward Israel, visiting German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said Monday in Jerusalem as he toured the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial to the 6 million Jews murdered by the Nazis during World War...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Yemeni tribesmen release Japanese engineer held hostage for a week
Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni tribesmen freed a Japanese engineer late Monday after holding him hostage for one week in a mountainous area near the capital Sana'a. The freed Japanese national, Takeo Mashimo, 63, arrived in Sana'a accompanied by tribal leade...

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[Posted on : 2009-11-23 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

Officials say 10 Afghan civilians killed in separate attacks

Vietnam nuclear plants to be approved despite concerns

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Iraqi MP threatens to cut trade with Syria over Baghdad attacks

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