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German foreign minister: nuclear Iran unacceptable
Jerusalem - German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle Tuesday refused to rule out sharper sanctions against Iran over its nuclear aspirations. Nuclear armament of Iran is, for us, not in any way acceptable, he told a news conference in Jerusalem wi...

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

EXTRA: No deal on prisoners exchange yet, says Netanyahu
Jerusalem - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday no deal had yet been sealed on a prisoners exchange with the radical Islamist Hamas movement ruling Gaza. There still isn't any conclusion, any deal, any decision, he told reporters...

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

Turkey's public sector unions to stage 24 hour strike
Istanbul - Some of Turkey's largest public sector unions are to stage a one-day strike to protest against the government's labour policies, it was announced Tuesday. The strike - to last all Wednesday - is expected to affect schools, hospitals and pu...

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

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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

[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...

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

 

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