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Jordan's King Abdullah urges Muslims to reclaim religion from extremist - Iravani

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 07:51:17 EST

Ahmed Iravani, a professor of Islamic law at Catholic University, stressed that the king's message of tolerance had a chance of succeeding as it had received the backing of a number of respected religious scholars and theological centers around the world. "If real scholars of Islam get involved in this than his message has a chance of succeeding," Iravani said.

US group says it plans to send plane to Gaza

Tue, 7 Sep 2010 07:45:44 EST

"We intend to send an aircraft to Gaza in much the same way boats were used -- without going through Israeli or Egyptian airspace."

Mubarak: Palestine key to regional security

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 22:03:11 EST

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Sunday that the question of Palestine was the key to security in the region and to solving other crises in the Middle East.

Clinton to visit J'lem, oversee direct talks

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:43:01 EST

Blair cancels book signing | The Sun |News

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 21:33:12 EST

FORMER prime minister Tony Blair has cancelled a high-profile signing of his new book because of planned protests, he said today.

Top Iran cleric rejects Holocaust as 'superstition'

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 19:31:17 EST

"The Holocaust is nothing but superstition, but Zionists say that people of the world should be forced to accept this," he was quoted as saying by the state news agency IRNA. "Americans and Westerners are affected by newly appeared superstitions such as the Holocaust," he said according to ISNA news agency. "The truth about the Holocaust is not clear, and when the researchers want to examine whether it is true or the Jews have created it to pose as victims, they jail the researchers," said Makarem Shirazi, who is a "marja," or among the highest authorities in Shiite Islam.

Abbas: Without freeze extension, talks to end

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 19:14:12 EST

"There is now a settlement freeze in place, and there is a fear that this freeze will be canceled now that we have resumed talks; there is a fear that settlements will resume construction everywhere. We say that if the settlement freeze is continued, then we will continue the negotiations, but if the freeze expires, then no one can force us to continue the talks."

Settlers reveal deep disdain for events in Washington

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:36:02 EST

"We don't care about Washington. Nothing will come out of it, like always. This is a war of religions â we want everything, they want everything. There is no way there will ever be agreement. That is the reality."

Israeli police accused of targeting Jerusalem's Arab residents

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:29:36 EST

A leading civil-rights group has accused Israeli police of systematic discrimination against the Arab residents of East Jerusalem as growing numbers of hardline religious Jews take up residence in Palestinian areas.

Another Clinton Tackles the 'Middle East Peace'

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:27:19 EST

It may prove the greatest test yet for Mrs. Clinton, one that could cement her legacy as a diplomat if she solves the riddle that foiled even her husband, former President Bill Clinton. But it could also pose considerable risks to any political ambitions she may harbor.

Female, single, over 30: Iraqis count cost of war

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:17:38 EST

In Iraq's conservative society, women are expected to be married in their teens or early 20s. Women who cross the 30-year threshold and are single face powerful social stigmas and live under heavy limitations. Generally, they must continue living with their parents or other family. If they are not wealthy, educated or employed, they are often reduced by relatives to servitude - cleaning, washing, cooking and watching over small children.

Lebanon PM Hariri: accusations against Syria were mistake

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:16:30 EST

Lebanon's prime minister said he was wrong to accuse Syria of involvement in the 2005 assassination of his father, a major turnaround for a politician who has long blamed Damascus for the Beirut truck bombing that killed Rafik Hariri and 22 others. In an interview published Monday, Saad Hariri said the accusation was politically motivated. "This was a political accusation, and this political accusation has ended," he told the Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq al-Awsat. Hariri's office in Beirut had no comment on the report.

IRAN Warns Attack from Israel would be Demise of Israel

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 12:14:36 EST

Floods Threaten to Bring Upheaval to Pakistan - NYTimes.com

Mon, 6 Sep 2010 09:22:12 EST

After scathing criticism that they were unprepared for the disaster and inept in their initial response, government officials, ministers and even President Asif Ali Zardari are crisscrossing flood-affected areas of the country in a frantic effort to ease public anger and despair.

Israeli FM: Comprehensive peace not attainable next year or next generation

Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:12:50 EST

"Signing a comprehensive peace agreement is not an attainable goal â not next year, and not in the next generation."

Erekat: If talks fail, PA will disappear

Sun, 5 Sep 2010 19:12:09 EST

With his latest comments Erekat is indirectly admitting that the PA is in the interests of Israel and the US which in fact have set it up and maintain it.

Iran to publish list of Israeli-linked companies to boycott

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:41:48 EST

"Israelis run a global economic cartel that is constantly establishing new companies under new brands."

PA Forced to Negotiate and Make Nice

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:40:19 EST

PA negotiators who were in Washington last week for the launch of the direct talks spoke with some optimism about "understandings" and "agreements" that were achieved in meetings between the two sides. However, other Palestinians representing the PA sent a completely different message to the Palestinian public: Israel does not want peace. This message has over the past few days become the main theme in the PA-controlled media's reporting. According to this message, the PA leadership was forced to agree to direct talks only because of heavy pressure and threats from the US administration, the EU and some Arab governments.

Israelis Put Big Spin on 'Direct Talks'

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 18:31:41 EST

Israeli right-wing fearful even of Bibi

Sat, 4 Sep 2010 16:23:11 EST

Then Netanyahu has already committed himself to a peace that will create "a new Iranian-sponsored terror enclave aimed at the heart of Israel."