Lebanon's Hariri keen on improving ties with Syria
AFP - Tue Dec 8, 9:58 am ETLebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri said Tuesday his government was keen on improving its ties with Syria, strained since the killing of his father Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
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Iraq orders security shakeup after Baghdad suicide bombings kill 127
New York Daily News - 1 hour 41 minutes agoIraq 's Western-backed government - facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127 people in the capital - ordered a shake-up Wednesday in the country's military leadership.
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Al-Qaeda claims Baghdad bombings: US monitoring website
Space War - 2 hours 4 minutes agoWashington (AFP) Dec 9, 2009 - An Al-Qaeda group in Iraq claimed responsibility Wednesday for bombings the day before in Baghdad that killed 127 people, a US-based monitoring website said.
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Iraq orders security shakeup after Baghdad blasts
San Jose Mercury News - 2 hours 12 minutes agoBaghdad blasts prompt change in military leadership
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Iraq orders security shake-up
Deseret News - 2 hours 18 minutes agoIraq's Western-backed government — facing intense pressure to address security lapses after suicide bombings killed 127...
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Iraqi MPs to question interior minister over blasts
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 9:51 pm ETIraqi Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani is to appear before furious MPs on Thursday after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki sacked Baghdad's security chief over attacks in the capital that killed 127 people.
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Iran confirms missing Iranian was nuke scientist, is being held in U.S.
World Tribune - Wed Dec 9, 9:38 pm ETThe Iranian Foreign Ministry said a nuclear scientist left Teheran for Saudi Arabia in 2009 and disappeared. The ministry said the scientist, identified as Shahram Amiri, was taken into custody by Saudi authorities in May and transferred to the United States.
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A Nation’s Shaken Ego Seen in a Soccer Loss
New York Times - Wed Dec 9, 9:23 pm ETA loss to Algeria in a game has laid bare a nation struggling to deal with its diminished standing off the field.
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Iraq shakes up military after blasts
USA Today - Wed Dec 9, 9:21 pm ETIraqi leaders ordered a shake-up Wednesday in its military leadership to quell anger over suicide bombings that killed 127 people.
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Erdogan Urges Iran Diplomacy, Not Sanctions to End Nuclear Spat
Bloomberg - Wed Dec 9, 8:36 pm ETDec. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said diplomacy rather than economic sanctions should be pursued to resolve the nuclear standoff with Iran.
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Chanukah, The Festival of Lights
The Martha's Vineyard Times - Wed Dec 9, 8:11 pm ETIn a world of Christmas trees and decorative lights, carolers and Santa Claus, stocking stuffers and "T'was-the-night-before" tales, the Jewish celebration of Chanukah in December might seem to some just a conveniently timed occasion to borrow trappings from the Christian holiday.
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Baghdad security chief sacked, Al-Qaeda claims attacks
AFP via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 7:02 pm ETIraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has sacked Baghdad's security chief over a string of coordinated car and truck bombings claimed by an Al-Qaeda group that killed 127 people.
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5 TSA Works on Leave Following Screening Manual Leak
Wired News - Wed Dec 9, 6:27 pm ETThey'll remain shelved pending an investigation into who posted a sensitive airport screening manual that was poorly redacted.
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U.S. to investigate leak of airport security manual
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 9, 6:23 pm ETHomeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano has sought disciplinary action against people responsible for posting online a manual of security measures at U.S. airports, and has called for a probe into the leak.
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Baghdad security chief demoted after attacks
EARTHtimes.org - Wed Dec 9, 6:01 pm ETBaghdad - The chief security officer of the Iraqi government was late Wednesday demoted to deputy chief after a series of bomb attacks in the capital killed more than 120 people. Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, who had earlier in the day signall...
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Iran Says it Will Strike Israel's Nuclear Sites if Attacked
Fox News - Wed Dec 9, 5:59 pm ETLebanon's Al Manar TV says Iran's defense minister has warned that his country will strike Israel's nuclear sites if the Jewish state attacks Iranian nuclear facilities.
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