Lebanon's Hariri to visit Syria
AFP - Fri Dec 4, 2:14 pm ETLebanon's Prime Minister Saad Hariri said on Friday he will be visiting long-time foe Syria after parliament grants his government a vote of confidence, but gave no date for the trip.
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Iran Ranks 99 out of 140 in Global Peace Index 2009
Payvand Iran News - Wed Dec 2, 10:44 am ET"Positive Peace" is to identify which structures and institutions create and maintain peace. The GPI is a first step in this direction; the index is calculated on the basis of 23 indicators measuring conflicts, societal security and militarization. 2009 GPI was calculated before Iran's election, and Iran ranks as 99 out of 140 countries.
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Lebanon cabinet backs Hezbollah arms right
WashingtonTV - Wed Dec 2, 12:52 pm ETWashington, 2 December (WashingtonTV)—Lebanon’s new government on Wednesday adopted a policy statement backing Hezbollah’s right to keep its weapons to deter Israeli attacks.
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A Death Warrant for the Future
Baltimore Chronicle & Sentinel - Wed Dec 2, 11:38 am ETAnd now it is here. The new "surge" in Afghanistan is underway – the second surge launched by the progressive president in his first year in office. Barack Obama's speech, and the policies embraced in it, and the sinister implications underlying it, are all abysmally awful.
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Armenians brace for Erdogan's U.S. visit
UPI - Tue Dec 1, 4:44 pm ETWASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A U.S.-based Armenian advocacy group has ramped up efforts to encourage Washington to recognize the Armenian genocide ahead of a visit by the Turkish premier.
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Former Iraq ambassador: ‘We need to stay with it’
Leavenworth Times - Wed Dec 2, 9:55 am ETAs President Barack Obama prepared a speech regarding the future direction of U.S. strategy in Afghanistan, a former U.S. ambassador to Iraq was at Fort Leavenworth on Tuesday to discuss the nature of those and other conflicts in the region.
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U.S. intel reports 'Al Qaida infrastructure' in northeastern Syria
World Tribune - Fri Nov 27, 7:23 pm ETOfficials said the intelligence community has determined that Al Qaida was expanding its presence in northeastern Syria. They said an increasing number of Al Qaida agents and recruits were operating near the Iraqi border.
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Red Cross Contributes to Climate Change Talks in Copenhagen
American Red Cross - Wed Dec 2, 8:53 am ETRed Cross will have representatives in attendance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference .
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Obama's surge: Has the president been misled by the Iraq analogy?
Salon.com - Wed Dec 2, 3:24 am ETGood timing made Bush's surge look successful. Obama will probably enjoy no such luck
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Aaron David Miller: A life on both sides of the negotiating table
The Michigan Daily - Wed Dec 2, 3:09 am ETWASHINGTON — In the first chapter of his recent book “The Much Too Promised Land,” University alum Aaron David Miller sets the scene for the announcement in Jerusalem of one of the most historic Middle East peace conferences.
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Syria says explosion near bus was an accident, 3 killed by exploding tire
The Morning Call - Thu Dec 3, 4:28 am ETDAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — A blast at a gas station in a Damascus suburb killed three people Thursday, gutting the back of an empty bus and blowing out nearby windows, officials said.
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Syria says explosion near bus was accident, 3 dead
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 9:28 am ETA blast at a gas station in a Damascus suburb killed three people Thursday, gutting the back of an empty bus and blowing out nearby windows, officials said.
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Chemical weapons watchdog pursues holdout nations
Boston Globe - Thu Dec 3, 7:33 am ETThe newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts -- including Israel, Egypt and Syria -- to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection.
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Frustrated With West, Turks Revel in Empire Lost
New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 9:08 am ET“Ottomania,” nostalgia for the glorious history of the Ottoman empire, has seized Turkey, partly as a reaction to the European Union’s seeming cold shoulder.
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Shriner Santa loyal to sick youths
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Dec 3, 7:03 am ETWhen Jan Jeffers, who works in the finance department of Canonsburg Hospital, heard that the Syria Shriners would no longer make their annual Christmas visit with Santa because there was no one
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New director of chemical weapons to pursue 7 holdout nations to join disarmament treaty
Sun-Sentinel - Thu Dec 3, 7:04 am ETAMSTERDAM (AP) — The newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts — including Israel, Egypt and Syria — to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection.
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Syria's Assad: Israel not 'ready' for peace
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