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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Iranian group: Health care blocked at Iraq camp
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:32 pm ETMembers of an Iranian opposition group claimed Friday that Iraqi authorities are limiting their access to outside health care at a camp in northern Iraq where they have been under watch since the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.
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Chemical weapons watchdog pursues holdout nations
San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Dec 3, 7:25 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. Ahmet Uzumcu says he expects one nation, Angola,... Egypt - Syria - Angola - Israel - Africa
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Frustrated With West, Turks Revel in Empire Lost
New York Times - Fri Dec 4, 11:08 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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San Francisco Chronicle - Thu Dec 3, 4:40 am ETSyrian interior minister says bus explosion not a terrorist attack, 3... Damascus - Middle East - Iran - Syria - United States
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Shriner Santa loyal to sick youths
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Thu Dec 3, 7:05 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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Hariri prosecutor meets justice minister
UPI - Fri Dec 4, 2:20 pm ETBEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The lead prosecutor of the U.N.-backed probe into the 2005 assassination of a former Lebanese premier met with the country's justice minister in Beirut.
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Rice to rags tale in Iraq's parched breadbasket
AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 2:38 am ETThe face of Iraqi farmer Aid Shamkhi darkens as he looks at his parched, weed-strewn ground in the heart of what was once the country's breadbasket.
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OPEC Ministers See No Quota Change This Month With ‘OK’ Price
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 1:06 pm ETDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Four OPEC nations said they doubt the group will change supply quotas when it meets in Angola later this month because oil prices are at levels members consider satisfactory.
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Dead Sea is at Risk of Drying Out Due to Overuse
The Cowl - Thu Dec 3, 10:19 am ETThe Dead Sea, renowned for its mineral-rich waters and healing mud, faces the threat of being bled dry by the desert nations of Israel, Jordan, and Syria. Since the 1960s the three nations have been diverting nearly 95 percent of the water from the Jordan River, the Dead Sea's main water source, to supplement its growing agricultural and industrial needs.
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Saudi Arabia’s Naimi Says Oil Price Near $75 Is ‘OK’ (Update3)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 9:52 am ETDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia , the biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said crude oil prices close to their current level of $75 a barrel are satisfactory.
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Saudi Arabia’s Naimi Says Oil Price ‘OK’ Near $75 (Update2)
Bloomberg - Fri Dec 4, 9:45 am ETDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Saudi Arabia , the biggest oil producer in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, said crude oil prices are satisfactory close to their current level of $75 a barrel.
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Israel, Lebanon, and the Middle East conflict
The Christian Science Monitor - Fri Dec 4, 8:51 am ETIsrael and Lebanon have more pressing concerns than war with each other, but bickering could escalate to incite war if the US and Europe don't help.
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Dubai ruler's ambition sowed seeds of crisis
MSNBC - Fri Dec 4, 3:08 am ETMixing extravagance with boundless ambition, Dubai's ruler commanded the desert city-state's meteoric rise — and helped sow the seeds, some observers say, of its debt crisis.
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SYRIA: Karrad, "If I stop working, how can we survive?"
IRIN - Mon Nov 30, 3:45 am ETDAMASCUS, 30 November 2009 (IRIN) - Karrad, 16, and his family fled the sectarian violence in Iraq following the US-led invasion in 2003 and came to Syria in 2005. Although the Syrian government provides Iraqi children with free education in its public schools, Karrad and his brother Ali, 12, cannot go to school because they are the breadwinners. Karrad told his story to IRIN:
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UPDATE: Saudi Oil Min: Oil Prices Are OK Near $75 A Barrel
Nasdaq - Fri Dec 4, 8:17 am ETCAIRO (Zawya Dow Jones)—Saudi Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi said Friday there is no need for members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to raise output when they meet this month in Angola.
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