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09 02 2012



Syria: UN offers help as Homs assault continues - live updates
The Guardian
8.36am: (all times GMT) Welcome to Middle East Live. Syria remains the focus. The UN has offered to join the Arab League monitoring mission amid the continuing crackdown on opposition strongholds by president Bashar al-Assad's forces.
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The Guardian
Report: Iraq has executed 65 so far in 2012
Boston.com
Deputy Middle East director of the New York-based advocacy group Joe Stork said that executioners appear to have been given the "green light to execute at will." An HRW report said Thursday that a justice official informed them 14 people were executed ...
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Vizrt Signs Broadcast Graphics Deal with a Newspaper in the Middle East
Reuters
... a leading provider of content production tools for the digital media industry, announced today that the Company has signed a deal worth about USD 380000 for the implementation of Broadcast Graphics products with a newspaper in the Middle East.
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Middle East Crumbles Around Obama's Foreign Policy
Heritage.org (blog)
All indications are that the Middle East is crumbling, and President Barack Obama's foreign policy is collapsing right along with it. First look toward Homs, Syria — ground zero in the 11-month-old uprising against the brutal government of Bashar ...
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Tamara Cofman Wittes leaves Middle East post at State Department for Brookings
Washington Post (blog)
By Allen McDuffee The Brookings Institution announced Wednesday that Tamara Cofman Wittes, former deputy assistant secretary of state for Near Eastern affairs, will re-join the think tank as the director of its Saban Center for Middle East Policy ...
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McDonald's Key Revenue Figure up 6.7 Pct. in Jan.
ABC News
The metric increased 7.3 percent in the region made up of Asia, the Middle East and Africa, and 4 percent in Europe. The US accounts for about 31 percent of McDonald's total revenue. Europe, which accounts for 40 percent of revenue, is McDonald's ...
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US and Israel Split on Speed of Iran Threat
New York Times
While the two men have had an often contentious relationship over Middle East diplomacy, American officials emerged from that exchange persuaded that Mr. Netanyahu was willing to give economic sanctions and other steps time to work.
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Expert to share thoughts on Middle East peace
Kirksville Daily Express and Daily News
By Anonymous The founder and chair of the Israel Palestine Center for Research will speak on whether Middle-Eastern peace can be achieved for the Global Issues Colloquium series. Gershon Baskin is scheduled to speak at 7 pm Wednesday in Violette Hall ...
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'The Veil' exhibit sheds light on Middle Eastern women's voices
San Jose Mercury News
In an interview two weeks before the show's opening, she said she was tired of listening to the hype about how women in the Middle East are shrouded, voiceless creatures. "It took away the humanity and the agency of these women," she protested.
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Arabian Winter Warmers: Foods to keep you Toasty in the Chilly Middle East
Al-Bawaba
Even the Middle East, more renowned for its summery salads and room temperature olive oil dishes, has something to serve up when those scorching summer months turn a deadly shade desert chill! 2012 has dished up a protracted cold spell in the Middle ...
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Thousands join Syria blast victims' funeral
Pro-Assad Syrians come out in large numbers in Damascus as the Arab League observers prepare to disclose findings.
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2012 19:33 GMT
US security company settles wrongful death court case with families of its contractors killed in 2004 Fallujah ambush.
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2012 11:20 GMT
Roadside bombs kill at least three Shia pilgrims in Mahmudiya and Baquba, as protest held in Basra against president.
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2012 15:18 GMT
Commissioner for human rights says amnesty for president cannot apply where international crimes may have taken place.
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2012 11:53 GMT
Nabeel Rajab, a rights activist, is beaten in Bahrain, although authorities deny any responsibility for the attack.
D. Parvaz Last Modified: 07 Jan 2012 13:16 GMT
Population growth figures suggest Palestinians in Israel and occupied territories will outnumber Israelis by 2020.
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2012 20:30 GMT
Iran downplays the US rescue of 13 of Iranian sailors held hostage by Somali pirates in Arabian Sea.
Last Modified: 07 Jan 2012 14:12 GMT
Ehud Olmert accused of receiving bribes to promote construction projects when he was the mayor of Jerusalem.
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2012 11:45 GMT
Prosecution says ex-president and aides are "politically and legally" responsible for killing of protesters.
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2012 20:21 GMT
Kidnappings, killings and robberies have become commonplace in the lawless desert region.
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2012 18:00 GMT
Ban would stop Tehran's exports to Europe, but experts say such measures are unlikely to curb Iran's nuclear programme.
Last Modified: 05 Jan 2012 21:10 GMT



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Google Alert - Middle East



07 01 2012




Middle East Matters This Week: Bombs, More Bombs, and Peace Talks
 

Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
by Robert M. Danin People gather around damaged cars at the site of an explosion in the Maidan district of Damascus on January 6, 2012 (Courtesy Reuters). Syria. At least twenty-five people were killed, and dozens more injured, by a bomb attack in ...
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Council on Foreign Relations (blog)
 
How to break a Middle East stalemate
 

Washington Post
The Obama administration and the other members of the Quartet — the Middle East mediating group that also includes envoys from the European Union, Russia and the United Nations — want to resume direct talks and this past week held a preparatory ...
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Dire strait: Middle East tension fuels fear of oil price pressure
 

The Australian
THE corporate sector is keeping a close eye on the rising oil price, which is climbing on the back of tensions between Iran and the West, amid concerns it will add to increasing cost pressures. US oil futures hit their highest level this week since May ...
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Cantor vows to raise Iran issues on Middle East trip
 

Jewish Telegraphic Agency
the US House of Representatives majority leader, said he will raise the dangers posed by Iran during a Middle East tour. The delegation of nine lawmakers -- eight Republicans and a Democrat -- will head next week to France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, ...
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America can no longer rely on military aid to influence the Middle East
 

The Guardian
For nearly four decades the US was able to count on Egypt as a reliable ally in managing Middle Eastern affairs to its liking. From the time of Anwar Sadat through the years of Hosni Mubarak, American military aid sustained a government in Cairo that ...
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The Guardian
 
Middle East in 2012: What lies ahead for Israel?
 

The christianmessenger
Fortunately, Israelis know from historical Middle Eastern behavior and cultural patterns that it is highly unlikely Iran would purposely choose the enormous embarrassment to give into the west (unless they secretly have what they want), ...
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The Middle East Channel: Tunisia's student Salafis
 

Foreign Policy (blog)
"This is a university and we are free." Then she stands up, lowers her face veil, and carries a pot of food down to the boys. Monica Marks is a Rhodes Scholar and doctoral candidate in Middle Eastern Studies at Oxford University.
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Foreign Policy (blog)
 
Fatah, Hamas Seek Gains in a Reshaped Middle East
 

International Business Times
"President Abbas is oscillating between two paths, neither of which appears promising: reconciliation with Hamas on one hand and negotiations with Israel on the other," Nathan Thrall, a Middle East analyst with the International Crisis Group, ...
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International Business Times
 
Welch to Middle East on congressional trip
 

vtdigger.org
by Press Release | January 6, 2012 WASHINGTON, DC – Rep. Peter Welch later today will depart on a congressional delegation trip to France, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The trip is being led by House Majority Leader Eric ...
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Research and Markets: Middle East - Telecoms, Internet, Broadband and Mobile ...
 

SYS-CON Media (press release)
This Middle East tables only report (10th Edition) provides 349 statistical tables and 18 charts for all aspects of telecommunications in each of the following Middle Eastern countries: Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, ...
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