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Syria Nears Getting Stock Exchange 
AP via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 02 9:38 AM
Syria took an additional step toward setting up a stock exchange when President Bashar Assad issued a decree for the market, Syria's state news agency reported Monday, but there was no word on when it would be operational.Syria shifts troops to Lebanon border AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 01 8:04 PM
Syria's president said in remarks released Sunday that he has increased the number of troops on the border with Lebanon, a move apparently aimed to appease international demands to bolster security following the Israel-Hezbollah war.Syria to open bourse next year AME Info - 56 minutes ago
In a move designed to boost the liberalisation of its economy, Syria will open its first stock exchange in Damascus in 2007, AFP reported. An opening up of the banking sector has already started, with private banking accounts allowed since 2004.Pro-Kurdish Activists Released in Syria Los Angeles Times - Oct 01 11:57 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Two advocates for Kurdish rights have been freed from prison, a Syrian human rights group said Sunday.Syria shifts troops to Lebanon border Syracuse.com - Oct 01 8:25 PM
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) Syria's president said in remarks released Sunday that he has increased the number of troops on the border with Lebanon, a move apparently aimed to appease international demands to bolster security following the Israel-Hezbollah war.Damascus stock exchange to open in 2007 AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 7:36 AM
Syria is to open its first stock market in Damascus some time next year, official media have reported, with the move being hailed as a major step in the state-run economy's liberalisation.Canada MPs seek complaint to US, Syria on terror deportation AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 8:23 PM
Opposition lawmakers have called on the Canadian government to chastise Washington and Damascus for the US deportation of a Canadian man to Syria, where he was tortured in 2002.Syria nears getting stock exchange Sharewatch - Oct 02 9:44 AM
The Damascus Stock Market is to be an independent entity responsible for regulating and developing financial markets and related activities, according to a decree Assad issued late Sunday, SANA reported.Canada MPs seek complaint to US, Syria on terror deportation AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 5:40 PM
Opposition lawmakers called on the government to chastise Washington and Damascus for the US deportation of a Canadian man to Syria, where he was tortured in 2002.False Accusation Sharpens Canadian Press Debate New York Times - Oct 01 10:11 PM
Canada found that several of its news organizations were used by anonymous sources to smear Maher Arar, the innocent Canadian deported to Syria by the U.S.syria, united states Assad: US foreign policy breeds terrorism Monday Morning - Oct 02 8:44 AM
The foreign policy of the Administration of President George W. Bush could be the underlying reason for a recent attack on the US embassy in Damascus, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview in Germany s Der Spiegel magazine, published last week.Canadian lawmakers seek complaint to US, Syria over terror case gaffe AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 29 2:46 PM
Canadian opposition lawmakers called for the government to chastise Washington and Damascus over the wrongful deportation by US authorities of a Canadian man to Syria and his subsequent torture in 2002.Syria's threat over Golan puts Israel on war alert Gulf News - Sep 30 2:11 PM
Occupied Jerusalem: Israel has gone on heightened alert over a possible war with Syria amid reports that President Bashar Al Assad may be considering military strikes to regain the Golan Heights.Syria calls for UN review of criminal inquiry into Hariri's assassination Islamic Republic News Agency - Sep 30 9:23 AM
Syria - UN - Security Council - Hariri Syrian Representative to the United Nations Bashar Jaafari called on the United Nations to review the case of assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri.Iraqi merchants in Anbar look to Syria Aljazeera - Sep 30 5:35 AM
Fear of abductions and attacks on commercial convoys has prompted merchants in Iraq s western Anbar province to divert their trade routes from Baghdad to Syria .You are currently viewing this from 66.94.238.62 - UNITED STATES Fijilive.com - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
WELCOME GUEST! Nigerian Kindness Onyedikachi Agw will spearhead Rewa s attack in the 2006 IDC. The famed striker is contracted with New Zealand club Auckland City and has previously played top level football with Sydney Olympic, AL-JASH club in Syria and top Lebanese club Safa.HE SAYS HE WAS TORTURED IN SYRIA: Deported man seeks accountability The Charlotte Observer - Sep 30 12:12 AM
A Canadian man on Friday urged the country's police to discipline those responsible for the false accusations that led the U.S. to send him to Syria, where he claims he was tortured.Tortured Canadian wins battle for truth Guardian Unlimited - Oct 02 3:55 AM
Toronto dispatch: After being detained as a suspected terrorist four years ago and sent to Syria, Maher Arar's name has finally been cleared, writes Anne McIlroyDamascus stock exchange to open in 2007 Middle East Online - Oct 02 7:13 AM
Stock market is hailed as major step in Syria s policy of liberalizing its state-run economy.Tortured Canadian wins battle for truth Guardian Unlimited - Oct 02 3:33 AM
Ottawa dispatch: After being detained as a suspected terrorist four years ago and sent to Syria, Maher Arar's name has finally been cleared, writes Anne McIlroy.Tortured Canadian wins battle for truth Guardian Unlimited - Oct 02 3:41 AM
Four years ago, Canadian Maher Arar was detained on a routine airport stopover in the United States and sent to Syria, where he was imprisoned and tortured for 10 months.Canada MPs seek complaint to US, Syria on terror deportation Khaleej Times - Sep 29 8:32 PM
OTTAWA - Opposition lawmakers on Friday called on the Canadian government to chastise Washington and Damascus for the US deportation of a Canadian man to Syria, where he was tortured in 2002.Canadian police apologise over Syria torture, say Americans share blame Gulf Times - Sep 30 1:56 AM
OTTAWA: Canada s police commissioner has apologised to a Canadian man deported by US authorities to Syria and tortured based on bad Canadian intelligence, but said the US shared blame.Canada police sorry for Syria torture, says US shares blame AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 6:49 PM
Canada's police commissioner apologized to a Canadian man deported by US authorities to Syria and tortured based on bad Canadian intelligence, but said the United States shared blame.2 killed, 14 injured in Gaza gunbattles AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 5:56 PM
Gunbattles erupted Monday night between Fatah gunmen and Hamas militiamen in the southern Gaza town of Rafah, killing two people and wounding 14 a day after a deadly explosion of internal violence paralyzed the Gaza Strip.Palestinian factions clash as government stops work AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 1:12 PM
One Palestinian was killed and 19 wounded in clashes in Gaza and the West Bank between gunmen from Hamas and Fatah, medics said, a day after eight were killed in factional unrest in Gaza.Hezbollah's New Mission The Weekly Standard via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 11:56 AM
HEZBOLLAH LEADER Hassan Nas rallah made headlines last week when he claimed during a rally that Hezbollah still possessed 20,000 rockets and missiles after this past summer's war with Israel.Norwegian TV to broadcast documentary on Mohammed cartoons AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 11:39 AM
A Norwegian commercial television channel was set to broadcast pictures of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a documentary on the row surrounding last year's publication of the cartoons, Norwegian media reported.Local News Appeal-Democrat - Oct 02 12:01 AM
A former Iraqi air force general said weapons of mass destruction were transported out of Iraq before the United States invaded. (Saddam Hussein) sent the weapons of mass destruction that we had, biological and chemical, by air and by ground to Syria, said Georges Sada.Lebanon PM hails exit of 'disappointed' Israeli troops AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 9:39 AM
Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora has welcomed the departure of "disappointed" Israeli troops from southern Lebanon but warned much remained to end the Jewish state's "occupation".Post Magazine: Colin Powell Washington Post - Oct 02 10:13 AM
How did one of America's most trusted figures become the frontman for the Bush administration's biggest mistake? Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Karen DeYoung explores this question about former secretary of state Colin Powell in this week's Washington Post Magazine .Iraq lawmakers extend state of emergency AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 8:24 AM
Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency Monday as gunmen seized 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days.Head of Mounties apologizes to Canadian sent to Syria because of wrong info USA Today - Sep 28 9:17 AM
The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) apologized Thursday for bad intelligence that led to a Canadian man being deported by U.S. authorities to Syria, where he was reportedly tortured.Iran crisis overshadows Israeli-Palestinian dispute as Rice visits Mideast AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 7:06 AM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice left on a Middle East tour with the looming nuclear crisis with Iran likely to overshadow timid efforts to rekindle the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, analysts say.Iraq lawmakers renew state of emergency AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 5:24 AM
Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from shops in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days. Dozens of bodies were found in and around Baghdad, apparently the latest victims of Shiite-Sunni killings.14 Killed, 14 Kidnapped In Iraq CBS News - Oct 02 6:01 PM
Scattered acts of violence around the Iraqi capital claimed at least 14 lives Monday, as the parliament voted to extend the country?s official state of emergency ? now two years in effect.Syria defies U.S. threat, still backs Hamas, Hizbollah Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 5:45 AM
Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hizbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on it, a government newspaper said on Thursday.Lebanese troops extend reach into south AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 6:02 AM
Lebanon's army commander raised his country's flag Monday on a ridge overlooking the border with Israel, reclaiming the area after Israel's pullout from nearly all of south Lebanon.An apology to Canadian tortured in Syria USA Today - Sep 28 11:22 PM
The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police today apologized to Syrian-born Canadian citizen Maher Arar (right) for the Mounties' role in Arar's 2002 deportation from the United States to Syria, where he was reportedly tortured for nearly a year.... Iraq war draws foreign jihadists, but not in droves The Christian Science Monitor - Oct 02 2:25 PM
To bin Laden, Iraq may be more important as a symbol than as a physical battlefield or training ground. David Wallechinsky: Bye, Bye Bill of Rights HuffingtonPost - Oct 02 2:57 PM
It is shocking that sixty percent of the members of Congress, by voting in favor of the Military Commissions Act of 2006, would hand to the president of the United States the right to interpret, without Congressional oversight, the Geneva Conventions, to waive the right of habeas corpus, to authorize the use of information gathered through torture, and to, in effect, establish a separate If And When Bush Iraqs Iran by Arnaud De Borchgrave UPI Editor at Large Washington (UPI) Oct 02, 2006 Space War - 2 hours, 50 minutes ago
A strategic thinker who called all the correct diplomatic and military plays preceding Operation Iraqi Freedom now sees diplomatic failure and air strikes against Iran's nuclear facilities.Japan appoints new ambassadors to Belgium, Sudan Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 02 6:00 PM
_ Japan on Tuesday appointed new ambassadors to Belgium and Sudan, the Foreign Ministry said.Israel almost gone from south Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 02 1:39 AM
Israel's troops kept hold of a Lebanese border village and its aircraft prowled the Lebanese skies Monday, prompting the Beirut government and Hezbollah to dismiss the Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon as "incomplete."IKCO IS IRAN'S TOP VEHICLE EXPORTER IN 2006 Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Transport Iran-IKCO-Export Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) with a share of 87.3 per cent of total vehicle exports was the largest exporter of automobiles in Iran in the first five months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22, 2006).IKCO Is Iran's Top Vehicle Exporter In 2006 Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago
Iran-IKCO-Export Iran Khodro Company (IKCO) with a share of 87.3 per cent of total vehicle exports was the largest exporter of automobiles in Iran in the first five months of the Iranian calendar year (March 21-August 22, 2006).Where the candidates stand Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
MARK KENNEDY, GOP Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mark Kennedy has been an unwavering supporter of the Bush administration's policy on Iraq. As a member of the House in 2002, he voted to authorize the war. Some of the prewar intelligence on weapons of mass destruction and Saddam's links to terrorism may have been wrong, Kennedy says, but not completely wrong. Even without those elements, the Three scenarios, each with its own problems Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Oct 02 6:41 PM
Candidate positions on Iraq break down into three categories: "Stay the course,"set a deadline and get out" and "change the course but don't set a deadline." 1. Stay the course Candidates who advocate keeping U.S. troops in Iraq until the mission is completed, mostly Republicans, talk about the war in the context of terrorism and democracy. They say the creation of a stable, tolerant democracy in Lebanon army deploys to Israeli border AAP via Yahoo!7 News - Oct 02 3:34 PM
Lebanese army units, along with UN peacekeepers, have deployed to take control of virtually all of south Lebanon a Hizbollah stronghold for a decade.Lebanon army deploys to Israeli border Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 02 3:49 PM
Lebanese army units deployed in border villages vacated by Israeli forces to take control along with UN peacekeepers of virtually all of south Lebanon, a Hizbollah stronghold for a decade.Syria defies US threat and backs Hamas, Hezbollah Gulf Times - Sep 29 3:20 AM
DAMASCUS: Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hezbollah despite US threats to impose more sanctions on it, a government newspaper said yesterday.Sen. Warner joins delegation to visit Middle East WRIC 8 - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago
UNDATED Virginia Senator John Warner was among a small group of U-S Senators who is in the Middle East.Iraq renews state of emergency MSNBC - Oct 02 7:33 AM
Parliament extended Iraq s state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days.Iraqi Prime Minister Presents Peace Plan San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 02 11:26 AM
Iraq's prime minister announced a new four-point plan aimed at uniting the sharply divided Shiite and Sunni parties in his government behind stopping rampant sectarian violence. Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki emerged with the plan after talks with the... Beirut's split communities come together for games of two halves Financial Times - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
As coach Jamal Hajj sits in a café in south Beirut his enthusiasm for football shows no bounds. The short, stocky former midfielder grins constantly as he discusses preparations for the new season with his team, al-Ahed.Iraq and Afghanistan: two fronts in the same war New Hampshire Union Leader - 39 minutes ago
TO CRITICS of the Bush administration, the war in Afghanistan is the "good" counterinsurgency. Their calls for troop reductions or a timetable to end the "bad war" in Iraq are matched by demands for more resources and perseverance in Afghanistan. However, this preference is senseless, driven either by sentimentality or partisanship. There is no sound strategic reason to favor the Afghan CYPRUS RELEASES SAM RADARS FOR SYRIA Middle East Newsline - Sep 28 10:52 PM
NICOSIA [MENL] -- The Republic of Cyprus has ended a three-week deadlock and released a shipment of surface-to-air missile radar systems to Syria.Georgia, Russia spy row worries press BBC News - Oct 02 4:48 AM
Newspapers in Georgia and Russia examine the row between the two countries over alleged spiesIran crisis overshadows Israeli-Palestinian dispute as Rice visits Mideast AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 01 7:33 PM
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has left on a tour of the Middle East with the looming nuclear crisis with Iran likely to overshadow timid efforts to rekindle the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, analysts say.Iraq Lawmakers Extend State of Emergency ABC News - Oct 02 6:03 AM
Iraqi Parliament Extends State of Emergency After Second Mass Kidnapping in As Many DaysLebanese Troops Extend Reach Into South ABC News - Oct 02 6:18 AM
Lebanese Commander Raises Flag Along Israeli Border After Israel's Pullout From South LebanonGunmen kidnap 14 store employees in Baghdad Houston Chronicle - Oct 02 8:28 AM
Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency today as gunmen seized 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days. Rice courts moderate Arab forces BBC News - Oct 02 3:17 AM
With the US vision for Mid-East democracy stalling, Condoleezza Rice is turning to the "moderates" who may help counter extremism.Pryor: Iraq improving, but troubles remain al.com - Oct 02 6:20 PM
LITTLE ROCK (AP) Security in postwar Iraq continues to improve, U.S. Sen. Mark Pryor said Monday, but he acknowledged the country remains "one car bomb away from a terrible day."Brazilian plane crashes in Amazon, Most Israeli troops leave Lebanon CNN.com - Oct 01 6:00 PM
October 2, 2006 European press review BBC News - Oct 02 1:47 AM
A Russian daily ponders the president's comment on the Georgian spying row, Austrian papers voice concern over the gains for the right-wing parties in yesterday's election and the use of e-mail to spread potentially offensive messages provokes alarm in France.Bush, Erdogan Discuss Anti-Terror Efforts, Turkey's EU Bid Voice of America - Oct 02 10:47 AM
President Bush and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan have promised to continue their efforts to fight terrorism and extremism. The two leaders spoke to reporters after meeting at the White House Monday, but did not take any questions.Is Israel a partner? Haaretz Daily - Oct 01 12:59 AM
In the 1967 war, Jordan's King Hussein was considered an enemy of the state of Israel. In the 1973 war, Hussein refrained from joining the combined assault of Egypt and Syria, and there are those who say that he even warned Israel about it.Iraqi Prime Minister Presents Peace Plan phillyburbs.com - Oct 02 10:58 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has announced a new four-point plan aimed at bringing Shiite and Sunni parties together to stop sectarian violence.Zero duty regime pushes Hitco to manufacture CPILive.net - Oct 01 3:22 AM
Syria based Hitco have planned to move from assembling PCs to building a factory for televisions which will include LCD, Plasma and also CRT monitors.State Of Emergency Kept in Iraq St. Petersburg Times - Oct 02 12:44 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days.Seven cars pulled up to the shops in front of Baghdad's Technical University, and gunmen wearing military-style uniforms fanned out to surround the buildings, police Lieutenant Thair Mahmoud said.No butts -- More and more European smokers told to stub it out AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 01 3:15 PM
Smokers are finding themselves increasingly unwelcome in public areas throughout Europe as health fears over passive smoking require them to stub it out in more and more bars, restaurants and train stations.Syria, Iran sign agreements on investment cooperation People's Daily - Sep 28 5:23 PM
Syria and Iran signed on Thursday a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on investment cooperation, the official SANA news agency reported.Israeli troops leave south Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 01 1:55 PM
Israel's army left all of south Lebanon except for one small border village on Sunday, as part of a handover to the Lebanese army and U.N. peacekeepers under the truce that ended a war with Hizbollah fighters.Israel almost gone from south Lebanon AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 01 1:52 PM
The U.N. called Israel's pullout from nearly all of south Lebanon on Sunday "significant progress." But sources of friction remained: Israel still holds the Lebanese part of a divided border village and its planes patrol Lebanon's airspace.Norway to show Mohammed cartoons doco News Interactive - Oct 02 12:03 PM
A NORWEGIAN commercial television channel is set today to broadcast pictures of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed in a documentary on the row surrounding last year's publication of the cartoons, Norwegian media reported.Rice's Mideast Trip Aimed at Showing U.S. Commitment to Talks Bloomberg.com - Oct 01 10:31 PM
Oct. 2 (Bloomberg) -- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives in Saudi Arabia today on a mission intended to show the U.S. remains committed to an Israeli-Palestinian peace process even with little prospect of restarting talks anytime soon.Abdulhamit Bilici Zaman Online - Oct 02 2:12 PM
He s been carrying the important title of Iraqi president for some time, but Kurdish leader Jalal Talabani made two mistakes in two days that do not fit the position he represents. Talabani made the first mistake in an interview he gave to the Washington Post.Iraqi Prime Minister Presents Peace Plan The Times and Democrat - Oct 02 12:30 PM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Iraq's prime minister announced a new four-point plan aimed at uniting the sharply divided Shiite and Sunni parties in his government behind stopping rampant sectarian violence.Iraqi parliament renews state of emergency Gulf News - Oct 02 1:55 PM
Baghdad: Parliament extended Iraq's state of emergency yesterday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from shops in Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days.Syria vows to back Hamas, Hizbullah at all costs The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 28 1:40 PM
Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hizbullah despite US threats to impose more sanctions on it, a Syrian government newspaper said on Thursday. Relations between the United States, Israel's chief ally, and Syria have been bad for years, and hit a new low after last year's assassination in Beirut of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.Israel's Lebanon pullout almost complete AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 01 12:26 PM
The Israeli army abandoned almost all of its positions in Lebanon early Sunday, a key step toward fulfilling a major condition of the truce that ended a monthlong war against Hezbollah.Assad Calls on Israel to Enter Into Talks Israel National News - Oct 02 4:05 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad told a Spanish newspaper that he believes peace can be achieved with Israel within six months. The Syrian leader is calling upon Israel to enter into talks towards reaching a peace agreement.Iraqi Parliament Renews State Of Emergency Free Internet Press - Oct 02 3:44 PM
Iraq's Parliament extended the country's state of emergency Monday as gunmen snatched 14 employees from computer stores in downtown Baghdad in the second mass kidnapping in as many days. Seven cars pulled up to the shops in front of Baghdad's Technical University, and gunmen wearing military-style uniforms fanned out to surround the buildings, said police Lt. Thair Mahmoud. The attackers then Vice and virtue are part of the detainee bill Daily American - Oct 02 12:21 PM
After all the wrangling over how to legislate on the interrogation and trial of detainees in the war on terror, there is still considerable doubt about the effect of the new rules.Salloukh says Israel is courting 'trouble' in Ghajar The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 02 12:55 PM
Lebanese politicians demanded on Monday that Israel withdraw its forces from the Southern town of Ghajar to prevent the area from turning into a point of contention comparable to the Shebaa Farms. Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said the government would officially complain to the UN Security Council if Israel did not withdraw from the village.FPM wants judiciary to probe funds for displaced The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 02 12:54 PM
The Free Patriotic Movement urged judicial authorities Monday to investigate the disbursement of millions of dollars in compensation over the years to displaced persons from Mount Lebanon. In a statement issued after its weekly meeting, the FPM demanded that the judiciary consider documents the party presented. Progress seen by U.N. in Israeli moves The Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 02 2:54 AM
The United Nations called Israel's pullout yesterday from nearly all of south Lebanon "significant progress." But sources of friction remained: Israel still holds the Lebanese part of a divided border village and its planes patrol Lebanon's airspace.The devil wore Hugo: Chavez upstaged Darfur crisis World Tribune - Oct 02 7:08 AM
UNITED NATIONS In a tirade evoking the UN of the 1970 s and 1980 s, Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, launched a rhetorical broadside against U.S. President George W. Bush. The tawdry incident recalled the less than diplomatic déjà vu of times happily gone by when dictators and potentates ranging from Castro to Arafat to Idi Amin postured on the General Assembly rostrum for a round of raucous tub Anti-Americanism on the rise in Turkey Chicago Sun-Times - Oct 02 2:31 AM
Concerns expressed last week by Turkish army commanders that their country's democracy is threatened underscore the importance of today's White House meeting between President Bush and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan.Daily Analysis Foreign Relations - Oct 02 11:10 AM
Palestinian security personnel took to the streets of Rafah to protest their unpaid wages. (AP)Norton Rose islamic finance star quits for Al Salam Bank The Lawyer - Oct 02 5:04 AM
Bahrain s Al Salam Bank has appointed rated Norton Rose Islamic finance associate Mohammed Paracha as its first general counsel.Select an Edition: AlertNet - Oct 02 7:05 AM
Fetching... DUBAI, 2 October (IRIN) - In Egypt, jailed former presidential candidate Ayman Nour issued a statement from prison on Saturday, ahead of Tuesday's visit by United States's Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice, appealing for his release on health grounds.Israel Completes Lebanon Pullout Without Weapons Deal Crosswalk.com - Oct 02 4:45 AM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - Israel completed its troop withdrawal from southern Lebanon over the weekend -- except for one divided border village. But there is still no agreement to prevent the smuggling of weapons across the Syrian border to rearm Hizballah, an Israeli official said.Lebanese Army Deploys Along Israeli Border Voice of America - Oct 02 6:02 AM
The Lebanese Army is taking up positions along the Israeli border, after Israel withdrew, yesterday, from all but one post in the divided border village of Ghajjar.Israel leaves south Lebanon in formal end to incursion Boston Globe - Oct 02 1:33 AM
MARWAHEEN, Lebanon -- The Israeli army abandoned almost all of its positions in Lebanon early yesterday, a key step toward fulfilling a major condition of the truce that ended a month- long war against Hezbollah.Syria shrugs off U.S. sanctions threat Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 28 5:45 AM
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hizbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on the country, a government newspaper said on Thursday.Chavez takes a devilish tack for U.N. spot St. Petersburg Times - Oct 02 5:27 AM
An undiplomatic utterance is part of a struggle for a diplomatic plum - a Security Council seat.DEBKA file DEBKAfile - Oct 02 9:36 AM
The powerful blast that reverberated across eastern and central Lebanon Sunday, December 29, was caused by the explosion of a big surface missile in Hizballah hands and of Iraqi origin.Torturing ourselves Gloucester Daily Times - Oct 02 9:11 AM
"Can't the United States see that when we allow someone to be tortured by our agents, it is not only the victim and the perpetrator who are corrupted, not only the 'intelligence' that is contaminated, but also everyone who ... consented tacitly to that outrage?"