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Artifacts Unearthed in Syria Hint at Ancient Burial Rituals of Elite 
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Archaeologists have discovered the only known elite, possibly royal, cemetery in Syria in the Early Bronze Age, from about 2500 B.C. to 2200 B.C.Pressure grows on Bush to soften approach to Syria Financial Times - 2 hours, 30 minutes ago
The Bush administration is coming under pressure to soften US policy towards Syria, amid growing domestic discontent over Iraq.Russia offers to build refinery for Syria World Tribune - Oct 23 12:31 PM
NICOSIA Russia plans to construct an oil refinery in Syria. Syrian Oil Minister Ibrahim Haddad discussed the refinery proposal with a Russian delegation.Iraqi refugees trying to adjust to Syria AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 22 12:55 PM
Mohammed al-Mawla is adjusting to life in his new home as an Iraqi refugee living in Syria. He operates an Internet cafe outside of Damascus and sends his two children to Syrian public schools.500,000 Iraqis make a new life in Syria Seattle Times - Oct 23 12:20 AM
Mohammed al-Mawla is adjusting to life in his new home as an Iraqi refugee living in Syria. He operates an Internet cafe outside of Damascus...Peretz Yearns for a Peace Treaty With Syria Israel National News - Oct 23 4:02 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Monday stated Syrian President Bashar al-Assad continues to release mixed messages. I think that we must relate to his statements in a serious fashion, state Peretz, who added we aspire towards signing a peace treaty with Syria. Iraqis in Syria fear for future Fort Worth Star-Telegram - Oct 23 2:29 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Mohammed al-Mawla is adjusting to his new life as an Iraqi refugee in Syria. He operates an Internet cafe outside Damascus and sends his two children to Syrian public schools.Thousands of Iraqis flee to Syria Tulsa World - Oct 23 2:48 AM
And tens of thousands more arrive each month, the U.N. says. DAMASCUS, Syria -- Mohammed al-Mawla is adjusting to life in his new home as an Iraqi refugee living in Syria. He operates an Internet cafe outside of Damascus and sends his two children to Syrian public schools.Iraqi Refugees Trying to Adjust to Syria ABC News - Oct 22 1:21 PM
More Than 500,000 Iraqis Trying to Adjust to New Life in Syria; Numbers of Refugees GrowingPeace with Syria should be explored: Israeli DM People's Daily - Oct 22 6:28 PM
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said on Sunday that Israel should explore the possibility of achieving peace deal with Syria.NKorea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria shun chemical weapons ban AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 20 10:21 PM
North Korea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria are "unfairly" refusing to join the convention banning chemical weapons, which has been signed by 180 countries, the head of the body monitoring the treaty has said.Syria paying Golan Heights public officials WorldNetDaily - Oct 23 7:20 AM
TEL AVIV Syrian President Bashar Assad, who recently began directing his citizens to move to the Golan Heights, now is paying scores of Golan residents official state salaries, WND has learned.Asad s Declarations: Ambiguous Words Clear Meaning Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 49 minutes ago
The recent series of interviews with Syrian President Bashar Asad in Arab and Western media reveals the extent of changes in the Middle East, in general, and Syria, in particular, in the wake of the confrontation between Israel and Hizbullah in the summer of 2006. Before that conflict, Asad hardly ever mentioned Israeli aggression against Syria that can end in war or the state of alert in the In Estonia, paying women to have babies pays off Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Oct 23 1:04 PM
TALLINN, Estonia -- Pia Kurro sat cross-legged on her bed in a drab, Soviet-era maternity ward that smelled of detergent and old linoleum and breast-fed her two-day-old daughter, Syria, who owes her existence to state subsidies.UK Foreign Office backs opening talks with Iran, Syria on Iraq Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 21 5:16 AM
UK - Iraq Review The British Foreign Office was reported Saturday to be supporting calls in the US to open talks with Iran and Syria in order to seek an exit strategy from its disastrous war in Iraq.Lebanon: Tackling the challenge of reconstruction Monday Morning - Oct 23 3:46 PM
Azour said among the new projects was setting up a regional financial center in Beirut to service Lebanon and at least Syria, Iraq, Jordan and Egypt as the Levant market is not served properly, in terms of trade finance.Israel: Lebanon overflights to continue Fox21 - Oct 23 8:12 AM
JERUSALEM Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz (ah-MEER' PEHR'-etz) says air force flights over Lebanon will continue because arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanese guerrillas has not stopped.Denied work permits, many fear the future. Sun-Sentinel - Oct 23 12:17 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria · Mohammed al-Mawla is adjusting to life in his new home as an Iraqi refugee living in Syria. He operates an Internet cafe outside Damascus and sends his two children to Syrian public schools.Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria, North Korea, refuse to ban chemical weapons Calcutta News - Oct 20 11:46 PM
North Korea and key countries in the Middle East Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria form a hard core of nations that are resisting any moves towards joining the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW), the head of the United Nations-affiliated body said Friday.IRAQ-SYRIA: Three million uprooted Iraqis face "bleak future", UNHCR says IRIN - Oct 22 6:27 AM
DAMASCUS, 22 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - More than three million Iraqis who have been forced to flee their homes to other areas of Iraq and to neighbouring countries are facing what the United Nations' refugee agency (UNHCR) describes as a "very bleak future" after the agency's budget for offices across the region was halved for the coming year.Iraq to control half of provinces by year end: deputy PM AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 5:34 PM
Nearly half of Iraq's 18 provinces will be under Iraqi control by the end of the year, Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh said, despite growing concerns about increased violence.State Of Confusion Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 4:00 PM
Diplomacy: It says something when a top U.S. diplomat accuses America of "arrogance" and "stupidity" in an interview with an overtly hostile news agency. But it's par for the course in today's State Department.Bush tells Mubarak Syria still active in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 19 10:27 AM
President George W. Bush has told Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak that Syria is interfering in Lebanon and hurting Mideast peace prospects by backing the radical Palestinian group Hamas, the White House said.Iraqi deputy PM: Coalition must not run AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 10:46 AM
Coalition troops must stay in Iraq and resist the temptation to "cut and run" in the face of hostile public opinion, an Iraqi government official said after meeting British leaders Monday.Violence casts shadow on Muslim holiday AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 10:44 AM
Women in southern Lebanon wept at the graves of loved ones killed in the Israel-Hezbollah war, while many Iraqis stayed home amid fears of violence Monday at the start of a major holiday marking the end of Ramadan.Israel, U.S. agree: Not the time for Syria talks - Haaretz - Israel News Haaretz Daily - Oct 20 6:09 AM
A few short weeks ago, Public Security Minister Avi Dichter told Army Radio, with regard to talks with Syria, that "if it turned out that there was someone to talk to and something to talk about, the idea would be right."Election a referendum on Bush anti-terror, Iraq policies AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 7:59 AM
The upcoming US legislative elections are shaping up largely as a referendum on President George W. Bush's war on terror and his increasingly unpopular decision to invade Iraq.Between Syria and Israel, a strategic breakthrough for peace is possible The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News - Oct 19 2:00 AM
Nearly unnoticed amid the justified global furor over North Korea's nuclear test is that Syria has been flashing peace signals at Israel and the United States. It is unwise to ignore them.Official: Coalition must not cut and run AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 7:05 AM
An Iraqi government official urged international forces Monday to stay while the situation in the country remains volatile, even though Iraqi troops were assuming a greater role.Syria 'to release' dissident Kilo BBC News - Oct 19 11:18 AM
Syria orders the release of dissident Michel Kilo five months after his arrest, a supporter says.UN Head Wants Diplomatic Relations Between Lebanon, Syria Nasdaq - Oct 19 8:41 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--Lebanon should seize the opportunity resulting from the end of this summer's Israel-Hezbollah conflict by establishing diplomatic relations with Syria and resolving the dispute over Chebaa Farms, the plot of land along its border with Israel and Syria, U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a report.Briefly: Islamist calls for war on Ethiopian invaders International Herald Tribune - Oct 23 8:42 AM
Somalia's powerful Islamist movement called Monday for war against Ethiopian troops it says are on Somali territory.State Of Confusion Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 23 4:00 PM
Commentary from Investor's Business DailyIn North Korea, the Internet is only for a few International Herald Tribune - Oct 23 8:44 AM
At a time when much of the world takes for granted a fat and growing network of digitized human knowledge, art, history, thought and debate, it is easy to forget just how much is being denied the people who live under the veil of darkness revealed in that satellite photograph.Israel jets fly over Lebanon despite French appeal Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 3:38 AM
Israeli warplanes swooped low over Lebanon on Monday, a day after the Jewish state rejected a call by France's defense minister to halt violations of its neighbor's airspace.UN hands 'final' Hariri tribunal plan to Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 23 3:12 AM
Lebanon's government has received a "final" UN text laying out the legal basis for an international court to try suspects in the 2005 killing of former premier Rafiq Hariri, a judicial source has said.Beckett: Britain 'must keep nerve' CNN.com - Oct 23 2:06 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Britain must hold its nerve in Iraq, Foreign Minister Margaret Beckett said on Monday, while U.S.-British strategy there is increasingly questioned on both sides of the Atlantic.Suzanne Nossel: Iraq: An Honest Exit HuffingtonPost - Oct 23 1:54 PM
Administration officials today stated that, in line with calls from critics, they are taking steps toward a timetable that - at least as I read it - can only lead to an ultimate drawdown of U.S. troops. The President is finally backing away from his "stay the course" mantra. But, true to form, Bush did so by denying that "stay the course" was ever Administration policy. That feeble attempt at Trey Ellis: Capital Killed Communism. It Can Kill Terrorism Too. HuffingtonPost - Oct 23 1:53 PM
I was a Democratic Socialist back at Stanford. Back then, after seeing the movie Reds I was so fired up that I convinced a Soviet studies friend to teach me the words to "The International" in Russian. "From each according to his ability, to each according to his need," were my marching orders (By the way, it looks like Marx might have gotten this phrase from the Bible's Book of Acts. BUSCADOR DE NOTICIAS - AGMNEWS AGMnews - Oct 22 8:10 AM
Hints and threats are being carefully floated that Syria might, conceivably, possibly, one day threaten the United States in some hypothetical fashion ...Israel: Flights Over Lebanon to Continue AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 22 3:28 AM
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Sunday that air force flights over Lebanon would continue because arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanese guerrillas has not stopped.Young women fleeing war in Baghdad fall prey to sex traffickers in Damascus Guardian Unlimited - Oct 23 6:34 PM
Young women fleeing war and poverty fall prey to sex traffickers.Social medicine in the 21st century EurekAlert! - Oct 23 5:10 PM
This week PLoS Medicine publishes a unique collection of articles devoted to social and cultural aspects of medicine, featuring some of the leaders in the field, such as Paul Farmer, David Satcher, Arthur Kleinman, Leon Eisenberg, Nancy Scheper-Hughes, and Rafael Campo.Looking ahead USA Today - 2 hours, 58 minutes ago
Here's a snapshot of Tuesday: U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Zalmay Khalilzad and Multi-National Force-Iraq Commanding General George W. Casey Jr. will hold a joint press conference in Baghdad. President Bush travels to Florida to campaign for Republican candidates.... Mideast TV feasts on ratings during Ramadan Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - 1 hour, 34 minutes ago
Cairo, Egypt - Last week, it was Ingy Sharkawy who won the race that begins right after dinner each night at her family's home in Cairo. She beat her dad and brother to the remote control, and her mother grumbled when Sharkawy plopped down on the best seat in...Posted: 22-10-2006 , 11:00 GMT Al Bawaba - Oct 22 3:56 AM
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Sunday that air force flights over Lebanon would continue because arms smuggling from Syria has not stopped.News from around the web: ArabicNews.com - 1 hour, 11 minutes ago
Daily Arab News about the Arabic world, Arabic news for Country by country news coverage. Politics, culture, recipes, book reviews, weather, sports, arts. Covers Egypt, Egyptian life, pyramids, Lebanon, Iraq, the Gulf, its oil, Arabian horses & camel races.Millions displaced in Iraq UPI - 5 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- More than 1.6 million Iraqis have left the country since the 2003 invasion, while another 1.5 million people are internal refugees, the United Nations reports.Israel Says Flights over Lebanon To Continue Israel National News - Oct 22 11:02 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Amir Peretz told the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday that Israel will continue surveillance flights over Lebanon because of constant arms smuggling from Syria to Hizbullah terrorists.U.S. concern heightened over possible nuclear sales Miami Herald - Oct 22 12:06 AM
U.S. intelligence officials and weapons proliferation experts say they are concerned that North Korea could add plutonium to the inventory of arms components and technologies it already has sold to such nations as Syria, Pakistan and Libya.Israel: Lebanon overflights to continue KRIS-TV Corpus Christi - Oct 22 3:50 AM
JERUSALEM Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz (ah-MEER' PEHR'-etz) says air force flights over Lebanon will continue because arms smuggling from Syria to Lebanese guerrillas...Iraq Must Enhance Security Effort, Bush Aide Says (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Oct 23 8:53 AM
Oct. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Iraq's government must shoulder more of the responsibility for the country's security, a White House adviser said, after U.S. President George W. Bush reviewed military strategy with his top Iraq commanders.A negotiated withdrawal Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago
The choice for the US and Britain in Iraq is no longer between staying or leaving. It is a choice between an honourable exit and a scuttle - an undignified withdrawal, probably under fire, as occurred in Vietnam a generation ago.Today's Headlines: ArabicNews.com - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now! Israelis lead the world in supporting torture: BBC poll Israelis lead the world in supporting use of torture in prisons, according a survey of 25 countries carried out for BBC World Service.Analysis: Olmert to expand his coallition UPI - 35 minutes ago
TEL AVIV, Israel, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expanding his governing coalition by co-opting the right-wing nationalist Israel Beitenu Party.Bush: Success in Iraq will depend on the Iraqis' ability ArabicNews.com - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
Success in Iraq will depend on the Iraqis' ability to defend themselves and their government's ability to make "the difficult decisions necessary to unite the country," President Bush says.Scuttling to victory Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 38 minutes ago
Americans, Iraqis and many others must have wondered just what George Bush meant in his weekly radio address on Saturday when he insisted: "Our goal in Iraq is clear and unchanging. Our goal is victory."Bahrain Plans Unemployment Benefits AP via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 23 7:38 AM
Bahrain's government promised Monday to introduce unemployment benefits -- something of a novelty in the Arab world. The bill would provide 150 Bahraini dinars per month to about 18,000 jobless Bahrainis, most of whom are women.Britain will hold nerve on Iraq, says Blair Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
The Iraqi deputy prime minister today said the international community must not "cut and run" from the country, but stressed that Iraqis were working hard to take over security.Blair gives Iraq 12 months to be ready for handover Guardian Unlimited - 2 hours, 39 minutes ago
Tony Blair will put pressure on the Iraqi government today to demonstrate that its security forces will be ready to take over from the British army in southern provinces within roughly a year.The Internet Black Hole That Is North Korea New York Times - Oct 22 8:24 PM
While other restrictive regimes have sought to limit the Internet, North Korea has chosen to stay off the grid entirely.Despair of Baghdad turns into a life of shame in Damascus Guardian Unlimited - Oct 23 4:07 PM
Um Ahmad, as she was known to the girls, had it all planned out. From Baghdad to the border and on to Damascus and a new life, Mona and her three Iraqi friends didn't need to worry about a thing.Tuesday October 24, 2006 By Patrick Cockburn The New Zealand Herald - Oct 23 3:22 PM
Iraq is in flight. Everywhere inside and outside the country, Iraqis who once lived in their own houses cower for safety six or seven to a room in hovels.Bush willing to shift tactics to win in Iraq Baltimore Sun - Oct 23 2:49 PM
Long-term goals, strategy unchanged, president says With American casualties rising and pressure growing from Republican and Democratic leaders for a change of course in Iraq, President Bush said yesterday that he is willing to adjust U.S. tactics in Baghdad but does not intend to change his strategy or his long-term goals there. Israeli ultra-nationalist to handle Iranian nuclear threat The Scotsman - Oct 23 5:04 PM
EHUD Olmert, Israel's prime minister, yesterday put a controversial ultra-nationalist in charge of handling Israeli policy towards Iran's nuclear programme as part of a deal to broaden his troubled coalition.Palestinians? Informal Cease-Fire Crumbles New York Times - Oct 22 7:21 PM
Tensions between rival Fatah and Hamas loyalists continued to smolder after a deadly shooting and kidnapping.Iran warns on nuclear issue abuse of its rights ArabicNews.com - 1 hour, 14 minutes ago
Iran today warned westerners against any harsh approaches and said it would make Iran more determined to go ahead with its nuclear activities.Ban on Filipino workers to Lebanon lifted soon INQ7.net - Oct 23 5:09 PM
THE GOVERNMENT may soon lift the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Lebanon, the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration chief Rosalinda Dimapilis-Baldoz has announced.Chavez claims victory of sorts at U.N. AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 22 6:48 PM
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela achieved its objective at the United Nations by preventing Washington's preferred candidate from winning a seat on the U.N. Security Council.Splitting Iraq into three- solution or fresh nightmare? The Scotsman - Oct 23 5:07 PM
US MILITARY planners believe that to help quell sectarian violence, Iraq could be divided into three broad ethnic regions: Kurds in the north, Sunnis to the west of Baghdad and Shias in the south.Talabani backs 'Iran-Syria plan' BBC News - Oct 19 12:17 AM
Violence in Iraq would end "within months" if Iran and Syria were directly involved, says Iraq's president.Israeli warplanes fly over Lebanon despite French warnings People's Daily - Oct 23 6:28 PM
Israeli Air Force (IAF) flights carried out their overflights over Lebanon on Monday, despite a French warning to halt such missions, Israel's local newspaper Ha' aretz reported on its website edition.N. Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea rank worst in press freedom INQ7.net - Oct 23 4:36 PM
PARIS -- North Korea, Turkmenistan and Eritrea are the world's most ardent enemies of press freedom, according to a study published Tuesday that also faults the United States, France, Japan and Denmark for slipping in the protection of free speech.Iraq: the people have their say. And it's bad news for Tony Blair Independent - Oct 23 4:10 PM
Demands for an urgent Commons debate on pulling British troops out of Iraq were stepped up last night at Westminster after an opinion poll found that 62 per cent of voters support a withdrawal before the country has been made stable.Patrick Seale: A negotiated withdrawal Guardian Unlimited - Oct 23 6:02 PM
Patrick Seale: There can be no victory in Iraq. The only choice is between an honourable exit - and a scuttle.Rising Israeli-Palestinian Tensions Voice of America - Oct 23 1:23 PM
Since Hamas' victory in January's Palestinian parliamentary elections, Israel and the West have isolated the Islamist government. But that strategy, most analysts contend, has intensified violence in the region.FIKRET ERTAN Zaman Online - Oct 23 2:05 PM
Israel and Russia are two countries that have very close ties. For a number of important reasons, Israel attaches great importance to Russia, and vice versa.Bahrain plans unemployment benefits Boston Globe - Oct 23 8:26 AM
Bahrain's government promised Monday to introduce unemployment benefits -- something of a novelty in the Arab world.Iraq to control half of provinces by year end: deputy PM TODAYonline - Oct 23 5:50 PM
Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Barham Saleh speaks to the media outside No. 10 Downing Street in London. Nearly half of Iraq's 18 provinces will be under Iraqi control by the end of the year, Saleh has said, despite growing concerns about increased violence in the troubled state.A divided Iraq now is the time Kurdish Media - Oct 23 6:01 PM
I was happy to see tonight a discussion on the BBC's Newsnight programme that considered the possibility of the break-up of the Iraqi state as a possible solution for the very first time.Iraq: There Is No Longer Any Good Exit Strategy Arab News - Oct 23 4:16 PM
Landlubbers usually get maritime analogies wrong. Changing course is not cowardice; it s the sensible thing to do if the ship is headed for the rocks.Key Mideast states no to chemical arms ban The Peninsula - Oct 21 9:43 PM
united nations North Korea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon and Syria have refused to join a treaty banning chemical weapons, thereby posing a danger to 180 nations that have pledged to destroy stockpiles, the head of a monitoring group said.Violence casts shadow on normally festive Muslim holiday in Mideast Boston Herald - Oct 23 12:17 PM
BEIRUT, Lebanon - Women in southern Lebanon wept at the graves of loved ones killed in the Israel-Hezbollah war, while many Iraqis stayed home amid fears of violence Monday at the start of a major holiday...Gaza Terror Like Volcano Waiting to Explode, Israeli Officer Says Crosswalk.com - Oct 23 12:02 PM
Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) - The security situation in the Gaza Strip is like a simmering volcano, and there is therefore no end in sight to anti-terror military operations there, an Israeli army officer told Cybercast News Service.Designed for facing a continuous war effort Collegiate Times - 1 hour, 15 minutes ago
As President Dwight D. Eisenhower left the White House, he warned of a Military Industrial Complex, and in time this complex continued to grow stronger. Every bomb dropped, and every weapon fired was built by an individual who needs their job in order to put food on the table.Syria needs billions of dollars in investment to avert water crisis The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 19 1:14 PM
Billions of dollars of investment are required over the next decade if Damascus is to avert a critical water crisis, according to a leading development agency. The Japanese International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the development agency of the Japanese government, has taken a lead role in tackling Syria's growing water shortages.Eid Celebrations Begin With Customary Color and Verve Arab News - Oct 23 4:14 PM
RIYADH/JEDDAH/MADINAH, 24 October 2006 From Jeddah in the west to Dammam in the east, Saudi Arabia yesterday kicked off the three-day Eid Al-Fitr celebrations with much fanfare.Daily Dig Weekly Dig - Oct 23 1:44 PM
Today s Times takes on internet censorship in North Korea in a piece that s amazing on several levels. In the meat of the article , the Times sketches out the astounding lengths that Ronery Kim has gone to to control the flow of information into, out of, and within North Korea. Series of Tubes?Legacy of conflict casts shadow on normally festive holiday in Mideast CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 23 10:42 AM
BEIRUT (AP) - Women in south Lebanon wept at the graves of loved ones killed in the Israel-Hezbollah war, many Iraqis stayed home and security was tightened elsewhere Monday at the start of a major holiday marking the end of Ramadan.Damascus regime 'on brink of collapse' Gulf News - Oct 23 1:29 PM
Beirut: An exiled former Syrian vice president said Sunday that President Bashar Assad's regime is on the brink of collapse and called on Syrians to prepare for the day when he will be overthrown.How Democrats Might Blow It consortiumnews.com - Oct 23 2:39 PM
s Democrats go through their biennial rite of premature victory celebrations, they are inviting defeat again by obsessing on polls about how many congressional seats are in play rather than on explaining to the American people what a Republican victory on Nov. 7 would mean to the nation.DEBKA file DEBKAfile - Oct 23 1:50 PM
Upon taking over the IDF s northern command from the Lebanon war commander, Monday, Oct. 23, the incoming OC Maj-Gen. Gad Eisenkott said tersely: We are keeping close watch on Hizballah s rearmament.Logistics road network to link ME and Europe Zawya - Oct 22 2:28 AM
22 October 2006 DUBAI -- TNT Express TNT Express , an international express delivery company plans to link the Middle East with the European market through the road network. The cargo major is expanding its presence to Syria and Lebanon by the end of this year and then links it with Turkey.Logistics road network to link ME and Europe Khaleej Times - Oct 21 8:37 PM
DUBAI TNT Express, an international express delivery company plans to link the Middle East with the European market through the road network. The cargo major is expanding its presence to Syria and Lebanon by the end of this year and then links it with Turkey.A history of weapons shipped by North Korea Knoxville News Sentinal - Oct 23 12:25 PM
Because North Korea has been an exporter of weaponry, some experts are worried that it will spread nuclear technology to other rogue nations. Here are some of the weapons connections between North Korea and other countries:Government to lift ban on OFW deployment to Lebanon ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Oct 23 10:39 AM
The Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) will lift the ban on the deployment of Filipino workers to Lebanon once the new guidelines on the training of overseas-bound domestic workers are approved.The divided fight Brown and White - Oct 23 6:16 PM
The images are still embedded in his mind. It just made you feel bad to see people like that, getting blown up. I could see the explosion right in front of my face. NKorea, Egypt, Israel, Lebanon, Syria shun chemical weapons ban TODAYonline - Oct 20 10:50 PM
Wearing antichemical protective gear, an Israeli army soldier stands next to dummies during a drill at the Tzrifin army base in the outskirts of the central Israel town of Ramle.Pope appeals for Iraq reconciliation AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 22 12:06 PM
Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday appealed to political and religious leaders worldwide to help Iraq in its reconstruction, and he expressed solidarity with the Christian community and all victims of the violence in the conflict-ridden country.Phosphorus weapons used in Lebanon, admits Israel The Hindu - Oct 23 1:10 PM
Tel Aviv vows to continue reconnaissance flights over Lebanon
