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Bolton faults Syria, Iran on Lebanon 
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U.S. Ambassador John Bolton accused Syria and Iran on Monday of trying to destabilize Lebanon's democratically elected government by violating a U.N. arms embargo.Arms still smuggled into Lebanon from Syria : U.N. Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 5:29 PM
Lebanon regularly reports arms being smuggling into the country from Syria but the authorities are treading softly due to their fragile political situation, a senior U.N. envoy said on Monday.Syria lifts film director's travel ban AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 11:02 AM
Film director Omar Amiralay, whose trenchant documentaries on life and government in Syria earned him praise abroad, said he is now allowed to travel again after authorities last month barred him from leaving the country.Bolton Faults Syria, Iran on Lebanon ABC News - 56 minutes ago
U.S. Ambassador John Bolton Accuses Syria and Iran of Trying to Destabilize LebanonUS Envoy:Syria, Iran May Be Trying To Destabilize Lebanon Nasdaq - Oct 30 6:43 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--U.S. Ambassador John Bolton expressed concern that Syria and Iran are trying to destabilize Lebanon's democratically elected government by violating a U.N. arms embargo.Arms still smuggled into Lebanon from Syria -UN AlertNet - Oct 30 5:35 PM
Source: Reuters By Irwin Arieff UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Lebanon regularly reports arms being smuggling into the country from Syria but the authorities are treading softly due to their fragile political ... Syria to peg currency to SDR Khaleej Times - 1 hour, 58 minutes ago
LONDON Syria plans to remove the pound from its U.S. dollar peg and link it to the International Monetary Fund s special drawing rights (SDR) in the first half of 2007, the central bank governor told Reuters on Monday.Commentary: Between Syria and Israel, strategic breakthrough for peace possible Middle East Times - Oct 30 6:05 AM
ATHENS -- 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.Iran-Syria ties in line with regional interests: FM Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 30 6:08 AM
Syria - Iran - Meet Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said here Sunday that bilateral cooperation between Iran and Syria was in line with the interests of the region.IRAN EXPANDS INFLUENCE IN SYRIA Middle East Newsline - Oct 30 5:37 AM
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran was said to have significantly expanded its influence in Syria and encouraging Alawis and Sunnis to convert to Shi'ite Islam.MECC Seminar for Women in Syria on "Meeting the Other" [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Oct 30 10:20 AM
55 women representing MECC member churches in Syria met during their annual ecumenical seminar at the St Christopher Conference Centre of the Greek Orthodox Church in Saydnaya, from October 4-7, 2006, around the theme "Meeting the other".Polish official says Syria important in solving Mideast issues People's Daily - Oct 29 5:58 PM
Visiting Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Witold Waszczykowski on Sunday described Syria as "an important country" in solving Middle East issues, the official SANA news agency reported.Syria, Iran highlight constant consultation on issues of common concern People's Daily - Oct 29 5:57 PM
Syria and Iran emphasized on Sunday the significance of the constant consultation and coordination between the two countries on issues of common concern, the official SANA news agency reported.James Baker And The Heights Of Folly Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 4:00 PM
Mideast: James A. Baker III is back, running around saying it would be great if we talked to enemies like Syria. As the media eat this stuff up, Damascus is helping rebuild Hezbollah and has its own plans for Israel.SYRIA: No bullets or militias, but Somali refugees still face hardship AlertNet - Oct 29 6:35 AM
Source: IRIN Since her mother was shot dead in front of her 14 years ago, Maka Mahamoud Kashi says she has been unable to cure the pain inside her head. She is one of thousands of Somalis who traded violence in their country for a life of poverty in Syria. Mideast governments watching U.S. vote AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 2:26 PM
Arab governments are looking for change in U.S. policy in the Middle East after the midterm elections, hoping a politically weakened President Bush will talk with Iran and Syria, show greater interest in the Palestinians and find a way out of the crisis in Iraq.Ambassador Bolton Warns of Syria s Lack of Cooperation Israel National News - 38 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) United States Ambassador to the UN John Bolton warned of the lack of Syrian cooperation regarding compliance with UN Resolution 1701, the Lebanese ceasefire agreement.Bringing Syria into the fold Asia Times - Oct 30 2:41 AM
WASHINGTON - While US President George W Bush appeared last week to reject suggestions that Washington directly engage the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, pressure for the United States to work out some accommodation with Damascus is rising both at home and abroad.Syria has done nothing to deserve sanctions: Russian FM TurkishPress.com - Oct 28 1:47 PM
DUBAI - Syria has done nothing to deserve international sanctions as it has cooperated with a UN probe into the killing of Lebanon's former premier Rafiq Hariri, Russia's foreign minister said in an interview published Tuesday.UN cites confusion over maps of Shebaa Farms AlertNet - Oct 30 5:35 PM
Source: Reuters By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS, Oct 30 (Reuters) - U.N. cartographers are working at "full speed" to define where the disputed Shebaa Farms between Syria and Lebanon begin and end and ... Eight killed by storms in Syria and Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 29 6:08 AM
Six Syrians and two Lebanese have died after torrential downpours hit both countries in the past two days, media and police sources said.Syrian foreign minister agrees to visit Iraq The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 30 12:45 PM
The Syrian foreign minister has agreed to visit Baghdad in November in Syria's first ministerial visit since 2003, an Iraqi minister said on Monday, as at least 80 people were killed or found dead across Iraq. Meanwhile, Iraq's National Security Adviser Muwaffaq al-Rubaie met his US counterpart Stephen Hadley, who arrived unannounced in Baghdad.Iran, Syria discuss stabilizing Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 28 3:34 PM
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to discuss ways to stabilize Iraq and deepen ties between the two countries.Terror groups' cash flow targeted UPI - Oct 30 9:15 AM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- U.S. military and Iraqi security forces are battling the flow of millions of dollars from Iran and Syria that fund insurgents, The Washington Times reports.Canada: U.S. Sends Reply, but No Apology, in Case of Deported Man New York Times - 16 minutes ago
The government is ?satisfied? with an assurance from Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that Canada will be consulted in the future about any Canadians who may be sent to a third country against their will, said André Lemay, a spokesman for the foreign minister, Peter MacKay. Ms. Rice made the pledge in a letter to Canadian officials on Friday in response to an official protest lodged Oct. 6 U.S. tries to cut off terrorists' cash flow (Rowan Scarborough / THE WASHINGTON TIMES) The Washington Times - Oct 29 11:06 PM
The U.S. military is not only trying to stop terrorists and arms from leaking into Iraq from Syria and Iran but also another just as dangerous commodity -- cash.RUSSIA RENEWS ARMS EXPORTS TO IRAN Middle East Newsline - Oct 30 5:37 AM
WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Russia, bolstered by renewed sales to Iran, has emerged as a leading weapons supplier to the Middle East. A congressional study said Russia has become a leading supplier to such countries as Algeria, Iran, Syria, Yemen and other countries regarded as developing.SYRIA: No bullets or militias, but Somali refugees still face hardship IRIN - Oct 29 6:04 AM
DAMASCUS, 29 Oct 2006 (IRIN) - Since her mother was shot dead in front of her 14 years ago, Maka Mahamoud Kashi says she has been unable to cure the pain inside her head.Mideast hopes for policy shift in U.S. midterms CNN.com - Oct 30 2:04 PM
CAIRO, Egypt (AP) -- Arab governments are looking for change in U.S. policy in the Middle East after the midterm elections.PM: Israel will stop Palestinian arms AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Israel will take action to stop Palestinian arms smuggling and rocket fire in the Gaza Strip, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Monday, but he could not point to specific solutions.Security Council urges disarming of Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 4:20 PM
The Security Council again pressed for the disbanding and disarming of Lebanese and non-Lebanese militias and strict respect of Lebanon's territorial integrity and sovereignty as called for in a 2004 UN resolution.Wounded Iraq vets find Madison river healing The Daily Progress - Oct 29 10:36 PM
SYRIA - First Lt. Eivind Forseth remembers the last words he heard in Iraq. You re gonna go to sleep now, an Army doctor told him. Six days later, Forseth woke up at a U.S. Army hospital in Germany.World News Sports Illustrated - Oct 30 2:41 PM
CNN.com delivers the latest breaking news and information on the latest top stories, weather, business, entertainment, politics, and more. For in-depth coverage, CNN.com provides special reports, video, audio, photo galleries, and interactive guides.Druze leader seeks US backing for Hariri slaying tribunal AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 1:20 PM
Lebanon's Druze leader Walid Jumblatt sought US backing for an international court to try suspects in the 2005 murder of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri.Today in history - Oct. 31 AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 4:00 PM
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2006. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween.MECC Partners Visit Lebanon [Press Release] Worldwide Faith News - Oct 30 4:51 AM
Church of Sweden colleagues, Fr. Hakan Sandvik and Mr. Goran Rask spent a few days, October 5-9, 2006, in Lebanon and Syria to meet with MECC General Secretary and Senior Staff to review program activities supported by the Church of Sweden. They visited the damaged south of Lebanon, the different MECC/ACT projects implemented in the southern villages, churches and related organizations, and met Lawyer reports working for Syria on Hariri probe The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 27 1:26 PM
Syria refused to comment Friday on a report that it had gathered a team of lawyers to assess UN reports on the assassination of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri. A prominent Malaysian lawyer said Friday that he had been asked by Syria to head the legal team to make an independent assessment on UN reports into the murder, which implicate Syrian officials.Lebanon president protests Hariri murder court AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 12:27 PM
Lebanon's pro-Syrian President Emile Lahoud protested his exclusion from the process of organizing an international court to try suspects in the 2005 murder of former premier Rafiq Hariri.In Syria, Iraq's Fate Silences Rights Activists Washington Post - Oct 26 10:18 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Horror at the bloodshed accompanying the U.S. effort to bring democracy to Iraq has accomplished what human rights activists, analysts and others say Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had been unable to do by himself: silence public demands for democratic reforms here. EU lawmakers push for more sops to Syria Gulf News - Oct 27 2:12 PM
Strasbourg, France: European Union countries should consider offering new incentives to Syria to encourage it to promote Middle East peace, EU lawmakers said on Thursday.James Baker And The Heights Of Folly Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! Finance - Oct 30 4:00 PM
Commentary from Investor's Business DailyIslam challenges secularism in Turkey's east Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 8:32 AM
In the heartland of Turkey's southeast, plagued by decades of conflict between separatist Kurdish rebels and the state, a new threat to secularism is emerging -- Islamist groups.Mideast peace at critical stage, warns EU's Solana AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 11:11 AM
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana warned that the Middle East has reached a critical point but that ending the Israeli-Palestinian crisis could provoke movement on many stalled fronts.Journeying into Jordan Rolf Potts via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 8:00 AM
Jordan offers travelers an appealing mix of history and natural beauty.Iraq asks troops to stay as U.S. death toll spikes Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 11:38 AM
The killings of two Americans took the monthly U.S. death toll in Iraq on Monday to over 100 for the first time in nearly two years, just a week before elections that could cost President George W. Bush's Republicans control of Congress.Hezbollah says to seek new govt by all legal means Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 8:00 AM
Hezbollah will seek the formation of a new Lebanese government through all democratic means, including the resignation of its two ministers and street protests, the group's senior MP said on Monday.Syria president receives letter from Ahmadinejad on regional issues People's Daily - Oct 28 9:43 PM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad received on Saturday a letter from his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on regional situations, particularly in Iraq and the Palestinian territories.Iraq discusses reconciliation with exiles in Jordan AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 10:34 AM
An Iraqi government delegation held talks with Iraqi exiles in Jordan amid efforts to involve them in a reconciliation conference in November in violence-battered Iraq.Iran, Syria discuss stabilising Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Oct 28 3:35 PM
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday to discuss ways to stabilise Iraq and deepen ties between the two countries.Victoire's Mourabet Loses Fund Bets Against Brazil Commodities Bloomberg.com - 59 minutes ago
Oct. 31 (Bloomberg) -- Mohamed Mourabet says missing the biggest rally in Brazil's commodity companies in a year won't deter him from betting against metals.Syria calls for more active EU role in Mideast peace process People's Daily - Oct 28 6:43 PM
Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal on Saturday called on the European Union (EU) to play a more active and influential role in establishing peace in the Middle East, the official SANA news agency reported.Tom Hayden: Exiting the Iraq Quagmire HuffingtonPost - Oct 30 5:54 PM
Exiting the Iraq Quagmire: Recommendations to the Iraq Study Group, Lee H. Hamilton and James A. Baker, co-chairs. According to reliable surveys, strong majorities in America, England, and Iraq favor a timetable for the rapid withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. U.S. soldiers are dying and being wounded in a cause their countrymen view as a mistake. A majority of Iraqis believe taking up arms Iraq to ask U.N. to extend foreign troop mandate Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 1:48 AM
Iraq plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate governing the presence of U.S.-led forces in Iraq for another year, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Monday.Lebanon hopes tourism can rebound USA Today - Oct 30 4:31 AM
Lebanon's tourism industry was on track to break records this year before the war between Israel and Hezbollah broke out July 12. Two months after the Aug. 14 cease-fire, few tourists are trickling into Lebanon.A radical idea: How Muslims can be European, too The Christian Science Monitor - Oct 30 2:51 PM
Tariq Ramadan encourages loyalty both to their faith and to the secular societies in which they live. Malaysian heads Syria's probe into UN reports on Hariri murder AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 27 12:16 PM
The Syrian government has gathered a team of lawyers to assess UN reports on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri, a prominent Malaysian lawyer said.Bush to Iran,Syria: Stop backing Hizbullah IranMania.com - Oct 27 2:55 AM
LONDON, October 27 (IranMania) - US President George Bush has urged Syria and Iran not to undermine Premier Fouad Saniora's government and to stop backing Hizbullah, Naharnet reported.FM: Palestinian problems to be solved through national consensus Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 29 5:48 AM
Syria - Mottaki - Palestine Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki and Head of Hamas Political Office Khaled Mashal in a meeting in Damascus Sunday underlined that the problems of the Palestinian nation can only be solved through unity and national consensus.A Campaign for Settlers Washington Post - Oct 29 8:33 PM
Israel's summer war with Hezbollah has revived the decades-old contest over the Golan Heights.Lebanon hopes tourism can rebound AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 30 12:30 AM
Foreign tourists used to pop into Sandra Spanioli's gift shop in a five-star Beirut hotel every few minutes to buy a magazine, a map or a postcard. Now, she's lucky to see 20 customers a day.Olmert: Israeli military will move to stop Palestinian arms smuggling, rocket fire San Diego Union-Tribune - 1 hour, 29 minutes ago
Hardliners join Israel Cabinet Associated Press Surrounded by bodyguards, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, center, arrives to a meeting of the Foreign Affairs and Defence committee at Israel's parliament in Jerusalem.Arar must wait for apology: MacKay CBC - Oct 30 3:58 PM
Maher Arar must wait for his legal action against the U.S. and Canada to be cleared up before he's issued an apology, Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay said Monday.Russian moves in Mideast raising concern and questions in Jerusalem JTA - Oct 30 3:48 PM
JERUSALEM, Oct. 30 (JTA) A Russian plan to send a separate peacekeeping force to Lebanon has raised eyebrows in Israel, but officials say they have no objections to it.Golan Heights Land, Lifestyle Lure Settlers Washington Post - Oct 29 7:58 PM
KATZRIN On the edge of this growing Jewish settlement, which bills itself as "the city of water and wine," Moti Bar is building a stylish microbrewery and restaurant in a glass and stone shopping mall that opened a few months ago. His venture, all the way down to the imported copper brew tanks, is...New worry for U.S. NorthJersey.com - Oct 30 6:19 PM
QANDIL MOUNTAINS, Iraq -- Driving north through these folded, wheat-colored mountains, it is easy to forget you are in Iraq. Miles to the south, the Iraqi flags disappeared, replaced by the flags of Kurdistan, a state that does not officially exist.Syria battles to beat the ageing process Zawya - Oct 27 1:30 AM
26 October 2006 THE expansion of Syria's natural gas sector is taking centre stage as the country steps up exploration and development work to help meet increasing domestic needs and compensate for falling production from ageing oilfields.Assad: Syria not seeking to be nuclear state Asahi.com - Oct 26 8:51 PM
DAMASCUS--Far from seeking nuclear weapons of its own, Syria's ultimate aim is to make the entire Middle East nuclear-free, according to President Bashar Assad.Saudi ambassador chides US NDTV - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
Saudi Arabia registered its impatience on Monday with the Bush administration for not pressing Israel to adopt a peace plan that would turn over all occupied Arab land and Jerusalem to the Palestinians for a state.Impacts Of An Iraqi Partition by Staff Writers Washington (UPI) Oct 30, 2006 Space War - Oct 30 4:58 PM
An American victory in Iraq would entail the establishment of a stable regime that does not develop Weapons of Mass Destruction, support terrorism, export radical Islamism, seek the destruction of Israel or tilt the balance of power toward now-ascendant Iran. For the past three-and-a-half years, Washington has been acting as if the only way to achieve these ends is to establish a unified Malaysian lawyer heads Syria s team in Hariri case New Straits Times - Oct 26 5:40 PM
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian lawyer is helping Syria build up its defence against possible charges of being the hidden hand behind the death of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.Whitehouse, Chafee fighting to the finish The Providence Journal - 3 minutes ago
CRANSTON -- In their final televised debate, U.S. Sen. Lincoln D. Chafee and his Democratic challenger Sheldon Whitehouse left no political stone unturned in their high-stakes effort to score points with voters.US troop death toll in Iraq for October hits 100 ABS-CBNNEWS.com - 2 hours, 32 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The US military death toll in Iraq for October climbed to 100 on Monday, a week before US elections in which President George W. Bush's Republicans could lose control of Congress over his policies in Iraq.Shift in Lebanon's sectarian politics BBC News - Oct 30 4:41 AM
Divisions are fracturing Lebanese society which cut across the usual sectarian boundaries, says Alex Klaushofer.Urban Terrorist Memories by Arnaud De Borchgrave UPI Editor at Large Washington (UPI) Oct 27, 2006 Space War - Oct 30 4:58 PM
When the commander in chief decided it was time to take back Baghdad from the terrorists, past reminders about the pitfalls of urban guerrilla warfare were dismissed as N/A. The average length of a post-World War II insurgency: seven years.Condoleezza Rice IV Lebanese Broadcasting Corp. Scoop.co.nz - 2 hours, 44 minutes ago
QUESTION: Former Secretary of State James Baker wrote in his memoir that it was time for some equity in the Middle East, but it remains an unsolvable problem. How do you comment on that? Do you still see the Middle East as an unsolvable problem? Is it time for some equity over there?Today in History - Oct. 31 AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Oct 30 4:00 PM
Today is Tuesday, Oct. 31, the 304th day of 2006. There are 61 days left in the year.Music event helps build bridges BBC News - Oct 30 4:30 AM
Bangor's first multi-cultural event aims to bring around 76 different nationalities closer together.Arar apology will likely have to await outcome of court cases:MacKay CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 30 11:35 AM
OTTAWA (CP) - Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay says a formal apology to Canadian engineer Maher Arar for his detention, deportation and torture is something that will have to await the outcome of litigation.Hizbollah rebuilds its military force under nose of UN Daily Telegraph - Oct 30 5:34 PM
Hizbollah has stepped up the rebuilding of its military infrastructure in southern Lebanon despite the deployment in recent weeks of thousands of Lebanese troops and international peacekeepers to limit the Islamic militant group's activities.Morton Kondracke: Whittier Daily news - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago
THE political cartoon on my office wall shows Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld as a frazzled father trying to drive the car while kids in the front and back seats yell, "Is it Vietnam yet?"Israeli Official Asks President to Step Aside New York Times - Oct 29 5:11 PM
President Moshe Katsav has come under intense pressure to resign as prosecutors decide whether to charge him with sex crimes.Hopkins team finds Syrian tomb Baltimore Sun - Oct 28 10:44 PM
Archaeology A team of Johns Hopkins University archaeologists digging in northern Syria this past summer found a 4,000-year-old tomb filled with human and animal remains, along with gold and silver artifacts. Palestinian militants say captured soldier to be released 'in near future' USA Today - Oct 29 4:26 PM
One of three Palestinian factions that kidnapped an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip said Saturday a prisoner swap could be concluded "in the near future." The other two factions, also linked to Hamas, made no similar claims. Reports of an impending deal have been rife for weeks.Iraq urges multinational troops to stay The Age - Oct 30 12:37 PM
The killings of two Americans have taken the monthly US death toll in Iraq to over 100 for the first time in nearly two years. -Oct. 31, 1984 Indira Gandhi killed Sify News - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Today is Tuesday, October 31, the 304th day of 2006. There are 61 days left in the year. This is Halloween. On October 31, 1984, Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.Between D.C. and Damascus Haaretz Daily - Oct 29 12:38 AM
The State of Israel is striving to end the war the Arab states have forced on it and to achieve a lasting peace. The precedent set by the agreement with Egypt, the return of Sinai in exchange for comprehensive peace, will also apply to the agreement with Syria when it is signed.Former solicitor general in dark about Arar mistakes Canada.com - Oct 30 1:26 PM
Liberal MP Wayne Easter. OTTAWA - The former head of the department that oversaw the RCMP has disputed testimony by RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli that he briefed his political masters soon after learning that the Mounties spread false information on Maher Arar.Intelligence watchdog raps CSIS over policy on human rights abuses Canada.com - Oct 30 1:26 PM
OTTAWA (CP) - The watchdog over CSIS recommends the spy agency make it official policy to consider a country's human rights record and possible security abuses before handing over information.Israel?s President Urged to Step Aside New York Times - Oct 29 2:08 PM
Israel?s attorney general said today that President Moshe Katsav should temporarily step aside while prosecutors decide whether to charge him with sex crimes.AIR GEAR Vol. 2 (by Oh!great, Del Rey, $10.95) Anime News Network - 35 minutes ago
FROM THE BACK COVER: "When his new Air Treck skates need maintenance, Itsuki Minami takes them to a local sports shop, where he finally meets Simca Noyamano, the mysterious and very sexy girl he's had his eye on.Chavez's performance art at UN costs Venezuela a Security Council seat World Tribune - Oct 30 10:08 AM
UNITED NATIONS Venezuela s bid for a seat on the UN Security Council seemed to have slipped on an oil slick as a direct result of a hysterical rant by the country s leftwing leader Hugo Chavez.Norizan hopes to maintain injury free squad The Star Online - Oct 30 3:21 PM
PETALING JAYA: National football coach Norizan Bakar is hoping to maintain an injury free squad for the Doha Asian Games.Lebanon Hopes Tourism Can Rebound ABC News - Oct 30 12:48 AM
Lebanon Hopes for Stability So Once Booming Tourism Industry Can ReboundKatsav urged to step aside during Israeli rape inquiry International Herald Tribune - Oct 29 1:40 PM
Israel's attorney general said Sunday that President Moshe Katsav should temporarily suspend himself while prosecutors decide whether to charge Katsav with sex crimes.Europe should study Syria incentives - lawmakers AlertNet - Oct 26 8:51 AM
Source: Reuters STRASBOURG, France, Oct 26 (Reuters) - European Union countries should consider offering new incentives to Syria to encourage it to promote Middle East peace, EU lawmakers said on Thursday. A report ... In Tomorrow's Paper EdmontonSun.com - Oct 30 12:22 PM
Learn how to sport your skins with sophistication in Lifestyle. OTTAWA Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay says a formal apology to Canadian engineer Maher Arar for his detention, deportation and torture is something that will have to await the outcome of litigation.Iraqi wants citizens to return to abandoned town Army Times - Oct 30 9:17 AM
SABA A AL-BOUR, Iraq His town almost emptied by insurgent attacks and sectarian revenge killings, local council chairman Khalid Latif faces a tough job persuading residents to come home.U.S. Oct. toll in Iraq climbs to 100 MSNBC - Oct 29 11:40 PM
U.S. military deaths in Iraq climbed to 100 on Monday, making October the deadliest month for American troops in a year as militias and al-Qaida stage fierce battles in Baghdad and elsewhere. Bush urges Iran, Syria aid neighbors Iraq, Lebanon Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 25 10:42 AM
President George W. Bush on Wednesday urged Iran and Syria to support the governments of neighboring Iraq and Lebanon and warned against creating instability in those democracies.Syria team studies UN Hariri reports Gulf Times - Oct 28 1:53 AM
KUALA LUMPUR: The Syrian government has gathered a team of lawyers to assess UN reports on the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, a prominent Malaysian lawyer said yesterday.