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Harper protests US deportation of Canadian to Syria 
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Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has protested to US President George W. Bush about the deportation to Syria of a Canadian, who was tortured and held for a year.Canada to protest US's deportation of Canadian to Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 4:20 PM
Prime Minister Stephen Harper told US President George W. Bush that Canada will lodge an official protest over the US deportation of a Canadian to Syria, where the man was tortured and held for a year.EU body seeks closer ties with Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 10:57 AM
The European parliament's foreign affairs committee has voted to deepen cooperation with Syria and ultimately sign an association agreement.Remains of giant camel discovered in Syria Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 10:46 AM
Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria.In Syria, Converting For Sake of Politics Washington Post - Oct 05 10:19 PM
DAMASCUS, Syria -- Last Sunday, Munir al-Sayed, a middle-aged Sunni Arab from the northern city of Aleppo, quietly did something he had done only once before in his life, without telling his wife or his friends.Canada protests US deportation of Canadian to Syria INQ7.net - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago
MONTREAL -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper protested to US President George W. Bush Friday the deportation to Syria of a Canadian, who was tortured and held for a year.Giant camel remains found in Syria The Scotsman - Oct 06 5:34 PM
SWISS researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria.Syria: remains of giant camel found TVNZ - Oct 06 3:23 PM
Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria. "This is a big discovery, a revolution in science,". Professor Jean-Marie Le Tensorer of the University of Basel said.Shipment of North Korean radar systems released to Syria World Tribune - Oct 06 10:40 AM
NICOSIA The Republic of Cyprus has ended a three-week deadlock and released a shipment of surface-to-air missile radar systems to Syria. Officials said the Nicosia government decided to allow a Panamanian-flagged ship to resume its journey and deliver North Korean air defense systems to Syria.Russian Company Denies Firing Official Dealing With Arms Supplies to Syria RedNova - Oct 06 10:23 AM
Excerpt from report in English by Russian news agency Interfax- AVN website Moscow, 6 October: The Rosoboronexport arms trading company has denied Israeli mass media reports that it had fired a high-ranking official responsible for supplies of weapons to Syria.Remains of giant camel discovered in Syria SABC News - Oct 06 11:36 AM
Swiss researchers have discovered the 100 000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria. "This is a big discovery, a revolution in science," Jean-Marie Le Tensorer, a professor at the University of Basel, said.Remains of giant camel discovered in Syria Tiscali - Oct 06 11:09 AM
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria. "This is a big discovery, a revolution in science,". Professor Jean-Marie Le Tensorer of the University of Basel told Reuters.Ottawa to protest U.S. treatment of Canadian sent to Syria for torture USA Today - Oct 06 11:36 AM
Prime Minister Stephen Harper telephoned U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday to give him notice that Canada intends to launch a formal protest over the U.S. treatment of a Canadian who was sent by American authorities to a Syrian prison as a suspected terrorist.Korea Republic Lee Chun-soo to miss Ghana, Syria games FIFA - Oct 05 7:14 AM
Korea forward Lee Chun-soo will miss Sunday's friendly against Ghana and next week's key Asian Cup qualifier against Syria due to an ankle injury, increasing the selection problems for coach Pim Verbeek.Canada formally protests to U.S. over deported man Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 3:00 PM
Canada will formally protest to the United States over the case of a Canadian man deported to Syria by U.S. agents after he was accused of being connected with terrorist activity, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told President Bush on Friday.Syria: U.S. Embassy attackers not linked to terror groups CNN.com - Oct 05 7:19 PM
Read full story for latest details. Syria says U.S. embassy attack planned in S.Arabia Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 6:15 PM
Last month's attack on the U.S. embassy in Damascus was planned in Saudi Arabia and the four Syrians who carried it out had no links to al Qaeda, a government investigation said on Thursday.Canada to formally protest to U.S. over deported man Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 11:21 AM
Canada will formally protest to the United States over the case of a Canadian man deported to Syria by U.S. agents, Prime Minister Stephen Harper told President Bush on Friday.Canada to protest U.S. treatment of man sent to Syria WOAI - Oct 06 3:08 PM
OTTAWA (AP) - Canada's prime minister said Friday he will send a formal letter of complaint to President Bush over the treatment of a Canadian terror suspect who was sent to a Syrian prison by American authorities.Rice's Visit to Mideast Won't Weaken Syria, Hezbollah Middle East Online - Oct 05 4:26 AM
The war between Israel and Lebanon this summer may have caused Hezbollah to lose some of its military capabilities, but the organization has gained influence and popularity in the Arab world, particularly in Syria, says Souheila Al-Jadda .Analysis: Syria still holds the key Middle East Times - Oct 06 10:45 AM
WASHINGTON -- This Friday, October 6, marks the 33rd anniversary of the fourth Arab-Israeli Middle East war; four wars fought in as many decades.S.Korea's Lee Chun-soo to miss Ghana, Syria games Reuters via Yahoo!7 Sports - Oct 04 9:59 PM
SEOUL, Oct 5 (Reuters) - South Korean forward Lee Chun-soo will miss Sunday's friendly against Ghana and next week's key Asian Cup qualifier against Syria due to an ankle injury, increasing the selection problems for coach Pim Verbeek.The International Sunni Plot Against Syria Strategy Page - Oct 05 3:25 AM
October 5, 2006: In Syria, the Alawite (an Islamic sect) dictatorship is in big trouble.Syria spends up on tourism AME Info - Oct 04 10:14 PM
Syria invested $940m in tourism projects last year in a bid to double the number of annual visitors to 7m by 2010, according to a senior government official quoted by Gulf Daily News. The government plans to open offices abroad to promote tourism and attract foreign investment in the sector.Syria still against Lebanese government: Israeli DM People's Daily - Oct 04 7:23 PM
Israeli Defense Minister Amir Peretz told cabinet ministers on Wednesday that Syria still works against the Lebanese government of Prime Minister Fouad Saniora and is calling for peace "while keeping open the option of war." Peretz updated ministers on the situation in Lebanon and Syria, as well as the latest spate of violence in the Palestinian territories. According to him, the tension between Analysis: Syria still holds the key UPI - Oct 06 4:11 AM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- This Friday, Oct. 6, marks the 33rd anniversary of the fourth Arab-Israeli Middle East war; four wars fought in as many decades.'Come clean' on Arar, Harper asks U.S. CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 06 2:50 PM
Canada wants assurances that U.S. officials will deal honestly with their Canadian counterparts and incidents like the deportation of Canadian Maher Arar to Syria will not happen again, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.Syria says attack on US embassy planned in Saudi Arabia Al Bawaba - Oct 06 2:58 AM
An official source at the Syrian Interior Ministry announced Thursday that the anti-terrorism authorities ended investigations into the attack on the US Embassy in Damascus on Sep.12, 2006. The official source said that the terrorist group which attempted to storm into the US chancery comprised of four Syrians from Damascus-countryside, al-Tal neighborhood who are Abdul-Rauf Saleh 31, Bilal Saleh Syria sees 5 percent economic growth in 2006 AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 03 11:39 AM
Syria expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow five percent this year, up from 4.5 percent in 2005, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs was quoted as saying.Archaeologists find 11-millennium-old building in Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 03 10:56 AM
Archaeologists said they have discovered an 11-millennium-old building with on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern Syria.Syria plans investment push to spur tourism Gulf Daily News - Oct 04 4:04 PM
DAMASCUS: Billions of dollars worth of investments in Syria's tourism industry will allow it to accommodate nearly double the current number of visitors by 2010, according to senior government officials.US embassy attackers had no links to extremist groups: probe AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 2:27 PM
Four men who last month attacked the US embassy in Damascus had no links with extremist groups outside Syria, the interior ministry said, citing the findings of an official probe.Israelis Would Welcome Negotiations with Syria Angus Reid - Oct 05 11:11 PM
- Many adults in Israel believe their government should enter talks with a neighbouring nation, according to a poll by Maagar Mochot released by Israel Radio.Harper to Bush: Canada to officially protest U.S. treatment of Arar Canada.com - Oct 06 12:59 PM
Mahar Arar, who was arrested by U.S. authorities and deported to Syria, takes part in an inquiry in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 24, 2005. OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper told U.S. President George W. Bush today that Canada will launch an official protest over American treatment of Maher Arar.Mounties blamed in Arar case Canada.com - Oct 06 12:59 PM
OTTAWA - An inexperienced RCMP anti-terrorism squad gave false information to American authorities -- tagging Maher Arar as an "Islamic extremist" -- which very likely set off a chain of events leading to his deportation and torture in Syria, an exhaustive inquiry has found.Arar wants Mounties disciplined for role in his torture Canada.com - Oct 06 12:59 PM
Maher Arar comments on the inquiry report. OTTAWA - Maher Arar told the head of the RCMP Friday the only way to restore public trust in the police force is to discipline the officers responsible for the false information that led to his imprisonment and torture in Syria.Syria sees 5% economic growth in 2006 Middle East Times - Oct 04 2:10 AM
DAMASCUS -- Syria expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 5 percent this year, up from 4.5 percent in 2005, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs was quoted Tuesday as saying.Archaeologists find millennia-old building in Syria Middle East Times - Oct 04 2:10 AM
BULL S HEAD: Syrian workers clean the area around the 'bucrania' (bull head), discovered at Ja de, East Aleppo city, northern Syria October 2. (REUTERS)Is Condi Rice being drug tested? Middle East Online - Oct 06 8:33 AM
Condi showed up in Cairo with a pitch to sell the latest neo-con plot - a 'moderate' Arab coalition aligned with Israel against the 'radicals' in Iran, Syria, Lebanon and Palestine.Emir greets presidents of Egypt, Syria The Peninsula - Oct 05 10:05 PM
Source ::: QNA DOHA The Emir H H Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani has sent the Egyptian President Mohammad Hosni Mubarak and the Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad cables of congratulations on the October war anniversary.Report: Thousands wrongly on terror list USA Today - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago
Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a government report said Friday.Uri Avnery: Lunch in Damascus The Palestine Chronicle - Oct 06 3:32 AM
Until Israel has a government ready to answer this question and confront the settlers, there will be no agreement with Syria. Once while traveling in a taxi, I had an argument with the driver a profession associated in Israel with extreme right-wing views.DEMOCRATS WITHOUT A HOME William F. Buckley via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 3:24 PM
Democrats concerned about the 2008 elections will of course be looking closely at the midterm elections one month away. Hard thought upon the upcoming elections tells us interesting things, salient among them that there is no policy extant, among Democratic leaders, on which strategic political building can be done with any confidence.Archaeologists find millennia-old building in Syria Middle East Online - Oct 05 4:26 AM
Remarkable discovery of site dates back to 8,800 BC, retains oldest painted decorations known in Middle East.Ben Eliezer: If Syria is Willing, We ll Talk Israel National News - Oct 03 5:57 PM
(IsraelNN.com) National Infrastructures Minister Binyamin Ben Eliezer said Tuesday that Prime Minister Ehud Olmert would agree to talks with Syria without preconditions and with a guarantee that it would officially acknowledge Israel s right to exist.Sadat nephew loses Egyptian parliamentary immunity AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 9:15 AM
The nephew of slain Egyptian ruler Anwar Sadat lost his parliamentary immunity after implicating the army in the former president's assassination 25 years ago, state-run newspapers have said.Archaeologists find 11-millennium-old building in Syria INQ7.net - Oct 03 8:52 AM
DAMASCUS -- Archaeologists said Tuesday they have discovered an 11-millennium-old building with on the banks of the Euphrates River in northern Syria.At UF, Syria's envoy defends border moves Gainesville Sun - Oct 03 8:15 AM
Visiting the University of Florida on Monday, Syria's ambassador to the United States, defended his president's decision this week to move troops away from the Iraqi border and south toward Lebanon, despite criticism that it will create a viable pathway for insurgents and weapons to...The 'war' should be not only a war International Herald Tribune - Oct 06 8:48 AM
When all 16 of America's intelligence agencies declare that the terrorist threat is spreading and intensifying, this should be reason enough for the country to seriously rethink the "war on terror."Israeli warplanes overfly Hezbollah strongholds in Bekaa AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 3:56 AM
Israeli warplanes were flying low over the Bekaa Valley and its main town of Baalbek, both strongholds of Hezbollah in eastern Lebanon, an AFP correspondent has said.Syria projects 5 percent GDP growth in 2006 The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 03 1:42 PM
Syria expects gross domestic product (GDP) to grow 5 percent this year, up from 4.5 percent in 2005, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs was quoted Tuesday as saying. "The growth rate in 2006 will reach at least 5 percent, against 4.5 percent in 2005," said Abdullah Dardari.Can luxury live in a war zone? FT.com via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 4:20 AM
Along some of the same elevated highways punctured by Israeli precision bombing in July and August, eye-catching billboards, bearing the image of an immaculately coiffed Ivana Trump, advertised the launch of one of Beirut's hottest new addresses.MJ Rosenberg: Woodward on Bush and the Saudis HuffingtonPost - Oct 06 4:02 PM
Bob Woodward's latest book, "State of Denial," is loaded with new information about the Iraq war - how it began and how it has been conducted. But it also includes some new information about the Bush administration and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. As is well known, the Bush family is very close to the Saudi ruling family. They are so close that when then Governor George W. Bush was On this day in history CNN.com - Oct 06 2:49 AM
Read full story for latest details. Rice meets Iraqi Kurdish leader Barzani Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 3:54 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met Iraqi Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani on Friday to discuss control of oil resources in the autonomous region of Kurdistan.Report: Thousands Wrongly on Terror List San Francisco Chronicle - Oct 06 6:01 PM
Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a government report said Friday. More than 30,000 airline passengers have... Sadat nephew 'defamed army' BBC News - Oct 06 9:33 AM
A nephew of assassinated President Anwar Sadat faces charges of defaming Egypt's army over the killing.Select an Edition: AlertNet - Oct 05 7:41 AM
Fetching... DAMASCUS, 5 October (IRIN) - More than a dozen Kurds were arrested on Thursday as hundreds of riot police and security officers armed with tear gas and batons prevented a demonstration calling for the restoration of citizenship to an estimated 300,000 stateless Kurds living in Syria.Rice to meet Iraqi Kurdish leaders Reuters via Yahoo! News - Oct 06 12:23 AM
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will urge Iraqi Kurdish leaders on Friday to work with Sunnis and Shi'ites, particularly on the controversial issue of managing Iraq's vast oil wealth.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.Today in History Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune - Oct 05 12:19 PM
Syrian-born Canadian citizen Maher Arar, who was arrested as a suspected terrorist as he passed through JFK Airport in New York and deported by the U.S. to Syria, was suddenly released from Syrian jail three years ago today, in 2003. He had spent a year in custody without being charged.On Nuclear Issue, World Looks for U.S. to Lead NPR - Oct 04 5:28 PM
There is growing international pressure on the Bush administration to accelerate efforts to revive the moribund Middle East peace process. There is also criticism of the United States' failure to engage many of the key players, including Syria and Iran.Report: Terror watch lists misidentify thousands Baltimore Sun - Oct 06 5:51 PM
GAO review questions whether those inconvenienced given proper recourse Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a government report said today. Canada to complain about U-S deportation of former terror suspect KTRE-TV East Texas - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago
OTTAWA Canada will make a formal complaint to President Bush because a Canadian terror suspect was sent to a Syrian prison where he says he was tortured.Egypt against dividing area into moderates and extremists ArabicNews.com - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak said there is no such thing as a new axis of moderates in the area, denying that US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had raised such issue during her meeting with Egyptian, Jordanian and GCC Foreign Ministers.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.Internal memo reassures officers after recent questions over RCMP competence CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 06 3:57 PM
VANCOUVER (CP) - The RCMP has taken the unusual step of making public an internal memo sent to thousands of officers in an effort to rub off some of the tarnish from recent incidents that have shaken public confidence in the force.Canada to protest U.S. actions in Arar case CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 06 12:50 PM
Canada will officially protest the U.S. treatment of Maher Arar, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Friday.Hariri: Plots to sow sectarianism can be defeated through dialogue ArabicNews.com - 1 hour, 35 minutes ago
Head of the Future Bloc in the Lebanese Parliament MP Saad Hariri appealed for dialogue among the Lebanese and said Muslim-Christian unity is crucial in the face of attempts to create instability in the country. He rejected sectarian provocations and threats of 'coups' to bring down the government....AS WELL AS THOSE STUCK IN BORDER AREAS Radio Free Europe: Radio Library - Oct 05 2:29 AM
The UNHCR also expressed concern over the welfare of Palestinian refugees who fled violence in Baghdad and are now stuck in the border area between Iraq, Jordan, and Syria in its October 3 press release. Some 330 Palestinians have been stuck at the Al-Tanf border crossing with Syria for the past four months.Canada to complain about U-S deportation of former terror suspect WBAY Green Bay - Oct 06 4:28 PM
OTTAWA Canada will make a formal complaint to President Bush because a Canadian terror suspect was sent to a Syrian prison where he says he was tortured. Canada's prime...Syria to open bourse next year AME Info - Oct 02 8:59 PM
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.Today in history - Oct. 6 AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 5:00 PM
Today is Friday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2006. There are 86 days left in the year.RELATED NEWS Zawya - Oct 05 3:24 AM
DAMASCUS, Oct 4, 2006 (AFP) - Syria's deputy prime minister for economic affairs Abdullah Dardari met with a European Commission delegation Wednesday to discuss cooperation between 2007 and 2010, Syrian and European sources said.MBN Taps Award-Winning Journalist Larry Register to Be Vice President of Network News for Alhurra and Radio Sawa RedNova - Oct 06 4:22 PM
SPRINGFIELD, Va., Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Larry Register has been named Vice President of Network News for the Middle East Broadcasting Networks, Inc. (MBN) the MBN Board announced today. Register will succeed Mouafac Harb, who is stepping down to pursue private media projects.Harper talks about Arar case Calgary Sun - Oct 06 5:16 PM
Prime Minister Stephen Harper says U.S. President George W. Bush vows to look into the case of Maher Arar and how the innocent Canadian ended up deported to Syrian torture chambers.Former Ont. priest sentenced to 3 years in prison CBC - Oct 06 10:13 AM
A former Roman Catholic priest has been sentenced to three years in prison after pleading guilty to sexually abusing dozens of girls over the span of three decades.Today in History KFVS12 - 2 hours, 1 minute ago
Today is Friday, October sixth, the 279th day of 2006. There are 86 days left in the year.The good Jew Calendarlive.com - Oct 06 11:40 AM
* Cynthia Ozick assesses David Mamet s call for soul-searching.The state's just a state of mind Calendarlive.com - Oct 06 3:44 PM
California Biennial? What California Biennial? The artists in the Orange County Museum of Art's latest survey of emerging talent are based here, but they come from just about everywhere. If the biennial is a regional show, the region is international.Seek and you shall find Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 06 7:20 AM
A small band of sleuths from the suburbs is proving the Government's story of safely repatriated asylum-seekers to be a deadly fable. Adele Horin reports. -Rubin: Afghanistan at Dangerous 'Tipping Point' Foreign Relations - Oct 06 2:17 PM
Barnett R. Rubin , one of the top experts on Afghanistan, says the failure of the Bush administration to press Pakistan to halt its support for the Taliban has put Afghanistan into a very precarious situation.Abdulhamit Bilici Zaman Online - Oct 06 2:15 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.Report: Thousands wrongly on terror list China Daily - Oct 06 5:46 PM
WASHINGTON - Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed the border, boarded commercial airliners or were stopped for traffic violations, a U.S. government report said Friday.News Analysis: Torture Case Casts Light on America s Most Secret Spy Agency Berkeley Daily Planet - Oct 06 9:06 AM
The U.S. government s Gulfstream jets are back in the news.Syria to benefit from Arab gas pipeline project: official People's Daily - Oct 04 2:09 AM
Syrian Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Sofian al-Alaw on Tuesday said his country would get profit from an Arab gas pipeline project which links Egypt with Turkey and some European countries, the official SANA news agency reported.Police block Kurdish demo in Damascus: witnesses AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 9:41 AM
A planned demonstration of Kurds who were demanding Syrian nationality has been blocked by police in Damascus, witnesses has told AFP.Teach the Children Well The Nation via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 11:49 AM
The Nation -- Escalating violence in Iraq has resulted in the deaths of 24 US soldiers since Saturday, and the Pentagon just reported that IED attacks are taking place at an unprecedented rate.Question after B.C. Mountie case collapses: Should cops investigate cops? CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Oct 06 8:50 AM
The collapse of a sexual misconduct case against an RCMP officer in British Columbia has brought new calls for an end to the practice of Mounties investigating Mounties.Analysis: Hezbollah may attack -- experts UPI - Oct 06 12:12 PM
WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 (UPI) -- As tension between Iran and the United States continues to mount over the Islamic republic's nuclear program, some experts speculate that the United States should be on guard for possible retaliatory attacks, in the event the Pentagon were to target Iranian nuclear sites.Top National News Right Now WSTM-TV NBC 3 - Oct 06 5:45 PM
Navy medic apologizes for taking part in kidnap-killing of Iraqi civilianCAMP PENDLETON, Calif.Stephen Harper makes announcements in hometown CFCN.ca - Oct 06 4:46 PM
The prime minister will commit to reviewing how injured soldiers are compensated but he will not commit to extending danger pay.The Iranian nuclear stand-off casts an ominous shadow over Beirut The Daily Star Lebannon - Oct 06 12:26 PM
The beauty of the Lebanese is their zest for life and eternal optimism. The current sense of relief and hope they feel is understandable after the Lebanese were woken from their dream-like state in July to relive the nightmares of the 1980s. Again, the talk in Beirut is of rebuilding what has been destroyed and expanding the power.US embassy attack 'was planned in Saudi Arabia' Gulf News - Oct 06 2:50 PM
Damascus: Last month's attack on the US embassy in Damascus was planned in Saudi Arabia and the four Syrians who carried it out had no links to Al Qaida, a government investigation said yesterday.IN BRIEF ***** Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Oct 06 3:48 PM
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah Ibn Abdul Aziz has thanked the minister of culture and information and chairman of 7th session of information ministers of Organization of Islamic Conference Iyad Bin Madani and Organization's Secretary General Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsan Oglu for their cable addressed to the Monarch following the end of the conference's 7th session held in Jeddah on As the storm of war approaches Jewish World Review - Oct 06 2:42 AM
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | The clouds of the coming war are converging upon Israel. But the Jewish State's political and military leaders refuse to look up at the darkening sky.Arar longs for 'normal' life following inquiry report Vancouver Province - Oct 06 12:27 PM
Maher Arar ponders a question while his wife Monia Mazigh looks on. KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Maher Arar appears nervous as he recounts what, for most people, would be a tedious element of commercial air travel.THE NATIONAL DAY: Ain-Al-Yaqeen - Oct 06 3:47 PM
ROUTING OUT TERRORISM IS A CONTINUOUS TASK IN THE KINDGOM OF SAUDI ARABIA. THE CUSTODIAN OF THE TWO HOLY MOSQUES LAUNCHES THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR COMBATING TERRORISM.Greenpeace warns of toxic risks to two million in Lebanon AFP via Yahoo! News - Oct 05 10:31 AM
Two million residents of Lebanon, about half the population, could face health risks posed by toxic releases from Israeli bombing in the July-August war, Greenpeace warned.Sadat nephew loses Egyptian parliamentary immunity Middle East Times - Oct 06 10:15 AM
CAIRO -- The nephew of slain Egyptian ruler Anwar Sadat lost his parliamentary immunity after implicating the army in the former president's assassination 25 years ago, state-run newspapers said Friday.