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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.Giant camel's remains found in Syria People's Daily - Oct 07 5:32 PM
Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria, the independent Syria-News website reported Saturday.Remains of giant camel discovered in Syria Reuters.co.uk - Oct 07 2:37 PM
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Swiss researchers have discovered the 100,000-year-old remains of a previously unknown giant camel species in central Syria.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 Muzi - Oct 07 6:07 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 told Reuters.Remains of giant camel discovered in central Syria Gulf News - Oct 07 2:51 PM
Damascus: 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.Iran, Turkey support Syria more than Arab states: Asad Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 07 7:24 AM
Iran - Syria - Turkey Syrian President Bashar al-Asad said that Iran and Turkey support Syria's position more than the Arab countries do.Assad: Syria expects Israeli attack at any time Al Bawaba - Oct 07 8:13 AM
In a comprehensive interview given to the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Anbaa and published Saturday, President Bashar al-Assad talked about Syria's stances towards the regional and international developments.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.B92 - News - Globe - Syria says prepared for Israeli attack B92 - Oct 07 4:38 AM
DAMASCUS -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said Friday that Syria has begun preparations to counter an Israeli attack "at any moment."Canada protests US deportation of Canadian to Syria INQ7.net - Oct 06 8:31 PM
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.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.Canada Formally Protests to U.S. Over Deported Man New York Times - Oct 07 1:51 PM
The Canadian government filed an official complaint with the United States over the treatment of Maher Arar, the Canadian the United States sent to Syria for interrogation that included torture on the basis of false terrorism allegations. Prime Minister Stephen Harper told reporters that he wanted the United States to acknowledge ?inappropriate conduct? and to commit that such an incident would Assad: Syria preparing for Israeli attack UPI - Oct 07 8:56 AM
KUWAIT CITY, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said his country was preparing for an imminent attack from Israel, in an interview published Saturday.Classical Syrian Musicians Struggle to Find Work NPR - Oct 07 9:05 AM
Syria is home of one of the most prestigious music conservatories in the Middle East. Over the years it has trained thousands of talented musicians in the intricacies of both Arabic and European classical music. But the musicians it graduates often have a hard time finding a job they want.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.Syria says US embassy attack planned in Saudi Gulf Times - Oct 07 12:42 AM
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 Qaeda, a government investigation said.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 Tries to Turn International Community Against Israel Israel National News - Oct 07 2:04 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad stated he fears Israel is planning to attack his country, stating he is preparing for an attack that may occur at any moment.US embassy attack planned in Saudi: Syria The Peninsula - Oct 06 10:06 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 Qaeda, a government investigation said on Thursday.Canada in protest over rendition BBC News - Oct 06 11:24 PM
Canada is to protest formally to the US over the case of a Canadian deported to Syria over alleged terror links.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.Classical Syrian Musicians Struggle to Find Work NPR - Oct 07 8:53 AM
Weekend Edition Saturday , October 7, 2006 · Syria is home of one of the most prestigious music conservatories in the Middle East. Over the years it has trained thousands of talented musicians in the intricacies of both Arabic and European classical music.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.A resurgence in bias vs. Muslims, Arabs reported Boston Globe - Oct 07 1:31 AM
LOS ANGELES -- The Muslim restaurant manager from Morocco, the Christian Armenian caterer from Syria, and the Yemeni sailor don't share a religion or a homeland. But all three say they experienced discrimination at work after Sept. 11, 2001, because of their national origin or perceptions that they were Muslim.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 .Panama AGMnews - Oct 07 8:43 AM
Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, , Poland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, and Yemen. ... Jim Cramer's Real Money Radio Recap, Sept. ... 'A good man,' says ... arms to Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Chad, Guatemala, Iran, Lebanon, Panama , Poland, South Africa, Sri ...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.Tishrin: Ahmadinejad's worries about US policies, logical Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 07 7:24 AM
Syria - Tishrin - Ahmadinejad Damascus-based daily Tishrin on Saturday termed worries voiced by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad about the US policies as "logical and legitimate".Bias against Muslims on rise, advocates say Contra Costa Times - Oct 07 3:06 AM
The Muslim restaurant manager from Morocco, the Christian Armenian caterer from Syria and the Yemeni sailor don't share a religion or homeland. But all three say they experienced discrimination at work after Sept. 11, 2001, because of their nationality or perceptions that they were Muslim.B92 - News - Comments - Syria says prepared for Israeli attack B92 - Oct 07 4:39 AM
There are no comments for this document. The story behind The Unit Filip varm: "The unit had a particular history. What was the idea behind it? To always pass themselves as someone else. Those who operated in Knin with Captain Dragan, called themselves ...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.Hezbollah's Big Miscalculations Washington Post - 2 hours, 22 minutes ago
Despite claiming "divine victory" in recent war, militia was caught off guard by Israeli response.Inside Hezbollah, Big Miscalculations Washington Post - Oct 07 6:24 PM
BEIRUT -- The meeting on July 12 was tense, tinged with desperation. A few hours earlier, in a brazen raid, Hezbollah guerrillas had infiltrated across the heavily fortified border and captured two Israeli soldiers. Lebanon's prime minister summoned Hussein Khalil, an aide to Hezbollah's... Along...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.Reporter memorial opens to more killings AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 07 2:06 PM
As the first European memorial to journalists killed on the job was inaugurated Saturday, word trickled in that two reporters had been shot to death in Afghanistan and another was killed in Russia.'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)Report: Thousands wrongly on terror list AP via Yahoo! News - Oct 07 1:50 AM
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.Long way to go in Iraq's efforts at reconciliation Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 21 minutes ago
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- As tribal leaders from Iraq's troubled Anbar province met the week before last with Iraqi Prime Minister al-Nouri Maliki, pledging their support to clean out al-Qaida insurgents, it soon became clear they were as good as their word.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.Syrian president rejects dividing Arab region into different camps People's Daily - Oct 07 6:22 PM
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rejected the idea of dividing Arab countries into different camps of moderates and extremists, the official SANA news agency reported on Saturday.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.Iraq's militias target women Guardian Unlimited - Oct 07 5:32 PM
Abduction, rape and murder - The Observer reveals the terrifying reality of life after Saddam's fall.Canada to complain about U-S deportation of former terror suspect Fox21 - Oct 07 5:37 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.UPI NewsTrack TopNews UPI - 2 hours, 33 minutes ago
TAL AFAR, Iraq, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- A suicide truck bomber hit an Iraqi checkpoint Saturday, killing at least 14 people and wounding 14 others in the northern city of Tal Afar, police said.Hidden victims of a brutal conflict: Iraq's women Guardian Unlimited - Oct 07 5:32 PM
They came for Dr Khaula al-Tallal in a white Opel car after she took a taxi home to the middle class district of Qadissiya in Iraq's holy city of Najaf. She worked for the medical committee that examined patients to assess them for welfare benefit.Robert Fisk: The Age of Terror - a landmark report Independent - Oct 07 4:17 PM
A few days after Lebanon's latest war came to an end, I went through many of the reporter's notebooks I have used in my last 30 years in the Middle East. Some contained the names of dead colleagues, others the individual stories of the suffering of Arabs and Kurds and Christians and Jews. One, dated 1991, is even splashed with a dark and viscous substance, the oil that came raining down on us Report: Thousands Wrongly Listed on Terror Watch List Fox News - Oct 07 5:12 AM
Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed border, boarded planes, or were stopped for traffic violations.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.Hedberg's may be a tale of two styles, but 'same rules of art' apply to both Richmond Times-Dispatch - Oct 07 4:36 PM
One person at the opening asked me if I was bipolar," Steve Hedberg recalled during a gallery chat two weeks into the run of his solo show at the Rentz Gallery.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.DEBKA file DEBKAfile - Oct 07 3:25 PM
Our military and Washington sources read as preparatory justification the Syrian ruler Bashar Asad s statement Saturday, Oct. 7, that he expects an Israeli attack.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.Abdulhamit Bilici Zaman Online - Oct 07 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.Director Ridley Scott Talks Penetration Coming Soon - Oct 07 1:20 PM
Ridley Scott talks with ComingSoon.net about his next project, the spy thriller tentatively called Penetration , adapted from David Ignatius' book by The Departed screenwriter Will Monahan. He also hints on a possible Gladiator sequel and on who might direct the upcoming remake of The Warriors .Straight from the horse's mouth Gulf News - Oct 07 2:51 PM
The message is crystal clear: the United States is not interested in spreading democracy in the Arab world - as it has led some people to believe. Instead, what the current US administration wants is 'moderation' for the Arab countries.Quran award's youngest entrant charms audience Gulf News - Oct 07 2:48 PM
Dubai: The Dubai International Holy Quran Award's youngest contender, 11-year-old Australian Abdullah Al Zahabi, delighted the audience on Friday evening as he won hearts with his intonation of the Quran.Haven Arts Presents Visual Anthropologies Art Daily - Oct 07 3:06 PM
David Nelson Gimbel. BRONX, NY.- Haven Arts presents Visual Anthropologies , Photographs by David Nelson Gimbel, on view through October 28, 2006, curated by Susana Torruella Leval and Barry Kostrinsky.N.S. whale rescue succeeds at high tide CBC Nova Scotia - Oct 07 11:51 AM
The persistence of a half-dozen people on a Nova Scotia island paid off when they managed to save the life of a beached whale by pushing it into the water.Egypt's Mubarak underlines peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program Payvand Iran News - Oct 07 9:27 AM
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in his recent meeting with the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during her recent Middle East tour, underlined the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities. -IRNABen 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...Heard the one about the army that just wouldn't leave? The Philadelphia Inquirer - Oct 07 12:19 AM
The year is 2017, according to the opening credits of the fake news broadcast, and the last man alive in Iraq, whose name is Saaed, is sitting at a desk, working as a television news anchor. He sports an Afro, star-shaped sunglasses, and a button-down shirt.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."Ottawa launching formal protest over Arar affair Vancouver Province - Oct 07 8:13 AM
CALGARY -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper told U.S. President George W. Bush Friday the Canadian government will launch an official protest over the United States' treatment of Maher Arar, urging American officials to "come clean" about their "inappropriate conduct" in the case.Syrian Sunnis joining Shiites Seattle Times - Oct 07 12:20 AM
Last Sunday, Munir al-Sayed, a middle-age Sunni Arab from the northern city of Aleppo, quietly did something he had done only once before...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.Memo reassures officers after questions of RCMP competence CNews - Oct 07 5:06 AM
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.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.Assad considers Iran as powerful in nuclear field Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 07 5:25 AM
Kuwait - Nuclear - Iran Syrian President Bashar al-Assad referred to Iran as a nuclear power and called on Arab states to have exchange of views with Iran based on facts.Whidbey activists protest war in Iraq South Whidbey Herald - Oct 07 5:08 AM
Two women one 68, the other 85 spent a sunny afternoon in Langley Park Thursday. Sounds like nothing extraordinary, except that the two ladies were on a mission: A mission for peace in Iraq and elsewhere in the world.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. Mubarak underlines peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear program Islamic Republic News Agency - Oct 07 4:55 AM
Egypt - Nuclear - Iran Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in his recent meeting with the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during her recent Middle East tour, underlined the peaceful nature of Iran's nuclear activities.The faces of this place Los Angeles Times - Oct 07 12:25 AM
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.Watch lists lead to error Kansas City Star - Oct 07 12:13 AM
WASHINGTON | Thousands of people have been mistakenly linked to names on terror watch lists when they crossed borders, boarded planes or were stopped for traffic violations, the government said Friday.