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Canada police sorry for Syria torture, says US shares blame 
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Canada's police commissioner apologized to a Canadian man deported by US authorities to Syria and tortured based on bad Canadian intelligence, but said the United States shared blame.Head of Mounties apologizes to Canadian sent to Syria because of wrong info USA Today - Sep 28 9:17 AM
The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) apologized Thursday for bad intelligence that led to a Canadian man being deported by U.S. authorities to Syria, where he was reportedly tortured.Syria defies U.S. threat, still backs Hamas, Hizbollah Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 5:45 AM
Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hizbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on it, a government newspaper said on Thursday.An apology to Canadian tortured in Syria USA Today - Sep 28 11:20 AM
The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police today apologized to Syrian-born Canadian citizen Maher Arar (right) for the Mounties' role in Arar's 2002 deportation from the United States to Syria, where he was reportedly tortured for nearly a year....Syria, Iran sign agreements on investment cooperation People's Daily - Sep 28 5:23 PM
Syria and Iran signed on Thursday a number of agreements and memorandums of understanding (MOUs) on investment cooperation, the official SANA news agency reported.Syria vows to back Hamas, Hizbullah at all costs The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 28 1:40 PM
Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hizbullah despite US threats to impose more sanctions on it, a Syrian government newspaper said on Thursday. Relations between the United States, Israel's chief ally, and Syria have been bad for years, and hit a new low after last year's assassination in Beirut of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.Syria shrugs off U.S. sanctions threat Reuters via Yahoo! Asia News - Sep 28 5:45 AM
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hizbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on the country, a government newspaper said on Thursday.Syria defies US threat, still backs Hamas, Hezbollah ABS-CBNNEWS.com - Sep 28 7:00 AM
DAMASCUS - Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hezbollah despite US threats to impose more sanctions on it, a government newspaper said on Thursday.Syria cooperating to prove innocence in Hariri murder: FM AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 27 7:41 AM
Syria, which has denied ordering the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, is cooperating with a UN probe of the killing in order to prove its innocence, a top official has said.Syria defies US threat, still backs Hamas, Hizbollah AlertNet - Sep 28 5:49 AM
Source: Reuters DAMASCUS, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Syria will keep supporting Hamas and Hizbollah despite U.S. threats to impose more sanctions on it, a government newspaper said on Thursday. U.S. Secretary of State ... Israeli PM rules out talks with Syria Independent Online - Sep 28 3:03 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has ruled out talks with Syria in an interview on public radio on Thursday, accusing Damascus of being "the main sponsor of Palestinian terrorist groups."Iraq Gives Ultimatum to Syria, Iran The New York Sun - Sep 27 10:10 PM
WASHINGTON Iraq's president is issuing an ultimatum to his neighbors: Stop meddling in my country or we will meddle in yours. In public interviews and speeches during a recent visit here, Jalal Talabani's remarks became sharper toward Iran, Syria, and Turkey. On September 26, he told National Public Radio that if interference from Iraq's neighbors continues, the "Iraqi people will support the Syria co-operating to prove innocence in Hariri killing Gulf Times - Sep 28 12:52 AM
DAMASCUS: Syria, which has denied ordering the murder of former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri, is co-operating with a UN probe of the killing in order to prove its innocence, a top official said yesterday.U.S., Syria spar and Rice calls for sanctions Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 6:59 PM
The United States and Syria locked horns on Tuesday, with Washington urging others to join it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling America to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.RENDERING UNTO SYRIA Robert Scheer via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 6:44 PM
What an outrage for the president to invoke the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in his address to the United Nations, a day after a Canadian government commission accused the United States of rendering a Canadian to Syria for torture. Did no one on his staff inform the president that Article 5 of that declaration explicitly states, "No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman Syria: Touting Tourism Zawya - Sep 28 12:33 AM
27 September 2006 Syria has launched a concerted push to promote itself as a tourist destination by cashing in on its abundance of natural and historical draw cards to attract foreign visitors, and their currencies.RCMP apologizes to falsely accused man AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago
The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police apologized Thursday to Mahar Arar, a Canadian who claims he was tortured in Syria after the U.S. sent him there based on false accusations by the RCMP.Canadian Police Official Apologizes for Mistakes Washington Post - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago
TORONTO, Sept. 28 -- Canada's top Mountie apologized Thursday for the "terrible injustices" done to a Canadian Muslim spirited to Syria and tortured for 10 months on false suspicions of terrorist ties. Critics of the government demanded that the prime minister offer his own apology.Olmert Says No Peace Talks With Syria Israel National News - Sep 27 10:35 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in an interview with Israel Radio stated the government will not enter into peace negotiations with Syria, which remains a strong supporter of terrorism.Rice wants other nations to put sanctions on Syria Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 12:18 PM
The United States would like other nations to join it in imposing sanctions on Syria, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview published on Tuesday.Syria: Kurdish parties call rally next week Kurdish Media - Sep 27 2:35 PM
Damascus, 27 Sept. (AKI) - Kurdish parties in Syria called for a rally in front of the Syrian cabinet offices next week, the online Arabic news website Elaph reported Wednesday.Syria offers rewards to Golan settlers UPI - Sep 27 11:44 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad said cash rewards will be offered for citizens residing permanently on the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights.US and Syria lock horns Stuff - Sep 27 10:20 AM
UNITED NATIONS: The United States and Syria have locked horns, with Washington urging others to join it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling America to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.Olmert: No talks with Syria at this time Gulf News - Sep 27 1:25 PM
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday he would not hold peace talks with Syria at the present time, brushing aside an overture by President Bashar Al Assad.Lebanese helicopters start patrolling border with Syria Al Bawaba - Sep 27 12:25 PM
Lebanese army helicopters have started patrolling the Lebanon-Syria border for the first time, Lebanese security officials and witnesses said Wednesday.Syria's economy requires broader reforms to reach and sustain higher growth The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 27 1:23 PM
Despite the relative improvement in Syria's economic conditions, the state-oriented economy requires deep and broad reform if higher levels of growth and better living standards are to be achieved. There is actually little debate among analysts that the Syrian economy is in need of reforms and that such reforms must take place as soon as possible.Canada's top Mountie apologizes to deported man Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 1:27 PM
The head of Canada's federal police force offered an unprecedented public apology on Thursday to a man who was deported by U.S. agents to Syria after the Mounties mistakenly labeled him an Islamic extremist.Syria cooperating to prove innocence in Hariri murder Middle East Online - Sep 27 7:13 AM
Muallem says Syria commits itself to cooperating with international magistrate as long as probe remains professional.US and Syria exchange verbal barbs Otago Daily Times - Sep 27 10:28 AM
New York: The United States and Syria locked horns yesterday, with the US urging others to join it in imposing sanctions on Syria and Syria telling America to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.Police lead apologies to Canadian man for mistakes in terror case AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 10:11 AM
The head of Canada's federal police apologized to a Canadian man who was deported by US authorities to Syria and tortured based on bad Canadian intelligence, but said the United States must share blame.Top Mountie says sorry to deported man Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 10:41 AM
The head of Canada's federal police force publicly apologized on Thursday to a man who was deported by U.S. agents to Syria after the Mounties mistakenly labeled him as an Islamic extremist.US Taking the Lead Against Syria Israel National News - Sep 27 10:35 AM
(IsraelNN.com) The US administration is working to persuade countries to impose sanctions on Syria, a country which America considers a sponsor of terrorism. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice stated on Tuesday that Syria is a destabilizing force in the region.Police lead apologies to Canadian man for mistakes in terror case AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 8:14 AM
The commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) apologized to a Canadian man who was wrongly deported by US authorities to Syria and tortured based on bad Canadian intelligence.Rice evokes possible new sanctions against Syria AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 12:54 AM
The United States is hoping to convince its allies to back new sanctions against Syria in response to its purported role in destabilizing Lebanon and Iraq and supporting the radical Palestinian movement Hamas, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.Rice calls for sanctions as US, Syria spar Stuff - Sep 26 10:20 PM
UNITED NATIONS: The United States and Syria locked horns today, with Washington urging others to join it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling America to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.US war on terror has failed: Syria Gulf Times - Sep 27 1:05 AM
UNITED NATIONS: Syria s foreign minister told the UN yesterday that the US "war on terror" has failed and that US policies caused the September 11 attacks.Olmert Tells Minister to Stop Talking About Negotiations with Syria Israel National News - Sep 27 2:50 AM
(IsraelNN.com) Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has instructed government ministers to stop expressing their opinions on the issue of negotiating with Syria.Rice calls for sanctions against Syria Aljazeera - Sep 26 5:20 PM
The US and Syria clashed on Tuesday, with Washington urging other countries to impose sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling the US to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.Syria's president wants `peace with Israel' Sun-Sentinel - Sep 28 12:04 AM
JERUSALEM · The message from Syrian President Bashar Assad this week seemed conciliatory, an attempt to set himself apart from Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.Stop imposing will on Arabs, Syria tells US The Peninsula - Sep 26 5:58 PM
united nations The United States and Syria locked horns yesterday, with Washington urging others to join it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling America to stop trying to impose its will on Arabs.Canadian torture victim gets apology Aljazeera - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Canada's police commissioner has apologised to a Canadian man deported by US authorities to Syria and tortured based on bad Canadian intelligence, but said the US shared blame.Syria faces U.S. sanctions over Hariri Tiscali - Sep 26 7:11 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has warned Syria that it must help investigate the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri or face the possibility of further sanctions.Bush tells Syria to pull Lebanon troops Tiscali - Sep 26 7:11 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush has demanded that Syria pull troops from Lebanon in the wake of the killing of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri and says he will seek support from European leaders next week to put more pressure on Damascus.US, Syria spar and Rice calls for sanctions AlertNet - Sep 26 1:52 PM
Source: Reuters By Howard Goller UNITED NATIONS, Sept 26 (Reuters) - The United States and Syria locked horns on Tuesday, with Washington urging others to join it in imposing sanctions on Damascus and Syria telling ... Rice wants others to join Syria sanctions The Australian - Sep 26 12:48 PM
THE US would like other nations to join it in imposing sanctions on Syria, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in an interview published today.World in Brief Times Online - Sep 28 4:06 PM
Toronto The head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police has apologised to a Canadian who said that he was tortured by Syria after the US sent him there based on false terrorism accusations by Canadian police.Syria, Lebanon praise latest UN report into Hariri killing The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 26 12:24 PM
Syria praised the latest report from the UN commission investigating the 2005 assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri on Tuesday, saying it proved Damascus was cooperating with the probe. Lebanon, where many accuse Syria of masterminding Hariri's murder, also welcomed the report issued Monday by UN investigator Serge Brammertz.Analysis: Chavez courts Syria, Iran UPI - Sep 26 10:45 AM
MIAMI, Sept. 26 (UPI) -- Venezuela has announced it is collaborating with Syria and Iran to build a new oil refinery in Syria that will produce 150,000 barrels a day.Israeli intellectuals petition for contacts with Syria, Hamas AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 25 8:24 AM
Dozens of Israeli university lecturers, writers and reserve officers have signed a petition calling on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to open contacts with Syria and the Palestinians, including Hamas.RCMP chief apologizes to Arar for 'terrible injustices' CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 28 9:50 AM
RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli apologized to Maher Arar on Thursday and said he accepts all the recommendations of a report criticizing the RCMP's role in the Canadian's deportation to Syria, where he was tortured.Government stands by RCMP commissioner over Maher Arar affair: Day CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 28 10:00 AM
OTTAWA (CP) - RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli won't quit over the Maher Arar affair. He didn't offer to resign right after Justice Dennis O'Connor issued his withering report on RCMP blunders which contributed to Arar's deportation to Syria by U.S. authorities and doesn't plan to resign now, he told a Commons committee.U.S. Embassy in Damascus Attacked WTOL News 11 - Sep 28 3:13 PM
DAMASCUS, SYRIA (AP) - Islamic militants attempted to storm the U.S. Embassy in Damascus on Tuesday using automatic rifles, hand grenades and at least one van rigged with explosives, the government said. Four people were killed in the brazen attack, including three of the assailants.RCMP chief apologizes to Arar in first public statement on case CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 28 7:51 AM
RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli apologized on Thursday to Maher Arar, 10 days after a report criticized the Mounties for their role in Maher's deportation and torture in Syria.Contrite RCMP chief apologizes to Arar family in first comments on case CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 28 7:37 AM
OTTAWA (CP) - RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli formally apologized Thursday to Maher Arar and his family for the "nightmare" caused by Arar's deportation to Syria by U.S. authorities, largely because of RCMP mistakes.Man deported to Syria had no link to terror, Canada told U.S. International Herald Tribune - Sep 25 7:51 AM
When the United States sent Maher Arar to Syria, where he was tortured for months, the deportation order stated unequivocally that Arar, a Canadian software engineer, was a member of Al Qaeda.McLellan partly to blame? Grande Prairie Daily Herald-Tribune - Sep 28 3:22 PM
EDMONTON (CP) - The lawyer for Maher Arar has criticized former federal cabinet minister Anne McLellan for the hasty passage of anti-terrorism legislation he says led to his client's imprisonment and torture in Syria.RCMP chief to testify before Commons committee on Arar case CBC via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 28 3:50 AM
RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli was expected Thursday morning to break his silence on a report that criticized the Mounties for their role in Maher Arar's deportation to Syria where he was tortured.Rice evokes possible new sanctions against Syria Middle East Online - Sep 26 1:58 AM
US Secretary of State accuses Syria of destabilizing Lebanon and Iraq and supporting Hamas.Contrite RCMP chief apologizes to Arar family in first comments Canada.com - Sep 28 7:20 AM
OTTAWA - RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli has apologized for the RCMP s contribution to the pain that Maher Arar and his family endured when he was deported to Syria by U.S. authorities, largely on RCMP evidence.RCMP chief apologizes but won't quit Hamilton Spectator - Sep 28 9:56 AM
OTTAWA - A contrite RCMP Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli today apologized to Maher Arar and his family, saying he was "truly sorry" for the role played by the police force in Arar's "nightmare" deportation and detention in Syria.Jordan jails two for trying to fight U.S. in Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Sep 27 5:17 AM
A Jordanian military court sentenced two Jordanian militants to three and five years in prison on Wednesday for trying to slip into Iraq via Syria to fight the U.S. military.Weekly Edition, Syria - Week of September 25, 2006 ArabicNews.com - Sep 27 8:47 PM
We are looking for sales & marketing representatives in different countries. Apply now!Syria: First private TV station airs Middle East Times - Sep 27 5:15 AM
DAMASCUS -- The first private Syrian satellite television channel started broadcasting Tuesday after four decades of a tight government grip over audio-visual media.Open ears, no action Al-Ahram Weekly - Sep 28 6:40 AM
Only days after Arabs pleaded with the UN Security Council to head up efforts to revive Arab-Israeli talks on ending Israeli occupation of Arab territories seized in 1967, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared he has no intention of returning the Golan Heights annexed from Syria by military force in the 5 June 1967 War.Peace negotiations with Damascus impossible: Israeli PM People's Daily - Sep 28 2:08 AM
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated Thursday that it is impossible for Israel to hold peace talks with Syria, accusing Damascus of sheltering Palestinian terrorists.RCMP commissioner says he won't resign over Maher Arar affair CP via Yahoo! Canada News - Sep 28 8:11 AM
OTTAWA (CP) - RCMP Commissioner Guiliano Zaccardelli says he won't quit over the Maher Arar affair. He says he never offered to resign following Justice Dennis O'Connor's withering report on RCMP blunders which contributed to Arar's deportation to Syria by U.S. authorities.362-3304. Shall We Review? 362-3304. The Signal - Sep 28 1:51 AM
"The road is always better than the inn." I've been sort of on vacation and sort of not. I'm not going anywhere special. No disappearing into the Canadian Rockies for a month. No tour of France and certainly, me with a big American cowboy hat, no trip to Syria on the books.Romania hosts Francophone summit amid row over Lebanon's Lahoud AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 1:30 PM
Heads of state or government from more than 30 countries began a two-day summit of French-speaking nations in Romania amid a dispute over whether the Lebanese president should have been invited.Canada 'sorry' over deportation BBC News - Sep 28 6:02 PM
Canada's national police chief publicly apologises over the case of a man who was deported on false terrorism charges.Canada 'sorry' over deportation BBC News - Sep 28 5:50 PM
Canada's national police chief publicly apologises to a man who was deported on false terrorism charges.Syria denies report on meeting with Israel People's Daily - Sep 25 5:09 PM
Syria on Monday denied a report that Syrian and Israeli representatives had held a secret meeting in late July, the official SANA news agency reported.Serving up a daily diet of news for Bible-believing Israel-lovers hungry for Israel-related news from an Israel-savvy Jerusalem Newswire - Sep 28 12:45 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert Thursday rejected a recent overture by Syria to restart peace negotiations.Olmert hopes to meet with Abbas soon AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 12:33 PM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Thursday he hopes to hold a long-delayed meeting with Mahmoud Abbas in the coming days, but ruled out releasing prisoners or offering other goodwill gestures to the Palestinian president until a captured Israeli soldier is freed.Syria Should Have Avoided Belligerent Statements Israel National News - Sep 27 4:05 PM
(IsraelNN.com) Defense Minister Amir Peretz on Wednesday stated that it would have been better if Syrian President Bashar al-Assad hadn t made his belligerent remarks.Arch-rivals lay into US at UN General Assembly AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 4:16 PM
Foes of the US administration laid into Washington at the UN General Assembly with Syria saying the US "war on terror" has been a failure, while Stalinist North Korea called the United States a "high-handed" superpower.Briefly: Olmert hopes to meet Abbas for summit talks International Herald Tribune - Sep 28 2:52 PM
INTERNATIONALIsrael does not expect another imminent fight with Hezbollah: Olmert AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 9:02 AM
Israel's prime minister has said he did not expect another fight with Hezbollah in the near future, amid stalled talks on a timetable for the Jewish state to withdraw its remaining troops from Lebanon.Abdullah Ocalan, jailed Kurdish leader AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 10:06 AM
Abdullah Ocalan, the Kurdish leader who has asked his armed rebels to call a ceasefire in their war against the Turkish state, has spent roughly half his life underground, in exile or in captivity.Singapore bans Far Eastern Economic Review AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 8:11 AM
Singapore has banned the Far Eastern Economic Review magazine after it failed to comply with regulations on foreign publications sold in the city-state, the government said.Bush Travels to Hill to Push Detainee Bill New York Times - Sep 28 8:05 AM
The argument in the Senate today seems likely to focus on potential changes to the bill, rather than on its overall fate.Iraq convicts 22 suspected insurgents AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 4:47 AM
Iraq's Central Criminal Court said Thursday it had convicted 22 suspected insurgents of a range of crimes, including weapons violations and illegally entering the country.Moallem touts Syrian cooperation with Hariri probe The Daily Star Lebannon - Sep 27 1:25 PM
Syria, which has denied ordering the murder of former Lebanese Premier Rafik Hariri, is cooperating with a UN probe into the killing in order to prove its innocence, a top official said Wednesday.Foreign Minister Walid Moallem said Syria itself has become a victim of the crime because of the deterioration in its ties with neighboring Lebanon.Lebanon leader excluded at summit BBC News - Sep 28 12:33 PM
Lebanon's president is excluded from a French-speaking summit over his alleged links to the former PM's assassination.Iraqi President Threatens Turkey Zaman Online - Sep 27 2:10 PM
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani has threatened Turkey, Iran and Syria. Talabani warned that Iraq would support these countries opposition forces if they did not stop interfering in Iraq s internal affairs.Congress heads toward approval of new rules on terror suspects International Herald Tribune - Sep 28 11:52 AM
The U.S. Congress has taken major steps toward establishing a new system for interrogating and trying terror suspects as the House of Representative approved legislation sought by President George W. Bush and the Senate defeated efforts to alter the measure.Syrian minister tells UN that US 'war on terror' is a failure AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 11:23 AM
Syria's foreign minister told the United Nations that the US "war on terror" has failed and that US policies caused the September 11 attacks.CORRECTED: US, Syria spar and Rice calls for sanctions Reuters - Sep 26 6:54 PM
Corrected to make clear Rice made the comments to The Wall Street Journal, not The New York Times, in fifth paragraphSyrian director tackles terrorism Chicago Sun-Times - Sep 27 2:22 AM
DAMASCUS, Syria -- A Syrian director who received death threats after a Ramadan television series on suicide bombers is back for this year's holiday: This time, he condemns terrorism by Islamic extremists as a global threat that hurts Muslims.U.S. policies proven wrong in Arab world, states Syria People's Daily - Sep 26 6:38 PM
The U.S. policies toward the Arab countries were proven wrong because they were a distorted reflection of the actual will of the Arab people, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem told the UN General Assembly Tuesday.Olmert hopes to meet Abbas in coming day AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 2:10 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in interviews broadcast Thursday that he hopes to meet with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in coming days for what would be their first real talks since he came to power.Vatican: Extremists undermining religion USA Today - Sep 28 3:01 AM
The Vatican's foreign minister said Wednesday that misunderstanding between cultures is breeding a "new barbarism" and expressed hope that reason and dialogue would stop those who use their faith as a pretext for attacks.Saudis plan 560-mile fence across border with Iraq to keep out extremists USA Today - Sep 28 2:22 AM
Saudi Arabia is pushing ahead with plans to build a fence to block terrorists from crossing its 560-mile border with Iraq another sign of growing alarm that Sunni-Shiite strife could spill over and drag Iraq's neighbors into its civil conflict.Canada's Top Mountie Won't Quit After Arar Report (Update1) Bloomberg.com - Sep 28 10:26 AM
Sept. 28 (Bloomberg) -- Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli said he won't resign because of a report which found his force gave the U.S. false information that flagged an innocent Canadian as linked to terrorism.Israel does not expect another fight with Hezbollah soon AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 28 1:34 AM
Israel's prime minister said he did not expect another fight with Hezbollah in the near future and ruled out freeing Palestinian prisoners ahead of the release of an Israeli soldier.Statement Of Talabani Is Ugly, P.M. Erdogan TurkishPress.com - Sep 27 10:51 AM
ISTANBUL - Commenting on recent statement of Iraqi Head of State Jalal Talabani (in which Talabani accused neighboring countries Turkey, Syria and Iran of intervening in Iraq's internal matters), Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, "this is an ugly statement.Egypt Demands Release Of Soldier Held By Hamas WLBZ Bangor - Sep 27 9:53 AM
Egypt is telling Hamas enough is enough. It has fired off a letter to a Hamas leader based in Syria, demanding that Hamas release a captured Israeli soldier to ease a crisis in the Gaza Strip.Golan heights an 'integral part" of Israel: PM AFP via Yahoo! News - Sep 26 7:10 AM
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has called the occupied Golan Heights an integral part of Israel and said he would never hand it back to Syria.KARIM JAAFAR AFP FIFA - Sep 27 2:42 AM
All eyes will be focused on Kuwaiti champions Al Qadisiya and Syria's Al Karama when the two sides meet in the first leg of the semi-final of the AFC Champions League in Homs on Wednesday.A proud but struggling symbol in Iraq International Herald Tribune - Sep 28 9:48 AM
Throughout more than three years of war the Iraqi National Symphony Orchestra has striven to lift the country's spirits. But orchestra members are finding that it cannot stand forever as a bulwark against the maelstrom of conflict.Little pressure on Hezbollah to disarm AP via Yahoo! News - Sep 27 11:59 PM
Six weeks after the end of the Lebanon war, the militant Hezbollah group is facing little on-the-ground pressure to give up its weapons and disarm despite a U.N. cease-fire resolution demanding just that.