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Syria welcomes latest Hariri probe report 
AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 12:01 PM
Syria on Friday welcomed the latest interim report by the UN commission of inquiry into the 2005 murder of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri, describing it as "professional."Ready to talk with Iran, Syria Financial Express - Mar 17 9:20 AM
Two weeks after making major concessions for a nuclear accord with North Korea, the administration of President George W. Bush said last Tuesday it was prepared to sit down with Iran and Syria as part of a regional conference to stabilise Iraq.President praises enhanced ties with Syria Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 17 12:21 AM
Iran - Syria - Meet President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Friday night praised the growing trend of technical and industrial cooperation with Syria.Home From Home in Syria Institute for War and Peace Reporting - Mar 16 3:58 PM
Violence and sectarianism have followed many Iraqis across the border. Ten-year-old Rifqa Haitham is an Iraqi living in Syria as a refugee with her parents. Every morning when it is time to go to school, she cries and begs to return to Iraq.Syria lauds Brammertz report as 'professional' The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 16 12:40 PM
Syria on Friday welcomed the latest interim report of the UN International Independent Investigating Commission into the murder of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, describing it as "professional." "The report is professional, technical and does not pre-empt the outcome of the inquiry," Syria's ambassador to the UN, Bashar Jaafari, told the government daily Ath-Thawra.Syria s Muslim Brotherhood calls on Assad to quit Khaleej Times - Mar 16 8:23 AM
LONDON - The exiled leader of Syria s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood on Friday called on President Bashar al-Assad to step down and allow free elections, saying the opposition would resort to civil disobedience if the regime failed to introduce democratic change.Iran, Syria sign 12 agreements mehrnews.com - Mar 16 9:21 AM
TEHRAN, March 16 (MNA) -- Iran and Syria signed 12 agreements here on Thursday.Iran-Syria good model for Islamic countries: VP IranMania.com - Mar 15 11:20 PM
LONDON, March 16 (IranMania) - Iran First Vice-President referring to good level of cooperation between Iran and Syria said such appropriate level of our bilateral ties could serve as model for other Islamic countries, IRNA reported.Call for balance in Iran-Syria economic ties IranMania.com - Mar 15 11:20 PM
LONDON, March 16 (IranMania) - First Vice President Parviz Davoudi said that economic and trade relations between Iran and Syria should expand to the extent that it will be equal to their political exchanges, IRNA reported.Iran, Syria sign 12 cooperation agreements People's Daily - Mar 15 5:45 PM
Iran and Syria signed 12 cooperation agreements on Thursday as the two countries' officials hailed their "excellent political relations," the local Fars News Agency reported.Khalilzad: Syria invites more talks The Washington Times - Mar 15 10:38 AM
Syria has expressed an interest in meeting with the United States to discuss the situation in Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq told Congress Thursday.US talks to Iran and Syria over Iraq insurgency Times Online - Mar 15 9:39 AM
Envoys from America and its bitter foes, Iran and Syria, will come face-to-face today in Baghdad at a regional conference that hopes to find a way of ending the insurgency in Iraq.'Problems' still mar relations with Syria - EU The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 15 2:10 PM
European efforts to thaw relations with Syria hinge on the willingness of Damascus to help stabilize the Middle East, including the situation in Lebanon, European Union foreign affairs chief Javier Solana said on Thursday. His comments were echoed by the French premier, who met Thursday with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.Khalilzad: Syria invites more talks .:. NewKerala.Com, India News Channel New Kerala - Mar 15 7:41 PM
WASHINGTON, March 15 : Syria has expressed an interest in meeting with the United States to discuss the situation in Iraq, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq told Congress Thursday.Syria denies link to group accused of Lebanon bombs Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 10:46 AM
Syria denied on Wednesday Lebanese allegations that it had links to a group accused of bombing two buses near Beirut last month and said it was hunting the group down for ties to al Qaeda.E.U. Attitude Shift Toward Syria Baltimore Jewish Times - Mar 15 2:28 PM
After two years of isolating Syria, Europeans and Americans are again knocking at President Bashar Assad's door.Arutz 7 TV Israel National News - 25 minutes ago
(IsraelNN.com) United Nations officials have asked the Lebanese government for permission to station an international force on the border with Syria. The force s task would be to prevent weapons smuggling from Syria to the terrorist group Hizbullah. The force would not be armed.EU envoy urges Syria to help on Lebanon, Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 7:16 AM
The European Union's foreign policy chief urged Syria on Wednesday to do more to help stabilize Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that ended a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.2nd round of Iran-Syria talks held in Tehran Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 15 8:06 AM
Iran - Davoudi - Syria The second round of talks between high ranking Iranian and Syrian delegations headed by First Vice President Parviz Davoudi and the Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otri was held on Thursday morning.Davoudi calls for balance in Iran-Syria economic, political ties Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 15 7:28 AM
Iran - Davoudi - Syria First Vice President Parviz Davoudi here Thursday said that economic and trade relations between Iran and Syria should expand to the extent that it will be equal to their political exchanges.EU's Solana urges Syria to work for Lebanon peace AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 6:34 AM
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, on his first visit to Syria in two years, urged Damascus on Wednesday to work for peace and security in neighbouring Lebanon.EU Ends Diplomatic Boycott Of Syria, Seeks Help For Lebanon, Iraq Nasdaq - Mar 15 1:52 AM
(RTTNews) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana urged Syria on Wednesday to work for peace and security in neighboring Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that ended a two-year diplomatic boycott of Damascus.EU backs Syria's aim to regain Golan Heights: Solana Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 5:22 AM
The European Union supports Syria's goal of regaining the occupied Golan Heights from Israel, the EU foreign policy chief said after meeting President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday.EU's Solana makes first Syria visit in two years AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 3:59 AM
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, on his first visit to Syria in two years, held talks on Wednesday aimed at easing the political crisis in neighbouring Lebanon where Damascus was power-broker for nearly three decades.Sectarianism follows Iraqis across border Middle East Online - Mar 17 9:42 AM
Iraqi refugees go to Syria for security, but problems at home still follow them in various ways.EU renews talks with Syria in bid to ease Lebanon crisis AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 14 1:37 AM
EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, on his first visit to Syria in two years, was due to hold "frank" talks on Wednesday with President Bashar al-Assad aimed at easing the political crisis in Lebanon.Iran-Syria ties a good example of cordial relations among Muslim nations: Davoudi Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 15 3:51 AM
Iran - Syria - VP First Vice-President Parviz Davoudi on Thursday called for promotion of Iran-Syria relations as an example of good relations between two Muslim nations.Palestinian refugees in Iraq stuck in "Catch 22" Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 8:36 AM
Hameda Um Firas has lived most of her 70-odd years as a refugee -- now she is stranded in a tent again at Iraq's border with Syria where hundreds of Palestinians have fled to escape violence in Baghdad.UN Food Agency Seeks $1.7 Million To Feed Iraqi Refugees In Syria Nasdaq - Mar 14 10:06 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP)--The World Food Program has launched an appeal for $1.7 million to help feed tens of thousands of Iraqi refugees who continue to arrive in Syria and are increasingly without the resources to sustain themselves.FACT JV with Adi Group of Syria The Economic Times - Mar 15 6:59 AM
KOCHI: The Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers will form a consortium of Indian companies including FACT for taking 50 % equity in the proposed Rs 3000 crore joint venture urea plant in Egypt with Syria-based Adi Group.Israel redefines bounds of terror war as planes strike Syria after bombing JTA - Mar 16 8:12 AM
Israeli self-propelled canons are moved into place on the northern border recently.Syria wants to rebuild Iraq pipeline UPI - Mar 14 10:16 AM
Syria wants to increase imports of Iraqi oil by rebuilding a pipeline, as well as become a main export route for Iraq to other markets. Abdallah ...Chemical blasts sicken hundreds in Iraq AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 48 minutes ago
Three suicide bombers driving trucks rigged with tanks of toxic chlorine gas struck targets in heavily Sunni Anbar province including the office of a Sunni tribal leader opposed to al-Qaida. The attacks killed at least two people and sickened 350 Iraqi civilians and six U.S. troops, the U.S. military said Saturday.SYRIA GIVING FACILITIES FOR ADVANCE SALE OF SAMAND CARS Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 Finance - Mar 14 5:47 PM
Transport The Syrian government is to give facilities to its citizens to purchase Samand cars, jointly being produced by Iran-Syria auto manufacturing company `Siamco', before these cars hit the market.Syria Giving Facilities For Advance Sale Of Samand Cars Asia Pulse via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 14 5:47 PM
The Syrian government is to give facilities to its citizens to purchase Samand cars, jointly being produced by Iran-Syria auto manufacturing company `Siamco', before these cars hit the market.As Syria prepares for war Jewish World Review - Mar 16 1:50 AM
http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | This has been a banner week for Syrian diplomacy. First, together with their big Iranian brothers, the Syrians were given a place at the table alongside US officials at the conference on Iraqi security in Baghdad last weekend.UN hosts int'l conference on Iraq's economic rebuilding Financial Express - Mar 17 9:33 AM
UNITED NATIONS, Mar 17 (AFP): A UN-sponsored conference yesterday brought together nearly 90 countries, including Iran and Syria, and several multilateral institutions to review an ambitious five-year plan to rebuild war-torn Iraq's economy.Palestinians install more moderate gov't AP via Yahoo! News - 2 hours, 47 minutes ago
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Palestinians installed a new, more moderate coalition government on Saturday, in hopes of persuading the international community to end its isolation of the Palestinian Authority and lift a year of bruising sanctions.Saturday, March 17 CNN.com - Mar 17 5:20 PM
LOS ANGELES (CNN) -- Los Angeles airport police have arrested a man and a woman posing as plain-clothes police officers, who tried to pass through a screening area with a gun, an airport spokeswoman said Saturday.EU envoy to urge Syria to help on Lebanon, Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 13 4:39 PM
The European Union's foreign policy chief will urge Syria on Wednesday to do more to help ease tensions in Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that will end a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.Simhon offers Syria apples for water Haaretz Daily - Mar 14 5:53 PM
Agriculture Minister Shaul Simhon is offering Syria the opportunity to buy apples exported from the Israeli Golan with water.Gates: Foreign Fighters Passing Through Syria to Target Iraqis Voice of America - Mar 14 12:03 PM
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says dozens of foreign fighters are moving into Iraq from Syria every month, mostly to conduct suicide attacks against Iraqi civilians. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon.Syria beat Chinese Hong Kong 2-0 in Olympics qualifier People's Daily - Mar 14 7:06 PM
Syria Wednesday beat host Hong Kong, China 2-0 in a Group B qualifying match for the 2008 Beijing Olympic soccer games.Hamas-Fatah gov't seeks end to boycott USA Today - Mar 17 1:57 PM
Palestinians installed a new, more moderate coalition government on Saturday, in hopes of persuading the international community to end its isolation of the Palestinian Authority and lift a year of bruising sanctions.Iran-Syria good ties, model for Islamic countries: VP Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 14 3:21 PM
Iran - Syria - Meet IRI First Vice-President referring to good level of cooperation between Iran and Syria n said such here Wednesday appropriate level of our bilateral ties could serve as model for other Islamic countries.Australia troops to stay till Iraq 'terrorists defeated' AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 17 1:40 PM
Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his Australian counterpart John Howard refused to set a timetable for the withdrawal of Australian troops, vowing Saturday that they will stay until "terrorists are defeated".Yemeni court to rule on 23 accused over Iraq AFP via Yahoo! News - Mar 17 9:51 AM
A Yemeni appeal court on Saturday said it would give its verdict on April 22 in the case of 23 nationals sentenced earlier to jail for trying to get to Iraq to joint the insurgency there.30,000 Impoverished Iraqi Refugees In Syria Scoop.co.nz - Mar 14 2:21 PM
The United Nations World Food Programme WFP today appealed for $1.7 million for a new operation to feed some 30,000 of the poorest Iraqi refugees who are now in Syria after fleeing escalating violence in their own country.EU envoy urges Syria to help on Lebanon and Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Mar 14 7:55 AM
The European Union's foreign policy chief urged Syria on Wednesday to do more to help stabilise Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that ended a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.Syria gives facilities for Samand advance sale Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 14 12:13 PM
Iran - Syria - Samand The Syrian government intends to provide the Syrian with facilities for advance sale of Samand cars which are being jointly produced by Iran-Syria `Siamco' auto manufacturing company.EU calls on Syria to help in Lebanon and Iraq Guardian Unlimited - Mar 14 6:30 AM
Foreign policy chief urges Syria to help stabilise Lebanon and Iraq during visit marking thaw in relations.Four U.S. soldiers die in Iraq Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 15 4:10 PM
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq advocated a mix of "pressure and engagement" on Thursday to persuade countries like Iran and Syria to help quell the violence in Iraq as a roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers.UN hosts international conference on Iraq's economic rebuilding AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News - Mar 16 12:30 PM
A UN-sponsored conference on Friday brought together nearly 90 countries, including Iran and Syria, and several multilateral institutions to review an ambitious five-year plan to rebuild war-torn Iraq's economy.US cool on Palestinian government BBC News - Mar 17 5:59 PM
The US reacts with caution to the opening speech by the PM of the new Palestinian unity government.Syria plays down expectations from talks with U.S. Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mar 13 8:24 AM
Syria played down on Tuesday the significance of having taken part in talks with the United States on Iraq, saying removal of mutual suspicion with Washington would take time.Syria tells top U.S. official it wants 'serious' dialogue with Washington Contra Costa Times - Mar 14 3:25 AM
Syria told a visiting U.S. State Department official Monday that it is willing to engage in "serious" dialogue with Washington on all Middle East issues, just days after both countries attended a conference in Baghdad on restoring security to Iraq.EU calls on Syria to help in Lebanon and Iraq Guardian Unlimited - Mar 14 6:38 AM
The EU foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, today urged Syria to help stabilise Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that marked a thaw in EU relations with Damascus.2nd round of Iran-Syria talks held in Tehran IranMania.com - Mar 15 11:19 PM
LONDON, March 16 (IranMania) - The second round of talks between high ranking Iranian and Syrian delegations headed by First Vice President Parviz Davoudi and the Syrian Prime Minister Muhammad Naji al-Otri was held, IRNA reported.EU envoy urges Syria to help on Lebanon, Iraq Reuters via Yahoo!7 News - Mar 14 3:50 AM
DAMASCUS (Reuters) - The European Union's foreign policy chief urged Syria on Wednesday to do more to help ease tensions in Lebanon and Iraq during a visit that ended a two-year freeze on high-level EU contacts with Damascus.EU's Solana makes first Syria visit in two years AFP via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 14 3:02 AM
DAMASCUS (AFP) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrived in Syria on Wednesday on his first visit in two years to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad aimed at easing the political crisis in Lebanon.Syria to adopt new media strategy Middle East Online - Mar 14 8:27 AM
Syria to launch new satellite channel, improve existing one in new media reform plan.SYRIA OPERATES AL QAIDA IN LEBANON Middle East Newsline - Mar 14 8:55 AM
NICOSIA [MENL] -- For the first time, Lebanon has accused Syria of controlling an Al Qaida network. Lebanese officials said Syrian intelligence has been directing Al Qaida operatives to attack pro-Western interests in Lebanon.Iran, Syria trade ministers confer Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 14 8:13 AM
Iran - Syria - Trade Syrian Minister of Economy and Trade Amir Husni Lutfi and Iranian Minister of Commerce Masoud Mir-Kazemi held talks in Tehran on Wednesday on ways to develop trade between the two countries.'War and terror' laws and practices have silenced objections to injustice The Daily Star Lebannon - Mar 16 12:41 PM
In her article "In Ancient Syria Tears were Like Gold" published in Irish Medical Weekly, Bette Browne writes: "In ancient Syria they buried their dead with tears from their loved ones sealed in a jar. It seemed the ultimate romantic gesture, in contrast to the more prosaic Egyptians who preferred their gold."Syria wants to rebuild Iraq pipeline EARTHtimes.org - Mar 14 10:11 AM
Syria wants to increase imports of Iraqi oil by rebuilding a pipeline, as well as become a main export route for Iraq to other markets.Chemical Blasts Sicken Hundreds in Iraq ABC News - Mar 17 1:45 PM
Truck Bombs Rigged With Chlorine Sicken Hundreds, Including 6 U.S. Troops, in Iraq; 2 KilledAssad is urged to step down Gulf Daily News - Mar 16 4:01 PM
LONDON: The exiled leader of Syria's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood yesterday called on President Bashar Al Assad to step down and allow free elections, saying the opposition would resort to civil disobedience if the regime failed to introduce democratic change.EU's Solana makes first Syria visit in two years TODAYonline - Mar 14 3:19 AM
EU Foreign Policy chief Javier Solana (C) arrives for meetings with Syrian officials in Damascus. Solana arrived in Syria on Wednesday on his first visit in two years to hold talks with President Bashar al-Assad aimed at easing the political crisis in Lebanon.Repaving the road to Damascus The Australian - Mar 16 6:37 AM
IMAD Moustapha is Syria's genial envoy in Washington who, like any diplomat, is able to makes friends easily. But he had become used to rejection. Since Condoleezza Rice took over as the Bush administration's Secretary of State in January 2005, he had been frozen out. The last promising diplomatic exchange had occurred in late 2004, when then deputy secretary of state Richard Armitage made a ...FEATURE-Palestinian refugees in Iraq stuck in "Catch 22" AlertNet - Mar 16 8:46 AM
Source: Reuters By Ammar Alwan TANAF, Iraq, March 16 (Reuters) - Hameda Um Firas has lived most of her 70-odd years as a refugee -- now she is stranded in a tent again at Iraq's border with Syria where hundreds of ... WORLD IN BRIEF Washington Post - Mar 17 1:07 AM
SEOUL -- South Korea will begin sending fertilizer to North Korea on March 27, an official with the International Committee of the Red Cross said Friday. That means that the South will resume aid before it finds out if the impoverished communist state makes good on a pledge to shut down its nuclear... (AFX UK Focus) 2007-03-14 13:24 GMT: EU's Solana urges Syria to work for peace in Lebanon Interactive Investor - Mar 14 6:55 AM
DAMASCUS (AFX) - EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, on his first visit to Syria in two years, urged Damascus to work for peace and security in neighbouring Lebanon.Syria giving facilities for advance sale of Samand cars Islamic Republic News Agency - Mar 14 2:13 AM
Iran - Syria - Samand The Syrian government is to give facilities to its citizens to purchase Samand cars, jointly being produced by Iran-Syria auto manufacturing company `Siamco', before these cars hit the market.Chlorine Bombers Sicken Hundreds in Iraq AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 17 6:07 PM
Three suicide bombers driving trucks rigged with tanks of toxic chlorine gas struck targets in heavily Sunni Anbar province including the office of a Sunni tribal leader opposed to al-Qaida.U.S., Syria talking about Iraqi refugees UPI - Mar 13 11:40 AM
Some thawing between the United States and Syria is taking place as Damascus is seeking talks with Washington over the number of Iraqi refugees in Syria.News Releases European Union - Mar 16 7:50 AM
The agenda will be dominated by foreign policy issues, notably the Middle East Peace Process and the announcement of a new Palestinian Government of National Unity, as well as Iraq , Iran , Lebanon, Syria; the future of Kosovo ; relations with Russia; Sudan/Darfur and Afghanistan.Europe leads bid to lure Syria in from the cold Mail and Guardian - Mar 14 2:11 AM
Syria is hailing its return from international isolation with a landmark visit on Wednesday by the European Union's foreign policy chief as diplomacy in the Middle East intensifies ahead of a key Arab League summit in Saudi Arabia at the end of this month.Europe leads bid to lure Syria in from the cold Guardian Unlimited - Mar 13 6:17 PM
EU's foreign policy chief visits Syria as Middle East diplomacy intensifies ahead of Arab League summit.UN food agency seeks help for Iraqi refugees Fox21 - Mar 16 6:53 AM
UNITED NATIONS The United Nations' food agency is appealing for help for Iraqi refugees. The U-N figures nearly two (m) million Iraqis have fled the violence in their homeland, many of them taken in by other Middle East nations including Syria.Iraq announces reconstruction plan CNN.com - Mar 16 9:51 PM
UNITED NATIONS (AP) -- The Iraqi vice president unveiled his country's economic and political reform package before nearly 100 envoys at a U.N. conference, pledging to adopt a law that will share the country's oil riches among its often feuding regions and a program that would grant amnesty for insurgents who renounce violence.Cohen family asks Syria to say Kaddish at brother s grave Canadian Jewish News - Mar 14 5:28 AM
Members of Eli Cohen s family are appealing to the government of Syria to permit them to say Kaddish, the Jewish prayer for the dead, at the grave of the executed Israeli spy.Rallies in Canada and U.S. protest Iraq war, Afghan mission CBC - Mar 17 5:31 PM
Thousands of demonstrators across Canada and the United States held rallies on Saturday to protest the war in Iraq. Canadians also took aim at the country's mission in Afghanistan.Iran to hit back at US kidnaps Times Online - Mar 17 5:27 PM
IRAN is threatening to retaliate in Europe for what it claims is a daring undercover operation by western intelligence services to kidnap senior officers in its Revolutionary Guard.Palestinian refugees flee Baghdad after Iraqi forces raid CNN.com - Mar 16 6:26 PM
An Iraqi security forces raid on a Palestinian area in Baghdad on Wednesday left one Palestinian dead and forced several dozen to flee the capital, the U.N. refugee agency said on Friday.Chemical blasts sicken hundreds in Iraq ABC 13 Texas - Mar 17 6:19 PM
Three suicide bombers driving trucks rigged with tanks of toxic chlorine gas hit Iraq's Anbar Province, sickening hundreds.U.S. envoy: We won't stop Israel talking to Syria Haaretz Daily - Mar 14 1:20 AM
The United States is not preventing Israel for holding negotiations with Syria and the decision on whether to proceed on this matter is in the hands of the Israeli government, according to U.S. Ambassador Richard Jones speaking to a group of academics at the Davis Institute for International Affairs at the Hebrew University on Monday.Iran will back Iraqi people, government: Zarif IranMania.com - 11 minutes ago
ONDON, March 18 (IranMania) - Iranian Ambassador to the UN Mohammad-Javad Zarif said that Tehran will always support the Iraqi people and government in their efforts to bring peace, stability and development to their country, IRNA reported.Gas-Laden Bombs Sicken Hundreds in Iraq AP via Yahoo! Asia News - Mar 17 1:19 PM
Three suicide bombers driving trucks rigged with tanks of toxic chlorine gas struck targets in heavily Sunnni Anbar province including the office of a Sunni tribal leader opposed to al-Qaida.Villepin: U.S. should leave Iraq in year AP via Yahoo! News - Mar 16 7:34 PM
French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin said Friday the United States should pull out of Iraq within one year and work with Iraq's neighbors and Europe to resolve the crisis.Syria tells U.S. official it wants serious dialogue with Washington Helena Independent Record - Mar 13 11:09 PM
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - Syria told a visiting U.S. State Department official Monday that it is willing to engage in a "serious" dialogue with Washington on all Middle East issues.Norsewear And Swazi Shop Opens In Wellington Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 9 minutes ago
Norsewear Chief Executive Robert Linterman says that the opening of a new joint venture Norsewear and Swazi store in central Wellington tomorrow is an example of the country coming to the town.Hamas-Fatah coalition government installed Orange County Register - Mar 17 3:11 PM
Change meant to end isolation of Palestinian Authority. GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip Palestinians installed a new, more moderate coalition government on Saturday, in hopes of persuading the international community to end its isolation of the Palestinian Authority and lift a year of bruising sanctions.Luck of the Irish Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 23 minutes ago
A player who purchased their Lotto Strike ticket at Whitcoulls Auckland International Airport has the luck of the Irish on their side after winning $1,289,365 in Lotto Strike tonight, says NZ Lotteries' Chief Executive, Todd McLeay.Palmerston North Sharemilkers Win Top Dairy Title Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 24 minutes ago
Palmerston North sharemilkers Arjan and Tracy van der Straaten from Aokautere have won the title of Manawatu/Rangitkei/Horowhenua Sharemilker of the Year.E.U. isolation of Syria fades as Solana heads to Damascus JTA - Mar 13 4:42 PM
European Union foreign policy chief, Javier Solana, left, with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Jerusalem in 2005. After two years of isolating Syria, Europeans and Americans are again knocking at Bashar Assad s door.International Support Is Sought at U.N. for Iraq Rebuilding Plan New York Times - Mar 16 6:51 PM
The reconstruction plan sets up targets for overhauling the Iraqi government over the next five years.Sheldrake takes out Whangamata National Race Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
Gisborne athlete Stephen Sheldrake has today taken out the eighth Contact Energy New Zealand Cup men's race in the National Triathlon Series at Whangamata, with a final time of 1.55.16.Much bigger payout to Mt Oxford farmers Scoop.co.nz - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago
North Canterbury high country farmers Mark and Karen Feary today confirmed a new arbitration award means they will receive millions of dollars more in compensation for loss of land on their Mt Oxford station.How the good land turned bad (part two) Guardian Unlimited - Mar 17 5:08 PM
This week marks the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq War, the defining issue of the decade. But what is life like for ordinary Iraqis at the epicentre of this tumult?Hamas-Fatah coalition government installed, seeks suspension of boycott San Diego Union-Tribune - Mar 17 2:37 PM
Sign of the times in Budapest Associated Press Thousands of demonstrators hold lit torches as they form a giant peace sign on the city's Heroes' Square in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday evening. The protesters were calling for foreign troops to be withdrawn from Iraq. Protests have been taking place across the world to mark the fourth anniversary of the start of the Iraq war.