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Delegation of US lawmakers arrives in Syria - Ha'aretz Thu, 28 May 2009 08:29:14 GMT

AFP

Delegation of US lawmakers arrives in Syria Ha'aretz, Israel Those comments marked a shift from the indignation Syria's state press expressed after US lawmakers voted to renew sanctions on Damascus on May 7, hours after Jeffrey Feltman, US deputy assistant secretary of state for Middle Eastern affairs, ... Syria's Assad talks peace with visiting US lawmakers Jerusalem Post Assad welcomes Obama policy of dialogue AFP Iran-Syria Alliance in Harmony Global Politician RTT News - دار الحياة all 33 news articles

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Hezbollah Says It Is Talking to European Union and IMF - New York Times Wed, 27 May 2009 21:30:21 GMT

Daily Star - Lebanon

Hezbollah Says It Is Talking to European Union and IMF New York Times, United States European governments have not issued any such veiled threats, and Western leaders have recently shown a greater willingness to engage in political dialogue with Hezbollah's patrons, Iran and Syria. Britain's Foreign Office said in March that it would ... Hariri: We are not against Iran or Syria Daily Star - Lebanon The Battle of Lebanon The Nation. Controversy stirs ahead of major election in Lebanon Worldfocus Naharnet - Council on Foreign Relations all 78 news articles

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Tests Point to Spread of Weapons Trade - Wall Street Journal Thu, 28 May 2009 04:02:25 GMT

FOXNews

Tests Point to Spread of Weapons Trade Wall Street Journal North Korea's arms trade has focused on Iran and Syria, countries Washington views as state sponsors of terrorism, as well as Libya. Officials say North Korean arms have also been sold to nations allied with the US, such as Egypt and Pakistan, ... Video: NKorea Threatens to Attack US, SKorean Warships The Associated Press Israeli Reaction To North Korea: 'We Told You So' Philadelphia Bulletin Memorial Day Surprises Knock Props from Obama's Diplomatic Overtures American Thinker Daily Nation - Telegraph.co.uk all 13,048 news articles

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Iraq Seeks Bidders to Restart Syria Oil Pipeline - Neftegaz.RU Fri, 29 May 2009 01:36:07 GMT

Neftegaz.RU

Iraq Seeks Bidders to Restart Syria Oil Pipeline Neftegaz.RU, Russia Iraq is seeking offers from foreign companies to rehabilitate an oil pipeline to Syria's Mediterranean terminal of Banias after a Russian firm did not begin the work, an Oil Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday. A Russian company was signed up to fix the ... Iraq's oil exports inch up in May Forbes all 23 news articles

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Syria Tries Rehabilitating Extremists - CBS News Thu, 28 May 2009 13:13:42 GMT

Syria Tries Rehabilitating Extremists CBS News, NY Alarmed to see suspected terrorists coming out of its jails even more dedicated to radical Islam than they went in, Syria offered a few-month-long, soft approach rehabilitation program to turn the vulnerable youths away from fanaticism and jihad. ...

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Column One: Israel and the Axis of Evil - Jerusalem Post Thu, 28 May 2009 13:27:26 GMT

Boston Globe

Column One: Israel and the Axis of Evil Jerusalem Post, Israel Less than two years ago, on September 6, 2007, the IAF destroyed a North Korean-built plutonium production facility at Kibar, Syria. The destroyed installation was a virtual clone of North Korea's Yongbyon plutonium production facility. ... Video: Richardson, Obama talk North Korea KRQE.com How big a threat is North Korea? Christian Science Monitor Bolton: We Need to Apply More Pressure to North Korea's Regime FOXNews USA Today - United Press International all 1,706 news articles

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Iran Flips on Facebook; Microsoft Blocks Messenger in Syria, Iran - Özel Web Tasarım Wed, 27 May 2009 19:56:34 GMT

Export Law Blog

Iran Flips on Facebook; Microsoft Blocks Messenger in Syria, Iran Özel Web Tasarım, Turkey A bit harder to figure out is the announcement that Microsoft has decided to block Microsoft Messenger access to Cuba, Syria, Iran, Sudan, and North Korea. Another report here. I haven't found Microsoft's official announcement yet but all the reports ... US government sanctions hit Windows Live Messenger in embargoed ... ZDNet Blogs Judge to consider allowing sales of RealDVD Computerworld Microsoft Blocks Messenger In Five Embargoed Countries Slashdot Ars Technica - Export Law Blog all 44 news articles

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With Questions About His Ability to Negotiate, Abbas Comes to ... - ABC News Thu, 28 May 2009 15:06:06 GMT

Times Online

With Questions About His Ability to Negotiate, Abbas Comes to ... ABC News Jordan the best example, but not much different than the treatment they receive in Egypt and Syria. It's one of the reasons Syria keeps pushing them into Lebenon and out of Syria. And as long as I'm being politically incorrect, why not mention the REAL ... Video: Will Obama engage with Hamas? - 28 May 09 Al Jazeera Middle East Turmoil - Israel & the US OnMilwaukee.com Warlike declarations planned at home as Abbas meets Obama today in ... WorldNetDaily Xinhua - Fort Worth Star Telegram all 1,675 news articles

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Israeli intel: Venezuela ferried weapons to Syria, providing ... - World Tribune Wed, 27 May 2009 23:35:25 GMT

Straits Times

Israeli intel: Venezuela ferried weapons to Syria, providing ... World Tribune The Israeli intelligence community has also determined that Venezuela agreed to serve as a conduit for Iranian weapons shipments to Syria and Hizbullah. The missiles and rockets were believed to have been transported by Iranian civilian aircraft from ... Israel fears a nuclear Iran San Francisco Chronicle Israel claims Iran set up Hizbullah cells in Venezuela Daily Star - Lebanon all 136 news articles

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Sonia Sotomayor: Court TV - The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau Wed, 27 May 2009 18:08:18 GMT

FOXNews

Sonia Sotomayor: Court TV The Swamp - Tribune's Washington Bureau, DC Suspected of ties to al Qaeda, he was held in solitary for two weeks and interrogated before the government sent him to Syria. He was imprisoned for nearly a year in an underground cell and tortured before the Syrians released him. ... Video: Obama nominates Sotomayor to Supreme Court UPI Judge ties her legal sense to common sense Pittsburgh Post Gazette Sotomayor's Sharp Tongue Raises Issue of Temperament New York Times Bloomberg - Seattle Times all 9,654 news articles