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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East Star.com http://www.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/940f2bfd509e743b/ en-us Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:43 -0500 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:33:43 -0500 30 US Vice President Joe Biden has told the Israeli prime minister that the US condemns an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east Jerusalem. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610496/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:30:31 -0500 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610496/cs/1/ The Jordanian government Wednesday confirmed that it had received an official request from the NATO alliance to train the Afghan army. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610721/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:01 -0500 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610721/cs/1/ The Dubai Mall, world's largest shopping and entertainment destination, hosted a record five million visitors in the 15th edition of Dubai Shopping Festival Jan 28 to Feb 28, WAM news agency reported. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610490/cs/1/ Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:30:02 -0500 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610490/cs/1/ An Israeli flag decorates the right-wing Jewish settler complex of Beit Yonatan as it stands tall over the crowded Palestinian housing which typifies March 2, 2010 the East Jerusalem neighborhood of S... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996590/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:57 -0500 WHP CBS 21 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996590/ By Deb Riechmann and Rahim Faiez ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and ar... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995560/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:27 -0500 Washington Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995560/ By Karen Laub ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH, West Bank -- Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.'s displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warn... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995559/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:26 -0500 Washington Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995559/ del.icio.us Chairman and chief executive of the News Corporation, Rupert Murdoch, is calling on Arab countries to stop putting restrictions on their media.His comments were made at a high-profile summ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996280/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:17 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996280/ Iran's Ahmadinejad Criticizes US Role in Afghanistan Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell says it is no longer selling gasoline to Iran, the latest in a growing number of oil firms to halt supplies to the Isla... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995690/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:14 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995690/ Last Updated: March 10. 2010 10:32PM UAE / March 10. 2010 6:32PM GMT During the Middle Ages, intellectuals endlessly debated the question: How many angels can dance on the head of a pin? To this we ad... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996591/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:39:24 -0500 The National http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996591/ RAMALLAH, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority has called off a ceremony honoring a woman involved in the deadly hijacking of an Israeli bus. The Palestinians had planned on Thursday to na... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996376/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:35:18 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996376/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS RAMALLAH, West Bank -- The Palestinian Authority has called off a ceremony honoring a woman involved in the deadly hijacking of an Israeli bus. The Palestinians had planned on... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996577/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:34:47 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996577/ A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus, seized in Miami, was returned to Egypt in a ceremony at the National Geographic Society after a two-year international investigation. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996487/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:31 -0500 NPR http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996487/ March 10, 2010 Vice President Joe Biden met with Palestinian leaders in Ramallah as the U.S. prepares to mediate talks between the Palestinians and Israel. Biden and the Palestinians condemned a newly... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996575/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:28 -0500 NPR http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996575/ Enlarge Vice President Biden (left) waves as he reviews an honor guard alongside Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas before their meeting Wednesday in Ramallah, West Bank. During Biden's Mid... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996584/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:31:23 -0500 NPR http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996584/ BEIRUT -- Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held - making Ira... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995663/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:28:36 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995663/ in East Jerusalem was welcomed on Wednesday by advocacy groups and analysts who called for Israel to be held accountable for actions that undermine peace talks with the Palestinians. The U.S. Campaign... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996570/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:23:27 -0500 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996570/ An Israeli flag decorates the right-wing Jewish settler complex of Beit Yonatan as it stands tall over the crowded Palestinian housing which typifies March 2, 2010 the East Jerusalem neighborhood of S... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996578/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:22:02 -0500 Fox 23 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996578/ Iran Sanctions: On March 3, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton chats with Brazilian President Inacio Lula da Silva and his chief of staff, Dilma Rousseff. Brazil told Mrs. Clinton that it do... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996576/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:19:04 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996576/ Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held - making Iran the top j... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995646/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:15:11 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995646/ The Defence Department says it is working to resolve a pay anomaly involving Australian soldiers serving overseas. ABC TV's Hungry Beast program says soldiers travelling to and from Iraq are not rece... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996360/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:13:51 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996360/ KABUL: Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and US defense secretary Robert Gates traded barbs on Wednesday during briefly overlapping visits to Afghanistan, where Washington has troops at war but... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996582/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:12:43 -0500 Times of India http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996582/ RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996567/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:12:38 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996567/ WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Three American detained in Iran last year and accused of spying have been allowed to telephone their families, although formal consular access has not been granted, the U.S. Sta... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996568/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:12:37 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996568/ US Vice President Joe Biden (L) waves as he reviews an honor guard alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prior to their meeting on March 10, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996569/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:07:06 -0500 Canada.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996569/ Abu Dhabi: Etisalat's investment in Egypt proves low-income countries will not be "left behind" in the digital revolution, etisalat Chairman Mohammad Omran said yesterday. Since an etisalat... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996476/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:57 -0500 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996476/ reported that over the last 10 years, the federal government had given more than $107 billion in contract payments, grants and other benefits to foreign and multinational American companies while they... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996571/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:32 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996571/ BEIRUT (AP) -- Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held - making... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995686/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:02:06 -0500 Associated Press http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995686/ RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-m... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996565/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:00:45 -0500 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996565/ Buzz This It looks like Google may be ready to wade into another controversial censorship vs. availability of services situation. A high-ranking corporate representative has welcomed the U.S. Treasury... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996447/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:56:21 -0500 Web Pro News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996447/ BEIRUT (AP) — Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held &#8... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996580/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:55:33 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996580/ Cindy Corrie, left, and Craig Corrie, right, the parents of Rachel Corrie, a pro-Palestinian activist who was crushed to death by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003, sit together with their daughter... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996573/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:53:36 -0500 Baltimore Sun http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996573/ MANAMA - Arab countries announced plans on Wednesday to reduce unemployment levels to seven percent across their region by 2020, in a bid to curb a main source of extremism. At the end of a three-day... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996572/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:41:21 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996572/ BEIRUT—Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held—maki... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995674/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:35:15 -0500 Denver Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995674/ KABUL (AP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad used a brief visit to Afghanistan on Wednesday to lob insults at the United States and argue that international forces won't stop terrorism and will ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996560/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:25:47 -0500 Find Law http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32996560/ BEIRUT (AP) - Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held - making ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995635/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:25:41 -0500 Find Law http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32995635/ RAMALLAH: U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediated talks."It is... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993051/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:15 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993051/ NEW YORK: All options "should remain on the table" to force Iran to stop its nuclear program, Israel's top general said on Tuesday during a visit to New York.Gabi Ashkenazi, chief of staff of Israel's... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993052/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:15 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993052/ DUBAI: Egyptian religious leader Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, the head of al Azhar, has died on a visit to Saudi Arabia, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday, quoting its correspondent. Al-Azh... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992924/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:51:14 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992924/ BEIRUT — Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential election, with 52 of them currently held - making... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992165/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:43:50 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992165/ By SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZIASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BEIRUT -- Journalists have become a prime target in an Iranian government crackdown on the opposition following last June's disputed presidential el... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992176/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:43:03 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992176/ March 10, 2010 Correspondent Deborah Amos has made many trips to Iraq since she began covering the region for NPR. But she hasn't always found it easy to work there."When you went [to Iraq] under Sadd... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993053/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:39:42 -0500 NPR http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993053/ Amman - The Jordanian government on Wednesday condemned Israel's plan to build new 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem, warning that the move would "torpedo" US efforts to arrange indirect peace tal... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993037/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:27:33 -0500 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993037/ By John J. KruzelAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 10, 2010 – As parliamentary election results are tallied in Iraq, a U.S. commander there said it’s unlikely any outcome would r... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992821/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:26:46 -0500 Defense Link http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992821/ RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993033/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:12 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993033/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Sh... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992817/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:11 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992817/ LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Conservatives, favourites to win an election due in weeks, said on Wednesday they would back a U.N. arms embargo on Iran and a ban on oil and gas investment if Tehran rema... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993032/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:20:11 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993032/ The top United Nations envoy in Iraq says preliminary results from Sunday's election will likely not be released until Thursday as a result of a "very complicated process" in counting ballots. UN dip... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992818/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:14:09 -0500 CBC News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992818/ RAMALLAH, West Bank -- U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-media... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992876/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:12:41 -0500 National Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992876/ US Vice President Joe Biden (L) waves as he reviews an honor guard alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prior to their meeting on March 10, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993056/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:12:25 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993056/ NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Oil major Royal Dutch Shell and oil-trading giant Vitol have suspended gasoline sales to Iran, as policy makers explore fresh options in an effort to curb the country's nucle... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992179/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:05:05 -0500 Market Watch http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992179/ Israel's plan to build 1,600 new apartments in contested east Jerusalem has thrown a spotlight on the city at the core of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. —What's the bottom line? Israel wants ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993049/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:02:32 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993049/ Iran . When the time came, the conversation lasted only about a minute, she said, "so it was hard to say a lot." But Hickey came away from the phone call hopeful that her son, Shane Bauer, and two ot... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993048/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:01:00 -0500 Boston Herald http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993048/ US Vice President Joe Biden (L) waves as he reviews an honor guard alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prior to their meeting on March 10, 2010 in Ramallah, West Bank. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993038/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:59:35 -0500 Canada.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993038/ From left, Josh Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd are shown in a file image in Irbil, Iraq. A Belgian tourist detained for 3 months in an Iranian prison has revealed he had some contact with one of... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993057/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:57:09 -0500 ABC News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993057/ Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas called on Israel on Wednesday to abandon plans to build new settlements in the West Bank. "I call upon the Israeli government not to throw away the chance to reach ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992347/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:56:26 -0500 RIA Novosti http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992347/ Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul on March 10, 2010. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993029/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:02 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993029/ (12/15/2009) Cindy Hickey had rehearsed what she would say to her son when she finally got to talk to him months after he was detained in Iran. When the time came, the conversation lasted only about... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993028/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:01 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993028/ Visiting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (left) speaks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at a joint press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul on March 10, 2010. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993058/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:55:01 -0500 CBS 4 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993058/ Finland is tightening its policy on trade with Iran. Minister for Foreign Trade and Development Paavo Väyrynen said a tougher line would be taken on the granting of export licenses from Finland in ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993035/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:53:35 -0500 YLE News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993035/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing for Sh... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992826/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:42 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32992826/ Western powers face an uphill battle in their bid to forge consensus in the UN Security Council for new, tougher sanctions to force Iran to scale back its nuclear ambitions, diplomats say.Israel's UN ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993054/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:51:38 -0500 Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993054/ Print media in the west may be struggling for survival but newspapers in the Arab world, which took a few hits, are nonetheless thriving and expected to grow, a recent study showed. Despite the overa... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993042/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:49:12 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993042/ GENEVA - Middle Eastern countries feel tricked by the 40-year-old nuclear non proliferation treaty, an Egyptian diplomat warned on Wednesday, less than two months before crucial talks on the arms cont... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993043/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:49:07 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993043/ WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Turkey has approved the purchase of U.S. passenger jetsin wake of a House vote that blamed Ankara for the genocide of Armeniansduring World War I. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993040/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:49:00 -0500 Middle East Newsline http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993040/ WASHINGTON [MENL] -- Iran was said to have been deploying a range of navalassets for a massive strike on its Gulf neighbors. A report asserted that Iran has been acquiring and deploying a range ofmiss... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993041/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:59 -0500 Middle East Newsline http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993041/ RAMALLAH, West Bank - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden publicly scolded Israel on Wednesday over a Jewish settlement plan, saying it was undermining peace efforts after Palestinians agreed to U.S.-mediat... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993039/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:48:20 -0500 Khaleej Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993039/ /enpproperty--> TEHRAN - Iranian Foreign Ministry Wednesday summoned German ambassador in Tehran Bernd Erbel to express Iran's protest over the leader of separatist Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (P... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993045/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:12 -0500 China Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993045/ /enpproperty--> JERUSALEM - Israeli Interior Minister Eli Yishai Wednesday apologized for the raging storm generated by his ministry's approval for 1,600 new Jewish homes in East Jerusalem, saying th... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993046/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:43:12 -0500 China Daily http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993046/ Gaza on Wednesday and will work for several weeks. The army gave no information on how many explosives litter the territory. Israel launched a fierce offensive against Hamas militants in Gaza in Dece... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993031/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:37:15 -0500 Yahoo! News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32993031/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Initial results from Iraq's national election are likely to be released by Thursday, Iraqi and U.N. officials said on Wednesday, as further signs emerged of a strong showing fo... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989435/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:56:08 -0500 West Australian http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989435/ THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM -- An Israeli supermarket commercial is looking to cash in on the infamous surveillance footage of an assassination team killing a Hamas commander in Dubai. A new TV... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989620/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:49:17 -0500 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989620/ The Republic of Ireland senior women's side resume their FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a testing trip to Tel Aviv where they will face Israel on Sunday, 21 March. Noel King's side currently... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989622/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:49:08 -0500 RTE http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989622/ New York, Mar 10: Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Israel, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip after attending next week's meeting in Moscow on the Middle East peace process, his spokesperson ann... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989618/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:45:25 -0500 New Kerala http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989618/ Infiltrating Israel by sea, Mughrabi and her collaborators took over an Egged bus in 1978 and ordered the driver to drive in the direction of Tel Aviv, shooting at passing cars on the highway as the... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989623/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:40:54 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989623/ (AP Photo/freethehikers.org, File) NO SALESFILE - This combination of undated file photos released by freethehikers.org shows, from left: Joshua Fattal, Shane Bauer and Sarah Shourd. The families of t... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989625/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:36:26 -0500 The Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989625/ Taking aim at the U.S., Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday that it's the U.S. that is playing a "double game" in Afghanistan, fighting terrorists it once supported.At a news conferen... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989611/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:36:13 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989611/ The Palestinian elected leadership is weak. And even with Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan this week, the renewed Middle East peace process appears to be little mor... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989612/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:36:04 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989612/ The commander of U.S. troops in Iraq on Tuesday praised Oscar-winning drama "The Hurt Locker," saying that unlike some media coverage it showed the complexities on the field.General Ray Odierno said h... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989403/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:52 -0500 eTaiwan News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989403/ Kabul - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday in Kabul that the presence of NATO forces was not a solution for Afghanistan, and accused the US of playing a "double game.""We don't see t... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989621/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:35:19 -0500 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989621/ March 10 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Saudi Arabia on a mission to show officials in Tehran that their neighbors in the region are closing ranks in opposition to Irani... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989609/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:52 -0500 Business Week http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989609/ BBC News, Baghdad We arrived at Umm Sheyma's home in the early morning.It was still dark in her small kitchen and by the light of a kerosene lamp she was making breakfast for her two little gr... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989493/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:20:28 -0500 BBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989493/ An Iraqi soldier secures workers unloading boxes of parliamentary election ballots at a tally centre in Baghdad March 9, 2010. Iraq held their parliamentary election on Sunday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989400/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:16:20 -0500 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989400/ Mahmoud Ahmadinejad , shot back Wednesday at American allegations that Iran was providing support to Afghan insurgents, accusing the United States of playing its own “double game” in the c... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989513/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:15:45 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989513/ Longtime Palo Alto resident Omer Salem had a terrible surprise last December when he bought a local newspaper in his native Egypt and found himself proclaimed a spy on the cover.Salem, 50, said he had... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989494/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:12:24 -0500 Oakland Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989494/ Gaza Strip, saying its blockade is worsening the humanitarian crisis there. The resolution backed the findings of a U.N.-appointed expert panel chaired by South African Judge http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989597/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:11:17 -0500 Sun-Sentinel http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989597/ [JURIST] An Iranian court on Tuesday began the trial of 12 Iranian prison officials accused of torturing three prisoners to death, according to the state-run http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989624/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:10:55 -0500 Jurist http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989624/ AIRPORT EXTENSION: Oman's Muscat Airport extension will be delayed by 2 years and cost an extra $500m after runway excavations hit seawater. (Getty Images) http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989629/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:05:26 -0500 Arabian Business http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989629/ Members of the Iranian opposition group People's Mujahedeen, which fought with Saddam Hussein's regime against Iran in the 1980-88 war, protest on Dec. 15 against a decision to move them from Camp Ash... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989420/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 12:03:20 -0500 World Press Review http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989420/ CAIRO - Al-Azhar is hailed as the most prestigious institution in Sunni Islam, even if the credibility of its head, Sheikh Mohammed Sayed Tantawi who died on Wednesday, has been clouded by the cleric'... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989614/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:59:04 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989614/ Police in Norwalk, Calif., are calling a 7-year-old boy a hero after he hid in the bathroom to call 911 as gunmen invaded his family’s home. TODAY’s Ann Curry has more. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989616/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:59:04 -0500 MSNBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989616/ RAMALLAH, West Bank - US Vice President Joe Biden told Palestinian leaders on Wednesday Washington will hold accountable any side that hurts peace prospects, pointedly citing Israel's settlement expan... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989615/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:58:59 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989615/ Iran President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the US of playing a 'double game' during his Afghanistan visit, echoing an accusation lobbed at Tehran by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates earlier this week... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989610/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:54:17 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989610/ TOKYO, March 11 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and Romanian President Traian Basescu agreed Wednesday to cooperate on the swift resolution of issues facing the internatio... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989531/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:52:41 -0500 Breitbart http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989531/ HH Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs headed the UAE side in the meetings while the Omani side was headed by Sayyid Ali bin Hamoud Al Busaid... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989627/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:50:46 -0500 WAM http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989627/ (RTTNews) - United States Vice-President Joe Biden has blasted Israel again for its controversial building project saying it would undermine the Middle-East peace process.Addressing a news conference... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989628/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:45:35 -0500 Quote.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/32989628/