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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 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:38:07 -0400 Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:38:07 -0400 30 Israeli forces killed hundreds of unarmed Palestinian civilians and destroyed thousands of homes in Gaza in attacks which breached the laws of war, Amnesty International concluded in a new report published this week. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514934/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:30:37 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514934/cs/1/ Qatar Airways will begin operating flights to Australia before Christmas and in time for the holiday season. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514948/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:53:36 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514948/cs/1/ Twenty seven retail food outlets in a Saudi Arabian city have been shut down by health authorities. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514952/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:19:54 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514952/cs/1/ Israeli attacks with guided missiles fired from aerial drones killed civilians during the recent Gaza fighting in violation of the laws of war, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514932/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:38:08 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514932/cs/1/ North Korea fired two more missiles off its east coast, a day after it fired four short-range missiles, according to South Korean media reports early Saturday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514958/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:40:02 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514958/cs/1/ Iran has freed three more staff members of the British embassy who were detained on charges of stoking the post-election unrest, a media report said Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514801/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:02 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514801/cs/1/ Lahore, July 4 : A travel agency scam has stranded as many as 800 Pakistani pilgrims in Saudi Arabia after their travel agents refunded their tickets in Pakistan. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515016/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:50:17 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/515016/cs/1/ Islamabad, July 3 : Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani today said that meeting with his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh on the sidelines of NAM summit in Egypt would be an opportunity to strengthen bilateral ties. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514891/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:40:03 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514891/cs/1/ UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Myanmar Friday for a two-day official visit during which he will press for the release of all political prisoners including opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514812/cs/1/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:50:11 -0400 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/514812/cs/1/ (MENAFN - The Peninsula) Two more bigger data centres will be established by MEEZA within the next few years in Qatar to complement its existing centre at Qatar Science and Technology Park in preparat... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861237/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:00 -0400 MENAFN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861237/ (MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) The Qatar Investment Promotion Department (IPD) is planning to establish an office in China next year to facilitate mutual investments between the two countries, s... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861241/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:34 -0400 MENAFN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861241/ (MENAFN - Kuwait News Agency (KUNA)) Yemeni Minister of Transport Khaled Ibrahim Al-Wazeer was in Brussels Friday afternoon to meet European Commission officials to discuss aviation safety standards f... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861236/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:56 -0400 MENAFN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861236/ MXN Middle East FZ-LLC has been appointed as the Value Added Reseller (VAR) for the Middle East and North Africa regions by CS Software Holdings LLC, maker of the CoolSign digital signage software sui... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861078/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:33 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861078/ TEHRAN: Two Iranian men convicted of murder have been hanged in a prison in the southern city of Shiraz, Etemad newspaper reported on Saturday. The latest hangings bring to at least 141 the numb... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861227/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:58:19 -0400 Times of India http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861227/ DUBAI, UAE, July 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Emirates has scored a double as two of its A380 super jumbos jetted off from Dubai to the opposite ends of the globe, marking the aviation world's first... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861234/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:53:08 -0400 24 / 7 Press Release http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861234/ International consultants BroadGroup and Globeron have announced the new programme of Data Centre CSOEP Bootcamps that will take place in Europe and the Middle East in the second half of 2009. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861079/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:34 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861079/ Marines take cover as a bomb hits a suspected militant compound in Main Poshteh, in Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. The force met little resistance. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861233/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:36 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861233/ After quashing the street demonstrations, Iran’s leadership has been trying to erase any lingering doubts about the legitimacy of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad by portraying the unrest as sparke... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861225/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:32:24 -0400 The News Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861225/ By Brian Ellsworth and Denise LunaRIO DE JANEIRO, July 3 (Reuters) - Brazil's state oil company Petrobras expects exploration of an Iranian block will yield disappointing results, a company direct... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861088/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:21:31 -0400 Iran Focus http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861088/ (MENAFN - The Peninsula) The United States is exploring new proposals to expand collaboration in education, technology, economic development and healthcare with Qatar, the US Ambassador to Qatar said ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861240/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:38 -0400 MENAFN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861240/ The GSLI, which is published every two years by international management consulting firm A.T. Kearney analyzes and ranks the top 50 countries worldwide for locating outsourcing activities. Accordin... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25860848/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:21 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25860848/ (MENAFN - Times of Oman) The Sultanate of Oman has pledged $10 million for the relief and rehabilitation of internally displaced persons (IDPs) under the instructions of His Majesty Sultan Qaboos bin ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861238/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:05 -0400 MENAFN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861238/ A top aide of Iran's supreme leader has called the country's main opposition figure a U.S. agent and accused him of committing crimes against the nation.Prominent hardliner Hossein Shariatmadari cited... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861223/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:08:44 -0400 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861223/ Panasonic, the global industry specialist in Plasma and LCD televisions, has introduced an additional 9 LCD and 8 Plasma high definition Viera TVs for the growing Middle East market in 2009. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861080/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:59:15 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861080/ (MENAFN - Times of Oman) he banking sector in Oman has been shielded from the adverse effects of the global slowdown and continues its resilience by drawing support from the expansionary fiscal policy... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861239/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:12:09 -0400 MENAFN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861239/ (MENAFN - The Peninsula) The National Human Rights Committee has laid emphasis on employers and sponsors strictly adhering to Law No.14/2004, which regulates the working hours of labourers during peak... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861235/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:11:50 -0400 MENAFN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861235/ Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan -- Missile attacks believed to be carried out by U.S. drone aircraft Friday targeted a training center and a communications base run by one of Pakistan's most wante... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861231/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:38 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861231/ The Iraqi prime minister tells visiting Vice President Joe Biden that Iraqis must overcome their political differences on their own and that U.S. involvement would not be welcome. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861230/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:45:43 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861230/ The Bahrain All Share Index closed 0.09% higher at 1,590.57 points in a very lacklustre trading day. While only Salam Bank gained 6.19%, closing at BD0.120, bank NBB and Ahli United Bank remained flat... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861135/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:05:38 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861135/ Nakilat and Qatargas announce the delivery of LNG ... Iran to invest $70bn in gas IPIC completes $5.0bn fund raising International Petroleum to borrow $5bn Taqa cuts Standard and Poor's link http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861220/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:05:29 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25861220/ By Mike McCarthy, Washington, July 4 : US President Barack Obama has been squabbling with West European leaders over how to handle issues such as the global economic crisis and climate change, and tho... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859152/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:58:34 -0400 New Kerala http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859152/ EU capitals to hear formal protests and visas to Iranian officials are not being issued. One diplomat said with-drawing EU ambassadors from Tehran was "very much on the table".(© The Times, http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859460/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:54:16 -0400 Independent.ie http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859460/ Multan, July 3 : Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Pakistani counterpart Yousaf Raza Gilani will meet in the Egyptian resort city of Sharam-el-Sheikh July 16, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859378/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:57:58 -0400 New Kerala http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859378/ British diplomats are trying to establish whether Iran intends to act on its threats to prosecute staff from the UK's embassy in Tehran.On Friday, a top cleric said some staff members would be tried f... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859375/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:36:23 -0400 BBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859375/ Matt Cavanaugh, center, is running in a series of races this year to raise money to help wounded veterans. After surpassing his original goal of $25,000 in 2009, Cavanaugh hopes to raise $50,000. He p... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859339/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:38 -0400 Pioneer Press http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859339/ Qatar lending falls by QR15.5bn Standard Chartered announces new appointment to its ... Citi Foundation, Injaz-Lebanon launch JA Banks in ... HSBC Private Bank wins at Banker Middle East ... B... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859376/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:44:35 -0400 AME Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859376/ JERUSALEM: An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defence sources said yesterday, describing the unusual manoeuvre as a show of strategic reach ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859457/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:18:23 -0400 The Peninsula http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859457/ JERUSALEM - Bahraini officials visited Israel in an official capacity for the first time on Friday to collect five of their nationals Israel was deporting, a Bahraini news report and an Israeli offici... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859454/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:09:55 -0400 Khaleej Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859454/ "A whole year has passed, and yet no one knows what has happened to these people...The Syrian government should end the anguish of the prisoners' families, disclose the names of those injured or ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859456/ Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:47:39 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25859456/ Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski, Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, Adjutant General, Oregon National Guard, and Col. Dan Hokanson, 41 IBCT commander, conduct a pass and review of the 41 IBCT as they prepare t... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857643/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:32:26 -0400 KATU 2 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857643/ (CNN) -- Iranians worried about their loved ones detained in the protests that followed the presidential election got the ear of a former president, who wants the detainees released, an Iranian reform... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:16:14 -0400 CNN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857384/ (AP) — As of Friday, July 3, 2009, at least 4,322 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure include... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857644/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:49:37 -0400 New Jersey Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857644/ SARAH PALIN- Alaska Governor Sarah Palin said this afternoon that she is stepping down from her office July 26. She didn’t give a reason why she was resigning. No hyperbole from David Wright on WORL... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857661/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:03:39 -0400 ABC News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857661/ Syrians walk next to a vendoru0092 stickers of Syrian President Bashar Assad, in Damascus, Syria, Friday July 3, 2009. Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857781/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:17:57 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857781/ The Vatican has opened the path to the beatification of 19th-century English cardinal John Henry Newman and Palestinian nun Maria Ghattas following decrees signed by Pope Benedict XVI. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857773/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:23:59 -0400 SBS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25857773/ Iranian employees of the British Embassy in Tehran face the prospect of a show trial after the regime said that they had admitted conspiring against the Islamic Republic. The announcement, made... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855845/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:57:28 -0400 Times Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855845/ July 3, 2009 · Iraq's military pilots once enjoyed elite status in the country's armed forces. Then Saddam Hussein blundered: He flew the entire fleet to Iran for safekeeping during the 1991 Gu... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855900/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:52:10 -0400 NPR http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855900/ Merkel turning into a bit of a character Divisions in Ahmadinejad’s ranks add uncertainty to a lack of consensus, writes JEFFREY FLEISHMAN and BORZOU DARAGAHI in Cairo and Beirut IRAN’... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855855/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:48:54 -0400 Irish Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855855/ JERUSALEM (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's envoy will hold a second meeting in a week with Israel's defence minister, an Israeli official said on Friday, announcing talks on Monday likely to ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855863/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:37:04 -0400 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855863/ British nationals have told Sky News they are being held in "atrocious conditions" in an Israeli prison after their boat was seized as they tried to take aid in to the Gaza Strip. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855843/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:29:43 -0400 Sky News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855843/ As in, who's the best? Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, a four-time NBA champion? Or the basketball legend to whom he is most often compared, Michael Jordan, who retired as a six-time champ with t... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855899/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:00:12 -0400 The Japan Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855899/ BEIRUT (AP) - Syria's leader sent a July 4 message full of praise to President Barack Obama on Friday and invited him to visit Syria - the latest signs Damascus is hedging its bets in Mideast politics... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855862/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:44:59 -0400 Find Law http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25855862/ MORONI: Comorans began 30 days of national mourning on Friday for the victims of the Yemenia Airbus crash as France threatened to blacklist the airline over safety concerns. "From today, our country i... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853476/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:58 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853476/ SEOUL: South Korea shrugged off North Korea's firing of short-range missiles, saying on Friday that they were part of routine military exercises and warning more launches are likely in coming days. Wh... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853512/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:48 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853512/ SORKHDOZ, Afghanistan: Hundreds of British troops have key seized canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a new US-led operation to ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853513/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:46 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853513/ WARSAW — Israel has pledged to pay compensation for material damage it caused by shelling UN property during its Gaza offensive more than six months ago, a UN official said yesterday. A UN inquiry s... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853598/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:40 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853598/ (IDM) PARIS (AP) - Protesters have been trying to block an entrance to Paris' main airport as they accuse a Yemeni airline of ignoring complaints about dangerous flight conditions. They've been warn... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853594/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:19:24 -0400 Fox 23 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853594/ As U.S. military forces withdraw from the urban front lines of a six-year war in Iraq - and prepare to pull out of the country altogether by 2011 - Vice President Joe Biden said today in Baghdad that ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853384/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:53:12 -0400 Chicago Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853384/ WASHINGTON: Saddam Hussein stayed in Baghdad until just hours before it was clear the city was about to fall after the US-led 2003 invasion, according to newly released FBI interviews with the deposed... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853508/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:00 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853508/ The European Union is "ready to take action" if Iran does not free the remaining UK embassy staff held in Tehran, This warning was made Thursday by the Swedish EU presidency. European nations have b... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853603/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:26:16 -0400 Novinite http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853603/ MANAMA: An official Bahrain delegation travelled to Israel on an unprecedented trip to recover a group of nationals held by the Jewish state, the state news agency reported on Friday. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853163/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:05 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853163/ TEHRAN: Outside the gates of Terhan's notorious Evin prison, hundreds wait impatiently - some with blankets spread out in the parking lot on the street below, making time for dinner. The improvised pi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853504/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:19 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853504/ In 1901 a group of French archaeologists uncovered a 2,700-year-old Babylonian tablet in what is now Iran. Not only is the Hammurabi codex the first example of a written legal code; it is also the old... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853378/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:53 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853378/ OCCUPIED RAMALLAH, West Bank: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' security forces have significantly widened a crackdown on Hamas in the West Bank in the past month. They have doubled the number of d... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853506/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:10 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853506/ Occupied Jerusalem: An Israeli submarine sailed the Suez Canal to the Red Sea as part of a naval drill last month, defence sources said yesterday, describing the unusual manoeuvre as a show of strateg... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853265/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:48:37 -0400 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853265/ Iraq's oil minister may visit Tokyo next week and discuss the prospect of Japanese investment as the Middle Eastern nation plans to increase petroleum production. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853145/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:55:15 -0400 Japan Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853145/ Published Date: July 02, 2009 SIRTE: Iran's hardline president yesterday cancelled his first foreign trip since his re-election was confirmed, leaving African leaders to turn their focus to Somalia a... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853483/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:59 -0400 Kuwait Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853483/ VIENNA — The incoming head of the UN nuclear watchdog yesterday said he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms.“I don’t see any evidence in IAE... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853059/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:41 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853059/ DAMASCUS: Syria's leader praised President Barack Obama's outreach for dialogue and invited him to visit Damascus in remarks released Friday just days after the United States said it plans to return i... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853505/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:17 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853505/ BRUSSELS: The political unrest in Iran over President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's re-election marks a key point in the ideological struggle between ultra-conservatives and reformers, according to analysts. ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853507/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:09 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853507/ TEHRAN: A powerful Iranian cleric said Friday British Embassy local staff arrested for allegedly stoking unrest after the June election will be put on trial, a move that prompted coordinated protests ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853375/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:12 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853375/ BEIRUT: If by naming Beirut as the 2009 World Book Capital the United Nations wishes to encourage the Lebanese to study more, its latest report should be a must-read. Lebanon's fourth National Human D... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853597/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:40 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853597/ Call it pulpit diplomacy. While Western politicians agonise over how to rebuke Iran without undermining talks on its nuclear aspirations, hardline mullahs use their Friday sermons to bullhorn their de... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853450/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:32:28 -0400 Times Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853450/ BAGHDAD — A fiery protest yesterday marked the start of US Vice-President Joe Biden’s visit to Iraq. Biden met General Ray Odierno, the top US officer in Iraq, and Christopher Hill, Washington’s... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853061/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:39 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853061/ BAGHDAD - Vice President Joe Biden discussed the future of the American mission in Iraq Friday with the top two U.S. officials there following the withdrawal of most troops from the cities.It was th... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853373/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:50:15 -0400 Deseret News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853373/ for 444 students from 124 countries and regions at the Imagine Cup 2009 Worldwide Finals. Now in its seventh year, Imagine Cup is an annual Microsoft Corp. competition that challenges students around ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853601/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:27:37 -0400 RedOrbit http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853601/ BAGHDAD — Hours after US troops handed over full control of Iraq’s cities to its domestic security forces, a car bomb in the northern city of Kirkuk killed at least 30 people yesterday, police sai... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853382/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:35 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853382/ Cynthia McKinney was captured by Israeli forces aboard a relief boat en route to Gaza.Former US lawmaker Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remain in an Israeli prison after ref... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853604/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:23:10 -0400 Palestine Chronicle http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853604/ By Hashem KalantariTEHRAN (Reuters) - A senior Iranian cleric warned on Friday that detained British embassy staff would face trial for their alleged role in post-election unrest, and EU countries sum... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853363/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:42:31 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853363/ KHARTOUM: Darfur rebels signed an accord with one of Sudan's main opposition parties in Cairo on Wednesday, agreeing to push for a new transitional government, both sides said on Friday, a move that w... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853478/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:56 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853478/ Saturday, July 04, 2009 LONDON: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said he would be willing to meet US President Barack Obama in Syria to discuss Middle East peace efforts, in a British television inte... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853596/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:09 -0400 The News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853596/ BAGHDAD: A fiery protest marked the start on Friday of US Vice President Joe Biden's visit to Iraq, with supporters of the Shiite anti-American cleric Moqtada al-Sadr burning the Stars and Stripes. Bi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853374/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:14 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853374/ TEHRAN — Iran, stung by European Union criticism of its handling of post-election unrest, yesterday accused the 27-nation bloc of meddling and demanded an apology before any more talks on Tehran’s... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853600/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:36 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853600/ TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras: Honduras' interim leader said he was open to early elections if it resolves an impasse with the world community, as a top diplomat headed to the Central American nation to deman... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853511/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853511/ CALGARY - TAQA North, a subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, has acquired two large land blocks in the Horn River Basin of northeastern British Columbia, it announced Friday.The sale r... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853383/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:05:25 -0400 Vancouver Sun http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853383/ NAJAF: There is no place outside Iran that has closer links to Tehran's ruling establishment than Iraq's holy Shiite city of Najaf, where the silence during Iran's post-election crisis says much about... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853376/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:02 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853376/ LONDON — Syrian President Bashar Al Assad has issued an informal invitation to President Barack Obama to visit Damascus for talks, in a sign that relations between the two countries may gradually be... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853060/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:31:39 -0400 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853060/ SIRTE, Libya: African leaders reached a compromise early Friday on the powers of a new regional authority that will coordinate key policies but have little power to act without a mandate from member s... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853477/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:17:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853477/ Israel's Defense Ministry has recommended a partial lifting of the embargo on the Gaza Strip as a goodwill gesture toward the Palestinians to spur talks to free a long-held captive soldier, an Israeli... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853509/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:18:04 -0400 The Daily Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25853509/ The head of the United Nations agency tasked with upholding freedom of expression and press freedom today voiced his strong support for the recent call issued by the foreign ministers of the Group of ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851470/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:09:01 -0400 UN News Centre http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851470/ VIENNA (Reuters) - The incoming head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Friday he did not see any hard evidence Iran was trying to gain the ability to develop nuclear arms. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851462/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:46:44 -0400 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851462/ Published Date: July 02, 2009 KUWAIT: The Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) continued its upward trend during the month of June 2009. Contrary to the previous month where all the sectoral indices ended the... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851477/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:12:19 -0400 Kuwait Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851477/ By Peter GraffSORKHDOZ, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of British troops have seized key canal crossings in a Taliban stronghold in southern Afghanistan, military officials said on Friday, part of a... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851465/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:19:51 -0400 Swiss Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851465/ LONDON, July 3 (Xinhua) -- British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday that Britain is "urgently seeking" clarification from the Iranian authorities after a top Iranian cleric had said ear... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851473/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:49 -0400 SINA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851473/ GAZA, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Deposed Prime Minister of Hamas government in Gaza Ismail Haneya said on Friday that reaching a reconciliation deal with rival Fatah party must not be linked to the reconstruc... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851474/ Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:54:42 -0400 SINA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/25851474/