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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 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:10:58 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:10:58 -0500 30 Many of us doubt that Iran is on the way to building a nuclear bomb. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227355/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:05:09 -0500 (Op-ed) Jonathan Power (POWER’S WORLD) http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227355/cs/1/ Protesters in Egypt faced off with police in the capital, Cairo, and other cities for a third straight day Saturday in clashes that have left at least 12 people dead and 2,500 others wounded. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238470/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:15:04 -0500 VoA - News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238470/cs/1/ Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that Iran will respond on its nuclear program, saying the consequences of war would be "10 times more detrimental" for the US. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227361/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:10:06 -0500 ANI http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227361/cs/1/ Pakistan Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani will explain his country's stance on the issue of peace talks with the Afghan Taliban during hid visit to Qatar next week to meet the Gulf state's leaders, a http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227351/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:50:06 -0500 ANI http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227351/cs/1/ Iran's leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned that his country will back any group or nation targeting Israel. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227327/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:30:09 -0500 ANI http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203227327/cs/1/ In the worst violence of the near year-long crackdown by government forces, Syrian security forces have launched a massive attack on the people of Homs. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203229367/cs/1/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 07:09:53 -0500 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203229367/cs/1/ TEHRAN, Iran -- Iran began ground military exercises Saturday and defiantly warned that it could cut off oil exports to "hostile" European nations as tensions rise over suggestions that ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243748/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:10:36 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243748/ CAIRO -- Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. One even put out ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243718/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:10:34 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243718/ Syria: Protestors stormed Syria's Australian embassy and trashed its lower level, as the Syrian opposition said troops had killed more than 260 people in shelling the city of Homs, police said ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243730/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:07:01 -0500 Times of Oman http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243730/ Translation of the book into Farsi was done by the Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center, a small research group led by Col. (res.) Reuven Erlich, a former Military Intelligence officer who ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243743/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:56:47 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243743/ Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is scheduled to meet in Qatar on Sunday with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal to discuss the formation of a Palestinian unity government.Abbas is also ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243717/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:56:44 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243717/ Russia and China last night vetoed a UN resolution calling on Syrian president Bashar al-Assad to step down, provoking a furious reaction from the West and risking an angry backlash from the Arab ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243744/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:56:00 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243744/ Bashar al-Assad's army is close to a collapse that could plunge the Middle East into a "nuclear reaction", its most senior defector has said.In his first full-length newspaper ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243745/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:58 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243745/ IRAN'S powerful Revolutionary Guard began military exercises yesterday in the country's south, the latest show of force after threats to close the strategic Strait of Hormuz in retaliation ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243746/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:56 -0500 Independent.ie http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243746/ THE number of people killed in clashes with Egyptian security forces in the wake of a deadly football riot rose to eight yesterday, security officials said, as demonstrations continued in the ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243135/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:55:34 -0500 The Herald http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243135/ An Egyptian protester throws a tear gas canister back at riot police during clashes near the interior ministry in Cairo on February 4, 2012. Protesters faced off with police in the Egyptian capital ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243741/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:37:14 -0500 Canada.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243741/ A protester holds a megaphone and a toy gun amongst Syrians demonstrating outside the Syrian Embassy in London Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012 after Syrian government forces assaulted the city of Homs. (AP ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243740/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:32:59 -0500 Yahoo http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243740/ UNITED NATIONS - Russia and China on Saturday vetoed a U.N. resolution condemning Syria's violent repression of anti-government demonstrators, effectively quashing efforts to isolate President ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243725/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:13:32 -0500 Pioneer Press http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243725/ From Damascus, U.S. journalist denounces the CIA, Mossad and M16 operating together in SyriaWestern countries are doing everything possible to disrupt civil peace in Syria, denounced the writer and ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243739/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:50:51 -0500 Pravda http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203243739/ Russia and China’s veto on Saturday of a UN resolution on the bloodshed in Syria is a ’shockingly callous betrayal’ of the Syrian people, Amnesty International said. Moscow and ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242225/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:42 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242225/ The offensive appears to be the bloodiest episode in the nearly 11-month-old uprising, activists said Saturday. The U.N. says more than 5,400 people have been killed over almost 11 months in a ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242226/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:40 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242226/ Demonstrators have stormed Syrian embassies in Europe, the Middle East and Australia after Syrian forces reportedly killed more than 200 people in the city of Homs. British police used batons to ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242152/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:34 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242152/ March 14 MP Mouin Merhabi said on Saturday that the Lebanese army "was deployed today along the Lebanese-Syrian border on orders from Damascus to President Michel Suleiman, Prime Minister Najib ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242116/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:17:28 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242116/ Two activists, a French woman and a Dutch man, were lightly injured on Friday when they were hit by tear-gas projectiles during a weekly demonstration in the West Bank village of Nabi Salih, ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242223/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:04:52 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242223/ Syria on Saturday dismissed as " media escalation" the report circulated a day earlier that the Syrian army heavily bombarded the central province of Homs, as the United Nations Security ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242191/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:02:32 -0500 Global Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242191/ CAIRO, Egypt: Saboteurs on Sunday blew up a pipeline that supplies gas to Israel, the 12th such attack in a year, security officials said.Masked gunmen planted explosives under the pipeline in the ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203241434/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:54:43 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203241434/ Any economic losses from the EU's oil embargo on Iran are outweighed by the benefits of the new sense of European unity ushered in by the sanctions. That's the view of MEP Martin Callanan ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242162/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:48:50 -0500 RT http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242162/ In an emergency session, the U.N. Security Council failed to approve a resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step aside, following the deadliest one-day crackdown in ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242156/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:28:02 -0500 CBS News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242156/ CAIRO (CBS / AP) — Their kidnappers gave them tea and dried fruit, and talked about religion and tribal rights. The California women were allowed to bring their Egyptian tour guide with them. ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242192/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:23:57 -0500 CBS 5 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242192/ Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed Monday he is ready to go to Ramallah to meet President Abbas and open negotiations, in response to questions posed by Ma'an in an online ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242227/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:00:22 -0500 Palestine Chronicle http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242227/ The Israeli government plans to launch its first cyber emergency drill to fortify its vital infrastructure systems against multisource cyber attacks, reports say. The maneuver, dubbed "Lights ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242229/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:00:09 -0500 Palestine Chronicle http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242229/ Brotherhood would cancel Camp David Agreement, says Hezbollah official Haitham Dabbour Egypt Independent Mon, 30/01/2012 - 20:11 http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/629041 ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242230/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:17 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242230/ Reconciliation committee agrees work plan Published 30 January 2012 18:15 http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=456636 GAZA CITY (Ma'an) -- A committee tasked with implementing the ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242231/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:16 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242231/ Minister: Canceling industrial zone agreement would harm Egypt MENA Mon, 30/01/2012 - 12:59 http://www.egyptindependent.com/node/627836 Canceling an agreement that allows companies to export ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242197/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:16 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242197/ Fatah Central Committee Expels Member of Revolutionary Council Mashharawi Date : 30/1/2012 Time : 20:45 http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=18863 ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242232/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:59:15 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242232/ The overthrow of Gaddafi led to a radical change of the situation in Africa. Considering that in February of 2011 another foe of Qatari Mubarak fell, nearly no former rivals of Qatar are left in the ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242193/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:57:24 -0500 Pravda http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203242193/ Scotland's Paul Lawrie will take a one-shot lead into the final round of the Qatar Masters in Doha.Lawrie shone on Saturday at the Doha Golf Club, firing a five-under 67 that featured six ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240322/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:20:03 -0500 sportal.com.au http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240322/ Decimated by African competition, local farmers can't meet demand For the first time ever, Israel will need to import flowers for Valentine's Day as a result of the drastic drop in ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240362/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:10:39 -0500 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240362/ Second European state-owned airline goes bust in a week Hungarian airline Malev ceased operating early on Friday after two of its planes were held at foreign airports due to unpaid ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240363/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:10:22 -0500 Haaretz http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240363/ Here is the brutal truth about Syria: no one knows what to do. Six months after Barack Obama said bluntly that Bashar al-Assad should go, and with the Arab League calling for him to resign, there is ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240357/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:54:12 -0500 The Independent http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240357/ The president of the Egyptian Football Association and his entire board of directors resigned yesterday, having already been fired by the Prime Minister after last week's riot at a game between ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203239915/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:53:42 -0500 The Independent http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203239915/ CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's military faced pressure on Saturday to speed up its transfer of power to civilians, as top public figures demanded a faster transition and street protests against army ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240281/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:44:17 -0500 Reuters http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240281/ A Separation Production year: 2011 Countries: Iran, Rest of the world Cert (UK): PG Runtime: 122 mins Directors: Asghar Farhadi, Asghar Farhadi Cast: Leila Hatami, Peyman Moaadi, Sareh Bayat, ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240286/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:41:22 -0500 The Guardian http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240286/ Syria leaves the international community bitterly divided and all but helpless in the face of escalating violence before the vote.Last-minute negotiations in New York failed to bridge the gap ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240292/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:35 -0500 The Guardian http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240292/ The Syrian city of Homs was left reeling on Saturday from harrowing accounts of a massacre that has left hundreds of people dead. Residents of the besieged city said that at least 300 people had ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240293/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:40:24 -0500 The Guardian http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240293/ Activists are describing it as the single deadliest day in the 11-month Syrian uprising as hundreds are killed during a barrage of mortar fire in the city of Homs. NBC's Ayman Mohyeldin ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240360/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:19:43 -0500 MSNBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240360/ Excerpts: Syria/Lebanon re Free Syria Army, Tunisia breaking relations with Syria over crackdown February 04, 2012 +++SOURCE: Naharnet (Lebanon) 4 Feb.'12: "Lebanese Army Deploys in ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240312/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 19:05:59 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203240312/ Canada's Foreign Minister John Baird speaks at the annual 'Herzliya Conference' in the central Israeli city of Herzliya, near Tel Aviv January 30, ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238809/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:32:08 -0500 Globe and Mail http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238809/ The US warns that Russia and China's veto of a UN resolution on Syria will lead to the greater likelihood of civil war in the middle eastern ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238920/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:29:57 -0500 SBS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238920/ Prison Planet.com February 4, 2012 Events over the last several days reveal that the United States and Israel plan to conduct a false flag terror event to be blamed on Iran. The event will likely ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238768/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:28:12 -0500 Prison Planet http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238768/ Hundreds of people were killed this weekend by shelling in the Syrian flashpoint city of Homs, in the bloodiest episode yet in the nearly year-old revolt against President Bashar Assad.As news of ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238916/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:22:48 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238916/ UN, February 5 (Itar-Tass) -- Irritation close to hysteria was a response from some members of the UN Security Council to firm and principle position of Russia and China, which blocked the ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238863/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:22:37 -0500 Itar Tass http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238863/ A major diplomatic battle over the fate of Syria has begun at the United Nations, with Russia and China the only permanent Security Council members challenging the UN's right to ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238935/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:08:06 -0500 RT http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238935/ PARIS, Feb 4 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Saturday France was consulting with Arab and European countries to create a contact group on Syria to find a solution to its crisis after ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238849/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:03:39 -0500 Vancouver Sun http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238849/ Syrian government forces have bombarded the city of Homs with artillery shells and mortars, killing at least 55 people, according to opposition groups. But the government has denied the claims and ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238842/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:46:13 -0500 BBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238842/ 's release late yesterday under an amnesty announced on 21 January for around 2,000 civilians who had been convicted by military courts during the past year. Sanad, who had been detained for 10 ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238853/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:44:40 -0500 Reporters without Borders http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238853/ On a cool winter day in the city of Dara'a, a young man walking by me on a busy commercial street grazed me gently. In any large city outside Syria, it would have gone unnoticed. But as I made ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238912/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:36:36 -0500 Time http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238912/ MUNICH  — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday a crackdown by Egypt's military rulers on U.S. and local pro-democracy groups could jeopardize aid for the Arab ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238846/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:31:22 -0500 MSNBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238846/ Protestors react after receiving the news of the departure of Yemen's President Ali Abdullah Saleh from Sanaa to Oman in Sanaa, Yemen, Jan. 22, 2012. A spokesman for Yemen's embattled ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238909/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:31:15 -0500 MSNBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238909/ TUNIS - Dozens of tour agencies in Tunisia will have to wind up soon if the government does not provide immediate aid, the head of the Tunisian Federation of Travel and Tour Agencies (FTAV) warned ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238908/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:30:45 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238908/ During an artillery barrage last Nov. 11, Yemeni security forces killed 13 civilians in the city of Taizz. One of them was a patient at al-Rawdha Hospital, which mortar rounds and tank fire struck ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238913/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:29:05 -0500 Human Rights Watch http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238913/ A visit by Pope Benedict XVI to Lebanon later this year is "very possible," according to the Vatican's official spokesman.The Pope would use the visit to deliver a document - known as ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238917/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:27:22 -0500 EWTN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238917/ Iran Starts Mass-Production of Naval Cruise Missile News number: 9010173575 15:44 | 2012-02-04 http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010173575 TEHRAN (FNA)- Iran on Saturday inaugurated ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238718/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:14 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238718/ Egyptian Party Stresses Necessity for Revising Camp David Accord News number: 9010173585 17:42 | 2012-02-04 http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010173585 TEHRAN (FNA)- A leading Egyptian ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238930/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:14 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238930/ Sabotage Groups Attack Syria's Embassies in Cairo, Kuwait, Amman, Athens and London Feb 04, 2012 http://www.sana.sy/eng/337/2012/02/04/398349.htm CAPITALS, (SANA - Syrian news ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238851/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:13 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238851/ Iranian Navy Ships Arrive in Saudi Port News number: 9010173587 17:49 | 2012-02-04 http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9010173587 TEHRAN (FNA)- The 18th flotilla of warships dispatched by ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238717/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:13 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238717/ Abbas Forces raid home of a liberated captive 04-02-2012,09:16 http://www.qassam.ps/news-5357-Abbas_Forces_raid_home_of_a_liberated_captive.html Al Qassam website - PA security forces on Friday ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238931/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:12 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238931/ PM Netanyahu's Remarks at his Meeting with IDF Reservists (Communicated by the Prime Minister's Media Adviser) Following is an excerpt from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238933/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:10 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238933/ ) Following are comments made by Defense Minister Ehud Barak earlier today (Monday), 30.1.12: "Yesterday I returned from a few days in Davos. During the global forum, I was able to meet ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238932/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:18:10 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/203238932/