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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 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:45 -0500 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:00:45 -0500 30 The U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy sites. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611131/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:15:11 -0500 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611131/cs/1/ With official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local affairs. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610743/cs/1/ Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:41:11 -0500 Middle East Star.com http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610743/cs/1/ The Abu Dhabi Tourism Authority (ADTA) has launched a plan to boost hotel occupancy rate in the emirate by 10 percent in 2010, WAM news agency reported. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611123/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611123/cs/1/ Israeli military prosecutors indicted two Israeli soldiers Thursday for allegedly ordering a Palestinian child to open bags suspected of containing explosives, during Israel's Gaza Strip offensive last year, a military statement said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611124/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611124/cs/1/ Iran has started production of new medium-range surface-to-air missiles with the aim of upgrading its air defence systems. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611108/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:50:02 -0500 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/611108/cs/1/ Five civilians, including four children, were killed Thursday by a roadside bomb in north-eastern Afghanistan, officials said. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610986/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 08:00:16 -0500 IANS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610986/cs/1/ Footballers' Wives star Laila Rouass is set to make a film on the life of terrorist Leila Khaled, often dubbed the "poster girl of Palestinian terrorism". http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610897/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:00:09 -0500 ANI http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610897/cs/1/ In a new study, scientists in Kuwait have predicted that world conventional crude oil production will peak in 2014 - almost a decade earlier than some other predictions. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610871/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:20:06 -0500 ANI http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610871/cs/1/ Jordan was spotted shopping for saucy wigs and outfits with her cross dressing cage fighter husband Alex Reid. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610860/cs/1/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:20:25 -0500 ANI http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/610860/cs/1/ Centrist Groups Take Early Lead in Iraq Vote The commander of U.S. forces in northern Iraq says it might be necessary to keep some American combat forces in the country beyond the August 31 deadline, ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041034/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:59:00 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041034/ US Official, Syrian President Meet in Bid for Improved Ties A report by international watchdog group Human Rights Watch is urging the West to engage Syria on its treatment of dissidents.Human Rights W... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33040712/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:58:59 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33040712/ Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, second from left, at the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi yesterday during a diplomatic visit to garner support for tougher sanctions against Iran. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041172/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:55:19 -0500 The National http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041172/ More than three years after the Security Council adopted a resolution calling for a complete halt to fighting between Israel and the Lebanese group Hizbollah, the situation in the region remains fragi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041167/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:51:31 -0500 Spero News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041167/ Michael Brothman, 25, stands on the porch his home Thursday, March 11, 2010, in Vineland, N.J., as he talks about his high school friend, Sharif Mobley. The FBI confirmed Thursday that the agency is l... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041165/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:50:56 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041165/ The Palestinian Authority announced on Thursday that it has postponed the inauguration of a square named after Dalal Mughrabi, the Fatah woman who led the 1978 Coastal Road Massacre in which 37 Israel... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041168/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:41:56 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041168/ DUBAI: The Palestinians have refused to hold indirect talks with the Israelis, unless Tel Aviv annuls its decision to build 1,600 housing units in East Jerusalem. “We want to hear from [United ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041022/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:39:51 -0500 The Hindu http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041022/ Mobley's capture is the latest in a string of Yemeni counterterrorism efforts aimed at disrupting al-Qaida. The al-Qaida branch there has been linked to the failed Christmas Day bombing of a http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041169/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:37:52 -0500 The Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041169/ "Green Zone" is Paul Greengrass' action-filled but superficial Iraq war drama. It focuses on an increasingly cynical warrant officer (Matt Damon), who discovers that his superiors can't handle the tru... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041008/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:33:23 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041008/ First Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak cancelled talks in Cairo and flew to hospital for gallbladder surgery. Then came an Israeli gift of broken glass and an eerie power outage in the "Hall of Rememb... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041009/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:29:24 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041009/ BUENA, N.J. - Yemen counterterrorism authorities captured a U.S. citizen of Somali origin after he shot his way out of a hospital in the Middle Eastern country, where he was being held after a sweep o... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33040253/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:22:01 -0500 MSNBC http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33040253/ Former hostage Peter Moore has spoken of his ordeal at the hands of insurgents in Iraq. The computer expert, who was abducted with his four bodyguards in Iraq in May 2007, was released in December af... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041036/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 18:19:18 -0500 ITN http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33041036/ Photo provided by the Department of Defense shows US Defense Secretary Robert Gates visiting Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 11 Mar 2010 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037892/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:09:39 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037892/ Arab League, Israel Indirect Talks Off The U.S. says it has no information indicating Palestinians have decided to withdraw from planned indirect talks with Israel.State Department spokesman P.J. Crow... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037968/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:08:23 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037968/ Photo provided by the Department of Defense shows US Defense Secretary Robert Gates visiting Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Mosque in Abu Dhabi, UAE, 11 Mar 2010 http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037969/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:08:22 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037969/ LONDON // The embattled EU foreign policy chief will head to the Middle East next week determined to silence her critics who claim that she is not up to the job.Baroness shton, a relative unknown when... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037833/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:05:41 -0500 The National http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037833/ Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates addresses the men and women of the 389th Air Expeditionary Wing at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia, Thursday, March 11, 2010. (AP Photo/DOD, Cherie Cullen) http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037792/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:53 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037792/ U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, speaks at Tel Aviv Univeristy in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, March 11, 2010. Biden attempted to soothe tensions with Israel on Thursday in an effusive speech ex... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037795/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:43 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037795/ Electoral workers sort through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's parliamentary electi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037797/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:38 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037797/ This frame grab made from video provided by NBC.40 television shows Charles Mobley, father of Sharif Mobley, on Thursday March 11, 2010 outside his home in Buena, N.J. The FBI is investigating the cas... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037958/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:59:38 -0500 San Diego Union-Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037958/ A special broadcast aired Thursday by Al-Jazeera and picked up by both Channel 10 and Channel 2 showed file footage of IDF prisoners of war in Palestinian captivity in Syria.The footage, recorded in 1... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037965/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:50:59 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037965/ With the first Iraq election results coming in, Middle East countries are watching close and gauging what the vote means for their influence on the oil-rich state. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037814/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:44:05 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037814/ WASHINGTON: The United States on Thursday accused China and Iran of worsening human rights abuses as it raised the alarm about growing anti-Semitism worldwide and discrimination of Muslims in Europe. ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037170/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:42:37 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037170/ THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary March 10, 2010 NOTICE ----------- CONTINUATION OF THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY WITH RESPECT TO IRAN On March 15, 1995, by Executive Order 12957, the Preside... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037972/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:39:49 -0500 U.S. State Department http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037972/ THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary March 10, 2010 TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: Section 202(d) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1622(d)) provides for the automatic termi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037973/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:39:49 -0500 U.S. State Department http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037973/ The US vice-president has sought to salvage peace talks between Israel and Palestinian leaders, despite an ongoing row over new Jewish housing in east Jerusalem. Joe Biden says Israel's decision to b... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037777/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:39:07 -0500 ABC Australia http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037777/ ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday that leading Gulf states appeared ready to use their clout to lobby China to support sanctions against Iran over its disputed... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037955/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:56 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037955/ JERUSALEM: An Israeli supermarket on Wednesday looked to cash in on the infamous surveillance camera footage showing suspected assassins stalking a Hamas operative in Dubai with a new advertising c... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037967/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:37:53 -0500 Times of India http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037967/ Dubai/London: The storm brewing on the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries' (Opec) horizon over future Iraqi oil output could engulf the producer group sooner than it would like. "Ther... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037782/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:18 -0500 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037782/ Dubai: A top British government official yesterday reiterated his country's commitment to Dubai and the northern emirates — one of its biggest trading partners in the region. "Dubai is the... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037868/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:28:16 -0500 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037868/ The A380, which is equipped with lounge and shower spas, was introduced on the London route in December 2008. An additional A380 is to be added in July. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037876/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:57 -0500 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037876/ Dubai: Middle East businessmen are well represented in the world's billionaires list, as current Forbes data show. The richest by far is still Prince Al Waleed Bin Talal Al Saud, head of Saudi Arabia... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037783/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:27:29 -0500 Gulf News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037783/ BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki posted mixed results in initial returns on Thursday from Iraq's parliamentary election, and a rival grouping complained of serious fraud. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037806/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:10:30 -0500 Swiss Info http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037806/ The Associated PressTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — An Iranian appeals court sentenced a university professor to six years in prison for suspected involvement in the country's postelection turmoil, loca... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037960/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:06:26 -0500 Iran Focus http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037960/ BUENA, N.J. (AP) - A former neighbor says a U.S. citizen who is being held as a terrorist in Yemen and is accused of a hospital shootout there moved to the Middle East about two years ago. Imam Abd... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037971/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:01:28 -0500 Breitbart http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037971/ Mar 11, 2010 - 11:57 - WAM Sharjah, 11th March 2010 (WAM): Students from the American University of Sharjah met today with staff from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as part of the series of rou... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037830/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:48 -0500 WAM http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037830/ Mar 11, 2010 - 11:56 - WAM Dubai, 11th March 2010 (WAM): British Council UAE announced today the sponsorship of award-winning author, Chris Cleave, in collaboration with Emirates Airlines Festival of ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037382/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:44 -0500 WAM http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037382/ Mar 11, 2010 - 11:55 - WAM DUBAI, 11th March 2010 (WAM) - A host of the 300+ amateur teams competing in the first ever Emirates Airline Dubai Football 7s were in action at The Sevens venue today. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037383/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:58:42 -0500 WAM http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037383/ BUENA, N.J. (AP) -- A former neighbor says a U.S. citizen who is being held as a terrorist in Yemen and is accused of a hospital shootout there moved to the Middle East about two years ago. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037962/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:54:43 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037962/ Israeli POW Nissim Salem: Red Cross told me not to complain about torture Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 11 March 2010 In a live telephone interview this evening on Channel 2 news, Nissim Salem, who had be... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037974/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:54:31 -0500 IMRA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037974/ KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Ministry of Public Works and Municipal Affairs has signed a contract to repair a sewage plant that broke down seven months ago. The Mishref sewage plant malfunctioned in August... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037963/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:53:13 -0500 Arab News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33037963/ Yemeni forces launched an attack on Thursday to recapture a government building seized by fighterrebels in the south of the country, setting off a gun battle in which a passer-by was killed, a local o... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034773/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:43:36 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034773/ Aid Programs In Northern Yemen Under Threat In Yemen, two men are in jail today after a 12-year-old girl marched into a police station, and demanded the arrest of her father and her 26-year-old husban... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034764/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:42:41 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034764/ More than three years after the Security Council adopted a resolution calling for a complete halt to fighting between Israel and the Lebanese group Hizbollah, the situation in the region remains fragi... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034767/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:42:35 -0500 UN News Centre http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034767/ BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034575/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:41:04 -0500 West Australian http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034575/ Last Updated: March 11. 2010 10:01PM UAE / March 11. 2010 6:01PM GMT Iraq has told the IMF that it plans to issue a new round of government debt this year to plug its budget deficit and establish a be... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034587/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:38:01 -0500 The National http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034587/ Oil Search reported that on March 10, the Al Meashar-1 well on Block 7, Yemen was at a depth of 3,574 meters and drilling ahead in basement. Progress for the week was 184 meters. During the week, hig... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034772/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:32:58 -0500 Rigzone http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034772/ Head of German-Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce discharges a female employee who posted the minutes of its “Working Group Iran” project on the council’s Web site. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33033970/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:25:26 -0500 Jerusalem Post http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33033970/ NEW YORK, Mar 11, 2010 (IPS) - Despite diplomatic maneuvering designed to block any review of its human rights record, a United Nations special rapporteur has told the U.N. Human Rights Council that p... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33033839/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:24:46 -0500 IPS http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33033839/ (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)Electoral workers sort through ballots cast in the national election in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iraqi and UN officials say the first results from this week's pa... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034583/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:21:02 -0500 Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034583/ BAGHDAD: Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in a tight contest to keep his job as he vied with ex-premier Iyad Allawi, initial election results from four of the country's 18 provinces showed Thur... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33033815/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:17:07 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33033815/ JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's military on Thursday indicted two of its soldiers for endangering the life of a Palestinian boy during Israel's three-week offensive in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip more t... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034754/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:12:09 -0500 The Star http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034754/ Relatives are reflected in the Basra Memorial Wall of rededication at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, central England http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034545/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:08:32 -0500 The Independent http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034545/ Formula One world champion's number one car for the first time this week. "Just before I put on my helmet and I look at the car and see the number one it is going to be an emotional moment," the Brit... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034657/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:01:58 -0500 International Herald Tribune http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034657/ (BAGHDAD) — Partial vote results in Iraq's historic election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger during a chaotic count that was ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034557/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:45:42 -0500 Time http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034557/ JERUSALEM - Israeli army prosecutors on Thursday charged two soldiers for using a young Palestinian boy to check for booby-traps during last year's fighting in Gaza, a military spokeswoman said. She ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034758/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:42:18 -0500 Middle East Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034758/ Israel is America's closest friend, US Vice President Joe Biden said in an emotional speech at Tel Aviv University today. But he also said sometimes it takes a friend to deliver the hardest truth – ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034755/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:37:18 -0500 Christian Science Monitor http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034755/ Israeli military prosecutors have formally indicted two of its soldiers for forcing a Palestinian boy to open some bags that were thought to contain explosives, the army said on Thursday.The incident ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034751/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:29:37 -0500 Financial Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034751/ BUENA, N.J. (AP) -- The FBI is investigating the case of an alleged al-Qaida member raised in New Jersey who is accused of trying to shoot his way out of a hospital in Yemen. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034761/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:29:19 -0500 Tampa Bay Online http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33034761/ A secularist list headed by former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi on Thursday alleged major fraud in Iraq's national election this week. Members of Allawi's Iraqiya list called a news conference f... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031635/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:52:42 -0500 World Bulletin http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031635/ , and cited abuses around the world - including in Iran, China, Afghanistan and Burma.In the report released Thursday, the department says the Iranian government severely limited citizens' right to pe... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031694/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:51:41 -0500 VOA http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031694/ The One World International Human Rights Documentary Film Festival, which will show over 100 films from 30 countries in Prague from March 10-18, has a special focus on Iran this year. http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031052/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:44:10 -0500 Spero News http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031052/ (AP Photo/NBC.40) MANDATORY CREDITThis frame grab made from video provided by NBC.40 television shows Charles Mobley, father of Sharif Mobley, on Thursday March 11, 2010 outside his home in Buena, N.J... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031750/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:30:23 -0500 The Examiner http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031750/ Strasbourg - The European Parliament expressed cautious support Thursday for a possible prisoner-swap deal that would see Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit freed in exchange for the release of hundreds of ... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031744/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:29:29 -0500 Earth Times http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031744/ A lesser Dubai: That's the first impression a visitor gets touring downtown Doha, the capital of the Gulf emirate of Qatar. Dubai (population 1.4 million) has its famous ultramodern skyline and man-ma... http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031076/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:15:23 -0500 Business Week http://story.middleeaststar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/940f2bfd509e743b/id/33031076/