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A Moldovan glances at Communist Party posters in Chisinau, Moldova Monday July 20 , 2009. The incumbent ruling Communist party hold a slim lead in polls before the July 29 general election.
Elections   Moldova   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Moldova  
Moldova referendum scuttled
| A referendum aimed at breaking a political stalemate in Moldova, which has left the country leaderless, has failed following a low voter turnout, electoral officials have said. | Iurie Ciocan, the C... (photo: AP / John McConnico)
Al Jazeera
Israel makes Gaza war commander military chief
Gaza   Israel   Military   Photos   Wikipedia: Gaza  
Israel makes Gaza war commander military chief
| The site of an Israeli airstrike on a smuggling tunnel in southern Gaza Strip on Saturday that killed two Palestinians. | JERUSALEM: Major-General Yoav Galant, who on Sunday was named as Israel's ne... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
The Hindu
Election posters of parliamentarian candidates hang on utility poles in Kabul, Afghanistan  on Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. The Taliban vowed Sunday to attack polling places in Sept. 18 parliamentary elections, warning Afghans not to participate in what it called a sham vote. Afghanistan's most unusual parliamentary contenders
Campaigning has intensified in Afghanistan as the country's parliamentary elections draw closer. | About 2,500 candidates are standing for 249 seats in Afghanistan's Wolesi Jirga, or lower house of pa... (photo: AP / Musadeq Sadeq) BBC News
Afghanistan   Elections   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Elections in Afghanistan  
Taliban fighters ride on a pick-up truck as they defect to the northern alliance near the town of Khanabad, northern Afghanistan, Sunday Nov. 25, 2001 Taliban threatens to disrupt election
| KABUL - Afghanistan's Taliban said yesterday it would attempt to disrupt elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islam... (photo: AP / Dusan Vranic) Irish Times
Afghanistan   Elections   Photos   Taliban   Wikipedia: Taliban  
Top Stories
Agriculture - a farmer walking in a farm field, Farmers sustain damages in fire originating from Israel
| By Hana Namrouqa | AMMAN - A fire that erupted in Israel and spread to Jordanian territory on Thursday resulted in the damage of 1.5 square kilometres of forest and lan... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Jordan Times
Amman   Fire   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Farmers  
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers his speech at a ceremony honoring the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday once again turned his fiery rhetoric on Israel and saying that it will soon disappear from the world map. Ahmadinejad was speaking at a ceremony honoring the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on his death anniversar ‘Hit on Iran would spell Israel’s eradication’
| DOHA (AFP) - Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled out an attack on the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme, during a visit to Qatar on Sunday, because any... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi) The Jordan Times
Iran   Israel   Nuclear   Photos   Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran  
A Palestinian man inspects the damage following Israeli air strikes on a smuggling tunnel at the border with Egypt in Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Israel pounds Gaza tunnels as peace talks hit snares
| Lieberman rules out settlement freeze, sees negotations ‘failing’ | Compiled by Daily Star staff | Monday, September 06, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Israeli Army ai... (photo: AP / Eyad Baba) Daily Star Lebanon
Defence   Gaza   Israel   Photos   Wikipedia: Gaza Strip smuggling tunnels  
In this image made from television, Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Ubaidi , center, inspects the site of a suicide attack accompanied by soldiers at a military headquarters in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Militants kill 12 in assault on military base in Baghdad
| Monday, September 06, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Muhanad Mohammed | Reuters | BAGHDAD: Up to five suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base ... (photo: AP / APTN) Daily Star Lebanon
Baghdad   Defence   Photos   Terrorism   Wikipedia: 2003 invasion of Iraq  
This image made from video provided by the Israeli Defence Force on Monday, May 31, 2010 shows what the IDF says is a clash between commandos being dropped by helicopter and people aboard the Mavi Marmara ship in the Mediterranean Sea. Israeli commandos rappelled down to an aid flotilla sailing to thwart a Gaza blockade on Monday, clashing with pro-Palestinian activists on the lead ship in a raid that left at least nine passengers dead. UN experts end Jordan probe of Israel's raid on flotilla for Gaza
| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, September 06, 2010 | - Powered by | AMMAN: UN rights officials investigating Israel’s deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flot... (photo: AP / Israel Defence Force) Daily Star Lebanon
Gaza   Israel   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid  
Employees of Bahrain Petroleum Company, the Persian Gulf island's national oil company, crank on a pipeline valve Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in the Sakhir, Bahrain, desert oilfields. Growing evidence of a severe global economic slowdown drove oil prices below $62 a barrel Monday as investors brushed off a sizeable OPEC output At 50, Opec still dominates
| Once upon a time in Baghdad, fifty years ago and exactly on September 14, 1960, the five developing countries of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela met and ... (photo: AP / Hasan Jamali) Gulf News
Markets   OPEC   Oil   Photos   Wikipedia: OPEC  
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Israeli aircraft bombed three Gaza tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas security officials said Sunday. Netanyahu's chance to make amends
| Direct Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations started last week in Washington. The beginning of the direct peace talks was announced at a White House ceremony hosted by... (photo: AP / Menahem Kahana, Pool) Gulf News
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   Wikipedia: Israeli settlement  
A U.S. army helicopter flies past the minaret of the 14th of Ramadan mosque in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct 30, 2007. The Iraqi government on Tuesday approved draft legislation lifting immunity for foreign private security companies, sending the measure to parliament, following a Sept. 16 shooting incident involving Blackwater USA guards that left 17 Iraqi civilians Mercenaries are operating with impunity
| When President Barack Obama announced that the majority of US troops were leaving Iraq and that only 50,000 troops would stay "to advise and assist" Iraqi sec... (photo: AP / Marko Drobnjakovi) Gulf News
Defence   Human Rights   Iraq   Photos   Wikipedia: Blackwater Worldwide  
Iraq Saudi Arabia
Iraq'S Cost
Despite formal combat end, US joins Baghdad battle
Iraqi troops in spotlight as Baghdad bombers kill 12
Assault on Baghdad military HQ kills 12
In this image made from television, Iraqi Defense Minister Abdul-Qadir al-Ubaidi , center, inspects the site of a suicide attack accompanied by soldiers at a military headquarters in Baghdad, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010.
Militants kill 12 in assault on military base in Baghdad
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Counter culture? Few Pak youths giving up Islam
Pakistan's youth giving up Islam?
One of the most awe-inspiring sights in religion: Hundreds o
Malaysia issues new Takaful licenses [Arab News, Jeddah, Sau
Employees of Bahrain Petroleum Company, the Persian Gulf island's national oil company, crank on a pipeline valve Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in the Sakhir, Bahrain, desert oilfields. Growing evidence of a severe global economic slowdown drove oil prices below $62 a barrel Monday as investors brushed off a sizeable OPEC output
At 50, Opec still dominates
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Syria Kuwait
Catholic Syrian Bank plans big
Racy Syrian soap delights some, damages others
Syrian soap causes Ramadan stir
Taboo-breaking Syrian soap causes Ramadan stir
A U.S. soldier of Charlie Company 1-15 Infantry, 3rd Brigade Combat team, 3rd Infantry Division, passes next to a wall painted with the Iraqi flag during a routine patrol in Salman Pak, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) south of Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, March 1, 200
The risks of withdrawal loom
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Gulf frequency of AI Exp to decrease by 8-10%
Gulf frequency of AI Express flight to decrease by 8-10 pc
Pilot shortage forces budget airline to cut flights
Pilot shortage forces budget airline to cut UAE flights
Employees of Bahrain Petroleum Company, the Persian Gulf island's national oil company, crank on a pipeline valve Monday, Oct. 27, 2008, in the Sakhir, Bahrain, desert oilfields. Growing evidence of a severe global economic slowdown drove oil prices below $62 a barrel Monday as investors brushed off a sizeable OPEC output
At 50, Opec still dominates
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UAE Egypt
Dubai charity donates $4 mn for Pak flood victims
Cargo plane had 'smoke in cockpit' before Dubai cras
Cargo plane had 'smoke in cockpit' before Dubai cras
Shaikh Mohammad receives dignitaries in Khor Dubai
Camels and bedouin village camp in the desert of Dubai, UAE, November 2007
Camel dairy hopes to milk health food market
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Egypt's spy chief requested to run for 2011 presidency
Hillary to attend Middle East peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh
Mubarak concerned over 'new dangers' in the Gulf
Thin Line for Group of Muslims in Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu chairs the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2010. Israeli aircraft bombed three Gaza tunnels, killing two Palestinians and wounding a third, Hamas security officials said Sunday.
Netanyahu's chance to make amends
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Jordan Iran
Skepticism abounds in Middle East after peace talks 'sho
Nude Art Mag Riles Middle East
Timely talks: Obama opens his push for a Middle East accord
Iran threat may spur Middle East peace talks
 A reactor building of Iran´s Bushehr nuclear power plant is seen, Sunday, Feb. 27, 2005. Iran and Ru
Iran threat may spur Middle East peace talks
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Attack on Iran would destroy Israel: Ahmadinejad
Iran not to renounce its nuclear rights
Mubarak concerned over 'new dangers' in the Gulf
Israeli attack would mean its own demise: Iran
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gestures as he delivers his speech at a ceremony honoring the late Iranian revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini at his mausoleum, just outside Tehran, Iran, Monday, June 2, 2008. Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Monday once again turned his fiery rhetoric on Israel and saying that it will soon disappear from the world map. Ahmadinejad was speaking at a ceremony honoring the late founder of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, on his death anniversar
‘Hit on Iran would spell Israel’s eradication’
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