Middle-East Tension
Iraq forces detain 25 suspects, seize explosives in Baghdad
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:29 pm
BAGHDAD, Jan. 12 — Iraqi security forces detained 25 insurgent suspects and seized explosives and mortar bombs during massive operations in Baghdad early on Tuesday, a military spokesman said. Qassim Atta, spokesman for Baghdad [...]
Read More >>Lebanon, Turkey aim to scrap entry visas
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:28 pm
BEIRUT, Jan. 10 — Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s Office said on Sunday that his visit to Turkey is aimed at scrapping entry visas for the nationals of the two countries. Hariri’s visit to [...]
Read More >>Terrorist group claims responsibility for Iran nuclear physicist death: report
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:27 pm
TEHRAN, Jan. 13 — A terrorist group named “Iran Royal Association” took responsibility for Tuesday’s fatal bombing attack on an Iranian nuclear physicist, local Iran Daily reported Wednesday. The Iran Royal Association, a group [...]
Read More >>Palestinian PM accuses Israel of trying to isolate PNA
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:25 pm
RAMALLAH, Jan. 12 — Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad accused Israel on Tuesday of trying to isolate the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) through a campaign against President Mahmoud Abbas and Fayyad’s government. “The Israeli [...]
Read More >>Defense ministers say Israel-Turkey diplomatic row over
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:05 pm
ANKARA, Jan. 17 — Israeli and Turkish defense ministers said Sunday they had overcome a diplomatic dispute between the two countries, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. Speaking after his talks with his Turkish [...]
Read More >>Israeli army crosses into Lebanon: state media
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:04 pm
BEIRUT, Jan. 17 — An Israeli army unit on Sunday crossed the borders with Lebanon in the direction of the occupied part of al-Ghajar village, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported. “An intense [...]
Read More >>Yemen extends registration for Somali refugees
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:03 pm
SANAA, Jan. 17 — Yemen’s Interior Ministry on Sunday gave Somali refugees an extension of two months to register with the National Commission for Refugees amid fears that al-Qaida infiltrators could be among them. [...]
Read More >>Teenage bomber in Iran victim of his “adventurism”: police
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:02 pm
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 — A local security force official in Iran’s Khorasan Razavi Province said Sunday that a Saturday night blast in Iran’s northeastern city of Mashhad was the result of a “teenager’s adventurism,” [...]
Read More >>Israeli FM refuses to offer more gestures towards Palestinians
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:01 pm
JERUSALEM, Jan. 17 — Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday Israel would offer no further gestures to the Palestinians as attempts to reboot the stalled peace process. “We finished our arsenal of gestures [...]
Read More >>West’s sanctions have no impact on Iran’s national economy: official
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 3:00 pm
TEHRAN, Jan. 17 — The Head of Iran’s Chamber of Commerce, Industries and Mines Mohammad Nahavandian said Sunday that West-imposed sanctions on Iran have no impact on its national economy, the official IRNA news [...]
Read More >>Haneya says int’l community biased to Israel’s Gaza blockade
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:59 pm
GAZA, Jan. 10 — Deposed Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haneya on Sunday accused the international community of supporting Israel’s closure on the Gaza Strip. “The Gaza siege is wrong, full of ignorance and bias [...]
Read More >>Iran’s military power “deterrent”: official
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:58 pm
TEHRAN, Jan. 10 — Iran’s Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi reiterated Sunday that the military power of the Islamic Republic is “deterrent” and “serves national and regional security,” the semi-official Fars news agency [...]
Read More >>Israel siege forces Gaza student to hold graduation party at church
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:57 pm
GAZA, Jan. 10 — Palestinian student Berlanty Azzam has never thought that her graduation ceremony would take place in a small church far away from her university and friends. After spending four years studying [...]
Read More >>Iranian MP says nuclear fuel swap must take place in Iran
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:56 pm
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Read More >>Official: 7 Qaida suspects arrested near U.S. embassy in Yemen
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:55 pm
SANAA, Jan. 10 — Yemeni anti-terror forces have arrested seven suspected members of an al-Qaida-linked sleeper cell in a quarter, adjacent to the U.S. embassy in Sanaa, a higher-ranking security official of Interior Ministry [...]
Read More >>3 Palestinians killed in Gaza blast
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:54 pm
Palestinians mourn over the body of a Gaza militant killed in an Israeli missile strike, in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah, Jan. 10, 2010. Israeli soldiers Sunday hit a group of Gaza militants [...]
Read More >>Credit facilities extended by banks in Jordan rise in first 11 months
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:53 pm
AMMAN, Jan, 10 — Overall credit facilities extended by banks in Jordan during the first eleven months of 2009 rose by 2.6 percent compared to year end 2008, according to figures by the Central [...]
Read More >>Israel vows not to free terror icons for Shalit
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:52 pm
JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 — Israel said on Sunday that it would not free “terrorist icons” as part of a prisoner swap deal currently under discussion with Hamas to secure the release of Israeli soldier [...]
Read More >>Israel to resume West Bank settlement building in 8 months: PM
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:51 pm
¡¤Israel would resume construction in West Bank Jewish settlements in eight months.¡¤Israel was interested in seeing peace talks with Palestinians begin as soon as possible. ¡¤The construction limits will not be implemented in predominantly Arab [...]
Read More >>Netanyahu okays construction of fence along Egypt border
By admin at 14 January, 2010, 2:50 pm
JERUSALEM, Jan. 10 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday approved the construction of two sections of fence on the Israel-Egypt border in a bid to prevent infiltration into Israeli territory, local news service [...]
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