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Middle East stories: 192 news summaries

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(AP) - Uniformed Hamas fighters emerged on Gaza City's streets today as leaders of the group vowed to restore order in the shattered Palestinian territory, the AP reports. Hamas proclaimed victory as Gazans picked through the rubble, which included some 4,100 homes and 1,500 factories valued at nearly $2 billion.... More »

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Middle East • Gaza • Hamas • Israel and Palestinians

 Mitchell Considered 
 for Mideast Post 

Former senator's portfolio could take chunk out of Clinton's at State

Jan 19, 09 1:24 PM CST
(Newser) - Former Sen. George Mitchell, who led a 2000 commission examining Middle Eastern violence, is being considered as special envoy to the region by the Obama administration, the New York Times reports. The appointment of such a high-profile negotiator would signal Obama’s seriousness about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, but could deprive... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Israel • Middle East • Palestine • George Mitchell • President Obama • special envoy

Obama Plans Mideast Diplomatic Offensive 

President-elect plans to tackle Gaza crisis from first day in Oval Office

Jan 16, 09 4:44 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama will launch a diplomatic offensive to tackle the Gaza crisis and other troubles in the Mideast his very first day in office, he tells USA Today. He plans a more cohesive approach to the region than President Bush, and may appoint special envoys. The challenges in Iran, Afghanistan,... More »

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Barack Obama • Middle East • diplomacy • Gaza • Israeli offensive • President Obama

OPINION

 Gaza Encapsulates Mideast 
 Strife: Friedman 

Can the Jews have a room at this hotel?

Jan 7, 09 9:19 AM CST
(Newser) - The bloody scene playing out in Gaza is painful, but “all too familiar,” writes Thomas Friedman of the New York Times: It’s “a mini-version of three great struggles that have been playing out since 1948.” Those struggles:
  • Who Owns This Hotel? Who’s
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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Hamas • Thomas Friedman • Arab Israeli conflict

OPINION

Gaza Attack a 'Catastrophe': Boutros-Ghali

Assault will strengthen religious extremists, former UN Sec-Gen says

Jan 6, 09 2:43 PM CST
(Newser) - The assault on Gaza is a terrible mistake for Israel, Boutros Boutros-Ghali tells Der Spiegel in an interview in which he is deeply pessimistic about the prospects for peace. “The war in Gaza strengthens the position of radical Islamists in the entire Arab world,” the former UN secretary-general... More »

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Barack Obama • Israel • Middle East • Hamas • rocket attacks • America • violence • peace

analysis

Middle East Fumes Over Obama's Gaza Silence

Arabs and Muslims disappointed after 'promise of change'

Jan 5, 09 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama's studied silence on the Gaza attacks—there’s only one president at a time, and so on—isn’t playing well in the Middle East, writes Simon Tisdall in the Guardian. “Foreign wars don't wait for Washington inaugurations,” Tisdall notes. Many Arabs and Muslims “cannot... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Muslim • Arab Israeli conflict • Arab • Israeli offensive • President Obama

analysis

 Will Israel Win 
 Out, or Fire Up 
 Its Enemies? 

Israel's success—or failure—could prompt range of scenarios

Jan 4, 09 7:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Invading the Gaza Strip may boost Israel's leverage, shoring up alliances and isolating Iran—but that's optimistic, writes Steven Lee Myers in the New York Times. President Mahmoud Abbas could be the one isolated—from his own people—as surviving Hamas leaders seethe and militants plot revenge across the Arab... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Gaza • Palestine • Hamas

Iranian Suicide Bombers Want Govt's OK to Attack Israel

Iranian groups say 10,000 have signed up

Dec 31, 08 1:01 PM CST
(AP) - Hardline Iranian student groups have asked the government to authorize volunteers to carry out suicide bombings in Israel in response to the Israeli assault on the Gaza Strip. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government has not responded to the call. Five student groups and a conservative clerical group launched a registration drive on... More »

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Iran • Israel • Middle East • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • Gaza • suicide bomber • Palestinians

 Tony Blair: 
 Part Obama, 
 Part Bush 

Ex-prime minister optimistic but doesn't regret Iraq war

Dec 29, 08 5:51 PM CST
(Newser) - Tony Blair was both Britain's Barack Obama, promising change, and its George W. Bush, dragging his country into an unpopular war, Jennifer Senior writes in New York. But now the Middle East envoy and superstar Yale lecturer is his own man. He's excited about Obama's victory and urges the president-elect... More »

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Barack Obama • Tony Blair • Middle East • politics • Yale University • UK politics • Iraq war • George W. Bush

 Pope Calls for Peace 
 in Christmas Speech 

Middle East, Africa conflicts must be resolved: Benedict

Dec 25, 08 10:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Pope Benedict XVI passionately called for peace in the Holy Land during his annual Christmas message, delivered from the balcony of Saint Peter’s Basilica. “The horizon seems once again bleak for Israelis and Palestinians,” he said, praying for hope against war, terrorism, and injustice. He also appealed... More »

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Africa • Middle East • Pope Benedict XVI • Catholic Church • children • Rome • Christmas • sermon

Syria Eyes a New Start With America

President Assad
moots direct talks with Israel, strategic pact

Dec 24, 08 10:04 AM CST
(Newser) - After years of frosty relations with George W Bush, the president of Syria is looking for a new diplomatic start with Barack Obama in 2009. In an interview with Washington Post columnist David Ignatius, Bashar al-Assad says he is willing to work with the United States to stabilize Iraq, and... More »

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Middle East • Lebanon • Syria • diplomacy • Hezbollah • Rafiq al-Hariri • Bashar al-Assad

 Cable Cut Takes Egypt Offline 

Broken connection off Sicily affect most of country

Dec 20, 08 8:09 AM CST
(AP) - Egypt suffered a large-scale Internet outage after cables in the Mediterranean were cut, the Communications Ministry said yesterday. Three Internet cables were cut off the coast of the Italian island of Sicily yesterday morning, the ministry said. The cause of the cut was not immediately known. Throughout Egypt, the Internet... More »

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Internet • Middle East • India • Sudan • Italy • Egypt • Yemen • Sicily • undersea Internet cables • Internet access

Opposition in Israel Makes Hard Right Turn

Likud party, forecast to win election, chooses hawkish candidates

Dec 11, 08 9:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Benjamin Netanyahu, whose Likud Party is leading polls ahead of February’s Israeli election, promises to continue peace talks if elected—but after primaries this week, the former PM will be heading a ticket including extreme right-wingers who have advocated withdrawal from the United Nations, or cutting off water and... More »

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Israel • Middle East • Tzipi Livni • Kadima • Likud • Palestinians • Israeli election

 Bush Touts Mideast Legacy 


Dec 5, 08 4:24 PM CST
(Newser) - President Bush is optimistic about his legacy in the Middle East, saying the region is a “more hopeful and more promising place than it was in 2001,” the Washington Post reports. Bush does acknowledge some missteps: “As with any large undertaking, these efforts have not always... More »

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Iran • Middle East • Bush legacy • Arab Israeli conflict • legacy • Iraq war • George W. Bush

 Iraq OKs US Troops
 for 3 More Years  

Pact gives Iraqis more oversight over American presence

Nov 27, 08 8:14 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's parliament today passed a security pact with the US that lets American troops stay in the country for 3 more years. The ruling coalition's Shiite and Kurdish blocs as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc backed the "yes" vote, the AP reports. The parliament speaker said an... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • Iraqi Parliament • US troops • soldier • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

 Gulf War Illness Is Real: Study 

Research contradicts previous government denials

Nov 17, 08 3:55 PM CST
(Newser) - Gulf War syndrome is real, and "few veterans have recovered or substantially improved with time," according to a scientific study commissioned by Congress. Nearly a quarter of the 700,000 troops who served in the first Gulf War suffer from neurological problems related to exposure to chemicals during... More »

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Iraq • veterans • Middle East • US military • brain damage • nerve gas • Gulf War • Gulf War Syndrome • pesticide • neurotoxin

Disney Takes Aim at
Family-Friendly Mideast

Company seeks to tap into Arabic appetite for family-friendly films

Nov 12, 08 8:55 AM CST
(Newser) - Disney has decided it's a big world after all, the Financial Times reports. The company is making its first Arabic-language movie, aiming to tap into demand for family-friendly fare in the Middle East. The Last Storyteller will be produced somewhere in the Middle East and distributed in Morocco, Egypt, Lebanon,... More »

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Middle East • Disney • Walt Disney • Arabic • Arab • animated movie • Disney Studios

OPINION

 Gore: 5 Steps to Save Planet 

Nobel laureate calls on Obama, new Congress to act now

Nov 9, 08 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - The road to energy efficiency is paved with the same solutions needed to fix the economic crisis, Al Gore writes in a New York Times op-ed. Dismissing proposals for domestic drilling, the climate crusader says, “We simply cannot any longer base the strategy for human survival on a cynical... More »

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climate change • Barack Obama • energy • Congress • Middle East • Al Gore • power grid • carbon • renewable energy • auto industry • foreign oil • sustainability

Bush Won't See Mideast Deal During Term

In region, Rice aims to keep process on track for Obama's team

Nov 6, 08 4:46 PM CST
(Newser) - Israel and the Palestinians won’t likely reach a peace agreement by the 2009 deadline set at the Annapolis negotiations a year ago, the White House said today. The Bush administration began to question the feasibility of the deadline when a corruption scandal ousted PM Ehud Olmert and set the... More »

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Bush administration • Israel • Middle East • Ehud Olmert • White House • Condoleezza Rice • Arab Israeli conflict • Mideast • peace deal • President Obama

Blair Banks $20M in First Year as Ex-PM

Feat beats Clinton, but UN wonders if he's doing his peace job

Oct 29, 08 2:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tony Blair took in around $20 million since stepping aside as British PM last October, the Times of London reports, six times what he’d made in his entire life and more than double Bill Clinton’s take in his first year out of office. Some at the UN have... More »

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United Nations • Tony Blair • Middle East • Bill Clinton • income • speaking engagements • consultant

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