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Palestinians inspects the remains of a destroyed house in Rafah, south Gaza Strip, on May 22, 2010. Hamas security forces demolished dozens of illegally built homes in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Monday. Hamas officials said the buildings were constructed without proper permits on government-owned land. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)
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Arabs' ties with Israel damages the Palestinian cause: Prof Gilbert Achcar
Article by WN Guest Writer Kourosh Ziabari | Prof. Gilbert Achcar is a renowned Lebanese academician, writer, socialist and anti-war activist. He left Lebanon in 1983 and taught international relation... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
President Barack Obama talks with Democratic House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer
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Obama calls on Iran to release three Americans
Obama calls on Iran to release three Americans | Share ARTICLEURL | US President Barack Obama called on Iran on Friday to release three American hikers who have been held for a year, saying their cont... (photo: Creative Commons / BrokenSphere)
President Barack Obama speaks during a town hall meeting at Indian Hills Community College, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, in Ottumwa, Iowa.  Canoe 
U.S. fears more Afghan document leaks
By DAVID ALEXANDER, Reuters | WASHINGTON - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group witho... (photo: AP / Charlie Neibergall)
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military technology. Since 1976, Israel had been the largest annual recipient of U.S. foreign assistance. In 2009, Israel received $2.55 billion in Foreign Military Financing (FMF) grants from the Department of Defense  Kansas City Star 
Israeli airstrike kills senior Hamas rocket maker
Khalil Hamra Palestinians wheel a wounded man at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, late Friday, July 30, 2010. Late Friday, Israel targeted back two buildings in Gaza us... (photo: Creative Commons / Chad J. McNeeley)
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Debt crisis failed to impede Emirates' growth
| Last year the global financial crisis finally burst the economic bubble of Dubai, hitting mainly the real-estate, construction and financial sectors in the extravagantl... (photo: Creative Commons / BriYYZ)
Debt   Emirates   Growth   Photos   Wikipedia: Emirates (airline)  
Rwandan military personnel with the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) perform a short-range patrol in Northern Darfur. UNAMID began operations in the region in December 2007. Al Jazeera
UN extends Darfur force mandate
| The United Nations Security Council has extended its peacekeeping mission in Sudan's western Darfur region for another year. | The 15-nation council agreed un... (photo: UN / Olivier Chassot)
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File - A British army helicopter flies into Forward Operating Base Sangin, Afghanistan, to unload supplies for the Royal Irish Rangers Sept. 24, 2008. Khaleej Times
US worried more secret documents may be released
WASHINGTON - US officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without... (photo: USMC / Lance Cpl. Gene Allen Ainsworth III)
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Taliban fighters ride their multiple rocket launcher near the front line, north of Kabul, Sunday, Jan. 4, 1998. The Hindu
The politics of Taliban reconciliation
| M.K. Bhadrakumar | The onus is on the generals in Rawalpindi to effect the hardcore Taliban leadership's reconciliation and, as a quid pro quo, Washington recognises Pa... (photo: AP / Zaheeruddin Abdullah)
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Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, center, receives Saudi King Abdullah, left,and Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, upon their arrival at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, July 30, 2010. BBC News
Historic Saudi-Syrian Beirut visit shows Arab concern
It was mightily short on public statements and lasted only a few short hours, but the unprecedented joint visit to Lebanon by two of the most influential Arab leaders pro... (photo: AP / Bilal Hussein)
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In this Wednesday Aug. 19, 2009 photo, made available Saturday Aug. 22, Spc. Paul Pickett, 22, of Minden La., center, of the U.S. Army's Apache Company, 2nd Battalion 87th Infantry Regiment, part of the 3rd Combat Brigade 10th Mountain Division based out of Fort Drum, N.Y., covers a injured U.S. soldier as a helicopter lands to evacuate the wounded after their armored vehicle hit an improvised explosive device in the Tangi Valley of Afghanistan's Wardak Province. BBC News
Afghan leak: Wikileaks' Assange denies 'blood on hands'
The founder of the website Wikileaks has rejected US claims he has blood on his hands after releasing 90,000 leaked classified documents on the Afghan war. | Julian Assan... (photo: AP / David Goldman)
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Palestinians wheel a wounded police officer at the Shifa hospital following an Israeli air strike in Gaza City, late Friday, July 30, 2010. Al Jazeera
Israeli jets strike Gaza
| Israel has launched air attacks against targets in the Gaza Strip, injuring eight Palestinians, medical sources have said. | Sami Zyara, a Palestinian journalist in the... (photo: AP / Khalil Hamra)
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Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Salam Zaeef speaks during a press conference in Islamabad Sunday, Oct. 7, 2001. The Taliban representative said that Afghan authorities are willing to detain suspected terrorist Osama bin Laden and try him under Muslim law if the United States makes a formal request. T The New York Times
U.N. Removes Taliban Members from Sanctions List
| UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council removed five members of the Taliban from its sanctions list on Friday, in a nod toward the kind of reconciliat... (photo: AP / Bullit Marquez)
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- Qatar emir visits Lebanon
- Qatar's emir makes high-profile visit to south Lebanon
- Emir of Qatar tours south Lebanon
- Qatari Emir given warm reception on tour of southern Lebanon
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UAE cites BlackBerry national security concerns
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Debt crisis failed to impede Emirates' growth
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UAE: BlackBerry phones could threaten security
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- Helping UAE students prepare for life in the UK
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Etisalat to introduce edutainment services
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Palestinians inspects the remains of a destroyed house in Rafah, south Gaza Strip, on May 22, 2010. Hamas security forces demolished dozens of illegally built homes in the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah on Monday. Hamas officials said the buildings were constructed without proper permits on government-owned land. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)
Arabs' ties with Israel damages the Palestinian cause: Prof Gilbert Achcar
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Peace talks with Moro rebels to start after Ramadan
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- WikiLeaks to post more US military documents on internal abu
- Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device
- Hacker builds $1,500 cell-phone tapping device
- BBC News - Flood deaths pass 400 in Pakistan and Afghanistan
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