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IAEA: Iran boosts nuclear work
Al Jazeera English - 5 hours 48 min ago
UN nuclear watchdog concerned about country's expansion of low-enriched uranium production by 15 per cent.
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U.N. Nuke Agency Warns Monitoring Of Iran Hampered
NPR/Middle East - 5 hours 59 min ago
The complaint follows Iran's recent decision to strip two experienced inspectors of the right to monitor Tehran's nuclear activities after the two reported undeclared nuclear experiments. The Islamic Republic says the reporting by the two was inaccurate.
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Israel PM sees deal possible in year: spokesman (Reuters)
Yahoo/Mideast - 6 hours 31 min ago
Reuters - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told visiting U.S. congressmen he thinks it could be possible to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians in a year despite huge differences, his spokesman said.
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84 charged over deadly Beirut shootout (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 8 hours 11 min ago
AFP - Eighty-four people have been charged in connection with a deadly clash last month between Hezbollah and a pro-Syrian Sunni faction, Lebanon's official National News Agency reported.
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Iranian Woman Said to Be Lashed Over Photo
New York Times - 8 hours 18 min ago
A mix-up over a photograph led to a sentence of 99 lashes for the Iranian woman whose earlier death sentence by stoning caused an international outcry, a lawyer said.
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Nuclear Watchdog Says Iran Boosts Nuclear Work
New York Times - 8 hours 31 min ago
Iran’s total production of low-enriched uranium has risen by around 15 percent since May, the U.N. nuclear watchdog said.
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Siege casts shadow over Ramadan
Electronic Intifada Palestine - 9 hours 11 min ago
GAZA CITY, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - The Muslim festival approaches, but not the end to power cuts that have darkened the month-long Ramadan fasting leading up to the festival. Or to the agony of Gazans, made worse by the reminder that it's approaching festive time.
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Ramadan in Gaza's boundary zone
Electronic Intifada Palestine - 9 hours 17 min ago
JOHR AL-DIK, occupied Gaza Strip (IPS) - With power cuts up to 16 hours to full days, a soaring heat wave and unbearable humidity, the Israeli-led siege on Gaza is but one of many factors leaving Ramadan miserable for the majority of Palestinians in Gaza.
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Jordan king briefs Syria's Assad on peace talks (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 9 hours 52 min ago
AFP - President Bashar al-Assad and Jordan's King Abdullah II met in Syria on Monday for talks on the resumption of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians, SANA news agency reported.
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Conversion row over missing Copt
Al Jazeera English - 9 hours 59 min ago
Disappearance of Coptic priest's wife sparks tensions between Christians and Muslims in city of Al Minya.
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Attack Shows Lasting Threat to U.S. in Iraq
New York Times - 10 hours 20 min ago
A coordinated attack on one of the main military commands in Baghdad punctuated a sharp rise in violence as the United States declared an official end to its combat mission.
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Price tag reprisals in Hebron
Electronic Intifada Palestine - 10 hours 27 min ago
The Palestinian families which live along Route 60 in the South Hebron Hills in the occupied West Bank have no recourse when settlers attack. The area is under full Israeli civil and military control leaving the Ramallah-based Palestinian Authority relatively helpless in dealing with problems caused by Israeli settlers. Joseph Dana reports from Hebron.
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"We need to nationalize the resistance"
Electronic Intifada Palestine - 10 hours 53 min ago
Public servant Bassem Mohammed al-Tamimi is from al-Nabi Saleh, a small village about 20 kilometers northwest of Ramallah. As coordinator of the local Popular Committee, Tamimi has played a leading role in al-Nabi Saleh's demonstrations against the nearby illegal Israeli settlement and military base of Halamish. Jody McIntyre interviewed al-Tamimi for The Electronic Intifada.
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Spain's separatist ETA offers ceasefire, but the government vows to keep the pressure on
Christian Science Monitor (Terrorism/Security) - 11 hours 36 min ago
Spain's Basque separatist ETA offered a ceasefire, but the Spanish government dismissed the offer, demanding the group lay down its arms as a precondition for peace talks.
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Israeli FM pushes for new settlement construction (AP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 12 hours 14 min ago
AP - Israel's hard-line foreign minister said Monday that his party will try to block any extension of Israel's settlement slowdown, a move that could derail the recently launched Mideast peace negotiations.
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Barak seals Russian defence deal
Al Jazeera English - 13 hours 55 min ago
Show of unity comes after strains in ties over Russian arms contracts in the Middle East.
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Bahrain dissidents charged
Al Jazeera English - 14 hours 4 min ago
Accusations against 23 Shia suspects include forming 'terror network' aimed at toppling Gulf state's government.
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US artists support Israelis' settlement protest (AP)
Yahoo/Mideast - 15 hours 8 min ago
AP - A dovish U.S. Jewish group says more than 150 film and theater artists have signed a letter of support for Israeli actors who refused to perform in a West Bank settlement.
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Israeli FM doubts peace possibility
Al Jazeera English - 15 hours 10 min ago
Lieberman quoted as saying deal with Palestinians unattainable in a year or 'during the next generation'.
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Israeli FM doubts peace possibility
Al Jazeera English - 16 hours 23 min ago
Lieberman quoted as saying deal with Palestinians unattainable in a year or 'during the next generation'.
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