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Israel's Lieberman to block settlement curbs (AFP)

Yahoo/Mideast - 16 hours 56 min ago

AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Monday his ultra-nationalist Yisrael Beitenu party would block any attempt to extend a partial moratorium on settlements due to expire on September 26.

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23 Accused of Coup Plot in Bahrain

New York Times - 19 hours 16 sec ago

Bahraini officials announced that they were charging 23 people, most of them activists from the Shiite majority, with coordinating a violent campaign to overthrow the minority Sunni government.

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Thin Line for Group of Muslims in Egypt

New York Times - 19 hours 9 min ago

The most influential of Egypt’s dissident groups is caught between fighting and placating the government.

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Mideast Leaders Hopeful After Opening of Talks

New York Times - 19 hours 9 min ago

Palestinian and Israeli leaders expressed hope in their first public utterances since last week’s round of peace talks in Washington.

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Inside Corrupt-istan, a Loss of Faith in Leaders

New York Times - September 5, 2010 - 6:10pm

A belief by Westerners that Afghans expect misrule and malfeasance could make Afghans’ contempt for their leaders as much a threat as the Taliban.

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Troops die in Iraq suicide blasts

Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 4:48pm

Mini-bus packed with explosives targets former defence ministry building in Baghdad, where security has been high.

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Mideast Crisis Looms Over Israeli Settlements

NPR/Middle East - September 5, 2010 - 1:56pm

Israel hinted Sunday it will ease restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, while the Palestinian president warned he'll quit the talks if Israel resumes construction.

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Netanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict (AFP)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 1:43pm

AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.

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Israeli police fail to protect Palestinians: rights group (AFP)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 12:55pm

AFP - An Israeli rights group on Sunday accused Jerusalem police of failing to protect Palestinians in annexed east Jerusalem from hardline settlers residing in neighbourhoods heavily populated with Arabs.

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Israel unlikely to extend 'freeze'

Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 11:49am

Defence minister says settlement slow down is unlikely to continue in its current form after September 26 deadline.

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Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu (Time.com)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 11:35am

Time.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China

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US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem (AP)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 11:12am

AP - Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.

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Clinton to attend Mideast peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh (AFP)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 11:03am

AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders later this month in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.

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Mideast crisis looms over Israeli settlements (AP)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 10:53am

AP - Just days after Mideast peace talks began in Washington, the first major crisis is already looming: Israel hinted Sunday it will ease restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, while the Palestinian president warned he'll quit the talks if Israel resumes construction.

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Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort (Reuters)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 10:48am

Reuters - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.

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Death toll rises in Yemen violence

Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 8:28am

Four policemen killed in southern Lahej province while tribal leader dies in separate ambush in Abyan.

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Diplomatic Memo: In Middle East Peace Talks, Clinton Faces a Crucial Test

New York Times - September 5, 2010 - 7:30am

The talks could cement the legacy of Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton as a diplomat, or pose risks to any political ambitions she may harbor.

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Israeli raids claim lives in Gaza

Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 6:43am

Rocket fired across the border draws heavy Israeli retaliation, just two days after relaunch of peace talks.

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Israel approves new army chief

Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 6:35am

Cabinet confirms general who led Gaza offensive for top job amid allegations he had hired publicist to smear a rival.

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Dagestan suicide bombing targets Russian military

Christian Science Monitor (Terrorism/Security) - September 5, 2010 - 6:30am

A Dagestan suicide bombing that struck a Russian military base Sunday underscored the difficulties Moscow faces in stamping out violence in the restive republic.