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CORRECTED - Palestinians will not need budget aid by 2013: PM (Reuters)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 6:07am
Reuters - The Palestinian Authority (PA) will be able to finance its budget without the need for foreign aid by 2013 thanks to improved tax collection and cost-cutting, the prime minister said.
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Demolished Weekly, Village In Israel Rises Again
NPR/Middle East - September 5, 2010 - 5:00am
For the fourth time in less than four weeks, Israeli forces demolished the unrecognized Bedouin village of Kafr al Arakib this week. A mix of international and Israeli volunteers return each week to help rebuild, even though Israel insists that the village was built illegally and therefore must be razed.
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Iraqi soldiers die in suicide blast
Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 4:57am
Car bomb targets former defence ministry building in Baghdad, where security has been high.
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Israel picks Gaza war commander as new military chief (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 4:43am
AFP - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday confirmed as armed forces chief Major General Yoav Galant, who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war, the prime minister's office said.
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Bahrain dissidents face charges
Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 3:50am
Accusations against 23 Shia suspects include forming 'terror network' aimed at toppling Gulf state's government.
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'Second body recovered' from Israeli strikes on Gaza (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 5, 2010 - 3:27am
AFP - The body of a second Palestinian killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza was recovered on Sunday, according to Palestinian medics and witnesses.
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Deadly clashes erupt in south Yemen
Al Jazeera English - September 5, 2010 - 3:09am
Police force suffers losses at the hands of separatist fighters in Lahej and Abyan provinces as violence continues.
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Israel launches raids on Gaza
Al Jazeera English - September 4, 2010 - 9:39pm
Cross-border rocket fire draws airborne response from Israeli military, which injures at least three Palestinians.
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Pope Appoints New 'Ambassador' to Stricken Iraqi Catholics
Assyrian International News Agency - September 4, 2010 - 9:00pm
Vatican City -- Benedict XVI appointed Monsignor Giorgio Lingua as the Holy See's representative to Iraq and Jordan on Saturday. The new apostolic nuncio will begin the position at a time in which the Iraqi Church struggles to find peace.
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Iraq Cuts Oil Product Supplies to Kurdish Region
Assyrian International News Agency - September 4, 2010 - 9:00pm
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -- Iraq's Oil Ministry has cut supplies of some fuel products to the northern Kurdish region by 50 percent in response to the Kurds selling what they say is excess kerosene, fuel waste and naptha to Iran, officials said.
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Just Because It's Legal Doesn't Mean It's Right
Assyrian International News Agency - September 4, 2010 - 9:00pm
The discussion over the proposed Manhattan mosque are interesting to say the least. Conservative Republicans who traditionally denounce government regulations with regard to building permits are the most vociferous in opposition.
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US Likely to Keep Troops in Iraq After 2011
Assyrian International News Agency - September 4, 2010 - 9:00pm
WASHINGTON (AFP) -- The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledgling military, experts and former officers say.
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Two wounded in Israeli air strikes on Gaza: Palestinians (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 4, 2010 - 3:13pm
AFP - Israeli warplanes launched Saturday evening three strikes against the southern Gaza Strip, wounding two people, Palestinian medical and security sources said.
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Palestinian Authority lashes out at Ahmadinejad over remarks (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 4, 2010 - 2:38pm
AFP - The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
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Israel: Now, More than Ever, Fascinated By Netanyahu (Time.com)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 4, 2010 - 2:30pm
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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Iran tries human rights activist
Al Jazeera English - September 4, 2010 - 1:52pm
Shiva Nazar-Ahari charged with "warring against God" and having links to opposition groups as trial opens in Tehran.
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Hillary Clinton's Role in Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks (Time.com)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 4, 2010 - 1:25pm
Time.com - After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off?
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ElBaradei claims 'smear campaign'
Al Jazeera English - September 4, 2010 - 1:13pm
Egyptian reformer accuses government of publishing Facebook photos of his daughter in a swimsuit.
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Israel: Explosions occurred at Hezbollah depot (AP)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 4, 2010 - 12:55pm
AP - Israel's military said Saturday that surveillance footage from drones shows that the explosions that rocked a village in southern Lebanon this week occurred at a residential building used by Hezbollah as a weapons depot.
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UN experts end Jordan probe of Israeli flotilla raid (AFP)
Yahoo/Mideast - September 4, 2010 - 10:25am
AFP - UN rights officials investigating Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla wrapped up their hearings in Jordan on Saturday after interviewing a total of 30 witnesses, one of the flotilla organisers said.
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