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30 False Fronts Won Contracts for Blackwater

New York Times - September 4, 2010 - 9:29am

The security firm created shell companies to obtain U.S. contracts after it was criticized for its conduct in Iraq, investigators said.

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Doubts over the future of Iraq

Al Jazeera English - September 4, 2010 - 5:09am

Young Iraqi expresses pessimism about chances of getting a job and living a good life.

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Mideast Talks Wrap With A Promise

NPR/Middle East - September 4, 2010 - 5:00am

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators finished up talks on Thursday, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas agreed to keep talking. Host Scott Simon talks with the Institute for Middle East Peace's Stephen P. Cohen about whether this really signals progress.

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Rocket fired from Gaza hits Israel

Al Jazeera English - September 4, 2010 - 4:54am

Attack comes two days after the start of Israeli-Palestinian direct peace talks launched in Washington.

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Gaza militants fire rocket into Israel (AFP)

Yahoo/Mideast - September 4, 2010 - 3:39am

AFP - Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into Israel on Saturday without causing any casualties or damage, an army spokesman said.

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Analysis: Iraq's Military Needs After 2011

New York Times - September 4, 2010 - 3:28am

The third phase, from the end of 2016 to the end of 2020, is the "completion phase" by which time the Iraqi army will be a "real power," able to deal not only with internal, but also external threats.

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Plane crashes near Dubai airport

Al Jazeera English - September 4, 2010 - 3:08am

Aircraft for US delivery company UPS crashes during emergency landing attempt, killing both crew members.

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Syria’s Solidarity With Islamists Ends at Home

New York Times - September 4, 2010 - 1:10am

The country, which had sought to allow religious figures a greater role in public life, has reversed course.

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World Briefing | Middle East: Iran: Opposition Beginssatellite Television Channel

New York Times - September 3, 2010 - 10:20pm

Iranian opposition activists have started a new satellite TV channel, RASA TV, from Belgium as an alternative to Iran’s increasingly state-controlled media.

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World Briefing | Middle East: Iraq: U.N. Asks Europe to Halt Deportations

New York Times - September 3, 2010 - 10:20pm

The U.N. refugee agency called on European governments to halt deportations of Iraqis, after what it said was at least the third coordinated round of forced returns since April.

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Pessimism Permeates Mideast Media on Talks

New York Times - September 3, 2010 - 10:20pm

Many Palestinian and Israeli commentators described this week’s talks in Washington as mere political theater.

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World Briefing | Middle East: Lebanon: Hezbollah Chief Rejects Demand From U.N. Prosecutor

New York Times - September 3, 2010 - 10:10pm

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah said that he would not hand over all information relevant to the killing of Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafik Hariri.

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World Briefing | Middle East: Israel: Atomic Agency Seeking Signature on Nonproliferation Pact

New York Times - September 3, 2010 - 10:10pm

The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency asked Israel last month to consider signing the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

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Copts Protest Persecution in Egypt Ahead of Mubarak's DC Visit

Assyrian International News Agency - September 3, 2010 - 9:00pm

(AINA) -- On the occasion of Egyptian President Mubarak's visit to Washington this week to attend the Mideast talks, Coptic Christians in the US and Canada staged a peaceful rally on September 2nd outside the White House to protest the persecution of Copts in Egypt.

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Assyrian Genocide Scholar in New Zealand

Assyrian International News Agency - September 3, 2010 - 9:00pm

Auckland (AINA) -- Assyrian genocide scholar Sabri Atman, director of the Seyfo Genocide Research Center, presented a lecture on August 26 at the Assyrian Nineveh Association.

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Gates, in Iraq, Takes the Long View

Assyrian International News Agency - September 3, 2010 - 9:00pm

RAMADI, Iraq -- On the day of a formal military ceremony marking the end of United States combat operations in Iraq, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said that history had still to judge whether America's involvement in the seven-year-old war was worth the cost.

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The Battle for Turkey's Constitution

Assyrian International News Agency - September 3, 2010 - 9:00pm

On 12 September, Turks will vote on a set of constitutional amendments proposed by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP), which has been in power for eight years.

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Syria's Solidarity With Islamists Ends At Home

Assyrian International News Agency - September 3, 2010 - 9:00pm

DAMASCUS, Syria -- This country, which had sought to show solidarity with Islamist groups and allow religious figures a greater role in public life, has recently reversed course, moving forcefully to curb the influence of Muslim conservatives in its mosques, public universities and charities.

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Authorities uncover LL6bn Beirut Port scam

Daily Star Lebanese Politics - September 3, 2010 - 9:00pm

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Investigations into Burj Abi Haidar clashes have yet to produce results

Daily Star Lebanese Politics - September 3, 2010 - 9:00pm

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