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The Iraqi government closed the Rabea border point with Syria, and the Iraqi minister of interior Bayan Jabber announced in a statement he will not permit from now on any of the carriers, including trains, to ...2.7

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Dictator of Syria, Bashar Al-Assad, met with the heads of ten terrorist factions based in Damascus on Saturday.

The head of the UN inquiry into former Lebanese premier Rafiq Hariri's murder agreed on Monday with Syria's foreign ministry on the format for questioning Syrian officials, the state news agency SANA said.3.8

Israel pulls out of Gaza, Palestinians rush in By Nidal al-Mughrabi . NEVE DEKALIM, Gaza Strip - Jubilant Palestinians planted flags on the rubble of Jewish settlements and set synagogues ablaze on Monday as... ...

In the world of Syrian bloggers, one computer key is essential. New Orleans Shows Modest Signs of Life 23 minutes ago NEW ORLEANS - The steady ebb of floodwaters allowed cleanup crews to tackle mountains of ...1.3

In the world of Syrian bloggers, one computer key is essential. Backspace. "You start writing something and then you think about it: Maybe I'll be misunderstood," said Ayman Haykal, a 25-year-old medical ...

BEIRUT: The overall turbulent Lebanese political situation and an allegedly weak advertising campaign caused a drop in the number of exhibitors and visitors in the construction exhibition Project Lebanon 2005, ...2.7

PARIS, FRANCE.-Twenty States have now ratified the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, which was adopted by UNESCO's General Conference in October 2003.

As the first woman runs for Germany's highest office on Sept. 18, results from state elections suggest that Angela Merkel, chair of the conservative Christian Democrat party, may become the next chancellor, The ...

One thing is clear 19 months after the federal government announced a judicial inquiry into what happened to Maher Arar.4.1

Her house is full of objects that bring back memories -- a geode from the Saudi Arabian desert, pottery from Korea, a little buffalo made by Indians at St.1.3

Syrian archaeologists have discovered a sarcophagus with the best-preserved mummy ever in a tower tomb in Palmyra.2.7

The Government is looking at introducing new anti-terror measures that would ban radical Islamics ... Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed Sheikh Omar Bakri Mohammed, the so-called Tottenham Ayatollah, is the spiritual leader of Islamic fundamentalist group al-Muhajiroun, which he founded in Saudi Arabia in 1983.2

It is the map of Ottawa _ with clearly marked federal nuclear facilities, a virus lab and other supposed terrorist targets _ that fueled an international panic and played into a chain of Middle East detentions ...

Dr. Raquel Shaoul argues that Japan's policy toward the Middle East over the past thirty years has been characterized by: a low political profile; and a tendency to align with US policy in the region.2.9

Sana'a, YT: The General Federation of Yemen Workers' Trade Union GFYWTU declared on 3rd September in an extraordinary meeting with the leaders of its sub-committees its rejection of the new Strategic law nr.43 ...2.9

Tehran, Sept 1, IRNA-Managing Director of Iran giant car manufacturing company Iran-Khodro Industrial Group said here Wednesday that the share of company in the region automobile markets is on the rise.2.7

Almost 500 Druze clergymen living in the Golan Heights crossed into Syria on Thursday for an annual pilgrimage to a holy shrine in the Syrian countryside.1.4

Several Iraqi extremists have been denied entry visas to protect national and European security and because of fears they could support armed struggle against the Baghdad government, Italian Foreign Minister ...

The deputy governor of Asir, Prince Faisal ibn Khaled, praised the role that Abha festival played ... Full Story PIA's Business From Kingdom Up DHAHRAN, 27 August 2005 - Thawing of relations between India and Pakistan has helped the airline business in Saudi Arabia and rest of the Gulf.2.7

For all the help that Karzai and Khalilzad have afforded the Bush administration to secure a ... Whether it's in nation-building, nation-ruling, poppy-growing, culinary enterprises or sartorial affairs, it's Pashtuns from Afghanistan that are leading the way these days.2.7

THE KURDISH FACTOR IN THE MIDDLE EAST EQUATION ANWAR AL-BUNNI EXPLAINS HOW THE KURDISH QUESTION IS BECOMING MORE PROMINENT IN THE ENTIRE REGION The Daily Star Friday, August 26, 2005 Interview Editor's note: ...

Terror puts Jordan on the map By Sami Moubayed DAMASCUS - Iraq may not be able to export "democracy" to Jordan, but it already exports jihadis to the US's strongest ally in the Middle East.

Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr appears to be playing both agitator and mediator in the sudden surge of internecine fighting that broke out on 24 August between rival Shi'ite groups in Al-Najaf and ...2.7

Conductor Daniel Barenboim brought together Israeli and Arab musicians for a concert last night that was as much about communication as it was about Beethoven and Mozart.1.3

SPRING HILL - Dr. A. Hussam Armashi isn't hiding. His attorneys and the state's attorneys know where he is.

Mostafa Mohammad-Najar, brigadier general in the Revolutionary Guards, has packed a lurid, blood-spattered biography into his 49 years, according to the profile of Iran's new defense minister sketched here by ...2.9

Religious tourism is one of the most wonderful entertainment and an informative experience one would acquire especially in visiting some of the multitude number of our Muslim heritage landmarks that tell the ...2.9

I MET THE MASTERMIND of Saddam Hussein's former nuclear centrifuge program outside the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad a few days after U.S. troops took over the city in 2003.

That, however, is not the same as writing a great play. Someday, "Zenobia" may well be a riveting piece of theater.

Google on Thursday said it would sell up to 14.8 million of its shares, reaping the benefits of a sky-high stock price that would currently make the sale worth more than $4 billion.2.7