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6 Oct 2008 at 4:55pm AP - Hamas will cease to recognize Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president after Jan. 8 and replace him with one of its own leaders, according to a resolution approved by the Islamic movement's legislators Monday. 6 Oct 2008 at 3:42pm  AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert came to Moscow on Monday aiming to focus on Russian arms sales to Israel's enemies at meetings Russia hopes will bolster its image as a Middle East peacemaker. 6 Oct 2008 at 2:27pm AP - Five Palestinians are suing the Israeli government for $430,000 because Jewish settlers seized their West Bank land for an unauthorized outpost. 6 Oct 2008 at 12:52pm  AFP - Hamas members of parliament said on Monday that they will not recognise Mahmud Abbas as president after January 8, a move that could sharpen the internal divisions plaguing the Palestinians. 6 Oct 2008 at 12:19pm AP - The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from a former Florida professor once accused of being a top Palestinian terrorist. 6 Oct 2008 at 10:16am AP - The exiled leader of Hamas says talks with Israel over the possible release of an Israeli sergeant are "at a standstill." 6 Oct 2008 at 7:26am  AFP - Egyptian police blocked an opposition convoy carrying medical supplies to the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip and arrested at least 30 activists on Monday, security officials said. 6 Oct 2008 at 6:50am  AFP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert headed to Moscow on Monday for talks expected to cover the Middle East peace process, the Iran nuclear crisis and possible Russian weapons sales to Syria. 6 Oct 2008 at 5:05am  AFP - Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni pressed ahead with efforts to secure a ruling coalition on Monday, a day after delivering her first foreign policy speech since being named to form a new government. 6 Oct 2008 at 4:31am  AFP - The exiled leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas said in an interview Monday that negotiations with Israel on freeing captured soldier Gilad Shalit were deadlocked. 6 Oct 2008 at 3:00am The Christian Science Monitor - Virtually on his way out the door from the prime minister's office, Ehud Olmert told Israelis what he really thinks of the future of the peace process. 5 Oct 2008 at 6:14pm  AFP - Smuggling is so rife across the Gaza Strip's border with Egypt that the number of tunnels along which traffickers bring in contraband has swollen into the hundreds, their operators claim. 5 Oct 2008 at 3:56pm  AP - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, traveling to Russia this week on one of his last diplomatic missions, said Sunday he would urge Moscow not to sell sophisticated weapons to Israel's enemies. 5 Oct 2008 at 3:29pm  AFP - Exiled Hamas supremo Khaled Meshaal has called for a thaw in ties between Saudi Arabia and Syria during a recent visit to Saudi Arabia, an Arab diplomat said on Sunday. 5 Oct 2008 at 1:23pm  AP - Israeli Prime Minister-designate Tzipi Livni warned Sunday that time is running out for a peace agreement with the Palestinians, with extremists gaining strength as negotiations stumble. |
6 Oct 2008 at 2:01pm The Americans said the insurgent they were pursuing in the raid detonated his vest and his companions opened fire. Eleven people were killed in the incident. 6 Oct 2008 at 1:23pm At the heart of the dispute between the 2008 candidates is Barack Obama’s timeline for withdrawing U.S. troops. 5 Oct 2008 at 2:29am Two American Black Hawk helicopters crashed Saturday evening in northern Baghdad, killing one Iraqi soldier. Earlier in the day, Poland ceremonially brought its military mission in Iraq to a close. 3 Oct 2008 at 9:09am When Shiites fight Sunnis below your balcony in Beirut, the old routines come back to you. 6 Oct 2008 at 12:24am Mr. Biran excavated Tel Dan, an ancient city along Israel’s northern border, and uncovered what might be the earliest reference to the House of David. 5 Oct 2008 at 9:55am As recession looms in the West, cracks are appearing in the boom that has made Dubai a global byword for unfettered growth. 3 Oct 2008 at 7:01am The violence that once raged through Samarra has quieted, yet the costs of greater safety are also apparent. 4 Oct 2008 at 10:12pm Baghdad residents seemed determined not to be left out of the festivities of Id al-Fitr, an important holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. 5 Oct 2008 at 10:18am The United Nations appealed for $20 million to help one million people in Syria cope with the worst drought in four decades. 3 Oct 2008 at 12:59am The attacks on two Shiite mosques occurred in east Baghdad during a holiday to mark the end of the holy month of Ramadan. 2 Oct 2008 at 11:07pm There are clear signs of progress in Iraq, like the recent passage of an election law, but some fear new violence. 1 Oct 2008 at 11:47am Iran’s interior minister, Ali Kordan, admitted that a doctorate he said he had earned from Oxford was a fake. 1 Oct 2008 at 9:41am Gen. David H. Petraeus said in an interview that he expected the fight against the insurgents in Afghanistan and Pakistan to get worse before it got better. 4 Oct 2008 at 4:02pm In a class-based society where there’s a collective belief that fighting back is futile, Heba Said Ahmed never refers to fate; she talks about choices. 26 Sep 2008 at 7:31am President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that growing world problems like war and poverty are the result of American mismanagement of global affairs. |
6 Oct 2008 at 7:21pm Hamas will cease to recognize Mahmoud Abbas as Palestinian president after Jan. 8 and replace him with one of its own leaders, according to a resolution approved by the Islamic movement's legislators Monday. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:21pm The United States and Lebanon on Monday set up a joint military commission to bolster military cooperation - a move that follows the first visit by the newly elected Lebanese president to Washington. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:21pm Dubai: A group of engineers working for British consulting firm Halcrow on the $1.1-billion Salam Resort and Spa-Yiti in Muscat, had accurately predicted the Gonu cyclone weeks before it hit Oman. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:20pm Five Palestinian landowners are suing the state of Israel over the loss of their land to an illegal outpost in a lawsuit that could set a precedent for tackling Jewish settlement growth in the West Bank. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:19pm Nokia's answer to Apple's iPhone will go on sale in Russia and six other countries - across Asia, the Middle East and Europe - this year but will miss the Christmas shopping season in most developed markets. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:17pm ... Iran says its uranium enrichment activities are aimed at generating electricity. Israel, believed to have the Middle East's only atomic arsenal, has called Iran's nuclear program a threat to the existence of the Jewish state. In his comments at ... 6 Oct 2008 at 7:15pm Now some fresh pickings from the Political Grapevine: Radical Assumptions The Associated Press posted an analysis piece Sunday about Sarah Palin's criticism of Barack Obama's connections with 1960s radical ... 6 Oct 2008 at 7:13pm A soldier from Madisonville has died in Iraq. The Defense Department says 27-year-old Sgt. William P. Rudd died Sunday after being hit by enemy small-arms fire while on combat patrol in Mosul. Rudd was assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment, Fort Benning, Ga. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:12pm Market Matters : RTS Has Toughest Week Since '99 Trading on the dollar-denominated RTS exchange was suspended three times on Friday as anxiety deepened over whether the U.S. House of Representatives would pass ... 6 Oct 2008 at 7:10pm ... on Russian arms sales to Israel's enemies. By contrast, Russia hopes the meeting will bolster its image as a Middle East peacemaker. Olmert's trip, which will include a meeting with President Dmitry Medvedev on Tuesday, will probably be one of his ... 6 Oct 2008 at 7:10pm "LPG tanker explosion in Istanbul There has been an explosion in a LPG loaded tanker on route to Istanbul Yesilkoy, Turkey. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:10pm Tuesday, October 07, 2008 DUBAI: A Dubai government firm on Monday announced it will build a 'new city' in the booming Gulf emirate at a projected cost of $95 billion, shrugging off the global financial ... 6 Oct 2008 at 7:09pm Tuesday, October 07, 2008 KUWAIT CITY: The Saudi stock market, the largest in the Arab world, shed almost 10 per cent halfway through trading on Monday and shares in other energy-rich Arab states in the Gulf ... 6 Oct 2008 at 7:09pm Tuesday, October 07, 2008 ANKARA: Turkish warplanes bombed a Kurdish rebel hideout in northern Iraq on Monday - the third air strike in retaliation for an attack that killed 15 soldiers three days ago. 6 Oct 2008 at 7:08pm Remaining CL group away victories for Celtic. Click here to bet. Shunsuke Nakamura has reassured Celtic fans he will be back from international duty in time for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League trip to ... |
5 Oct 2008 at 9:00pm Nairobi/Nigerian oil militants Sunday said they had released 19 Nigerian oil workers kidnapped two weeks ago but said they would hold on to a Briton and two Ukrainians taken at the same time. 6 Oct 2008 at 4:37pm A high-level delegation, led by an adviser to Sudan’s President, Dr Nafie Ali Nafie, started talks on Monday in Paris with senior French officials on a number of issues of mutual concern. Sudan’s ... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:23pm 10.06.2008 2:42pm EDT (Kampala) The Ugandan government has announced a major offensive against gays and lesbians in the African country, saying it will prosecute anyone who comes out. 6 Oct 2008 at 4:07pm ZIMBABWE'S opposition renewed a call today for regional mediators to help break an impasse over a power-sharing deal with President Robert Mugabe's ruling party, after weekend talks ended in deadlock.... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:29pm Crew members of the MV Faina, the ship seized by pirates along the Somalian coast, appear on the deck of the vessel October 3, 2008. (U.S. Navy) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - A U.S. Navy spokeswoman says th... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:38pm Kampala Preparations for the East Africa Nation Golf Classic Uganda leg due this weekend September 11 at the par-72 Kitante course have been finalised. According to Nation Media Group events and pub... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:36pm Kampala Farmers, scientists and policy makers from around the world, are meeting in Mombasa to formulate a ten-year strategy expected to unlock the potential of banana as the next commercial crop t... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:45pm A newly-released list that ranks the effectiveness of governments in sub-Saharan Africa shows small island nations such as Mauritius, the Seychelles and Cape Verde at the top, and conflict-ridden coun... 6 Oct 2008 at 3:55pm MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Mortar rounds slammed into a market in Somalia's capital on Monday, killing at least 17 people, after a failed insurgent attack on the presidential palace. 6 Oct 2008 at 3:46pm Pakistan president Asif Ali Zardari’s plea for friendlier ties with India may have shocked many in the subcontinent, but thousands of kilometres away, the two neighbours are collaborating to reduce ... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:28pm Commissioners of the European Union (EU) and the African Union (AU) have released a joint statement on the need to strengthen African research capacity and presented 19 flagship projects that will f... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:30pm DUBAI: India’s efforts to deepen ties with resource-rich Africa have taken a step forward with the visit to Ethiopia by the Minister of State for Commerce and Power Jairam Ramesh. During the vi... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:36pm There is economic power, the power that remains untapped. I have moved across the Uganda and indeed I agree with former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill that Uganda is the Pearl of Africa. Mor... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:45pm Leaders of the military coup that overthrew the elected president of Mauritania show no sign of meeting Monday's African Union deadline to relinquish power. On the eve of the deadline security forces ... 6 Oct 2008 at 4:37pm Kampala Uganda has emerged one of the fastest reforming countries in the area of governance, a new survey revealed. According to the latest Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance, Uganda takes the 1... |