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Palestinian Hamas supporters take part in a rally in the northern Gaza Strip refugee camp of Jabalia on March 5, 2010 to protest against an Israeli plan to include two deeply contested holy sites in the occupied West Bank in a national heritage renovation plan. Palestinians are outraged over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to place two West Bank shrines -- The Tomb of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel's Tomb in Bethlehem -- on a list of Israeli heritage sites. (Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN)
Arab   Mideast   Photos   Terrorism   War		  The Independent 
Robert Fisk's World: Try this reading list if you want to understand the Middle East
Sat 13 Mar 2010
If you want to understand al-Qa'ida, try this for size: "The desert dweller could not take credit for his belief ... He arrived at this intense condensation of himself in God by shutting his eyes to... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Israel's Labor Party leader Ehud Barak gestures, during a meeting of the party's central committee in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 24, 2009. Prime Minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu reached a preliminary agreement Tuesday that would bring the centrist Labor Party into his coalition, an important step toward moderating the emerging government. Labor Party activists gathered Tuesday afternoon to vote on the deal, which calls on the government to pursue peace negotiations with the Palestinian
Defence   Hezbollah   Israel   Lebanon   Photos		  Daily Star Lebanon 
Barak: Israel will hold all of Lebanon responsible for any Hizbullah attack
Tue 9 Mar 2010
By Patrick Galey Daily Star staff Wednesday, March 10, 2010 - Powered by BEIRUT: Israel will not launch an assault on southern Lebanon but will retaliate indiscriminately should it be provoked,... (photo: AP / Dan Balilty)
Women look for discounted clothes in a shop in Hamra Street, Beirut, Lebanon Tuesday, Jan. 29, 2008.  Daily Star Lebanon  Mon 8 Mar 2010
Lebanese women still face discrimination - study
By Dalila Mahdawi Daily Star staff Tuesday, March 09, 2010 - Powered by BEIRUT: Women in Lebanon have made considerable strides toward gender equality in education and the workplace but continue to... (photo: AP Photo/Mahmoud Tawil) / )
Beirut   Discrimination   Mideast   Photos   Women
U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, center, gestures upon his arrival at Ben Gurion airport, near Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, March 8, 2010.  The New York Times  Mon 8 Mar 2010
Biden Arrives in Israel on Trip to Restart Peace Talks
JERUSALEM — Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. arrived in Israel on Monday, culminating a two-month procession of high-ranking Americans seeking to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and... (photo: AP / Baz Ratner, Pool)
Israel   Palestine   Peace   Photos   US
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U.S. Army soldiers from B Troop, 3rd Squadron, 7th Cavalry Regiment stand guard over a man suspected of planting a roadside bomb after polls closed for the national election in Mosul, north of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, March 7, 2010. The Independent Mon 8 Mar 2010
Robert Fisk: Once again, a nation walks through fire to give the West its 'democracy'
In 2005 the Iraqis walked in their tens of thousands through the thunder of suicide bombers, and voted - the Shias on the instructions of their clerics, the Sunnis... (photo: AP / Maya Alleruzzo)
Democracy   Election   Iraq   Mideast   Photos
Lebanese men place large posters with a picture of army chief Gen. Michel Suleiman on a municipality building, part of preparations to celebrate the new president at his home town Aamchit, north of Beirut, Lebanon, Saturday, May 24, 2008. Daily Star Lebanon Sun 7 Mar 2010
Sleiman urges reforms aimed at curbing sectarianism
By Nafez Kawas Daily Star correspondent Monday, March 08, 2010 - Powered by BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman stressed Sunday the need to promote several reforms starting... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Beirut   Parliament   Photos   President   Sectarianism
Lebanese majority leader lawmaker Saad Hariri speaks during a press conference. Daily Star Lebanon Sun 7 Mar 2010
Hariri meets Kuwaiti emir for talks on bilateral cooperation
By Nafez Kawas Monday, March 08, 2010 - Powered by BEIRUT: Premier Saad Hariri discussed Sunday regional and international developments with Kuwaiti Emir Sheikh Sabah... (photo: AP / Grace Kassab)
Beirut   Cooperation   Hariri   Kuwait   Photos
Ismail Haniyeh inspecting the Rafah crossing opened Daily Star Lebanon Sun 7 Mar 2010
Hamas in Lebanon urges Arabs to correct 'mistakes'
By The Daily Star Monday, March 08, 2010 - Powered by BEIRUT: Hamas called on Arab leaders Sunday to reject the Arab Peace Initiative and take measures condemning Israeli... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)
Beirut   Hamas   Lebanon   Photos   Star
Sunni leader Saad Hariri and leader of the parliamentary majority speaks during a press conference in Beirut, Lebanon, Tuesday, May 13, 2008. Speaking for the first time since he was besieged in his residence in Beirut's Muslim sector protected by Lebanese troops, Hariri said he supports canceling the Cabinet decisions that sparked clashes in the country "to save Lebanon Daily Star Lebanon Sun 7 Mar 2010
Hariri the son, and premier
Monday, March 08, 2010 - Powered by Editorial The truly unique circumstances which led Prime Minister Saad Hariri to enter politics have meant that his political life has... (photo: AP / Ahmad Omar)
Hariri   Life   Photos   Politics   Search
Hezbollah fighters parade during the funeral procession of Hezbollah top commander Imad Mughniyeh, in a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008. Hezbollah's chief on Thursday vowed to retaliate against Israeli targets abroad after accusing Israel of taking the fight beyond Lebanese borders by assassinating militant commander Imad Mughniyeh in Syria Middle East Online Sun 7 Mar 2010
Hezbollah disarmament not for discussion
BEIRUT - A Lebanese minister said on Sunday that disarming Hezbollah was not "a subject for discussion," two days before Lebanon's national dialogue on defence strategy... (photo: AP / Nasser Nasser)
Beirut   Disarmament   Hezbollah   Photos   Weapons


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Wide-view of the Security Council meeting considering the report of the Secretary-General on the situation in Sudan, at UN Headquarters in New York. cg1 Will Japan preside over Iran sanctions at UNSC? Daily Yomiuri
The leader of Britain´s opposition Conservative party William Hague gestures at the end of a presentation of party policies at the annual Conservative party meeting in Bournemouth, England, Monday, Oct, 2, 2000. Riding a wave of good political fort UK opposition party calls for U.N. arms embargo on Iran The Star
Governor Umaru Yar'Adua, who is a leading presidential candidate, is seen after casting his vote at the venue of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) primary elections in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006. Nigeria's ruling party was voting Saturday to choose its presidential candidate for April elections, with the governor of a northern state emerging a front-runner in a dozen-strong fie Hundreds protest to demand Nigeria leader appears Zeenews
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (waving), President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, is shown with his delegation in the General Assembly Hall during the general debate of the Assembly's sixty- fourth session, 23 September, 2009. Ongoing Iran diplomacy needed China Daily
Nuclear Watch
The Deputy Head, Federal Space Agency, Mr. Anatoly Shilov and the Chairman, Indian Space Research Organization signing the MoU between Indian Space Research Organization and Federal Space Agency and JSC � Navigation-Information System� of the Russian Federation on their Joint Enterprise for production of Satellite Navigation Equipment and Services for Civilian Users in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir V. Putin and Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on March 12, 2010. Putin visit seals arms, nuke deals with India The Times of India
Three RH-53 Sea Stallion helicopters are lined up on the flight deck of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS NIMITZ (CVN-68) in preparation for Operation Evening Light, a rescue mission to Iran Gates in Riyadh to discuss bolstering Saudi air defense, Iran's nuclear program Daily Star Lebanon
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, right, and Afghan President Hamid Karzai review the honor guard at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan on Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Iran and U.S. Trade Barbs in Kabul Visit The New York Times
File - This April 21, 2004 file photo shows Israeli nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu following his release outside Shikma Prison in the coastal city of Ashkelon, Israel. Why Punish Iran for What Israel Has Already Done? WorldNews.com
Warfare
US President George W. Bush spoke before the press after a meeting with his Cabinet. (js1) I Was Am-Bushed On MSNBC Over Iraq Newsvine
Afghan presidential election, 2009 poster Karzai ready to allow two foreign monitors in election watchdog m&c
Palestinian women attend during a rally at Rafah town in the southern Gaza strip, to show solidarity with Jerusalem's Al-Aqsa mosque on October 05, 2009. Israeli police and Palestinian protesters clashed near Al-Aqsa mosque compound, a flashpoint site in Jerusalem sacred to Muslims and Jews that saw similar unrest a week ago. The altercation occurred after Israeli authorities closed the holy site in the Old City of Jerusalem and 150 to 200 people gathered to pray outside the Lion's Gate, which leads into the compound, police and witnesses said. (photo by Ahmed Deeb) Israeli troops, Palestinians clash near Jerusalem The Miami Herald
Religion
A Palestinian worshipper who was prevented from reaching the Al-Aqsa Mosque prays outside Jerusalem's Old City while Israeli forces stand guard in the background, Friday, March 12, 2010. Israel extends West Bank closure Al Jazeera
The Exhibition : Tutankhamun – His Tomb And His Treasures, Brno, Czech Republic. Mummy of Egypt's monotheist pharaoh to return home The State
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks at a dinner reception in the Green Zone of Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, March 8, 2010. Maliki leads in Iraqi poll count Asia Times
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