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<title>It&apos;s them or us&apos; in tense Lebanon city</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192549234</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  under mangoes. And we got arms from Syria too, he said. You know how it  ...  allies. Muslim clerics say Tripolis conflicts are political, not religious, but sectarian hatreds simmer at  ...  after the 2005 assassination of former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri, but insist they have no  ...
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<title>U.S. Nearing Deal on Taking N. Korea Off Terror List</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192548488</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 22:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Rice discussed the matter with the foreign ministers of China, South Korea and Japan on  ...  Japanese media say, according to their Japanese government sources, a de-listing will not occur Friday.  ...  including reported assistance by North Korea to Syria in establishing a nuclear weapons program, are  ...
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<title>Iraq struggles to stem ongoing brain drain</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192538950</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  neighbourhood. At a time when the Iraqi government is encouraging its citizens to return and  ...  2.5 million Iraqis having fled the country, political and business leaders believe it will be  ...  the main border crossing linking Iraq to Syria from January to July 2008 and found  ...
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<title>Cabinet seeks common front on Syrian troop move</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192538868</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  labored into the night on Friday as ministers tried to cobble together a common position  ...  common position on the recent deployment of Syrian troops to Lebanon&apos;s northern border. Sources close  ...  submit to Israeli threats, adding that the government was still working on a mechanism to  ...
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<title>A smooth handoff in Washington will be vital</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192538863</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 21:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  interregnum. One bridge-building opportunity right now involves Syria, a country that has often confounded US  ...  Tzipi Livni can form a new Israeli government over the next few weeks, Rice hopes  ...  of Georgia and worries about US election politics intervened. Administration officials assure me it&apos;s still  ...
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<title>Iraq remains mired in conflict</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192538585</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 21:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  country that, contrary to repeated statements by government officials in Washington, has neither turned the  ...  to overcoming its myriad sectarian, social and political problems. Never mind that Shiite religious parties,  ...  passports and say they will flee to Syria.&quot; The Awakening Movement, its clumsy name notwithstanding,  ...
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<title>Synod Interventions of 8th General Congregation</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192533621</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  in other words made up of ordained ministers and other Christians, in which the parish  ...  of the Synod of the Greek-Melkite Church (SYRIA) The Word of God is the privileged  ...  Word of God, but because of the political and ideological interpretations. Two principles protect us  ...
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<title>Article finds flaws in Kurdish representation in Iraqi political bodies</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192533459</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Iraqi Kurdistan is beautiful and rich, its political and human geography is harsh and disordered.  ...  shares its borders with four Arab countries: Syria, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and Kuwait; and two  ...  have always participated in the ministries and government institutions, to keep the demographic balance with  ...
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<title>Intergovernmental Group Of Twenty-Four On International Monetary Affairs And Development Communiqu(C)</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192533388</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Mayaleh, Governor of the Central Bank of Syria, as First Vice-Chair, and Ambassador Marcos Galvo,  ...  on Financing for Development hosted by the Government of Qatar provides an important opportunity to  ...  that the Doha conference should reinforce the political commitment to redress the inequities in global  ...
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<title>Excess baggage</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192533382</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  onto the backstreets. The opening of a government drugs clinic in Sofokleous served as a  ...  society, said Irene Banias, a professor of political science specialising in international law at Istanbuls  ...  France where there is work. A friendly Kurdish-Syrian people-smuggler brought them over on the searoute  ...
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<title>The view from Outremer</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192532572</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  and a Muslim warrior, circa 1250. The Syrian noble and poet Usama ibn Munqidh chronicled  ...  poured down from the steppes, transforming the political landscape of the Middle East forever. Unlike  ...  , a London-based online magazine of global politics and culture. ...
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<title>Hef Twin Busted for Catfight with Her Sis</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192527859</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 20:25 GMT</pubDate>
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...  things I have wondered about Obama This election has me very worried. So many &gt;  ...  he met Antoine&apos;Tony&apos; Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria, and a real estate developer &gt; in  ...  this was in National Review or a political blog, I might have read it, because  ...
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<title>Russia Dodges Questions on S-300 Defense Sale to Iran</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192520127</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 19:32 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Asked if Russia had promised Israel prime minister Ehud Olmert not to deliver S-300 systems  ...  already repeatedly stated at the very highest political levels that we do not intend to  ...  regions.&quot; He carefully avoided mentioning Iran or Syria. DEBKAfile reported earlier: Russian military experts calculate  ...
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<title>Somalian pirates threaten to blow up hijacked tanker if ransom not paid</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192517619</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 19:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  33 tanks and other heavy weapons. NATO ministers agreed Thursday that they would have seven  ...  hijacked late Thursday is believed to be Syrian and Somalian. Somalia has been impoverished by  ...  million people, has not had a functioning government since 1991. ...
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<title>Olmert slammed for lame-duck views on peace process</title>
<link>http://www.einnews.com/news.php?wid=192512394</link>
<pubDate>10 Oct 2008 18:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  up the Golan Heights for peace with Syria and nearly all of the West Bank  ...  peace with the Palestinians has sparked a political storm in Israel. Prime ministerdesignate Tzipi Livni,  ...  as soon as she forms a coalition government, quickly distanced herself from most of Olmerts  ...
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