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A Bookstore in Jordan …

March 19th, 2010 Arab News No comments
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Iyad Allawi contemplates the ‘future’ from … Beirut

March 19th, 2010 Arab News No comments
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Moscow hosting Mid-East talks

March 19th, 2010 Arab News No comments

A new bid is to be made in Moscow shortly to find ways of restarting stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians.
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Palestine today …

March 17th, 2010 Arab News No comments
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Reports: US wants Israel to cancel building plan (AP)

March 15th, 2010 Arab News No comments

AP – Israeli media say the U.S. is pressing Israel to scrap a contentious east Jerusalem building project.

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Iran ready to help Palestinians reconcile

March 14th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Iran says ready to help two main rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, reconcile their differences.
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Netanyahu calls Merkel, Berlusconi on talks

March 14th, 2010 Arab News No comments

UPDATE 1: Netanyahu tells German and Italian leaders Israel has no plans to speed up settlements.
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Saudis deny Gates’ remarks on Iran …

March 14th, 2010 Arab News No comments

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Saudi Arabia denied on Friday that its officials had discussed with US Defence Secretary Robert Gates putting pressure on China to back a new round of sanctions on Iran over its nuclear ambitions. An “official source” quoted by the official SPA news agency said reports that Riyadh said it was willing to use its influence to get Beijing to support UN sanctions aimed at convincing Iran to halt its atomic programme were false.

This issue is not true, it was not discussed during the visit of the secretary of defence who was in the kingdom recently,” the source was cited as saying….

Gates told reporters in Abu Dhabi that he felt the two Gulf countries are willing to use their economic leverage to persuade China to lift its opposition to sanctions. “I have the sense that there’s a willingness to do that,” he said in Abu Dhabi. The two oil-rich states were also open to lobbying Moscow on the issue, “although there’s less need with respect to Russia,” he said, as it was more supportive of sanctions. The focus was “mainly China,” he added…”

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Jewish sites only recognized holy sites in Israel, says U.S.

March 12th, 2010 Arab News No comments

The U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy sites.
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Egypt’s top cleric dies aged 81

March 10th, 2010 Arab News No comments

Egypt’s top Muslim cleric has died suddenly in Saudi Arabia at the age of 81.
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