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Friday, November 20, 2009

Palestinian president agrees to delay elections

Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, right, shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during a visit to a religious museum in Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
By Associated Press
RAMALLAH, West Bank — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone parliamentary and presidential...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Iraq vote delay likely after veto on election law

Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president Tariq al-Hashemi speaks during a Press conference about the upcoming elections in Baghdad, Iraq, on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Sunni Arab vice president vetoed part of a key election law Wednesday, a move that could...

Hamas-linked group offers cash for Israeli capture

French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, left, shakes hands with Noam Schalit, the father of captured Israeli soldier Sgt. Gilad Schalit, during their meeting in Jerusalem, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009.
By Associated Press
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — A Gaza charity headed by the interior minister of the militant Hamas group on Wednesday...

Iran rejects UN-proposed nuclear deal

Iran’s Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki speaks to journalists during a break at the 12th session of the Developing-8 (D-8) Council of Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Monday, Nov. 2, 2009.
By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s foreign minister ruled out on Wednesday sending...
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Death of an Iran prison doctor raises suspicion

By Associated Press
BEIRUT — An Iranian doctor who went public with reports of tortured protesters he treated at Tehran’s most feared detention facility dies, amid...
Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Iran sentences 5 to death in postelection turmoil

By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian state television reports five people have been sentenced to death over the unrest that followed...
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Monday, November 16, 2009

Japanese engineer kidnapped by Yemen tribesmen

By Associated Press
SAN’A, Yemen — A Japanese Embassy official says a Japanese engineer has been kidnapped in Yemen by armed tribesmen who have made some demands of...

Schwarzenegger drops in on US troops in Iraq

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, left, speaks with a U.S. soldier during a visit to Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq today.
By Associated Press
BAGHDAD — California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has dropped in on U.S. troops in Iraq, thanking them for the...
Sunday, November 15, 2009

Iran condemns US mosque seizure

The Razi school is seen here Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 in the Queens borough of New York.
By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran on Sunday denounced as ’disgraceful’ U.S. moves...
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Palestinians to seek UN endorsement of statehood

Former U.S. President Bill Clinton, center, walks by the Dome of the Rock mosque during his visit at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound, in Jerusalem’s Old City, Sunday.
By Associated Press
JERUSALEM — Palestinian officials said Sunday they are preparing to ask the United Nations to endorse an independent...

Ethiopia orders 12 A350 aircraft from Airbus

Emirati officials and visitors pass by an MIDEX Airbus plane during the Airshow in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Sunday.
By Associated Press
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ethiopian Airlines confirmed an order Sunday for 12 Airbus A350 XWB aircraft in...
Saturday, November 14, 2009

Opposition: Iran Rulers more brutal than shah

By Associated Press
TEHRAN, Iran — The showdown between Iran’s clerical leaders and a resilient protest movement sharpened Saturday,...
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Lebanon’s new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri sits in office on his first day at the Government House in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday.
By Associated Press
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s new government, a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the militant Hezbollah,...


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