Advance UN observer team on standby to enter Syria
Source: The Globe & Mail
Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2012-06-14 04:51:11 -0700 | political-news
An advance team of about a dozen UN observers is ready to enter Syria, where a ceasefire has been relatively respected despite government troops and heavy weapons still in cities and continuing abuses, the spokesman for international envoy Kofi Annan...
Is Bahrain Really Safer than London, John Yates? Thugs Ransack Shia Shop as Police Stand By [VIDEO]
Source: International Business Times
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-06-13 16:29:29 -0700 | sports-news
Articles Activists in Bahrain have posted footage of masked thugs ransacking a store with little, if any, restraint from the police after they have arrived on the scene...A few minutes into the video, the police arrive and appear to be...
F1 teams expect Bahrain to be off
Source: BBC
Manama :: Bahrain | updated 2012-08-05 18:09:02 -0700 | sports-news
F1 teams expect Bahrain Grand Prix to be called off A number of Formula 1 teams expect the Bahrain Grand Prix to be called off amid security concerns caused by civil unrest, BBC Sport has learned. F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone...
Hout: Security forces' work hindered
Source: NOW Lebanon
Beirut :: Lebanon | updated 2012-06-11 04:58:39 -0700 | disasters-news
Al-Jamaa al-Islamiya bloc MP Imad al-Hout on Wednesday commented on the judicial committee's decision not to transfer telecom data to security forces investigating the assassination attempt against Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea. It is clear that there is an intentional...
On 'Anti-Semitism', War Crimes and Old Poets
Source: Palestine Chronicle
Berlin :: Germany | updated 2012-06-10 13:49:03 -0700 | political-news
17 04/10/2012 Silence in the face of apartheid is unbearable. We can no longer remain silent nor turn our backs and pretend ignorance to a gruesome occupation of stolen land where Palestinians once lived in peace. The situation has deteriorated...
Iran says arrests "major terrorist group" linked to Israel
Source: The Daily Star
Tehrān :: Iran | updated 2012-07-16 16:00:03 -0700 | political-news
The semi-official Fars news agency said the suspects were arrested "while preparing to carry out terrorist acts", adding that a considerable number of bombs, machine guns, military and communication equipments were seized. Tehran has in the past accused Israel of...
Israelis Who Accidentally Entered Jordan Returned
Source: Israel National News
Amman :: Jordan | updated 2012-06-10 03:39:45 -0700 | political-news
The two were using water scooters when they accidentally crossed the border and were arrested by Jordanian navy troops.
Man shot by cop is Dutch citizen 'who threatened to slaughter people'
Source: Yedioth Ahronoth
Bat Yam :: Israel | updated 2012-06-09 22:37:23 -0700 | political-news
When the police arrived at the apartment, the man confronted the cops, and they responded with tear gas. During the confrontation, the man was shot and critical serious injuries. The circumstances surrounding the event are under investigation. (Gilad Morag) ...
Iraq: Video Appears to Show Top Saddam Deputy
Source: Newyork Times
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2012-06-08 06:19:21 -0700 | political-news
A video posted online Saturday purports to show Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri , the highest ranking member of Saddam Hussein 's ousted regime still at large, lashing out against Iraq 's Shiite-led government. It was not possible to verify the authenticity...
Yemen leader 'fires army chiefs'
Source: BBC
Say'ūn :: Yemen | updated 2012-06-07 06:28:55 -0700 | political-news
Yemen's president has sacked several senior army officers loyal to his predeccessor, Ali Abdullah Saleh, official media report. Among those replaced are Mr Saleh's brother, who headed the air force, and his nephew, head of the presidential guard, Saba news...
Security forces on high alert ahead of Passover holiday
Source: Jerusalem Post
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2012-06-06 15:11:36 -0700 | political-news
Additionally, a large police force arrived in Eilat on Thursday for reinforcement, following the firing of a Katyusha rocket at the city from the Sinai Peninsula late Wednesday night. Israel threatened an aggressive response to the attack, although the IDF...
IDF gears up for one of its biggest operations: Passover
Source: j.
Jerusalem :: Israel | updated 2012-06-05 23:47:58 -0700 | political-news
Whether in the field, on a base or with family living abroad, every last soldier has everything he needs for seder night, asserts Capt. Ze'ev Rosens, rabbi of the Israel Defense Forces tank school in southern Israel. Preparation for the...
Palestinian woman deported after hunger strike
Source: j.
Ramla :: Israel | updated 2012-06-05 13:37:47 -0700 | political-news
Hana Shalabi, a member of Islamic Jihad, agreed March 29 to end her hunger strike and be freed in exchange for spending the next three years in Gaza...Shalabi launched the hunger strike to protest being held under administrative detention without...
Cash shortage stops Gaza kids' summer camps
Source: NOW Lebanon
Gaza :: Palestine | updated 2012-08-04 19:33:42 -0700 | political-news
That's why we decided to allocate these funds to basic humanitarian services and resume the games in 2013 if we get the necessary financial support," he added. Summer Games" program caters to around 250,000 children at 1,200 sites in the...
Fugitive Iraqi VP accuses Maliki of targeting Sunnis, supporting Assad
Source: NOW Lebanon
Baghdad :: Iraq | updated 2012-06-29 13:38:12 -0700 | political-news
Iraq's fugitive Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi has accused Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's Shia government of waging a systematic campaign against Sunni Arabs in Iraq. In an interview with the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera network aired late on Wednesday, Hashemi said the accusations...
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