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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/ en-us Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:31:57 -0400 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:31:57 -0400 30 Two former U.S. Secretaries of State are recommending that the United States change its procedures for deciding to go to war. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/380057 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:36:12 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/380057 The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, has for the first time demanded a timetable for the withdrawal of US troops. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379632 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:22:23 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379632 A shopping mall housing more than seventy stores has been closed by the Israeli army. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379913 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:53:51 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379913 Gulf News has reported that some al-Qaeda terror groups in Iraq have begun to leave for other volatile destinations. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379631 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:20:46 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379631 In an attempt to make cricket a global sport, the International Cricket Council (ICC) Tuesday decided to pump in $300 million. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379999 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:00:28 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379999 Three militants from the Al Qaeda in Iraq group were killed Tuesday in fighting with the police in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, the stronghold of the Sunni extremist group, security officials said Tuesday. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379975 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:00:33 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379975 The Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) has strongly condemned the suicide attack on the Indian embassy in Kabul that killed 44 people including four Indians. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379884 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 08:00:40 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379884 Iran Tuesday started military manoeuvres in the Gulf following reports that the United States was carrying out exercises on the other side of the Gulf, the website of state television network IRIB reported. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379755 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 05:00:39 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379755 Sana'A vendor shot and killed three people and seriously injured five in a shooting spree at a marketplace in the southern Yemeni port city of Aden Monday, police said. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379638 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:00:34 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379638 London, July 8 : Iran's Ambassador to Italy, Abolfazl Zohrehvand, has claimed that Western agents attempted to assassinate President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad using radiation poisoning during a trip to Rome. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379959 Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:01:55 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/379959 TEHRAN: Iran warned on Tuesday it would "set fire" to Israel and US forces in the region in response to any attack over its nuclear program, as the world's leading industrial powers told Tehran to fre... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043225&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:32 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043225&cat=940f2bfd509e743b THE ASSOCIATED PRESS PINEHURST, N.C. -- A former Army medic made famous by a photograph that showed him carrying an injured Iraqi boy during the first week of the war in March 2003 has died of an a... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042869&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:55:22 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042869&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON: US exports to Iran - including brassieres, bull semen, cosmetics and possibly even weapons - grew more than tenfold during President Bush's years in office even as he accused Iran of nu... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043241&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:07:07 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043241&cat=940f2bfd509e743b By DAVID STRINGERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER LONDON -- Syria will soon send an ambassador to Paris for the first time in two years, ending a freeze in relations between the two nations, the country's t... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043146&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:55:13 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043146&cat=940f2bfd509e743b NAJAF: Iraq on Tuesday said it would reject any security pact with the United States unless it sets a date for the pullout of US-led foreign troops, a stance directly at odds with that of US President... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042879&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:21 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042879&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Dubai: The UAE beach soccer team won the silver medal in the first-ever Arab beach soccer championships held at Hurghada (Marsa Alam city) at the Red sea coast in Egypt from July 1- 7. UAE lost 5-3 in... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042685&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:02:39 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042685&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Israel agreed to an Egyptian request and opened its border crossings with the Gaza Strip on Tuesday despite Palestinian mortar fire that violated a shaky three-week-old truce.Egypt's unusual request a... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043339&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:21:14 -0400 Herald-Leader http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043339&cat=940f2bfd509e743b attacks and served five years of his eight-year commitment before getting an honorable discharge in 2007. Then, just days after enrolling in college in January, Chiroux was ordered to un-enroll (and ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043242&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:35:04 -0400 VH1 http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043242&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, expected in Paris this weekend, has welcomed a "break" in France's policy toward Damascus and invited Paris to play a role in possible direct negotiations with Israel... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043135&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:18:43 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043135&cat=940f2bfd509e743b US exports to Iran have jumped dramatically during president George Bush's years in office in spite of his tough rhetoric against the Tehran government and the imposition of fresh economic sanctions.A... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043239&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:17:09 -0400 The Guardian http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043239&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Key Reforms Stalled, Few Remedies for Slavery-Like Conditions JAKARTA - July 8 - Saudi Arabia should implement labor, immigration, and criminal justice reforms to protect domestic workers from seri... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042683&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:14:18 -0400 progressive newswire http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042683&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Worried about increasing insurgent attacks in Afghanistan, the U.S. military says it is sending extra air power there by shifting an aircraft carrier away from Iraq. Defense officials said Tuesday th... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:18:01 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b U.S. exports to Iran increase tenfold during President Bush's terms in office Sanctions are aimed at Iranian regime, not its people, Treasury official says Cigarette exports of $158 million were top i... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043236&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:14:08 -0400 CNN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043236&cat=940f2bfd509e743b AP Exclusive: US removes uranium from Iraq Ahmadinejad also predicted Israel would collapse without Iranian action.The Israelis "are a complex political group, but you should know this regime will be ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043338&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:19:08 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043338&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The European Union, Middle East peace envoy Tony Blair and France on Tuesday criticized Israel's checkpoints in the West Bank and blockade of Gaza as preventing an economic recovery there and limiting... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043337&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:49:39 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043337&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON - A preemptive US attack on Iranian nuclear facilities may be unlikely anytime soon. But that does not mean it is off the table forever. And Israel – worried about the possibility of a ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043222&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:54:31 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043222&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Egypt has asked Israel to reopen border crossings with the Gaza Strip that were closed once more on Tuesday after a Palestinian attack, Israeli defense officials said.The unusual request by Egypt appe... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043336&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:21:15 -0400 Herald-Leader http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043336&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Joint Chiefs Chairman Ad. Michael Mullen, right, talks with Iraqi Army Gen. Riyadh Jalal Tawfig, the commander of all Iraqi security forces in Ninevah province of Iraq on Tuesday in Mosul, Iraq. The ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042876&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:24:19 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042876&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RAMALLAH, Occupied West Bank: Palestinian Attorney General Ahmed al-Mughani was unhurt on Tuesday when an explosive device placed next to the fuel tank of his car set off a small blast, he and police ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043341&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:26 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043341&cat=940f2bfd509e743b G8 leaders say Iran nuclear ambitions are a proliferation risk Iran's president says country is considering U.N. proposals G8 also expresses "grave concern" about Zimbabwe vote crisis Zimbab... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042630&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:14:01 -0400 CNN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042630&cat=940f2bfd509e743b In this Thursday, June 19, 2008 file photo, a Saudi man fuels his vehicle at a gasoline station in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. While the country is getting richer selling oil at prices that have climbed to ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16046315&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:55:13 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16046315&cat=940f2bfd509e743b CAIRO: A Hamas delegation arrived in Egypt on Tuesday for talks in Cairo on a fragile three-week-old Gaza truce as Israel said it would reopen its borders with the territory at the Egyptian mediator's... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042682&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:30 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042682&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Obama says 16 months, McCain says 100 years or by 2013 (depends on what the definition of "withdrawal" is), and now top Iraqis are saying: http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042870&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:38:53 -0400 U.S. News & World Report http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042870&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iran would "set on fire" Israel and the US navy in the Gulf as its first response to any American attack over its nuclear programme, an aide to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warned yesterday."... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043228&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:18:44 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043228&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iraqi officials stepped up pressure on the United States on Tuesday to agree to a specific timeline to withdraw American forces, a sign of the government's growing confidence as violence falls. The... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042877&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:29:44 -0400 ABC News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042877&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ZURICH: Switzerland's biggest bank, UBS, announced on Tuesday that it was stepping up its expansion in the Middle East with a new license to operate in Saudi Arabia. The bank has also applied to opera... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042686&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:14 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042686&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Israeli troops have raided a popular shopping centre in Nablus and ordered it closed for two years, accusing the owners of links with Hamas militants. The owners deny the claim and Nablus's governo... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043250&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:55:11 -0400 BBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043250&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Cairo - A delegation from the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas arrived in Cairo Tuesday headed by Mussa Abu Marzouq, deputy of the Damascus-based political wing of the group. Abu Marzouq's delegatio... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043066&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:11:28 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043066&cat=940f2bfd509e743b KABUL, AFGHANISTAN -- Officials said fighter aircraft targeting militants accidentally killed up to 27 Afghans walking to a wedding ceremony in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday, the second military atta... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16044542&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:09:46 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16044542&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Seven year-old Palestinian girl Mariya Aman, who is paralysed from her neck down after an Israeli missile struck her family's car in the Gaza Strip in 2006, arrives along with her father for a hearing... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043254&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:18:40 -0400 Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16043254&cat=940f2bfd509e743b GULF: Swiss bank UBS has announced it has been granted conditional authorisation by the Capital Markets Authority to set up operations in Saudi Arabia. Following the final approval of the CMA and othe... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042687&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 16:57:58 -0400 7 Days http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042687&cat=940f2bfd509e743b has banned sports and movie stars from appearing in commercial advertisements on the grounds that celebrities should not promote consumerism, the government newspaper Iran reported on Tuesday. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042915&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:50:45 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042915&cat=940f2bfd509e743b In this photo released by the Iraqi Government, the Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki gestures as he speaks at a meeting with several Arab ambassadors to the United Arab Emirates in that country's ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038690&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:07:32 -0400 C News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038690&cat=940f2bfd509e743b SUFA CROSSING, Gaza Strip (AP) — An Israel-Hamas truce has boiled down to a simple tradeoff: For a day of calm, Israel adds five truckloads of cows and 200 tons of cement to its shipment of the b... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039034&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:37:43 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039034&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Posted on: Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 09:00 CDT Emirates Computers is Re-certified As Cisco Gold Partner The company has once again met all the requirements for achieving Cisco Gold Certification; Emirate... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038422&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:55:37 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038422&cat=940f2bfd509e743b More than 148,500 tonnes of various agricultural products valued more than 35m dollars have also been exported from Khuzestan during the same period of time. The head of Agricultural Jihad of Khuzesta... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038465&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:55:14 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038465&cat=940f2bfd509e743b TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will hit Tel Aviv, U.S. shipping in the Gulf and American interests around the world if it is attacked over its disputed nuclear activities, an aide to Iran's Supreme Leader wa... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039009&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:46:51 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039009&cat=940f2bfd509e743b sentenced to death last week after being convicted on charges of spying for Israel appeared on Iranian television Monday to detail his actions. Ali Ashtari (right) was the head of a company that sold... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039004&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:53:34 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039004&cat=940f2bfd509e743b MSNBC News Services BAGHDAD - Iraq will not accept any security agreement with the United States unless it includes dates for the withdrawal of foreign forces, the government's national security advis... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038687&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:41:57 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038687&cat=940f2bfd509e743b SANAA, 8 July 2008 (IRIN) - Ahmed (not his real name) has been sleeping near a secondary school in the centre of Sanaa city, Yemen's capital, for almost a year. He said he had come from the northern g... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039055&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:02:48 -0400 IRIN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039055&cat=940f2bfd509e743b DOHA (SW) - Swiss striker Hakan Yakin will most probably continue his career in the middle east, to join Qatar based side Al Gharafa. Yakin, who represented Switzerland at several major tournaments... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039107&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:21:33 -0400 Soccer Way http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039107&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has played down the threat of an armed conflict between his country and the United States or Israel. "I assure you... there won't be any war in the future," he... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039007&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:41:53 -0400 BBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039007&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Damascus, Syria - Every morning, as Ibrahim al-Mohammed opens the shutters of his Damascus store, he invokes the name of God. For Mr. al-Mohammed, who sports a trim white beard and a portly belly, d... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16040604&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:57:19 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16040604&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Flight Iran's national airline (Iran Air) will begin direct flights to Thailand as of July 28. Announcing this, the airline's deputy managing director for commercial planning noted that Iran Air will ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038548&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:03:51 -0400 IRNA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038548&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD -- An American soldier was killed this morning when a roadside bomb struck his vehicle west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. The military also announced the deaths of four private contr... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16040104&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:53:38 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16040104&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Syria's top diplomat in London says Damascus will soon send a new ambassador to Paris and end a freeze on diplomatic ties.Sami Khiyami says a new representative will likely be sent to France in the ve... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038858&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:34:34 -0400 Haaretz http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038858&cat=940f2bfd509e743b An ancient tablet shows the idea of the resurrection of a messiah after three days was part of Jewish tradition before Jesus' birth, it is claimed. The theory has been proposed by Israel Knohl, a pro... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042468&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:41:51 -0400 BBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16042468&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Posted on: Tuesday, 8 July 2008, 09:01 CDT Egypt set to reinforce its position as a key technology centre in the Middle East ITIDA Collaborates with GITEX TECHNOLOGY WEEK to Promote Regional Cooperat... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038492&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:55:47 -0400 RedOrbit http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038492&cat=940f2bfd509e743b CAIRO (AP) — Human Rights Watch says four Iranian minors risk execution in July and August if Tehran do not stop imposing the death penalty on those under 18, as stipulated by international law. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039005&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:37:50 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039005&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Then Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas, the front-runner in the upcoming Jan 9 presidential elections is carried by the Al Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades leader in West Bank, Zakaria Zubeidi, center le... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039109&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:39:51 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039109&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Amman- Jordanian Interior Minister Eid al-Fayez and his Kuwaiti counterpart General Khalid al-Sabah on Tuesday discussed the prospects of boosting bilateral and Pan-Arab security cooperation, particul... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039108&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:54:18 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16039108&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD (AP) - The U.S. military says a roadside bomb has killed four contractors and injured eight others in northern Iraq. The military says in a statement that the bomb struck a convoy carrying th... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:20:10 -0400 WISH TV8 http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The course was staged in cooperation with Rinus Bakker, managing director of Netherlands based company Rhino Rigs. Bakker is a respected industry veteran who has been involved in developing a number o... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034701&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:51:43 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034701&cat=940f2bfd509e743b New Mexico has four military bases. Between active duty and the National Guard, it can seem like just about everyone here has served in the military or has a family member who has.Take Antonio Gandara... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034890&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:31:00 -0400 NPR http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034890&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ZURICH - Switzerland's biggest bank UBS announced on Tuesday that it was stepping up its expansion in the Middle East with a new licence to operate in Saudi Arabia. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034703&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:05:30 -0400 Business Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034703&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iran says it only wants to master nuclear technology to generate electricity. The UN Security Council has, however, imposed three rounds of sanctions on Iran for ignoring its demands to suspend enrich... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035067&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:51:51 -0400 Arabian Business http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035067&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON - With President Bush trying to burnish his diplomatic credentials on a series of fronts, the State Department is pushing the envelope by suggesting it may be time to open a permanent Ame... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035208&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:41:31 -0400 Christian Science Monitor http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035208&cat=940f2bfd509e743b JERUSALEM (AP) - There's been a breakthrough in efforts to negotiate a prisoner swap between Israel and Hezbollah. Israel's military says it has worked out a deal with the Palestinian guerrilla group... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035219&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:20:03 -0400 WISH TV8 http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035219&cat=940f2bfd509e743b PARIS : A senior Iranian cleric was quoted Tuesday as threatening that Tehran would respond to any military attack by striking Israel and "burning down" America's vital interests around the globe... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035209&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:00:37 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035209&cat=940f2bfd509e743b After months of speculation about a U.S. military showdown with Iran over its disputed nuclear program, attention has turned to another state at odds with Tehran: Israel. Western media is abuzz with p... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035204&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:54:25 -0400 CFR http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035204&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The Assistant Manager for the Banking Sector Mohammed Nasser Al-Fozan stated that the profits were deposited in clients' accounts. It aims to provide multi form saving vessels, which have several t... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034774&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:52:21 -0400 AME Info http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034774&cat=940f2bfd509e743b In a slumping market on Tuesday, ICL's stock took a 4.3% haircut to stand at 67 shekels ($20.64), even as Deutsche Bank reiterated a buy recommendation with a 90-shekel ($27.73) price target. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034771&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 10:47:27 -0400 Market Watch http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034771&cat=940f2bfd509e743b HRW researcher Nisha Varia A spokeswoman for Saudi Arabia's National Society for Human Rights said the report was unfair and one-sided. Saudi households employ an estimated 1.5 million domestic ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038320&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:41:37 -0400 BBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16038320&cat=940f2bfd509e743b , Chief Executive of UBS' investment banking unit in the region, said. UBS currently employs roughly 100 people across the region. The shift of bankers to the region, led by http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034785&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:44:28 -0400 Morning Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16034785&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The struggle between Israel and the Hamas, an Islamic militant organization that denies Israel's right to exist, is now playing out on different grounds. Israel is realizing that besides controlli... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035218&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:39:56 -0400 The Epoch Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035218&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Occupied Jerusalem, July 8 (bna) -- The Israeli Occupational Forces Arrested Early This Morning Nine Palestinians In Different Operations In A Number Of Cities In The West Bank. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035220&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:38:38 -0400 Bahrain News Agency http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035220&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Muscat: The Omani government is laying the ground for the development of a huge industrial hub and free trade zone in Duqm, a remote coastal town on the Arabian Sea. Spread on an area of 24,000 hectar... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035297&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:37:32 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=16035297&cat=940f2bfd509e743b