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| | ISLAMIC MEDIATION TECHNIQUES FOR MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS |
 | | After the fall of the Ottoman empire and in reaction to their plight, Middle Eastern Christians were at the forefront of the new movement for Arab nationalism, the secular movement in the Arab world, and some among them founded socialist parties, such as the Baath (renaissance) Party now in power in Syria and Iraq. | | | Middle East peacemaking has been a rather superficial phenomenon in the sense that diplomatic agreements have not "trickled down" to the grassroots. | | | Several writers on the Arab Middle East have underlined the fact that the only nation-state in the contemporary Arab Middle East is Egypt.[19] Egypt has a homogeneous population that identifies itself first and foremost as Egyptian. |
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| | Are Middle East Conflicts More Religious? - Middle East Quarterly - Fall 2001 |
| | To be specific, perhaps the Shi‘i minority in Saudi Arabia, the Copts in Egypt, and the Christian and Baha’i minorities in Iran understand that religious discrimination by the autocratic governments of the region is par for the course. | | | Autocracy is also ruled out as an explanation: if autocracy were the sole explanation for the disproportionate importance of religious factors in the Middle East, we would expect it to have a uniform impact outside of the Middle East, which is not the case. | | | The Middle East is the most autocratic and least democratic region in the world. |
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| | Powell's Visit and The Two Middle East Conflicts (by James Zogby) - Media Monitors Network |
| | With Secretary Powell now in the Middle East, he is, no doubt, hearing the serious questions that Arab leaders and public opinion have about U.S. policies on both the Iraq and Palestinian fronts. | | | And on the day Powell left to begin his Middle East tour, the State Department issued its annual human rights report, which included a sharp critique of Israel's treatment of both Palestinians and the Arab citizens of Israel. | | | Last week, as a State Department spokesperson reiterated the U.S. criticism of Israel's policy of assassinating Palestinian leaders he also noted that the State Department was reviewing complaints that U.S weapons have been used by Israel in violation of U.S. law. |
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| | Middle East Information - MEIC Issues and analysis of the Middle East: Conflicts, News, History, Religions and ... |
| | In the Arab part of the Middle East, the repoliticization of Islam began as a response to the repercussions of the Six-Day War. | | | Islamic political groups in the Arab states of the Middle East resort to Islam as a frame of reference (and a source of legitimacy and respectability) in their opposition to the nondemocratic orders of these states. | | | In the Middle East and North Africa, the warriors of political Islam have seized the lead from these tolerant Muslims. |
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| | Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs |
| | It is therefore a matter of urgency that while the debate over the future of the Middle East addresses Palestinian claims for an independent state, Israel's rights and requirements for defensible borders, as proposed by President George W. Bush, are now placed squarely on the global diplomatic agenda. | | | As long as Jewish sovereignty and Israel's right to equality as a state among the nations is denied and hatred of Israel in the Arab and Moslem worlds remains intense, the need for a credible deterrent will not end. | | | International news organizations covering the Arab-Israeli conflict frequently refer to international agreements and resolutions in ways that are prejudiced against Israel's legal rights and claims. |
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| | NPR : The Mideast : A Century of Conflict |
| | The shock of the attack, and the strength of the Arab assault, led to a reassessment of the political and military balance in the Middle East. | | | The Israelis and Palestinians have been fighting over control of the same piece of land for nearly a century. | | | Israel recovered militarily, but its leaders understood they needed to enter serious negotiations with the Arabs. |
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| | IFPRI: 2020 Brief 31:Middle East Water Conflicts and Directions for Conflict Resolution |
| | The Gulf War in 1990 and the collapse of the Soviet Union realigned political alliances in the Middle East and finally made possible public face-to-face peace talks between Arabs and Israelis beginning in 1991. | | | This paper explores how this critical shortage of water came about, the political tensions that are inexorably intertwined with the scarcity of water, and what the nations of the Middle East can do to help alleviate both the water crisis and the attending political pressures. | | | Water-related conflict helped form the borders of the modern states of Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, and Syria, and has exacerbated tensions between Israelis and Palestinians. |
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| | CAMERA: Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America |
| | Henry Siegman, Senior Fellow and Director of the U.S./Middle East Project for the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), is a longtime detractor of Israel and its leadership. | | | The timeline entitled “Major events in Palestinian history” whitewashes Palestinian Arab violence and responsibility for the conflict. | | | In an April 13 Associated Press story on a German film about Hitler currently being screened in Israel, reporter Josef Federman includes a shockingly inflammatory statement alleging Israeli manipulation of the memory of the Holocaust. |
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| | Syrian ambassador discusses Middle East conflicts |
| | During his short speech, Moustapha touched upon many topics but focused on what he believes to be the two most important problems facing Syria today: the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the war in Iraq. | | | Regarding the war in Iraq, Moustapha said that Syria has been opposed to the war since its beginning. | | | However, I don't believe that (Israeli Prime Minister Ariel) Sharon is willing to engage in a peace process with Syria," Moustapha said. |
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| | Mr. Dowling's September 11th Page |
| | Many brilliant ideas came from the Middle East, but it is also a land of long standing hatred and revenge. | | | What seems clear is that the attacks are rooted in the Middle East, an area of southwest Asia that includes Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Israel, Syria, and Afghanistan. | | | The Middle East is often called “the crossroads of the world.” This sparsely populated region produced three religious faiths practiced by half of the world inhabitants: Christianity, Islam, and Judaism. |
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| | History of the Middle East and North Africa - Current Political events and Issues |
| | Washington's policies towards Middle Eastern countries, and how these countries explain their policies in Washington. | | | Middle East Research and Information Project (on Iraq) | | | Paris court condemned Bernard Lewis, professor of Middle Eastern History at Princeton University for having denied the Armenian Genocide |
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http://www.library.cornell.edu/colldev/mideast/histmod.htm
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| | BBC NEWS Special Report 1998 10/98 Middle East Special Report: Middle East Peace process |
| | President Bill Clinton and Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed an interim Middle East peace agreement in October 1998. | | | You are in: Special Report: 1998: 10/98: Middle East | | | The Israeli and Palestinian leaders signed a landmark agreement in September 1999 aimed at reviving the Middle East peace process after the stalled Wye River accord. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1998/10/98/middle_east/newsid_196000/196649.stm
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| | Foundation for Middle East Peace |
| | The Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories is distributed by email or postal mail at no charge to subscribers by the Foundation for Middle East Peace. | | | The FMEP publishes the Report on Israeli Settlement in the Occupied Territories, as well as analysis and commentary, maps, charts, and other resources. | | | About Us The Foundation for Middle East Peace (FMEP) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to informing Americans about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and assisting in a peaceful solution that brings security for both peoples. |
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| | BBC NEWS In Depth Israel and the Palestinians History of Middle East conflict |
| | Mr Sharon uses his victory speech to call for a government of national unity to bring peace to the Middle East. | | | Israel hands over 80% of Hebron to Palestinian rule, but holds on to the remainder where several hundred Jewish settlers live among 20,000 Palestinians. | | | Labour Party leader Ehud Barak pledges he will be a prime minister for all Israelis after a decisive general election victory over incumbent Binyamin Netanyahu. |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1999/05/99/israel_elections/newsid_340000/340237.stm
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| | MIDDLE EAST CONFLICTS |
| | Statistics include Jewish population by country and U.S. state; war and Holocaust casualties, and the ethnic population of Israel | | | Encyclopedic articles cover anti-semitism, biographies, Israel, and Middle East peace process, and Holocaust | | | Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs includes Middle East peace documents as well as speeches, testimony, and country information |
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http://www.lib.umich.edu/govdocs/arabis.html
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| | National Geographic: Iraq and Middle East Maps, News, More |
| | But the most bitter conflict came in British-run Palestine, where a half million Jews had settled by the end of World War II, many of them determined to create a homeland. | | | National Geographic: Iraq and Middle East Maps, News, More | | | This two-sided political and satellite wall map offers a glimpse into the region's conflicts. |
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http://www.nationalgeographic.com/iraq/map_midEastCon.html
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| | Middle East Forum |
| | The Forum's policy recommendations include fighting radical Islam (rather than terrorism), convincing the Palestinians that Israel is permanent, reducing funds going to the Middle East for energy purchases, slowing down the democratization process, and more robustly asserting U.S. interests vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia. | | | Ehud Olmert: "I am the Most Privileged Jew in the Universe" (December 1997) | | | The Middle East Forum, a think tank, works to define and promote American interests in the Middle East through research, publications, and educational outreach. |
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| | Daniel Pipes |
| | Alex Safian of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) explains the difference between the Times version and the actual interview: | | | Safian then goes on to document "outright inventions" in other parts of the Times reportage. | | | I fretted over his radicalism and inconsistency, flayed his key speech on the topic, tore other ones apart as illogical, dismissed his "roadmap," worried about his bifurcated policy, and predicted stormy weather ahead. |
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| | Jewish Voice for Peace |
| | Contact us for Israeli conscientious objectors, Middle East history experts, eyewitness accounts, educational presentations etc... | | | Separate claim also brought by Corries against Israel. | | | Peace Propaganda and the Promised Land (DVD only) is an outstanding documentary that has much to teach about the nature of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the distorted media coverage that helps perpetuate support for the occupation |
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| | ei: The Electronic Intifada |
| | Development: After Arab League criticism, Annan voices full confidence in Middle East envoy (20 October 2005) | | | For Israel, there is the question of how to define its deed: "Should we declare that the occupation of Gaza is over?" No less important are the questions Palestinians are asking: "Is this a victory? | | | In March 2005, Dr. Bill Dienst traveled to Palestine and Israel as part of a delegation sponsored by Washington State Physicians for Social Responsibility (WaPSR). |
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| | Washington Report on Middle East Affairs: Home |
| | If you are a former diplomat and would like to sign the letter, please call the Washington Report at 202-939-6050, extensions 104, 106, or 0, or email us at info@wrmea.com. | | | 54 The World Looks at the Middle East—Cartoons | | | The American Educational Trust, publishers of the Washington Report on Middle East Affairs, hosted a press conference in the Lisagor Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th St, NW, Washington, DC at 12:00 noon on Tuesday May 4, 2004, to announce and discuss the following letter to President Bush. |
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| | Encyclopedia article on List of conflicts in the Middle East [EncycloZine] |
| | In this war Syria entered on the side of Iran, against Iraq, with aid and supplies. | | | Many of these conflicts have been part of the Arab-Israeli conflict: five wars between Israel and surrounding Arab countries (in 1948, 1956, 1967, 1973 and 1982). | | | In the last 60 years, there have been a number of conflicts in the Middle East. |
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| | If you care about the people of the Middle East, Jewish and Arab, you owe it to yourself to read this account of the other side of the historical record. | | | The conventional wisdom is that, even if both sides are at fault, the Palestinians are irrational "terrorists" who have no point of view worth listening to. | | | This paper outlines the history of Palestine to show how this process occurred and what a moral solution to the region's problems should consist of. |
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| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Pope calls for end to Iraq, Middle East conflicts as Christians worldwide ... |
| | SignOnSanDiego.com > News > World -- Pope calls for end to Iraq, Middle East conflicts as Christians worldwide celebrate Easter | | | In Istanbul, the spiritual leader of the world's Orthodox Christians, Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I, said in his Easter message that the holiday was an occasion for hope despite religious fanaticism and the killing of innocent people in conflicts and war. | | | VATICAN CITY – Pope John Paul II celebrated Easter Mass on Sunday with calls for world leaders to resolve conflicts in Iraq, the Palestinian territories and Africa, as Christians around the world marked the holiest day on the church calendar. |
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| | MEMRI: The Middle East Media Research Institute |
| | Visit www.MEMRITV.org to see the latest clips from the Middle East | | | Materials may ONLY be cited with proper attribution. | | | Please consider making a donation by clicking on 'SUPPORT' to keep MEMRI free |
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| | Churches for Middle East Peace |
| | Listen to Vatican Radio's interview with Marie Dennis, Director of the Maryknoll Office of Global Concerns (a CMEP member), about Advocacy Days 2004: | | | CALME: Campaign for American Leadership in the Middle East | | | Help CMEP Build Support for Middle East Peace (Sept. 23) |
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| | Online NewsHour: Iraq in Transition PBS |
| | Al-Qaida in Iraq said on a Web site Thursday that it had killed the Egyptian top envoy in Iraq, Ihab al-Sherif, who had been abducted days earlier. | | | Parents of four soldiers and Marines who died during the ongoing conflict in Iraq discuss their views of the war and support for the troops still there with senior correspondent Margaret Warner. | | | Members of Iraq's Shiite, Kurdish and Sunni political parties came to a last-minute agreement Wednesday on a draft Iraqi constitution. |
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| | washingtonpost.com: The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict |
| | President Bush told Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on Monday that the United States opposes Israel's plans to expand Jewish settlements in the West Bank and prodded him to stick to the U.S.-backed vision for peace in the Middle East. | | | Seeking to shore up the fledgling peace process between the Palestinians and Israel, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice yesterday announced the appointment of outgoing World Bank President James D. Wolfensohn to oversee the crucial nonmilitary components of Israel's impending withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and parts of the West Bank. | | | On Holiday, Israelis Revel in Rare Peace: Tens of Thousands Join 'Mega-party' |
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| | abunimah.org: Ali Abunimah's Bitter Pill |
| | 12/12/01 Published Article: Chicago Tribune publishes Jewish and Arab views of Palestinian-Israeli conflict | | | I will continue to link from this site to new material I have written, and this site will remain here as an archive of my activities, but you will find that EI and eIraq carry a wider variety of material and are updated more frequently. | | | Important Note: Almost all my new material is being directly posted to The Electronic Intifada (EI), a comprehensive source of information about Palestine and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, and Electronic Iraq (eIraq), two sites I co-founded. |
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| | Angular Momentum Anomalies > > Forums > > War > > Current Conflicts > > Bush says US will not ... |
| | "Part of their goal is to drive us out of the broader Middle East," said the US leader making comments after meeting Colombia's President Alvaro Uribe at his Texas ranch. | | | CRAWFORD, United States (AFP) - President George W. Bush vowed that Al-Qaeda threats would not drive the United States out of Iraq or the Middle East. | | | Bush said the fact that Osama bin Laden's deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had threatened renewed attacks against Britain and the United States unless they left Iraq showed that the country had become the central front in the "war on terror". |
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| | Palestine - Israel Journal of Politics, Economics and Culture |
| | The Palestine-Israel Journal is a quarterly of MIDDLE EAST PUBLICATIONS, a registered non-profit organization (No. 58-023862-4). | | | The Palestine-Israel Journal is the only independent, non-profit quarterly publication co-published and produced by Israelis and Palestinians, as an explicitly joint venture promoting dialogue, in the search for peaceful relations. | | | Acknowledgement: We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) in producing this issue devoted to Civil Society. |
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| | Terre Haute, Indiana News :: TribStar.com :: Ceremony, plaque to honor soldiers who have died in Middle East conflicts |
| | The plaque reads: "Operation Iraqi Freedom: To all who fought and lost their lives/To all who served in conflicts/Around the world/In peace and wartime past and present." | | | The Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run on Thursday will include a presentation to Paris, Ill., of a plaque dedicated to soldiers who have died in Middle East conflicts, according to a news release. | | | The plaque is dedicated to soldiers who died fighting in the Middle East. |
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| | Palestine Center - News and information from the Jerusalem Fund and the Palestine Center |
| | The Consequences of the Iraq War on the Palestinian-Israeli Conflict, Report from a Palestine Center briefing by Shibley Telhami - 24 August 2004 | | | The Palestine Center is dedicated to the study of the relationship between the United States and the Middle East, focusing particular emphasis on Palestine and the Arab-Israeli conflict. | | | This section contains an introduction to the history of Palestine, including the origins of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, key military confrontations, displacement, negotiations, developments within Palestinian society, and other important issues. |
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| | BADIL Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugees' Rights |
| | In this working paper, refugee law expert Michael Kagan develops the idea of conflicting rights as a means of addressing Israeli objections to Palestinian refugee return. | | | Rather than explore Palestinian arguments for the right of return, this paper starts from the assumption that the right of return exists and must be accepted by Israel in order to reach a just peace that complies with international law. | | | Initiated by BADIL Resource Center in Palestine, this Expert Forum is a collective effort of legal experts, academic researchers, politicians, professional human rights workers and solidarity activists worldwide, to re-examine key components of the Palestinian refugee question, issue recommendations and engage in practical follow-up. |
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| | THE WAR IN CONTEXT:: Iraq, the War on Terrorism, and the Middle East Conflict - in Critical Perspective |
| | A resource for more information about Iraq, the Middle East conflict, Afghanistan, Korea, nuclear proliferation, war, peace, and the foreign policies of the Bush Administration. | | | THE WAR IN CONTEXT:: Iraq, the War on Terrorism, and the Middle East Conflict - in Critical Perspective | | | Nor would the successful adoption of a democratic constitution in Iraq necessarily presage the flowering of democracy in the rest of the Middle East. |
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| | MIFTAH |
| | Suppose one were to take a snapshot of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict today, encompassing all its political, social and economic dimensions, then compare that to the provisions of the internationally backed ‘Road Map.’ What would be the result? | | | Sadly, the facts on the ground in the Occupied Palestinian Territories represent such a divergence that revisiting and revaluating the Road Map becomes an imperative, in order to determine whether it is still relevant, especially in the post-unilateral disengagement world. | | | From Unilateralism to Multilateralism: Suggestions to Rescue Middle East Peace |
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| | ANERA: American Near East Refugee Aid |
| | Copyright © 2005 American Near East Refugee Aid. | | | Eight years ago a bullet hit him in the neck, damaging his spinal cord and leaving him quadriplegic. |
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| | Israel/Occupied Terr.: Amnesty International's Human Rights Concerns |
| | Among the thousands of deaths, hundreds of women have been killed by Palestinian armed groups and by Israeli forces. | | | Women are paying a high price in the ongoing conflict. | | | Israel and the Occupied Territories: Conflict, occupation and patriarchy: Women carry the burden |
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| | Iraqcoalition.org: Homepage of The New Iraq |
| | Powell met in Washington with reporters from five regional newspapers. | | | Questions concerning the situation in Iraq and the June 30 turnover of sovereignty dominated a June 18 roundtable interview of Secretary of State Colin Powell, but the secretary also responded to queries on Uzbekistan and the Middle East peace process. |
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| | Middle East Conflicts |
| | Sharon wants to evacuate all 8,500 Jewish settlers from Gaza and a few hundred of more than 230,000 from the West Bank later this year to "disengage" from conflict with the Palestinians. | | | Sharon expects the pullout to cement Israel's hold on vital parts of the West Bank, including main settlement blocs. |
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| | IRIS: Information Regarding Israel's Security |
| | His assertion that we cannot afford to falter, as we have faltered in previous conflicts when the going got tough, is dead-on. | | | Pulling U.S. forces out of Iraq too soon would be the equivalent of rocket fuel for the Islamofascists. |
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| | The Struggle |
| | The book was published in September and you can hear all about it on October 20. | | | Sponsored by the Yale Council on Middle East Studies and | | | For directions and more information click here and follow directions to LC or call 934-2761 |
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| | IMRA - Middle East News & Analysis |
| | The World Oil Crisis: Implication for Global Security and the Middle East | | | Some Important Documents Focusing on The Recent Conflict... | | | Hamas Terrorist Arrested Last Wednesday in Dahariya [last time served less than 21 months] |
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| | Independent Online Edition > Middle East : app5 |
| | "They used to say this was the Venice of the East, the Amsterdam of Asia," said Hameed al-Rahimi, 64, standing on the corniche at Basra. | | | For Basra the poll heralds the start of Shia ascendancy | | | Independent Online Edition > Middle East : app5 |
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| | IDRC: Stocktaking II Conference on Palestinian Refugee Research (17-20 June 2003, Ottawa) | | | Canada and the Middle East peace process (via DFAIT) |
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