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Amnesty International: Impose arms embargo on Israel
"To a large extent, Israel's military offensive in Gaza was carried out with weapons, munitions and military equipment supplied by the USA and paid for with US taxpayers' money," said Smart.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/23/2009
Arab League in Gaza documenting Israeli war crimes
An Arab League delegation is in Gaza to document any Israeli war crimes committed during its three-week aggression on Gaza Strip.
Palestine-Regional, Politics, 2/23/2009
UK faces legal proceedings over relations with Israel
PIL has previously brought legal action against the British government to end its arms sales to Israel, which are seen as in breach of its own criteria not to sell military equipment that could be used for internal repression of external aggression.
Palestine-Israel-UK, Politics, 2/23/2009
Obama's administration will not compromise Lebanese independence and international tribunal
US Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Senator John Kerry said the US is committed to Lebanon's democracy, sovereignty, and the international tribunal, and said President Barack Obama's administration will not conclude any deals with Syria or in the region at the expense of Lebanon or the tribunal.
Lebanon-Syria-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
Syrian minister commends Iran regional resistance
Syria's Information Minister Muhsin Bilal appreciated Iran's support for "Resistance" in the region and described its stance as important.
Syria-Iran, Politics, 2/23/2009
Iran's cultural attaché expresses solidarity with Lebanese Christians
Following an Israeli TV program seen by some as insulting against sanctities of Christianity, Iran's Cultural Attaché in a meeting yesterday with leaders of Maronite and Orthodox Christians in Beirut, Lebanon, expressed sympathy with them and condemned this as a Zionist act.
Lebanon-Iran, Politics, 2/23/2009
bomb blast in Egypt
A bomb killed a French teenager and wounded at least 22 others in a crowded square near a popular tourist bazaar in the Egyptian capital of Cairo on Sunday.
Egypt, Local, 2/23/2009
Mottaki: No talks with US officials
Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki yesterday rejected reports that Senior Presidential Advisor Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi held talks with US officials.
Iran-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
'Tortured' Guantanamo detainee back in UK
UK resident Binyam Mohamed returned to Britain yesterday after being incarcerated at the US internment camp in Guantanamo Bay for more than four years and allegedly previously tortured by the CIA.
Regional-UK, Politics, 2/23/2009
Human rights activist Chekib el-Khiari held incommunicado
Moroccan authorities should disclose immediately the whereabouts of a human rights activist, Chekib el-Khiari, who reported to the Judicial Police in Casablanca on February 17, 2009, in response to a summons and has not been heard from since
Morocco, Politics, 2/23/2009
Somalia: Ban speak on the killing of African Union peacekeepers
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today strongly condemned the suicide attack against an African Union (AU) contingent in the Somali capital Mogadishu that claimed the lives of 11 Burundian peacekeepers.
Somalia-UN, Politics, 2/23/2009
News from around the web:
Fraud Committed in Iraqi Election: Violations Reported in Every Province, but Results Stand, Officials Say - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/15/AR2009021500095.html)
Iraq, Politics, 2/23/2009
Sudan's Bashir tries to stall Darfur genocide ruling - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0224/p01s02-woaf.html)
Sudan, Politics, 2/23/2009
Iran tries to defuse row with Bahrain - Yahoo! News
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090223/wl_mideast_afp/bahrainirandiplomacy_20090223151237;_ylt=AihKs3ypGWe72QJR46kEuDmaOrgF)
Iran-Bahrain, Politics, 2/23/2009
In pictures: My street in Gaza - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_pictures/7844948.stm)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/23/2009
Key prisoners at center of Israeli-Hamas negotiations - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0219/p01s05-wome.html)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/23/2009
'Hamas letter' still in Jerusalem: Gibbs - Yahoo! News
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090224/pl_afp/usmideastunresthamasletterobama_20090224001011;_ylt=AgYdNazCz3_KDbkXNXmbo1iaOrgF)
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
West Bank Land Seized As Israel Looks to Build - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/16/AR2009021601293.html)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/23/2009
Netanyahu Pledges to Join U.S. in Pursuit of Mideast Peace as He Holds Coalition Talks - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022202217.html)
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
Israeli Leader Fires Lead Negotiator on Gaza Truce - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022300701.html)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 2/23/2009
A brief window opens into rarely seen Iraq Museum - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0223/p04s01-wome.html)
Iraq, Local, 2/23/2009
Obama decision on Iraq troops 'soon': US military - Yahoo! News
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090222/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestustoll_20090222165816;_ylt=AuftRSVmym1dLPrj2R1ysI.aOrgF)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
Officials say Clinton to visit Israel, West Bank - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022301821.html)
Palestine-Israel-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
Iraq’s War Widows Face Dire Need With Little Aid - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/23/world/middleeast/23widows.html?ref=middleeast)
Iraq, Politics, 2/23/2009
Sunni lawmaker linked to 2007 parliament bombing, Iraq officials say - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-iraq-arrest23-2009feb23,0,3356280.story)
Iraq, Politics, 2/23/2009
Iraq in budget battle to restore electricity - Yahoo! News
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090222/wl_mideast_afp/iraqenergyelectricity_20090222135625;_ylt=AuS_Dw8EuSMBofjuvdA_bvKaOrgF)
Iraq, Politics, 2/23/2009
US, Iraqi forces launch anti-al-Qaida offensive - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022200736.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
Three US soldiers killed in Iraq - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7906926.stm)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 2/23/2009
Israel responds to Lebanon rocket - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7903090.stm)
Lebanon-Israel, Politics, 2/23/2009
Egypt’s Critics Have a Voice, but Never the Last Word - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/18/world/middleeast/18egypt.html?ref=middleeast)
Egypt, Politics, 2/23/2009
Five Detained After Cairo Bomb Blast - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/24/world/middleeast/24egypt.html?ref=middleeast)
Egypt, Politics, 2/23/2009
UN envoy commits to Saharawi self-determination - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/22/AR2009022200827.html)
Morocco-UN, Politics, 2/23/2009
Oil prices tumble below $39 despite OPEC cuts - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022300560.html)
Regional, Economics, 2/23/2009
Officials: 9 killed in Algeria bombing - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022301218.html)
Algeria, Local, 2/23/2009
Saudis break taboo of opposing royals after soccer row - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0220/p04s01-wome.html)
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 2/23/2009
Saudi cinemas 'inevitable' says tycoon prince - Yahoo! News
(http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090223/wl_mideast_afp/entertainmentfilmsaudipolitics_20090223160556;_ylt=AizC9p8ECC8j5HIHDejfftSaOrgF)
Saudi Arabia, Culture, 2/23/2009
FBI Takes Aim Beyond Al-Qaeda - WashingtonPost.com
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/02/23/AR2009022301850.html?hpid=topnews)
Regional-USA, Local, 2/23/2009
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Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak yesterday discussed with Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir "the situation in Sudan, efforts to settle the crisis in Darfur, implementing the peace agreement in the south, current Arab developments, Sudanese Chadian relations, issues pertaining International Criminal Court and Sudan as well as bilateral relations, " Egypt State Information Service reported.
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Ambassador Hossam Zaki, Egyptian Foreign Ministry Spokesman said inter-Palestinian dialogue would start on Wednesday, Egypt State Information Service reported, adding Zaki said "that Gaza reconstruction can not be achieved in the light of a Palestinian rift."
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UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today expressed his appreciation for a $40 million donation from Qatar to aid United Nations emergency relief and recovery efforts around the world. The majority of the funding – some $30 million – is targeted at the world body's humanitarian operations in Gaza.
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The United States says an international nuclear inspection report on February 19 that shows Iran has enough weapons-grade uranium on hand to make a nuclear bomb and that this is "deeply troubling," State Department deputy spokesman Gordon Duguid says.
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Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadi-Nejad will arrive Tuesday in Comoros as the first leg of his tour which will later take him to Djibouti and Kenya.
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