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Abbas - Olmert meeting positive
Head of the PLO Negotiations Affairs Department Saeb Ereikat, said late on Saturday that the meeting between President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli PM Ehud Olmert was a good meeting, adding that there was agreement on several issues.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2006

UK church leaders pledge to be voice of voiceless in Bethlehem
Leaving Bethlehem this morning after a three-day pilgrimage, the UK's church leaders pledged themselves to continue to be a "voice for the voiceless" on behalf of the beleaguered people of the town.
Palestine-Israel-UK, Politics, 12/23/2006

Lebanon problem focus of Moussa's effort
An informed source said that Iran's ambassador to Beirut Mohammad Reza Sheybani met with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa on Wednesday evening.
Lebanon-Regional, Politics, 12/23/2006

Call on mass goers to hear of Bethlehem plight
Bishop Raymond Field, chair of the Irish Commission for Justice and Social Affairs said that the birthplace of Jesus has been transformed from a "bustling cultural and spiritual center" to "a big prison and slammed Israeli policy in the Palestinian Territories.
Palestine-Israel-Ireland, Politics, 12/23/2006

Iran unfazed by UN Security Council resolution against it
Zarif told the UN Security Council "Today is a sad day for non-proliferation regime."
Iran-UN, Politics, 12/23/2006

Senators Dodd, Kerry meeting al-Assad in Syria
US Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT) and Senator John Kerry (D-MA), both senior members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus for over 2 hours.
Syria-USA, Politics, 12/23/2006

Israelis, Palestinians protest new Israeli-only road
Around 200 Israelis and Palestinians marched on Saturday against the construction of a new West Bank viaduct that will be open to Israeli traffic only.
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2006

Madani: Arrogance tries to divide Shiites, Sunnis
Iran's Presidential advisor on Sunni affairs Mowlana Mohammad Ishaq Madani said today in Mecca, Sadui Arabia, that arrogance is involved in plotting to create schisms between Shiites and Sunnis.
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 12/23/2006

Iran's military skill would fail enemies: minister
Iran's Minister of Defense and Armed Forces Logistics Mostafa Mohammad-Najjar this week said that enemies of the Islamic Republic face certain failure.
Iran-USA, Politics, 12/23/2006

US plans for Persian Gulf naval build-up to warn Iran
The US is planning to position an aircraft carrier group in the Persian Gulf after the new year as a warning to Iran, a foreign news agency reported citing unnamed officials.
Iran-Regional-USA, Politics, 12/23/2006

Iraqi vice-president stands by charge Bush brainwashed Blair
Iraq's Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi this week stood by his charge that US President George W. Bush had "blackmailed" British Prime Minister Tony Blair with his refusal to announce a timetable for withdrawing troops from Iraq.
Iraq-UK, Politics, 12/23/2006

Upsurge in Somali fighting prompts concern
The UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday voiced grave concern at the recent intensified fighting in Somalia between the strife-torn country's Transitional Federal Institutions (TFIs) and the Union of Islamic Courts (UIC).
Somalia-UN, Politics, 12/23/2006

Annan 'deeply concerned' at Libyan death sentences for foreign health workers
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan yesterday voiced his deep concern at the death sentence imposed by a Libyan court on five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor for the alleged intentional transmission of HIV/AIDS to hundreds of children.
Libya-UN, Politics, 12/23/2006

Annan hopes Sudan approves UN force for Darfur
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said yesterday he was hopeful Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir would indicate as early as today that he has agreed to a full ceasefire in the war-torn Darfur region and to the eventual deployment of a hybrid force of United Nations and African Union (AU) peacekeepers.
Sudan-UN, Politics, 12/23/2006

Gulf states nuclear use to be civilian
Crown Prince of Bahrain Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa has said that the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states is interested in using nuclear technology purely for civilian purposes and is wholly against nuclear proliferation.
Gulf, Politics, 12/23/2006

Iran says Holocaust conference scientific
Iran-Czech-Statement Iran's embassy in the Czech Republic on Thursday stressed that the recently international conference held in Tehran on Holocaust had a scientific and research identity.
Iran-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2006

Israel PR campaign to cover Olmert's nuclear arms admission
Israel has stepped up activities to cover up the scandal of admitting its stockpiles of nuclear arms by its Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after two decades.
Iran-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2006

Terrorism threat in Britain 'growing': police chief
Britain's most senior police officer warned yesterday that the security threat to Britain is the highest "since the second world war." "The level of threat against the United Kingdom is of an unparalleled nature and growing," Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said.
Regional-UK, Politics, 12/23/2006

Lavrov calls for participation of Iran, Syria in solving Middle East crisis
Syria-Russia, Politics, 12/23/2006


News from around the web:

Iraqi tales of life under the militias - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/talking_point/6199575.stm)
Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2006

No deal reached on Lebanon crisis - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/23/AR2006122300144.html)
Lebanon, Politics, 12/23/2006

Lebanon police 'find explosives' - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6201013.stm)
Lebanon, Politics, 12/23/2006

Abbas Vows to Proceed With Early Palestinian Poll - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/18/AR2006121801063.html)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2006

Back From Iraq, Gates Gives Bush Report - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/23/AR2006122300214.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2006

Shiite Cleric Won't Support Coalition - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/ats-ap_intl13dec23,1,2015872.story?coll=sns-ap-topinternational)
Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2006

Iraqi Insurgent Snipers Gaining Skill - LA Times
(http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/wire/sns-ap-iraq-skilled-snipers,1,2978312.story?coll=sns-ap-world-headlines)
Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2006

Iraqi Factions Try to Undercut a Plan to Isolate Extremists - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/middleeast/22iraq.html)
Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2006

Shiite Clerics' Rivalry Deepens In Fragile Iraq - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/20/AR2006122002047.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2006

Shiites Remake Baghdad in Their Image - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/23/world/middleeast/23shiites.html?ref=middleeast)
Iraq, Politics, 12/23/2006

Marines Charge 4 With Murder of Iraq Civilians - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/middleeast/22haditha.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2006

UK army raids 'rogue' Iraq police - BBC
(http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6203727.stm)
Iraq-UK, Politics, 12/23/2006

Qaeda-backed group offers U.S. safe Iraq exit: Web - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/22/AR2006122200905.html)
Iraq-USA, Politics, 12/23/2006

Bickering Saudis Struggle for an Answer to Iran’s Rising Influence in the Middle East - NY Times
(http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/22/world/middleeast/22saudi.html)
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 12/23/2006

Iran Held Liable In Khobar Attack: Judge Orders $254 Million Payment - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/22/AR2006122200455.html)
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 12/23/2006

Part three • From the West Bank, a circuitous road to market - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1221/p12s01-wome.html)
Palestine-Israel, Politics, 12/23/2006

Mideast leaders seek their own solutions for region - CS Monitor
(http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1222/p01s04-wome.html)
Regional, Politics, 12/23/2006

Saudi Lawyer Takes On Court System - Washington Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/22/AR2006122201579.html)
Saudi Arabia, Politics, 12/23/2006

Somali hardliner calls for foreign jihadists - Observer / Guardian Unlimited
(http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/world/story/0,,1978424,00.html)
Somalia, Politics, 12/23/2006


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