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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, 16 Mar 2010 22:30:08 -0400 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:30:08 -0400 30 Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi has pulled ahead in the country’s vote count. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612953 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:14:08 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612953 Palestinian protesters have fought with Israeli police in East Jerusalem over settlement building in the area. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612794 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:42:10 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612794 A Shia rebel group that has fought the national army in northern Yemen for more than five years released 178 captured soldiers Tuesday, a ceasefire monitoring committee said. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612938 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:00:04 -0400 IANS http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612938 Iran called on the West Tuesday to pursue talks in the row over the Islamic state's nuclear programmes. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612869 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:30:03 -0400 IANS http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612869 Israel has admitted that its relations with the United States are in a "crisis of historic proportions" in the wake of the row over 1,600 new settler homes. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612570 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:40:01 -0400 ANI http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612570 In spite of mounting opposition from the United States, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue building settlements in Jerusalem. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612529 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:32:06 -0400 Middle East News.Net http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612529 Lance Corporal Craig Lundberg was blinded by a grenade in Iraq but new technology has helped him to "see" with his tongue. http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612684 Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:30:05 -0400 ANI http://www.middleeastnews.net/story/612684 Israel Confident Diplomatic Crisis With US Will Blow Over A top U.S. general says the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is presenting challenges to the U.S. ability to advance its interests in the Middle E... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198902&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:38:43 -0400 VOA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198902&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Israel carries obvious domestic and foreign political risks. But it may offer the administration a payoff it sees as worthwhile: shoring up Mr. Obama’s credibility as a Middle East peacemaker by... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197972&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:28:50 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197972&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad invites comparison with his country's arch-foe, the United States, which may have had a parallel in Richard Nixon -- an incumbent president certain of winning re-e... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198901&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:28:33 -0400 New Straits Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198901&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)Electoral workers sort through ballots cast at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Iraq's electoral commission said it has counted 66 percent of votes ac... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198746&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:18:43 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198746&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Ro... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198900&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:17:58 -0400 The Examiner http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198900&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD: Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his main rival Iyad Allawi were projected on Wednesday to win the same number of seats in Iraq's parliament in a dramatic tightening of the country's electio... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197969&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:15:31 -0400 Channel News Asia http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197969&cat=940f2bfd509e743b As of Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at least 4,385 members of the U.S. military had died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198722&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:14:03 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198722&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's trip to Moscow this week was supposed to show off international support for Israeli-Palestinian peace talks while making headway on arm... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198892&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:11:04 -0400 The Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198892&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Washington » Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Tuesday said Israel must prove it is committed to the Mideast peace process with actions. But she brushed aside suggestions that relatio... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198897&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:09:00 -0400 Salt Lake Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198897&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iran's suspected drive to acquire nuclear weapons appears to have slipped back slightly, and Tehran is unlikely to have a bomb during 2010, America's top commander for the region told Congress yesterd... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197951&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:07:41 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197951&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The heaviest clashes in months broke out as American peace envoy George Mitchell abruptly cancelled his visit to the region, deepening a US-Israeli diplomatic feud.In one incident, youths hoisted a gi... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198898&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:02:31 -0400 The Scotsman http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198898&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iran's suspected drive to acquire nuclear weapons appears to have slipped back slightly, and Tehran is unlikely to have a bomb during 2010, America's top commander for the region told Congress yesterd... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198903&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:01:55 -0400 The Independent http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198903&cat=940f2bfd509e743b END: Module - M24 Article Headline with no image --> BEGIN: Module - Main Article --> Ayad Allawi, the former Iraqi Prime Minister, took a narrow lead last night in parliamentary elect... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198749&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:59:28 -0400 Times Online http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198749&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Islam Online was on the brink of collapse yesterday after a mass walkout and strike in its Cairo-based newsroom. More than 300 employees of the site, which is run by a Qatar-based religious no... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198918&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:59:12 -0400 Times Online http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198918&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, walks with U.S. Vice President Joe Biden at the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197966&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:52 -0400 CBS News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33197966&cat=940f2bfd509e743b OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper urged the resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Tuesday while his foreign affairs minister publicly condemned the expansion of Jewish settlements.Harpe... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198904&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:51:07 -0400 Windsor Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198904&cat=940f2bfd509e743b For days, state-run television in Iran declared that, for their own safety, citizens should stay home and keep children indoors on the evening of March 16. And indeed, the streets of Iran did erupt in... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198895&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:43:47 -0400 Time http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198895&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (AP) — WASHINGTON - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their most public rift in a decade, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that qu... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198893&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:42:26 -0400 New Jersey Online http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198893&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Published Date: March 17, 2010 Ruins in northern Israel previously thought to have been a synagogue have now been identified as a 7th century palace used by the Umayyad caliph who started constructio... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198822&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:40:23 -0400 Kuwait Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198822&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Published Date: March 17, 2010 The wife of top Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi told AFP yesterday that she has been unable to see her husband in Tehran's notorious Evin prison since his arrest earlier... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198910&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:40:20 -0400 Kuwait Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198910&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their deepest rift in decades, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198905&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:34:27 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198905&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their deepest rift in decades, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198906&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:34:09 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198906&cat=940f2bfd509e743b , stun grenades and tear gas at Palestinian protesters who hurled stones and set up barricades of dumpsters and burning tyres in several neighbourhoods. Twenty-one injured Palestinians were hospita... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:28:58 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD (AP) - A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, althou... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198721&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:45 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198721&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Lavrov: No talks on Iran's nuclear issue in the UN Security Council News Code: 1016714 GMT: 3/16/2010 6:09:13 PM www.irna.ir/En/View/FullStory/?NewsId=1016714&idLanguage=3 Moscow, March 16, IRNA(Ir... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198911&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:19 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198911&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Rina Matzliach: Netanyahu genuinely believes his actions best serving Israel's interests Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 16 March 2010 Channel Two's political correspondent Rina Matzliach said today on the ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198912&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:19 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198912&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Well, Jill, we are engaged in a very active consultation with the Israelis over steps that we think would demonstrate the requisite commitment to this process. Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198913&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:18 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198913&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The White House Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release March 16, 2010 Briefing by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 3/16/10 James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 1:47 P.M. EDT ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198914&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:18 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198914&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Ramat Shlomo in No man's Land - Not Eastern Jerusalem Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 16 March 2010 Makor Rishon correspondent Arial Kahaneh reports in today's edition that a check of the maps signed by rep... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198915&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:18 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198915&cat=940f2bfd509e743b MEMRI Special Dispatch| 2861| March 16, 2010 Qatar/Palestinians/Inter-Arab Relations Editor of Qatari Daily: The Palestinian Authority Is Robbing and Conspiring against Its Own People In a Februa... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198916&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:27:18 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198916&cat=940f2bfd509e743b JERUSALEM, March 16 (Xinhua) -- Clashes erupted between Israeli police and Arab protesters on Tuesday in a disputed section of Jerusalem, further heightening tensions that have already threatened to s... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198909&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:26:44 -0400 SINA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198909&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iran's Parliament speaker Ali Larijani speaks at a press conference in Tehran, captial of Iran, March 16, 2010. The past and the old "carrot and stick" policy and imposing sanctions on Iran ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198899&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:26:35 -0400 People's Daily http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33198899&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD (AFP) - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and his main rival Iyad Allawi were projected on Wednesday to win the same number of seats in Iraq's parliament in a dramatic tightening of the countr... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195774&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:47:43 -0400 West Australian http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195774&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that I... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195872&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:41:56 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195872&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that I... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195873&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:41:44 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195873&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD -- Iraq's embattled election commission announced Tuesday that 79 percent of the votes from parliamentary elections have been counted, a breakthrough for a process so slow that it's raised su... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195756&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:35:35 -0400 The Miami Herald http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195756&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The armed wing of Fatah, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades, on Tuesday called on the Palestinian Authority to give back the weapons it had confiscated from the group’s gunmen so that they could participate ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195877&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:33:01 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195877&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON - Despite assurances by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Tuesday that the United States and Israel share a "close, unshakeable bond", the week-old crisis between the two allies continued ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195039&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:32:34 -0400 IPS http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195039&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)Electoral workers sort through ballots cast at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Iraq's electoral commission said it has counted 66 percent of votes ac... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195778&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:25:18 -0400 Examiner http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195778&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (AP Photo/Tara Todras-Whitehill)A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Ro... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195878&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:24:25 -0400 The Examiner http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195878&cat=940f2bfd509e743b The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their deepest rift in decades, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly became a test of U.S. and I... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195864&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:18:57 -0400 The Seattle Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195864&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Hundreds of Palestinians clashed with security forces in east Jerusalem yesterday as tension boiled over in the city and a senior Hamas leader called for a new “intifada”, or uprising.As t... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195819&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:56 -0400 7 Days http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195819&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Egypt: Archaeologists have discovered a colossal ancient statue of the pharaonic deity of wisdom, Thoth, in the shape of a baboon, the council of antiquities said.The 4m tall statue was discovered in ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195820&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:55 -0400 7 Days http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195820&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iran: Hundreds of policemen were deployed across Tehran yesterday to quell any possible opposition protests as the nation began celebrating the annual Persian fire festival.Iran’s supreme leader... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195416&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:17:53 -0400 7 Days http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195416&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD: Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi edged past Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday in results from Iraq's fragmented March 7 vote that may lead to months of political bargaining a... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195775&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:16:55 -0400 Times of India http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195775&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ADEN/SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen has stepped up security at oil and coastal facilities to prevent revenge attacks, the Interior Ministry said on Tuesday, days after government strikes against suspected al... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195865&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:16:46 -0400 The Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195865&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki held a slender lead on Tuesday over his main rival in his bid to retain the top job, results from Iraq's parliamentary election showed.While Maliki's State of L... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195753&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:11:31 -0400 Canada.com http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195753&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Solar CITIES project leader T.H. Culhane (right) and organization intern Omar Nagy stand next to a solar-powered water heater on the roof of an apartment building in the Zabaleen neighborhood of Cairo... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195570&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:07:06 -0400 National Geographic News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195570&cat=940f2bfd509e743b IRAQI Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki and his main rival Iyad Allawi are set to win the same number of seats in Iraq's parliament, according to an AFP projection based on 80 percent of votes cast. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195029&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:02:33 -0400 The Australian http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195029&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RIOTS erupted in Jerusalem and the West Bank as Palestinians staged a "day of rage" in protest at Israeli plans to build 1600 new homes in the disputed east of the city. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195030&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:02:29 -0400 The Australian http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195030&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A Palestinian schoolgirl hurries past Israeli troops during a protest in East Jerusalem. A string of clashes erupted as Palestinians demonstrated against what they see as Israeli expansion into Palest... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195879&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:19 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195879&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A Palestinian schoolgirl hurries past Israeli troops during a protest in East Jerusalem. A string of clashes erupted as Palestinians demonstrated against what they see as Israeli expansion into Palest... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195777&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:16 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195777&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A Palestinian schoolgirl hurries past Israeli troops during a protest in East Jerusalem. A string of clashes erupted as Palestinians demonstrated against what they see as Israeli expansion into Palest... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195880&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:01:12 -0400 Los Angeles Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195880&cat=940f2bfd509e743b B AGHDAD — A coalition challenging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in parliamentary elections is ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although still trailing in the province-... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195773&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:58:36 -0400 Boston Herald http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195773&cat=940f2bfd509e743b U.S. envoy George Mitchell has put off his trip to Israel indefinitely following violent clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank. NBC's Dawna Friesen repor... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195870&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:45:41 -0400 MSNBC http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195870&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Women can now start looking forward to next year--March 8, 2011--and hope by then for greater cause for celebration. This will occur if our governments take urgent steps to meet their commitments unde... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195764&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:42:46 -0400 Human Rights Watch http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195764&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that I... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195874&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:40:18 -0400 Denver Post http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195874&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD (AP) - A secular coalition challenging the Iraqi prime minister in the country's historic parliamentary elections has narrowly pulled ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, althou... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195779&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:37:46 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195779&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Israel stepped back Tuesday from their most public rift in a decade, a dispute over new Jewish homes in a traditionally Arab part of Jerusalem that quickly beca... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195883&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:37:43 -0400 Breitbart http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195883&cat=940f2bfd509e743b A Palestinian man works on a construction site for a new home in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramat Shlomo, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Tuesday that I... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195863&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:32:32 -0400 Seattle Post-Intelligencer http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195863&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD — Iraq's embattled election commission announced Tuesday that 79 percent of the votes from parliamentary elections have been counted, a breakthrough for a process so slow that it&#39... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195749&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:32:01 -0400 Yahoo! News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195749&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD (AP) - A coalition challenging Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in parliamentary elections is ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although still trailing in the province-by... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195750&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:31:03 -0400 Find Law http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195750&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Poll 66.7% of Israeli Jews careful to eat only Kosher for Passsover Dr. Aaron Lerner Date: 16 March 2010 Internet poll carried out by Panels Ltd. - Panel4all 10-11 March, 2010 of a representative s... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195884&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:30:32 -0400 IMRA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33195884&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi edged past Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday in results from Iraq's fragmented March 7 vote that may lead to months of political bargaining. Allawi&#... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192924&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:11:05 -0400 World Bulletin http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192924&cat=940f2bfd509e743b (Getty Images/file) BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says an American soldier has died in a vehicle accident in Iraq.A statement by the military says the United States Division - North soldier die... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192923&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:50 -0400 WHP CBS 21 http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192923&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Opposition Leader: Iran 'Plagued by Despotism' As the US seeks support at the UN Security Council for new sanctions against Iran, Tehran continues to defy the international community, saying its nucle... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193059&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:10:05 -0400 VOA http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193059&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Electoral workers sort through ballots cast at a counting center in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Iraq's electoral commission said it has counted 66 percent of votes across the country. ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192900&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:02:38 -0400 San Diego Union-Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192900&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Iraq ’s equivalent of Lazarus in elections last week, defying ritual predictions of their demise and now threatening to realign the nation’s constellation of power. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192223&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:59:37 -0400 International Herald Tribune http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192223&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON – Two US Congressmen sent a letter to the White House Tuesday calling on the Obama administration to tone down its attacks on Israel as several members released statements stressing the i... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193057&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:54:13 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193057&cat=940f2bfd509e743b WASHINGTON – Robert Ford told US senators at a confirmation hearing Tuesday on his nomination as the next US ambassador to Syria that the US would not relax sanctions on Damascus as long as the gove... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193055&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:54:08 -0400 Jerusalem Post http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193055&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Sana'a, Yemen - Yemen has stepped up security at oil facilities and sea ports to prevent attacks by al-Qaeda after a series of government strikes in the Arab country targeting the terrorist network, t... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192709&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:48:29 -0400 Earth Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192709&cat=940f2bfd509e743b By Lisa DanielAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, March 16, 2010 – While the United States draws down in Iraq and builds up in Afghanistan, “we must not lose sight of our other challenge... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:57 -0400 Defense Link http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192891&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BEIJING: China has become more concerned about international tensions over Iran’s nuclear program, but remains doubtful sanctions can resolve the stand-off, the Chinese foreign minister said on ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192994&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:55 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192994&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman will deliver a speech during a ceremony in Doha on April 6 honoring the Gulf Cooperation Council’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry the state-run National News A... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193003&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:54 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193003&cat=940f2bfd509e743b COLUMBO: The extent of Sri Lanka’s reliance on its 1 million citizens who work abroad can be gauged from officials who gleefully count the dollars that come in to sustain the country’s eco... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192993&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:53 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192993&cat=940f2bfd509e743b SUVA, Fiji: Fiji declared a state of emergency Tuesday and ordered troops to launch relief operations in northern regions battered by a powerful cyclone that knocked out power and forced thousands of ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192996&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:51 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192996&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BANGKOK: Thai protesters poured several jugs of their own blood at the front gate of the government headquarters and outside the ruling party’s offices Tuesday in a symbolic sacrifice to press t... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192997&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:49 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192997&cat=940f2bfd509e743b NAIROBI: Somali pirates on Tuesday freed a chemical tanker with 28 North Korean sailors on board after receiving $3.5 million in ransom, a maritime official said. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192712&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:45 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192712&cat=940f2bfd509e743b NICOSIA: A Cyprus marine police officer died on Tuesday during a search and rescue operation to save a Russian family whose yacht had capsized in rough seas off the island’s coast, authorities s... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192603&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:43 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192603&cat=940f2bfd509e743b MANAMA: Cunning rapists in Bahrain can avoid victimizing virgins so they could escape the maximum penalty provided by law, and those who force themselves on young girls can evade punishment by promisi... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192998&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:41 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192998&cat=940f2bfd509e743b AL-ARISH, Egypt: Egyptian military prosecutors were interrogating an Israeli journalist on Tuesday after arresting him at the border as he tried to cross illegally with an African migrant, a security ... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192999&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:39 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192999&cat=940f2bfd509e743b ALGIERS: Seven North African states held talks Tuesday in Algeria to plan a coordinated response to Al-Qaeda following a dangerous rise in the terror threat in the Sahara-Sahel region, officials said. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192969&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:38 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192969&cat=940f2bfd509e743b KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait’s Information Minister Sheikh Ahmad Abdullah al-Sabah was accused during a grilling in parliament Tuesday of putting the Gulf state’s national unity at risk by not appl... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193000&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:36 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193000&cat=940f2bfd509e743b SANAA/ADEN: Yemen accused Shiite rebels Tuesday of breaching a truce in the north and the country’s main southern city was hit by small blasts, testing the government as it strives to maintain s... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193001&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193001&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BEIRUT: Lebanon is a “shining beacon” when it comes to freedom of media expression in the Arab world, a top international media expert said Tuesday. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193058&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:47:34 -0400 The Daily Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193058&cat=940f2bfd509e743b UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday criticized Israel's Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman for releasing information about what Ban said was a confidential telepho... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193045&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:41:33 -0400 The Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193045&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi edged past Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday in results from Iraq's fragmented March 7 vote that may lead to months of political barg... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192887&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:41:31 -0400 The Star http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192887&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Nouri al-Maliki in parliamentary elections is ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although still trailing in the province-by-province count. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192911&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:40:09 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192911&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Nouri al-Maliki in parliamentary elections is ahead for the first time in the overall vote count, although still trailing in the province-by-province count. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192214&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:39:52 -0400 USA Today http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192214&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is dismissive of the view that relations between the United States and Israel are in crisis after a row between the two countries over settlement... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192236&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:37:39 -0400 CNN http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192236&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Muscat: Oman's National Economy Minister, Ahmad Bin Abdul Nabi Macki has reiterated the government's commitment to continuing its major development projects. "The government remains committed to... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192980&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:32:42 -0400 Gulf News http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192980&cat=940f2bfd509e743b BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Former Prime Minister Iyad Allawi edged past Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Tuesday in results from Iraq's fragmented March 7 vote that may lead to months of political barg... http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192886&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:30:19 -0400 Reuters http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33192886&cat=940f2bfd509e743b RAMALLAH — Palestinians and Israelis have different and possibly contradictory expectations from the indirect negotiations that the United States has pushed both sides into beginning. http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193050&cat=940f2bfd509e743b Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:26:35 -0400 Japan Times http://feeds.middleeastnews.net/?rid=33193050&cat=940f2bfd509e743b