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March, 2007

  • 1 March

    King warns time running out to make peace progress

     King Abdullah on Wednesday called on the international community to intensify efforts “at this stage” to revive the Middle East peace process.

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  • 1 March

    Saudi Arabia, America’s Undemocratic Ally

    Most Westerners know comparatively little about Saudi Arabia and its House of Saud rulers. Yet Western powers — first Britain, then the United States — have been instrumental in elevating the House of Saud to the position it currently occupies and in maintaining its rule against all odds.

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February, 2007

  • 28 February

    World powers to work on new UN resolution on Iran

    LONDON  —  World powers agreed on Monday to work on a new UN Security Council resolution to put pressure on Iran over its nuclear programme but remained committed to seeking a negotiated solution, British officials said.

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  • 28 February

    Barzani says ready for dialogue with Turkey

    ANKARA (AFP) — The president of Iraqi Kurdistan called on Turkey for face-to-face talks to end high-running tensions over Turkish Kurd rebels based in his autonomous region in northern Iraq, in a television interview broadcast here Monday. His appeal coincides with remarks by Turkish officials that they are ready to …

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  • 28 February

    Iraqi VP escapes apparent assassination bid

    King visits Talabani at hospital, doctor says president suffers from extreme exhaustion, dehydration BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s Shiite vice president narrowly escaped assassination Monday as a blast ripped through a government meeting hall just hours after it was searched by US teams with bomb-sniffing dogs. At least 10 people were …

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  • 28 February

    Nablus man killed in Israeli incursion

    Mishaal in Moscow to enlist Russian help to end sanctions RAMALLAH — One Palestinian was killed yesterday in an ongoing Israeli military incursion into Nablus that started Sunday and which the Israeli army has described as “open-ended”. It is the largest Israeli incursion into the West Bank in months, with …

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  • 28 February

    Amman, Riyadh say commitment to Mecca deal guarantees Palestinian unity

    KING ABDULLAH AND Saudi King Abdullah on Monday held talks on developments in the Palestinian territories and Iraq, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. During talks in Riyadh, the two leaders stressed the importance of unifying Palestinian ranks and working with the international community to end the suffering of the …

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  • 26 February

    Jabal Amel’s Al-Allamah Al-Amin reports receiving threats

    JABAL AMEL, Lebanon: Al-Allamah Sayyed Ali Al-Amin, the senior religious scholar in Tyre and the Jabal Amel region, said he has been receiving threatening e-mails, in addition to a number of letters that he earlier forwarded to Lebanese judicial authorities.

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  • 26 February

    A protest in Moroni

    An about sixty Comorian dignitaries sunnites called Thursday with Moroni with the prohibition of the religious practices Shiites in the archipelago of the Comoros, noted a correspondent of AFP. Gathered in a Koranic school of the Comorian capital, these monks, with at their head large the cadi of Moroni, Said …

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  • 26 February

    A special letter Please suggest me what I do for my faith/They said SHIA KILL TO IMAM HUSSAIN!!!

    I am from France and Pakistani national. I want to inform all the Shias about some TODAYS YAZEEDI. Here in UK some Masajids of DEOBANDI/WAHABIS are preparing young uneducated persons with YAZEEDI BLOOD all over the World. Yesterday I here their MAJLIS which was adress by late AZAM TARIQ/DOG. and …

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