The new National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq starkly delineates the gulf that separates President Bush’s illusions from the realities of the war. Victory, as the president sees it, requires a stable liberal democracy in Iraq that is pro-American. The NIE describes a war that has no chance of producing that …
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20 February
New finds show longevity of Egyptian necropolis
Egypt’s chief archaeologist displayed on Tuesday the latest discoveries from the Sakkara cemetery south of Cairo and said many more treasures clearly lay hidden beneath the sands.
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20 February
Hamas hopes for softer U.S. line on unity deal
Hamas said on Tuesday it still hoped Washington would soften its position toward a Palestinian unity government despite Israeli statements that the United States and Israel would shun it until it met several conditions.
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20 February
Former Saddam officials deny Kurdish killings
Six former officials in Saddam Hussein’s Iraq regime today denied crimes against humanity for a crackdown on Kurds in the 1980s.
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20 February
Iran calls on west to suspend nuclear programmes
The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, today rejected international demands for his country to suspend its uranium enrichment programme as a UN deadline to do so approached.
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20 February
Israel threatens to ignore Abbas
Israel said Tuesday it would stop dealing with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if he goes ahead with plans to join Hamas in a new government, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Arab allies sought a way to break the Hamas logjam and push forward the stalled peace process.
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20 February
Rice, Arabs meet as Israel threatens to stop dealing with Abbas
Israel said Tuesday it would stop dealing with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas if he goes ahead with plans to join Hamas in a new government, as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Arab allies sought a way to break the Hamas logjam and push forward the stalled peace process.
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20 February
Car bombs, attacks kill 18 in Baghdad
A suicide bomber struck a funeral in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing at least seven people as militants show increasing defiance to a major security operation in the capital.
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19 February
همایش بین المللی تشیع و خاورشناسان در قم برگزار می شود
مسئول همایش تشیع Ùˆ خاورشناسان از برگزاری نخستین پیش همایش بین المللی تشیع Ùˆ خاورشناسان در اسÙند ماه جاری در سالن قدس مدرسه عالی امام خمینی قم خبر داد. مسئول همایش تشیع Ùˆ خاورشناسان در جمع خبرنگاران با اشاره به سابقه دیرینه مطالعات خاورشناسان Ùˆ غربیان در زمینه تشیع Ú¯Ùت: …
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19 February
الخطوط الØمراء ÙÙŠ الازمات بين الاشقاء
لعلاقات الإنسانية عبارة عن مجموعة من Ø§Ù„Ù…ØµØ§Ù„Ø Ø§Ù„Ù…Ø´ØªØ±ÙƒØ© بين البشر تتخللها Ø£Øيانا بعض الأزمات وسبب تلك الأزمات عائد إلى الاختلا٠الطبيعي Ùيما بين الناس ولكل إنسان Øقه ÙÙŠ الاجتهاد والتعبير عن رأيه ضمن شروط الاØترام المتبادل والتناÙس الشري٠عبر المسيرة الكÙاØية الطويلة للشعب الÙلسطيني كان هناك ثوابت اجمع الكل على …
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