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Memo to Americans Spying for Another Country or Considering It

Keith Thomson | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: On the Ground 2008, Egypt, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Jordan, Hungary, Switzerland, Czechoslovakia, The Philippines, Iraq, China, South Africa, The United Kingdom, Vietnam, Saudi Arabia, Al-Qaeda, Russia, Austria, Greece, Germany, Relationships, Ghana, Spying, Liberia, Japan, El Salvador, France, Ecuador, South Korea, Poland, Libya, Israel, Cuba, North Korea, Politics News
Keith Thomson

A recent Defense Department report cites cases of 173 Americans arrested between 1947 and 2007 for passing state secrets to al-Qaeda, China, Egypt, Cuba, Poland, Germany, Russia, North Korea, France, among others.

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Ramadan Reveals Importance of Community Versus Individual

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.29.2008 | Living

Read More: Islam, Saudi Arabian Supreme Judiciary Council, Jordan, Five Pillars of Islam, Radio Al Balad, Individual Values, Sheikh Salih a-Lahidan, Noor, Cultural Values, Ramadan, Family Values, Gatif, Shara'a Simsim, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Collective Values, Amman Jordan, Living News
Daoud Kuttab

Since our family returned from the US, I have been repeatedly asked to compare life in America to life in the Middle East.

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Middle East Bloggers Remember 9/11

Amira Al Hussaini | Posted 09.12.2008 | Home

Read More: Jordan, Palestine, Israel, Iraq, Middle East, Bloggers, September 11th, 9/11 Anniversary, 9/11 Middleeast Bloggers, 9-11 Anniversary, September 11 Anniversary, Home News
Amira Al Hussaini

Bloggers from the Middle East reflect on the pivotal day for the United States and around the world. "I buy all the events of 9/11... I just don't buy anything from 9/12 onward."

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Could Israeli Muslims Kick-Start An Environmental Movement in the Middle East?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 08.20.2008 | Green

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jordan, Religion, Judaism, Evangelical Christians, Middle East, Middle East Politics, Environment, Christianity, Religion and Politics, Israel, Clean Technology, Global Warming, Middle East Peace, Syria, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

I've lived in Israel for almost a decade and was beginning to think that environmentalism in this part of the woods was a Jewish thing. Israel is burs...

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My Interview With Deborah Campbell: How Hezbollah's Triumph is Blowback for U.S. Policy

Omid Memarian | Posted 08.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Syria, The Middle East, John McCain, Terrorism, Deborah Campbell, Terrorist Organization, Olmert, Prisoner Exchange, Lebanon, Hezbollah, Shiite, Barack Obama, u.s. Foreign Policy, The United States, Iran, 2006 War, Saudi Arabia, Doha Agreement, Saudi Money, Israel, Hassan Nasrallah, Sunni, Politics News
Omid Memarian

Why after the Israel-Lebanon 34-day war two years ago, and particularly after the Doha accord in May, which restored Hezbollah to the Lebanese governm...

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From Jordan: Iraqis Need Our Help

Luis Carlos Montalván and Tyler Boudreau | Posted 08.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq Refugees, Iraq Refugees Jordan, Jordan Iraq Refugees, Middle East Migrants, Jordan, Migrants, Iraq, Politics News
Luis Carlos Montalván and Tyler Boudreau

Iraq refugees say the reason they will not return to Iraq is that it is too dangerous and unlivable. Yet living conditions in Jordan are arduous. They wait for a miracle, because that is all that is left.

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Jordan's King Visits Iraq, Urges Arabs To Support

AP | QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | Posted 08.11.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq, War Wire, Jordan, Nouri Al Maliki, Diplomacy, Iran, Home News

BAGHDAD — Jordan's King Abdullah II held talks Monday with Iraq's prime minister after coming to Baghdad on an unannounced visit, the first by a...

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US Vets Return to Middle East to Help Iraqi Refugees

Karin Zeitvogel | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Jordan, Iraq War Veterans, Iraq War, IVRAA, Iraq, Politics News
Karin Zeitvogel

I'm on the first day of a rapid-fire visit to Jordan, which has provided a safe haven for an estimated 750,000 refugees from Iraq. We also hope to work out if we can provide relief to them.

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Obama And The Wall

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Obama Berlin, Jordan, Israel, Middle East, Barack Obama, Obama Middle East, Obama Berlin Speech, Obama Foreign Policy, Obama Israel, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

During my recent travels to the Middle East, I found that although Obama fairs much better than his rival, early enthusiasm for his candidacy has been replaced by skepticism.

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Media Darlings: The Maverick or The Chosen One?

Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein | Posted 07.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Yorker, Greg Mitchell, Jordan, David Horsey, Straight Talk Express, Obama Cartoon, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Ted Johnson, Editor and Publisher, Obama, Wilshire, Barack Obama 2008, Politics, Wilshire and Washington, Netroots, Teresa Valdez Klein, Israel, Maegan Carberry, John McCain, Politics News
Ted Johnson, Maegan Carberry, Teresa Valdez Klein

Do reporters like John McCain better? Can Captain Straight Talk Express even complain? And should Obama sidestep his rep as the Anointed One?

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Seven Tips to Obama

Jamal Dajani | Posted 07.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palestine, Jordan, Israel, Iraq, Middle East, Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

Don't keep insisting to the Arabs that you're not a Muslim. They already know that, and they don't care.

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Eco-Touring in the Middle East: How About Jordan, Iran and Lebanon?

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Green

Read More: Jordan, Iran, Green Travel, Middle East, Environment, Lebanon, Travel, Treehugger, Eco-Tourism, Eco-Travel, Global Democracy, Israel, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

ISA issues aside, eco-touring is no longer a concept found only in the West. More Middle Eastern organizations are starting to cater to the ecologically minded and are marketing eco-tours.

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Killing the Dead Sea Twice Is Good for Politicians, Not the Environment

Karin Kloosterman | Posted 07.02.2008 | Green

Read More: Jordan, Politics, Red Sea, Shimon Peres, Ecology, Middle East, World Bank, Environment, Israel, Palestine, Treehugger, Dead Sea, Green News
Karin Kloosterman

The Dead Sea, shared by Israelis, Palestinians and Jordanians should be listed as one of the Wonders of the World -- and it's in danger of drying up.

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Israel's Diplomatic "JewJitsu"

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 06.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Egypt, Syria, Iran, Sarkozy, Oil Exports, Olmert, Israel, Lebanon, Middle East Peace, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iraq., Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Israel has secretly accomplished more diplomatically in the past few months with its adversaries than anything that Condi Rice could have or would have brokered in years.

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Mideast Suspicion Fertile Ground for Rumors

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 06.18.2008 | Media

Read More: Web, Jordan, Palestine, John McCain, McCain Middle East, Israel-Palestine, New Media, Middle East Media, Israel, Media News
Daoud Kuttab

A blogger reported on a lecture given by an advisor to McCain saying that the nominee plans to declare Jordan a Palestinian state. This supposed lecture, however, never took place.

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'World's First Church' Discovered In Jordan: Report

AP | DALE GAVLAK | Posted 06.11.2008 | Living

Read More: Jordan Archaeologists, Archaeologists, World's First Church, Jordan, Archaeologists First Church, Living News

AMMAN, Jordan — Archaeologists in Jordan have discovered a cave underneath one of the world's oldest churches and say it may have been an even m...

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Queen Rania of Jordan Does YouTube for Peace

Craig Newmark | Posted 06.04.2008 | Media

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Craig Newmark

Queen Rania is at the cutting edge of diplomatic communication and efforts to build global understanding, having launched a webpage on Youtube.

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McCain at AIPAC Offers Americans and Israelis the Same Gloomy, Insecure, Hope-Free Future

Daniel Levy | Posted 06.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Egypt, McCain Middle East, McCain Israel, Iran, John McCain Hagee, Joe Lieberman and John McCain, McCain Iraq, Al Qaeda, Aipac, John Hagee, Middle East, Mccain Aipac, Joe Lieberman, Israel, McCain Iran, Lieberman Hagee, Politics News
Daniel Levy

That most of the crowd loved McCain's speech is a sad reflection on AIPAC, and that it is reaping what it has sown in moving so aggressively to the right in recent years.

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Where in the World Is Osama bin Laden? Morgan Spurlock Shows the Simple Truth: We're in Some Serious Doo-Doo But There's Hope Yet

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 04.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Egypt, Jordan, Super Size Me, Democracy Filmmaker, Morocco, Morgan Spurlock, Terrorism, War, Alex Gibney, Palestine, Wall Street Journal, Peace, Taxi to the Dark Side, Religion, Gaza, Wwf, Arab, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Danny Pearl, Oil, New York Times, Israel, Afghanistan, A.O. Scott, Clergy US Intervention, Masturbate, Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?, Dilawar, Entertainment News
Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

Spurlock's film shows how regular people can ferret out simple truths, when our leaders fail to make the effort.

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What Petraeus Didn't Tell You

Jamal Dajani | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Linktv, David Petraeus, Video, Iraq War, Jamal Dajani, Mosaic, Un, Crocker, Syria, Refugees, Bush, Politics News
Jamal Dajani

When General David Petraeus and U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker testified before a Senate Committee this week, there was one issue never mentioned: that's the issue of Iraqi refugees.

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A Double-Standard For Jordan?

William Fisher | Posted 04.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Congress, Bush Administration, Human Rights, Jordan, State Department, Rendition, Politics News
William Fisher

When Jordan's King Abdullah II addressed a joint session of the U.S. Congress in March 2007, his speech was filled with words like peace and justice. ...

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The New Media Environment: Paths to Understanding

Mahmood N. Al-Yousif | Posted 04.02.2008 | Media

Read More: New Media, Aspen Institute, Jordan, Conference, Media News

The premise of the Aspen Institute's conference I just attended at the Dead Sea in Jordan was somewhat different from the others I had in the past. Th...

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Islam's Moderate Leaders and That 3am Call

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Abdullah Badawi, Dubai, Al Qaeda, Islam, Clinton, Morocco, Presidential Campaign, Pakistan, Malaysia, Obama, Mccain, United Arab Emirates, Hillary 3AM Ad, Clinton 3AM, 3am Ad, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

The next president is going to have rebuild a lot of broken coalitions shattered by years of failed U.S. diplomacy to make that 3am call less of a threat to our sleeping kids.

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Middle East Inflation Agitates Lower Classes

New York Times | Robert F. Worth | Posted 02.25.2008 | Business

Read More: Jordan, Domino Effect, Gas Prices, Persian Gulf, Middle East, Arabs, Saudi Arabia, Gasoline Prices, Gasoline, Fuel Subsidies, Oil, Petroleum, Business News

Even as it enriches Arab rulers, the recent oil-price boom is helping to fuel an extraordinary rise in the cost of food and other basic goods that is ...

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The Iraqi Refugee Mess Just Got Messier

Lionel Beehner | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Jordan, Iraq, Amman, u.s. Foreign Policy, Refugees, War, Politics News
Lionel Beehner

Shame on the Democratic presidential frontrunners for not raising this subject more often. Shame on reporters who take the shibboleth from the White House as if it were fact.

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