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Palestinians To Appeal To UN For State, As Peace Talks Stall

AP | MARK LAVIE | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

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JERUSALEM — A Palestinian drive to ask the U.N. Security Council to endorse a state unilaterally, put forward by a top negotiator Sunday, appear...

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Palestinian Officials Criticize US Over Israeli Settlements

Washington Post | Howard Schneider | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM -- Palestinian officials on Sunday criticized the United States for what one called "back-pedaling" on demands that Israel stop settlement c...

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Honoring World Refugee Day

Queen Noor of Jordan | Posted 07.20.2009 | World

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Queen Noor of Jordan

While we wait for the situation in Iraq to improve, we must continue to help those who cannot go home. We in Jordan have committed ourselves to providing aid and support to this population.

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Obama's Speech: Warm but Honest

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 07.05.2009 | World

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Daoud Kuttab

The president spoke to Arabs and Muslims from his own experiences and from his heart. Without conceding much and while being honest with his audience, he clearly won over the hearts and minds of many people that have so far rejected America.

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Kamal Maji Killed In Explosion At Lebanon Refugee Camp: Officials

Al Jazeera | Posted 04.23.2009 | World

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At least four people, including a senior official from the Palestinian Fatah movement, have been killed in an explosion at a refugee camp in southern ...

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Israeli Leaders Tell Mitchell: We Will Respond To Every Hamas Attack

Israel News | Posted 03.01.2009 | World

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Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, Defense Minister Ehud Barak and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni told United States Mideast envoy George Mitchell that Israel ...

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Jordan First: A King's Modernization Motto Obscures a Palestinian Past and Iraqi Present.

Ahmed Shihab-Eldin | Posted 01.05.2009 | World

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Ahmed Shihab-Eldin

Soon, I would learn that the "Jordan First" initiative, first launched in 2002 with the stated goals of reform and democratization, now carried a meaning much deeper.

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Hillary Clinton -- A Champion for Human Security

Queen Noor of Jordan | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

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Queen Noor of Jordan

I observed first hand her commitment to peace and justice, when my late husband and I worked closely with the Clintons in an attempt to achieve a Middle East peace. She will be a strong, effective Secretary of State.

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