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Interview: Hezbollah And Hamas on Obama, Netanyahu, Terrorism ... And Oprah

Sharmine Narwani | Posted 11.09.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, Al Qaeda, Mahmoud Abbas, Barak, Emir of Qatar, Islamists, Extremism, Ammar Mousawi, Peace Process, Bernard Kouchner, Palestine, Lebanon, Obama, Hezbollah, Hamas, Shiite, Lieberman, US State Department, Middle East, Usama Hamdan, Cairo, Oprah, Taliban, Khaled Meshaal, Israel, US President, Resistance, Abu Mazen, Hassan Nasrallah, Us, Terrorism, Sunni, World News
Sharmine Narwani

While both groups embrace Islamic values as their core ideology and driving principle, their political actions appear to be driven more by realpolitik than Quranic mandate.

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Cocaethylene Studied: Cocaine, Alcohol Mix To Create Toxic 3rd Chemical

The Observer | Jamie Doward | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Uk, Social Drinking, Beer, Addiction, Liver, Drugs, Coke, Heart Problems, Liquor, Social Drug Use, Cocaethylene, Health, Alcohol, Wine, Us, Medicine, Heart Failure, Cocaine, Living News

Drug addiction clinics say they are becoming increasingly concerned by the health risks associated with the chemical -- the only known example of the ...

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Shimon Peres Calls On Mahmoud Abbas Not To Quit

AP | Posted 11.07.2009 | World

Read More: Jerusalem, Gaza, Middle East Peace, Netanyahu, Oslo Peace Accord, Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin, Fatah, Hamas, Palestinian Politics, West Bank, Gaza Strip, Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, Us, Mideast Peace, Peres, World News

TEL AVIV, Israel — Israel's president on Saturday called on Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to rescind his decision to stand down, invoking the...

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Think Tank's Advice To Europe: Stop 'Fetishizing' American Relationship

Spiegel Online | Gregor Peter Schmitz | Posted 11.03.2009 | World

Read More: Russia, Uk, India, Bulgaria, France, Middle East, Obama, Spain, Diplomacy, Dc, Merkel, Nato, White House, Poland, Germany, European Council on Foreign Relations, Czech Republic, Cold War, Think Tank, Us, Israel, Fetishization, Afghanistan, Post American, European Union, Eu, Warburg Prize, Foreign Policy, Trans-Atlantic Economic Council, Wwii, State Department, Eu Usa Summit, Special Relationship, Angela Merkel, Europe, China, Soros, George Soros, World News

The council released a study on Monday called "Toward a Post-American Europe," based on wide-ranging interviews and research conducted in the 27 EU me...

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Abdullah Withdraws From Afghan Election

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.01.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Voter Fraud, Afghanistan War, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Ahmed Wali Karzai, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Afghan Election, Elections, Military, Nato, Runoff, Un, Us, Stanley McChrystal, World News

President Hamid Karzai's rival in the second round of the Afghan presidential election has announced that he is withdrawing from the poll....

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Afghan Election Runoff Not Affected By Abdullah Abdullah's Call For Boycott: Hillary Clinton

AP | Posted 10.31.2009 | Home

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, White House, Afghanistan War, Kabul, PJ Crowley, Afghan Election, Jerusalem, Afghanistan, Troop Levels, Obama, Taliban, Hamid Karzai, Barack Obama, Afghan Election Runoff, Israel, Hillary Clinton, Afghanistan Election, Un, Us, Home News

JERUSALEM — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says Abdullah Abdullah's call for a boycott of next weekend's runoff election in Afghanist...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, Maoist Naxalites, Pakistan, Fatah, Obama, Iraq, Lebanon, Hamas, China, Karzai, Iran, Clinton, Israel, Afghanistan, Honduras, Us, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

This Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs: Iran Rejects Uranium Transfer Deal SI Analysis: In a show of shrewd and bizarre diplomacy, Iran says tha...

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Coming to the US, the World's First Official History of an Intelligence Service; MI5

Rani Singh | Posted 10.26.2009 | Books

Read More: mi5, Us, Intelligence Agencies, Christopher Andrew, Britain, Secret Service, Books News
Rani Singh

It is the first time that any intelligence service, anywhere in the world, has allowed an historian to read through its files and record his or her findings.

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J Street Conference To Open Amid Controversy

Washington Post | Dan Eggen | Posted 10.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Goldstone Report, Jewish Lobby, Lobbyists, Lobbying, Salam Al-Marayati, Obama, Palestinians, Aipac, J Street, J Street Conference, Middle East, Israel, Michael Oren, James L. Jones, Us, Un, Standwithus, American Task Force on Palestine, Politics News

J Street, an advocacy and lobbying firm created 18 months ago, is holding its first annual conference beginning Sunday, with participation from about ...

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Karzai Rules Out Afghan Power Share Before Afghan Election Runoff

Washington Post | Joshua Partlow and Pamela Constable | Posted 10.25.2009 | World

Read More: Abdullah Abdullah, Voter Fraud, Afghanistan War, Karzai, Afghanistan, Kabul, Obama, Election Commission, Election News, Hamid Karzai, Afghan Election, Runoff, Iec, Un, Us, World News

President Hamid Karzai's team shifted aggressively into campaign mode Saturday and ruled out any possibility of a power-sharing deal with challenger A...

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Pakistan Takes Taliban Chief's Hometown Of Kotkai

AP | ASIF SHAHZAD and ASHRAF KHAN | Posted 10.25.2009 | World

Read More: Al Qaeda, South Waziristan, Army, Afghanistan, Islamabad, Pakistan, Qari Hussain, Hakimullah Mehsud, Taliban, Us, Terrorism, Kotkai, World News

ISLAMABAD — Pakistani soldiers captured the hometown of the country's Taliban chief Saturday, a strategic and symbolic initial prize as the army...

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Roman Polanski Arrest Sparked By Tip From Swiss, According To New Documents

AP | THOMAS WATKINS and BRADLEY S. KLAPPER | Posted 10.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Switzerland, Case, Extradition, Tip, Los Angeles, Film, Austria, Warrant, Polanski, Sex, Roman Polanski, Bail, Us, Gstaad, Quaalude, Hollywood, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — The arrest of Roman Polanski in his decades-old child sex case was set in motion last month by Swiss authorities, who informed fed...

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Afghanistan: An Election Without Results

Abdulhadi Hairan | Posted 10.19.2009 | World

Read More: Afghanistan, 2009, Election, Abdullah, Afghan Election, Hamid Karzai, Kandahar, Kabul, Election Fraud, Fraud, Terrorism, War, Tension, Us, Un, World News
Abdulhadi Hairan

Everyone here is impatient to know the outcome of the much-discussed, controversial Afghan elections, but two months have passed and still no one has a clue about the real situation.

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Iran Blames US, Britain For Suicide Bombing

The Guardian | Robert Tait | Posted 10.18.2009 | World

Read More: Shia, White House, Soldiers of God, Revolutionary Guard, Noor Ali Shooshtari, Pakistan, Terrorism, Fars, Irna, Suicide Bomber, Obama, Fars News, Iran, Iran Suicide Bombing, Britain, Sistan-Baluchistan, Baluchistan, Iran Bomb, Jundallah, Iran Boming, Abdol Vahed Mohammadi Saravani, Pishin, Rajab Ali Mohammadzadeh, Us, Sunni, World News

Iran's Revolutionary Guards today vowed to take revenge after blaming Britain and the US for a suicide bombing that killed six of its commanders and 3...

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Data: Afghan War Costs US $3.6 Billion Per Month

The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 10.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan War, Price of Afghanistan, Pentagon, Troops, Afghanistan, Budget, Troop Levels, Cost Per Soldier, Congressional Research Service, Kabul, Obama, Solder, Cost of Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Afghan War, Monthly Cost, Military, Army, How Much Money, Mcchrystal, Total, Cost Per Month, Afghanistan Election, Us, Afghanistan War Cost, Crs, Politics News

The United States spends about $3.6 billion a month in Afghanistan, according to data provided by the Congressional Research Service. ...

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Let France, Israel, the Saudis Deter Iran

Leon T. Hadar | Posted 10.07.2009 | World

Read More: France, Iran, Sarkozy, Charles Krauthammer, Saudi Arabia, Neoconservatives Iran, Israel, U.S., Obama, Chirac, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Ehud Barak, World News
Leon T. Hadar

By counting on the Americans to protect them against a nuclear Iran, the French, the Saudis and the Israelis are avoiding assuming the responsibility for their own security.

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A Team of Rivals: The United States and China on Energy

Armond Cohen | Posted 10.05.2009 | Green

Read More: China Coal Mine, Green Energy, Carbon Emissions, Us, China Us, China, Inside DC, Green News
Armond Cohen

When it comes to green energy technology development, the United States and China are not just rivals; they are also natural allies and partners, with complementary strengths.

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G-7 To Meet, Talk Less As G-20 Ascends: Officials

Bloomberg | By Rainer Buergin and Simon Kennedy | Posted 10.03.2009 | Business

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Group of Seven finance chiefs said they will meet less and issue fewer statements as the G-20 becomes the main arena for setting global economic polic...

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Weekly Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet | Posted 10.02.2009 | World

Read More: Benyamin Netanyahu, Uk, Guinea, Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq, China, Karzai, Iran, Irish Vote, Guido Westerwelle, Russia, Mahmourd Abbas, Honduras, Solana, Us, Germany, Zelaya, Micheletti, Palestinian, UN General Assembly, G20 Climate Change, Yemen. Lebanon, Medvedev, France, Al Shabaab, Mcchrystal, Georgia, Angela Merkel, Taliban, Afghanistan, Hizbul, Ninawa, Qum, World Affairs, Foreign Affairs Roundup, World News
Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka Rebuffet

This Past Two Week's Top Stories in Foreign Affairs

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Israel Tells US, Time To Act On Iran

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 09.26.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, White House, Jerusalem, United Nations, Obama, U.S., Barack Obama, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Facility, Avigdor Lieberman, Tehran, Military, Israel, Un, Us, Strike, Ahmadinejade, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. to take action over a newly revealed Iranian nuclear facility in a phone co...

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Gates To Ahmadinejad: "Not A Chance" We'll Apologize

ABC News | George Stephanopoulos | Posted 09.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran, This Week With George Stephanopoulos, Robert Gates, Us, Iran Un, World News

President Ahmadinejad demanded an apology from the US for accusing Iran of violating international law with the secret uranium enrichment site discove...

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Iraqi Shot After Throwing Slipper At US Patrol

AP | ABDUL-QADIR AL-SAADI | Posted 09.18.2009 | World

Read More: Warwire, Iraq, Fallujah, Us, US Marines, World News

FALLUJAH, Iraq — American Marines shot and wounded an Iraqi man in the former flash point city of Fallujah believing he was throwing a grenade a...

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Band-e-Amir Pictures: Photos Of Afghanistan's First National Park

AP / Huffington Post | Posted 09.16.2009 | World

Read More: Kabul, Slideshow, Hindu Kush, Unesco, Afghanistan, Us, Band-E-Amir, National Park, Afghanistan War, World News

Afghanistan designated it's first national park this year, Band-e-Amir. The 228-square-mile park is a group of six lakes situated high in the Hindu Ku...

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Obama Imposes Tariffs On Chinese Tires

AP | JENNIFER LOVEN | Posted 09.12.2009 | Business

Read More: Tire Tariffs, Trade, Tires, China-US Trade, Tariffs, China, Us, Barack Obama, Business News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Friday slapped punitive tariffs on all car and light truck tires entering the United States from China in...

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