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Thursday, 26 February 2009

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Supporters of Lebanese brothers Mahmoud and Ahmed Abdel-Al, react, outside the headquarters of the pro-Syrian Al-Ahbash group as they wait for the two to arrive in Beirut, Lebanon, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009. A Lebanese judge set free on Wednesday three suspects held for more than three years in connection with the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri , just days before an international court was to take over the critical ca

Lebanese authorities free three suspects in Hariri killing

Daily Star Lebanon

Magistrate rejects Request to release former generals By Dalila Mahdawi Daily Star staff Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Powered by BEIRUT: Lebanese judicial authorities announced Wednesday they had released three of seven suspects held in connection to former Premier Rafik Hariri's assassination, just days before the launch of the Special Tribunal...

photo: AP / Mahmoud Tawil

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Amid global warming, we need to protect the Arctic region

Daily Star Lebanon

By Michel Rocard Commentary by Thursday, February 26, 2009...

How long will the world keep paying for Israeli and Palestinian folly?

Daily Star Lebanon

By The Daily Star Thursday, February 26, 2009 - Powered by...

Thomas L. Friedman: Globally, Uncle Sam is still No. 1

International Herald Tribune

: It is very useful to come to Asia to be reminded about America's standing in the world...

U.S. House clears $410 bln spending for fiscal 2009

The dome of the U.S. Capitol is seen near sunset after the House vote rejected the Bush administration's rescue plan for the nation's financial industry, Monday, Sept. 29,2008, in Washin

The Star

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives approved a $410 billion bill on Wednesday to fund government operations through the end of fiscal 2009, despite Republican objections to additional spending. The US...

photo: AP / Manuel Balce Ceneta

President heralds new diplomacy

President Barack Obama makes comments Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009, after an economic meetin

Canberra Times

President Barack Obama heralded a new era of US engagement with the world yesterday, vowing to seek peace in the Middle East and step up the fight against extremism in Pakistan and Afghanistan. ''In words and deeds, we are showing the world that a...

photo: AP / Gerald Herbert

US needs to stabilise India-Pak relationship first: Chinese daily

Pakistani border guards gesture during the "Beating the Retreat" ceremony at the India and Pakistan joint border check post of Wagah near Lahore, Pakistan on on Thursday, Dec. 25, 2008. The nationalist passions on display at this border checkpoint straddling Pakistan and India are a vivid demonstration of heightened tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals since the Mumbai atta

The Times of India

26 Feb 2009, 0214 hrs IST, Indrani Bagchi, TNN Text: NEW DELHI: China, emboldened by what it clearly sees as a renewed US tilt towards Beijing, is pushing the agenda in South Asia yet again....

photo: AP / K.M.Chaudary

Holocaust-denying Bishop to meet David Irving as he arrives back in Britain

Bishop Richard Williamson, second from left in foreground, is escorted out of Heathrow airport by police and security officers after arriving on a flight from Argentina, in London, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009.

The Daily Mail

Williamson is to meet fellow holocaust denier David Irving Holocaust-denying bishop Richard Williamson plans to meet controversial historian David Irving now he has arrived back in Britain, it has emerged. Irving, who also refuses to accept that the...

photo: AP / Kirsty Wigglesworth

Pilots among nine dead as plane crashes and shatters into three pieces at Amsterdam airport

Rescue workers are seen near the wreckage of a Turkish Airlines aeroplane at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2009.

The Daily Mail

Nine dead, 84 injured after plane crashes into field two miles short of runway Pilot, co-pilot and member of cabin crew believed to be among fatalitiesNo immediate explanation for cause of crashOfficials say it's a 'miracle' that there were not more...

photo: AP / Frank Augstein

Hamas, Fatah exchange promise on detainees

Palestinian Fatah members leave the Saraya prison where they were held by Hamas since July, in Gaza City, Thursday, Oct. 30, 2008.

The Star

CAIRO/GAZA (Reuters) - The two big Palestinian groups, Fatah and Hamas, exchanged promises on Wednesday to free each other's detainees in Gaza and the West Bank, in a goodwill gesture on the eve of Egyptian-sponsored national unity talks. After talks...

photo: AP / Khalil Hamra