 Robert Fisk: UN blames Hezbollah for Hariri bomb murder
More than six years after ex-prime minister Rafiq Hariri was blown up by a truck bomb on the Beirut Corniche along with 21 other Lebanese, a UN Special Tribunal has blamed four Hezbollah officials for... (photo: AP / Hussein Malla) The Independent
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 Petraeus Confirmed By Senate Unanimously As New CIA Director
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Gen. David Petraeus won unanimous Senate confirmation Thursday to succeed Leon Panetta as director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The 58-year-old commanding general of U.S.... (photo: US Navy / U.S. Navy photo) WPXI
CIA Petraeus Photos Washington Wikipedia: Central Intelligence Agency |
 Netanyahu praises U.S. as champion of freedom, ally of Israel at Fourth of July event
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the United States as a champion of freedom and a great ally of Israel in his... (photo: AP / Bernat Armangue) Ha'aretz
Champion Freedom Photos US Wikipedia :Benjamin Netanyahu |
 Egypt, U.S. Strategy, and Engaging the Muslim Brotherhood
Policy Alert, June 30, 2011 Secretary of State Clinton confirmed today that the Obama administration had authorized "limited contact" with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood (MB). This is not, in fact,... (photo: AP / Pau J Richards, Pool) The Washington Institute
Egypt Photos Politics US Wikipedia: History of the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt |
 Syrian police disperse anti-regime demonstrations in Aleppo
Damascus/Cairo - Hundreds of Syrians took part Thursday in a pro-democracy protest in the country's second-largest city Aleppo, before they were dispersed by security forces, activists told the German... (photo: AP) m&c;
Cairo Damascus Photos Protest Wikipedia: 2011 Syrian uprising |
 During a Street Battle in Cairo, an Attempt at Dialogue
During a lull in one of the battles that raged on Cairo’s streets on Wednesday, between protesters and the security forces, video posted on YouTube shows that one well-known Egyptian blogger... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) The New York Times
Cairo Photos Protesters Revolution Wikipedia: 2011 Egyptian revolution |
 UN court issues indictment in Hariri assassination
BEIRUT ' A U.N.-backed court investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri delivered four arrest warrants Thursday, the latest turn in a case that transformed this Arab... (photo: AP / Valerie Kuypers, POOL) Khaleej Times
Arrest Crime Lebanon Photos Wikipedia: Special Tribunal for Lebanon |
 Yemen president orders talks on deal to end crisis
Sanaa, June 30: Yemen's president, hospitalized in Saudi Arabia after an attack nearly a month ago on his palace, has instructed his deputy to hold talks with political opponents on a deal to transfer... (photo: AP / Muhammed Muheisen) The Siasat Daily
Photos Protests Talks Wikipedia: 2011 Yemeni uprising Yemen |
 Tea party activist urges attack on flotilla
This week the second international Freedom Flotilla will embark to Gaza from several ports in Europe. The flotilla represents an act of non-violent civil disobedience aimed at ending Israel's four... (photo: AP / Petros Giannakouris) Al Jazeera
Aid Gaza Human Rights Photos Wikipedia: Gaza flotilla raid |
 Saudi Arabia bars Indonesia and Philippines workers
Saudi Arabia has said it will stop issuing permits for workers from Indonesia and the Philippines. Riyadh said it was responding to new guidelines issued by the two Asian countries, which have long... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) BBC News
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